College Baseball: Missouri Tigers Take Huge Fall in New Top 25

Corey Gautreaux by Senior Analyst Written on April 30, 2008
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Miami swept ACC foe Virginia on their way to earning their 13th straight weekend series victory, and keeping them on top of the college baseball world.  The Hurricanes improved to 36-5 overall and 20-2 in ACC action. Not to be outdone, No. 2 North Carolina took two from (then No. 3) Florida State.  The Tar Heels now trail Miami by two and a half games in the ACC Coastal Division.

 

Stanford moved up two spots to No. 3 with a Pac 10 series win over USC.  Pac 1- foe Arizona State also moved up two spots with a series sweep of (then No. 7) California.

 

Florida State dropped two spots while Nebraska gained two spots with a Big 12 series win at Baylor.

 

Rice moved up a couple of spots to No. 7 despite seeing their 12 game win streak come to an end on Friday night.  The Owls bounced back to win the series at Central Florida.

 

San Diego moved up three spots with a mid-week win against No. 25 Long Beach State and a weekend series sweep of Loyola Marymount.  Oklahoma State moved up to No. 9 with a perfect week, capped with a series sweep of Big 12 foe Kansas.

 

Texas A&M continued to roll with a sweep of (then No. 4) Missouri.  The Aggies still hold a two and a half game lead in the Big 12.

 

Georgia dropped one spot to No. 11 after losing their SEC series against Florida, their first SEC series loss of the season.  The Bulldogs still lead the SEC East over Florida by two and a half games.

 

Cal State Fullerton moved up three spots to No. 12 after splitting a pair of mid-week games with (then No. 6) Arizona State, and winning their weekend series against UC Davis.

 

UC Irvine moved up to No. 13 with a sweep at New Mexico.  Wichita State remained at No. 14 after their series win at Indiana State.

 

Missouri had the biggest fall this week, dropping 11 spots to No. 15 after going 1-4 for the week.  Cal followed at No. 16, down nine spots from their previous ranking.

 

South Carolina dropped five spots after getting swept by SEC opponent LSU in Baton Rouge. The Gamecocks will host Florida this weekend to try to gain some ground in the SEC East standings.  Kentucky moved up four spots to No. 18 despite seeing their 20 game non-conference win streak end against Louisville.  The Wildcats bounced back to take two from SEC foe (then No. 17) Vanderbilt.

 

North Carolina State gained five spots with a sweep of ACC opponent Boston College.  Coastal Carolina remained at No. 20 with their series win at Virginia Military Institute.

 

Michigan dropped two spots to No. 21 after winning two-of-four at Indiana.  Oregon State returned to the Baseball America Top 25 with a series win over Pac 10 foe (then No. 23) Arizona. 

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