Coming off a perfect start to the season, Mississippi State stayed put in D1Baseball’s Top 25 rankings.
The No. 18 Bulldogs (3-0) swept the Manhattan Jaspers in Starkville exactly as a team from the SEC should when playing an opponent from the MAAC. Chris Lemonis’ group is one of nine SEC teams holding strong in the weekly poll, alongside Texas A&M, LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Vanderbilt, and Texas.
While Ole Miss (2-1) had a successful weekend, upsetting two ranked teams in Arizona and Clemson, the Rebels still have a way to go before being included in the rankings. However, Mike Bianco’s team helped drop the Wildcats out of the rankings – the only team to leave the Top 25 after the initial preseason poll.
Southern Miss (4-0) did not crack the rankings either after a sweep of Lafayette, even as D1Baseball’s editor Kendall Rogers has previously said the Golden Eagles are on the verge of the top list of teams in college baseball.
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Mississippi State and Southern Miss will square off in Hattiesburg on Tuesday with first pitch from Pete Taylor Park set for 6 p.m. Ole Miss will have its first game of the season, also on Tuesday, against Arkansas State at 4 p.m.
The full D1Baseball Top 25 can be found below.
- Texas A&M
- Virginia
- LSU
- Tennessee
- Arkansas
- North Carolina
- Oregon State
- Georgia
- Florida State
- Florida
- Oregon
- NC State
- Wake Forest
- Clemson
- Vanderbilt
- Texas
- Duke
- Mississippi State
- Oklahoma State
- Dallas Baptist
- UC Santa Barbara
- TCU
- Nebraska
- Troy
- Cincinnati