2/17 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
February 18, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
LSU | Won all three games at the MLB Urban Invitational. Bregman and Nola backed up their lofty preseason accolades. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Oregon State | OSU won all three games over the weekend and beat two very good teams in Nebraska and Gonzaga. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Cal State Fullerton | Won 2 of 3 against Washington State. Thomas Eshelman and Grahamm Wiest both had strong starts. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Mississippi State | Lost opener to Western Carolina, but won next 2. Ross Mitchell was great out of the pen with a stat line of 8IP/6H/1ER. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Florida State | Dominated the opening series, outscoring Niagra 30-3. Luke Weaver threw six no-hit innings in opener. | 7 |
| 6 |  |
Virginia | Suffered an opening day loss to Kentucky but Nathan Kirby and Josh Sborz had solid starts to help Cavaliers rebound. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
North Carolina State | Carlos Rodon lost his debut and NC State hitters were shut down by Canisius. Team talent will turn things around quickly. | 3 |
| 8 |  |
Oregon | Swept Hawaii after losing top starter Cole Irvin for the season. Promising start. | 16 |
| 9 |  |
Vanderbilt | Very impressive, sweeping series against Long Beach State. Starting rotation had a 0.00 ERA over 16.1 innings pitched. | 19 |
| 10 |  |
Louisville | Took a loss to a talented Citadel team, but showed the lineup had big potential, hitting 3 home runs in a win over WVU. | 9 |
| 11 |  |
Florida | Sandwiched wins around a game 2 loss to Maryland. Bullpen was sharp in the wins, allowing just 2 runs over 8.2 innings. | 11 |
| 12 |  |
North Carolina | Split with Charleston in weather altered series. Trent Thornton was solid, striking out 10 in 6 innings in a win. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
South Carolina | Swept Bucknell handily. Scored at least 12 runs in all three games. Batters hit .368 for the series. | 14 |
| 14 |  |
Oklahoma State | Won all three games at the UT-Arlington tournament. Got solid production out of both hitters and pitchers. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Rice | Winning 2 of 3 against a talented Stanford team is a great start. Got some good production out of the top of the lineup. | 18 |
| 16 |  |
Indiana | Going 1-3 was not the start the Hoosiers were looking for, but slow starts for cold weather teams are common. | 8 |
| 17 |  |
UCLA | The loss of two key starters for the season and an opening loss to Portland was not a good start for the defending champs. | 10 |
| 18 |  |
Clemson | Recovered from a loss in opener to win 2 of 3 against Western Michigan. Pitchers struck out 27 batter and walked just 4. | 17 |
| 19 |  |
Kansas State | Swept by Cal Poly in tough opening series. Hitters should come around as weather warms up. Levi MaVorhis looked good. | 13 |
| 20 |  |
Oklahoma | Rebounded from opening day loss to win 2 out of 3 against Seton Hall. Seven different Sooners drove in at least 2 runs. | 20 |
| 21 |  |
UC Santa Barbara | Had series against NC State cancelled as snow grounds the Wolfpack in North Carolina. Open against CSU Bakersfield. | 21 |
| 22 |  |
Miami (FL) | Won two of three against a talented Maine team. Pitching staff had a 1.33 ERA for the series. | 22 |
| 23 |  |
Mississippi | Took care of business against Stetson, scoring 7 or more runs in all three games of the sweep. | 24 |
| 24 |  |
Cal Poly | Shut down a potent Kansas State lineup in a three game sweep. Limited the Wildcats to just 11 hits and 3 runs in series. | NR |
| 25 |  |
East Carolina | Won 2 of 3 against JMU behind strong pitching performances. Ryan Williams picked up a pair of wins out of the pen. | 25 |
