2/18 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
February 19, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
North Carolina | Landon Lassiter leads charge to the top as Tar Heels sweep Seton Hall to start season. | 3 |
| 2 |  |
Oregon | Ducks charge out of gate with three wins over Hawaii, led by bats of Aaron Payne and Ryon Healy. | 5 |
| 3 |  |
Vanderbilt | Two strong wins over Long Beach State followed by surprising loss, enough to knock Commodores out of No. 1. | 1 |
| 4 |  |
Arkansas | Trent Daniel rocked for six runs in uncharacteristic loss to Western Illinois. | 2 |
| 5 |  |
UCLA | Nick Vander Tuig helped Bruins dig out of hole with four-hit, six-inning shutout in 14-0 win over Minnesota. | 4 |
| 6 |  |
South Carolina | Two narrow wins over Liberty followed by close loss. Not the way Gamecocks wanted to begin season. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Arizona | Rough pitching performances in three wins over Coppin State, but the bats saved the day. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Florida | Zach Powers delivers solid nine-RBI performance in win over Duke. | 10 |
| 9 |  |
North Carolina State | Carlos Rodon struck out eight Appalachian State hitters, but five earned runs resulted in loss. | 9 |
| 10 |  |
Florida State | D.J. Stewart’s 10th-inning homer helped save the day in Seminoles’ Sunday sweep of Rhode Island. | 11 |
| 11 |  |
Stanford | Austin Barr prevented a no-hitter in opening weekend of season, but Cardinal stumble to 1-2. They will improve. | 7 |
| 12 |  |
Kentucky | Wildcat bats explode for 29 runs in two games in season-opening tournament. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
LSU | Aaron Nola’s nine-strikeout effort got season off to strong start in 1-0 win over Maryland. | 13 |
| 14 |  |
Mississippi State | Four big victories over Portland help Mississippi State to season-opening success. | 14 |
| 15 |  |
Oregon State | Andy Peterson had success at top of lineup for Beavers, who are off to 3-0 start. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Rice | John Simms’ one-hitter win over Stanford proves Owls have solid pitching to start the year. | 15 |
| 17 |  |
Cal State Fullerton | Look out for Fullerton, which topped Nebraska in two games and USC once. Smaller school, bigger bats. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
Mississippi | Stuart Turner drove in four runs to help Ole Miss sweep TCU in season-opening series. | 20 |
| 19 |  |
Southern Miss | Jay Myrick’s relief effort saved the day as Missouri collapsed and propelled Southern Miss to 3-0 start. | 25 |
| 20 |  |
Clemson | Surprise loss to William and Mary sandwiched between two big victories. | 21 |
| 21 |  |
Louisville | Big East/Big Ten challenge proved challenging with loss to Indiana. Not the way Cardinals wanted to open up. | 22 |
| 22 |  |
Texas A&M | Shortstop Mikey Reynolds had three hits to help A&M improve to 2-1 overall, but Illinois-Chicago opening loss hurt. | 23 |
| 23 |  |
Oklahoma | Four wins over Hofstra to open season, including extra-inning victory. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Pepperdine | Austin Davidson’s bat gets Waves off to strong 4-0 start with sweep of Western Michigan. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Texas | Dillon Peters had strong pitching against Sacramento State, but it wasn’t enough to prevent 2-1 start. | NR |
