3/18 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
March 18, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
North Carolina | Finally tasted defeat for first time against Miami but got revenge with two wins afterward. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Florida State | Seminoles also lost for the first time, but they too got revenge by taking two of three against Maryland. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Vanderbilt | Leadoff hitter Tony Kemp aided cause as Vanderbilt swept Auburn in SEC series. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
UCLA | Grant Watson improved to 4-0 as Bruins swept Washington in weekend series. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
North Carolina State | Bryan Adametz had seven hits as NC State took two of three from Wake Forest. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Mississippi State | Early showdown with LSU did not go Mississippi State’s way, but the team is still 19-4 and can’t be ignored. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Oregon State | Beavers deserve big jump due to 19-1 record and sweep of Arizona in weekend showdown. | 11 |
| 8 |  |
Five-game winning streak came to end at hands of Southern California. | 7 | |
| 9 |  |
South Carolina | Gamecocks rattled off 10 wins in a row before Missouri finally caught them with a 4-0 shutout Saturday. | 8 |
| 10 |  |
LSU | Establishing itself as early-season favorite with 18-2 record and strong performance against Mississippi State. | 13 |
| 11 |  |
Cal State Fullerton | Titans climbing the polls as solid West Coast presence in Division I baseball. | 14 |
| 12 |  |
Mississippi | Rebels already at 20 victories and part of a strong Southeastern Conference. | 15 |
| 13 |  |
Arkansas | Hit a rough patch against Mississippi but Razorbacks are still looking like they will contend. | 9 |
| 14 |  |
Stanford didn’t play but still dropped four spots as teams rushed up in the standings. | 10 | |
| 15 |  |
Would like to have the series against Oregon State back. | 12 | |
| 16 |  |
Kentucky | Big Blue took two of three from Florida to become one of five 2-1 teams in the conference. | 16 |
| 17 |  |
Louisville | Cardinals have won seven in a row as of March 17, and Big East play hasn’t even begun yet. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
Virginia | Loss to Clemson stung slightly, but Cavaliers are still 17-2 overall entering this week. | 18 |
| 19 |  |
Georgia Tech | Swept Boston College to earn share of first place with North Carolina in ACC Coastal race. | 20 |
| 20 |  |
Finally shaking off some rust with five-game winning streak entering this week. | 19 | |
| 21 |  |
Oklahoma | Doing much better than last week thanks to sweeps of New Mexico State and Northwestern State. | 21 |
| 22 |  |
San Diego | As predicted here last week, San Diego stabilized with three-game sweep of Brigham Young to open WCC. | 22 |
| 23 |  |
Texas A&M | Aggies off to 3-0 start in new SEC digs and on the rise in the rankings. | 25 |
| 24 |  |
Clemson | Already has three losses in ACC play, but they are to NC State and Virginia. | 23 |
| 25 |  |
Miami (FL) | Deserves plenty of credit for knocking off the top team in the country in North Carolina. | NR |
