2/25 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
February 26, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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North Carolina | Has big test coming up with games against Rice, California and Texas A&M. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Vanderbilt | Swept Monmouth in weekend series as Kyle Smith doubled, tripled and drove in four runs in one game. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Oregon | Overcame early loss to Loyola Marymount to take Saturday and Sunday games. | 2 |
| 4 |  |
Arkansas | Matt Vinson had three of Razorbacks’ 15 hits in 10-2 win over Evansville on Sunday. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
South Carolina | Colby Holmes, Forrest Koumas and Josh Knab combined to no-hit Albany during Saturday game. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
UCLA | Brian Carroll’s score on a passed ball preserved 5-4 win over Baylor and 2-1 series win. | 5 |
| 7 |  |
Arizona | Four-game winning streak entering the week’s action. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
North Carolina State | Eventful week with Elliott Avent’s 600th win and a no-hitter of LaSalle. | 9 |
| 9 |  |
Florida State | Don’t look now, but the Seminoles are 7-0 and easily the state’s strongest team. | 10 |
| 10 |  |
Stanford | Overcame a 1-2 start with four victories in a row. | 11 |
| 11 |  |
Mississippi State | Double wins over Purdue and Samford in Diamond Classic helped MSU sparkle. | 14 |
| 12 |  |
Oregon State | Off to 8-0 start following a four-game sweep of San Jose State. | 15 |
| 13 |  |
Cal State Fullerton | Fullerton is not a fluke following a three-game sweep of fast-fading TCU. | 17 |
| 14 |  |
Kentucky | Loss to Kansas State the only blemish on an otherwise decent start. | 12 |
| 15 |  |
LSU | Mother Nature got in the way of Tigers at their own tournament. | 13 |
| 16 |  |
Mississippi | Ole Miss has a 7-0 start following sweep of Rhode Island. | 18 |
| 17 |  |
Rice | Tough early schedule, yet Owls are still 5-2 following Hawaii wins. | 16 |
| 18 |  |
Florida | What happened to the Gators? Bats are falling flat early in the season. | 8 |
| 19 |  |
Clemson | Two straight shutouts over Wright State, with last game keyed by Scott Firth’s five-hitter over eight innings. | 20 |
| 20 |  |
Southern Miss | Took two of three games at its own tournament to improve to 5-2 overall. | 19 |
| 21 |  |
Louisville | Jared Ruxer struck out eight as Cardinals edged Akron, 2-1, to complete a three-game sweep. | 21 |
| 22 |  |
Pepperdine | Took two games from Texas A&M and improved to 6-2 overall | 24 |
| 23 |  |
Texas A&M | Losses to Pepperdine can be forgiven a bit because these are two pretty good teams meeting early on. | 22 |
| 24 |  |
Oklahoma | Strong 9-0 start for Sooners, may be one of the teams to watch once Big 12 play hits. | 23 |
| 25 |  |
Texas | Three-game sweep of Nebraska establishes Longhorns as early-season team to keep an eye on. | 25 |
