2/24 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
February 25, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
LSU | Stayed undefeated by beating SELA in a tough midweek game and won their own tournament over the weekend. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Florida State | Beat Georgia twice and Jacksonville once. Luke Weaver turned in another solid performance on the mound. | 5 |
| 3 |  |
Virginia | Swept a dangerous ECU team over the weekend. Brandon Downes hit 2 home runs off top prospect Jeff Hoffman. | 6 |
| 4 |  |
North Carolina State | Rebounded from Canisius loss to go 6-0 on the week. Carlos Rodon pitched better, throwing 8 innings in Friday’s win. | 7 |
| 5 |  |
Oregon | Improved to 7-0 with weekend series win against Loyola Marymount. Have showdown with Cal State Fullerton. | 8 |
| 6 |  |
Vanderbilt | Went 4-0 on the week. Swept Illinois-Chicago, allowing just two runs over the three games, while scoring 28. | 9 |
| 7 |  |
Oregon State | Lost games to Nebraska and MSU to open the weekend, but rebounded to knock off Indiana in the weekend finale. | 2 |
| 8 |  |
Cal State Fullerton | Lost midweek game to USC and a 19 inning affair with San Francisco on Friday, but won the final two of the weekend. | 3 |
| 9 |  |
South Carolina | Went 4-0 on the week. Great start to the season, as the Gamecocks haven’t allowed a run in the last 51 innings. | 13 |
| 10 |  |
Louisville | Beat EKU in a midweek game and won weekend series with Western Michigan. Cole Sturgeon had 6 RBIs in Friday win. | 10 |
| 11 |  |
Rice | Lost a midweek game to Houston, but came back to score 35 runs in weekend sweep of Purdue, including 23 on Sunday. | 15 |
| 12 |  |
Clemson | Swept their weekend series with Maine. Scored 9 runs in 2 innings on Scott Heath, who was dominant vs Miami. | 18 |
| 13 |  |
Oklahoma State | Went 5-1 on the week, taking three of four from Oakland. Zach Fish and Donnie Walton are both hitting over .400. | 14 |
| 14 |  |
Miami (FL) | Took series against Florida. Got solid starts staff and freshman Zack Collins broke out of slump with a 3-run homer. | 22 |
| 15 |  |
Cal Poly | Added on to great start by beating UCLA in weekend series. Freshman Slater Lee threw complete game 2 hitter. | 24 |
| 16 |  |
Florida | Lost weekend series to Miami, but beat UNF and UCF in midweek games. Pitching staff work in progress. | 11 |
| 17 |  |
Mississippi State | Bad week. Lost midweek game to Memphis and split weekend series with Holy Cross. Pitching staff needs to improve. | 4 |
| 18 |  |
North Carolina | Disappointing start. Lost series to Charleston on Monday, but salvaged series against Xavier by winning final two. | 12 |
| 19 |  |
UC Santa Barbara | Opened season a week later than expected due to weather, but went 3-1 and took the weekend series from SJSU. | 21 |
| 20 |  |
Mississippi | Won their midweek game with UT-Martin and took 2 of 3 from Georgia State. Chris Ellis threw a complete game shutout. | 23 |
| 21 |  |
UCLA | Lost their weekend series to Cal Poly. James Kaprelian was great in the one weekend win, allowing only 1 ER over 7 IP. | 17 |
| 22 |  |
Indiana | Really struggling early this season. Went 1-2 at on the weekend, losing to Oregon State and Utah. A lot of talent though. | 16 |
| 23 |  |
Oklahoma | Lost two at the UCF Tournament to host UCF and Ohio State, but did win a pair of week games and beat Citadel. | 20 |
| 24 |  |
Kentucky | Lost midweek game to USC-Upstate, but swept St. Johns. Also have victories over Virginia and UNC-Wilmington. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Texas | Rebounded from season opening split with California to win their series with a quality Stanford team. | NR |
