4/16 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
April 17, 2012 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
North Carolina | Southeast regains superiority as Tar Heels sweep over UNC-Asheville and Virginia to take top spot. | 3 |
| 2 |  |
LSU | Completed three-game sweep of Alabama to open up three-game lead in SEC West division. | 5 |
| 3 |  |
Baylor | Continuing rapid rise with another undefeated week, including sweeps of Louisiana Monroe and Kansas State. | 7 |
| 4 |  |
Florida | Topped Florida State but fell to Tennessee in a classic case of one step up and one step back. | 2 |
| 5 |  |
Texas A&M | Rise to top tempered by Texas-Arlington’s shocking upset and a loss to league foe Kansas. | 1 |
| 6 |  |
Florida State | A loss to Florida is understandable, but losing to last-place Boston College knocks Seminoles down in standings. | 4 |
| 7 |  |
Rice | Owls managed to remain unbeaten this week and move up in conference and national rankings. | 9 |
| 8 |  |
South Carolina | How the Gamecocks lost to Francis Marion is a mystery, but SC did win the rest of the week so it keeps this spot. | 8 |
| 9 |  |
UCLA | Bruins own first place in the conference with wins over Cal State Fullerton and Arizona last week. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Stanford | Has a decent overall record (22-9), but the Cardinal are slipping further and further down conference chart. | 6 |
| 11 |  |
Cal State Fullerton | Losses to UCLA and UC-Irvine haven’t dented team’s status too much; still tied for first in Big West. | 10 |
| 12 |  |
Arizona | Moves up in standings more because other teams around it have faltered significantly in recent days. | 14 |
| 13 |  |
Miami | A loss to Florida Gulf Coast and a defeat against Virginia Tech aren’t what Hurricanes need right now. | 12 |
| 14 |  |
Oregon State | One of few teams to have a perfect week with wins against Nevada and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Arkansas | Slipping in league standings thanks to losses against Kentucky; non-league loss to Oklahoma didn’t help either. | 13 |
| 16 |  |
Kentucky | Would have moved up this week, but Wildcats dropped games to Louisville and Arkansas. | 16 |
| 17 |  |
North Carolina State | Wins over Elon and Clemson help Wolfpack stay the same in the national poll. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
Oregon | Sweep of San Francisco, followed by two of three taken against Stanford, move Ducks into stronger position. | 24 |
| 19 |  |
Arizona State | Split with New Mexico and swept Southern California to move within half-game of first in league. | 20 |
| 20 |  |
UCF | Won four of five games in last week to maintain a hold on first-place C-USA tie with Rice. | 21 |
| 21 |  |
Texas | Wins over Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Oklahoma State help Longhorns to 20 victories. | 22 |
| 22 |  |
Mississippi | Losing two of three to Georgia continues slide for Rebels, who are now four back of LSU in SEC West standings. | 18 |
| 23 |  |
Oklahoma | Sooners have big wins against California and Oregon in past week but need victories in conference. | 25 |
| 24 |  |
Georgia Tech | Dropped two games against Wake Forest to continue their in-conference slide. | 19 |
| 25 |  |
UC Irvine | Lost two of three against Cal State Fullerton, which isn’t something to be totally ashamed of in this case. | 23 |
