By: Aaron Kirby
Purdue (34-7) is #1 for the 5th consecutive week. The Boilermakers went 3-1 on week, winning 3-2 at Illinois St on Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 from Michigan St in Big 10 play. Purdue has a 3 ½ game lead in Big 10 and steps out of conference play this weekend for HUGE series at UCLA.
RISING
- Louisville (31-13) climbs two spots to #2 after beating Kentucky mid week and winning 2 of 3 vs UCONN in Big East series. The Cardinals beat Kentucky 10-2 on Tuesday to sweep the home and home series with the Wildcats outscoring 22-2 in the two games.
- College of Charleston (31-13) slides up 1 spot to #7 winning 2 of 3 at Western Carolina. In Fridays 5-4 win sophomore OF Daniel Aldrich hit 3 HRs and all 5 RBIs. Since losing 2 of 3 at App St, April 6-8, the Cougars have won 10 of 12 and are percentage points behind App St in SoCon.
- Stetson (29-14) moves up 3 spots to #9 with a 3-1 week. The Hatters beat Bethune-Cookman 9-8 Tuesday and won 2 of 3 at North Florida in A-Sun play. Stetson is now in 3rd place in the A-Sun 1 game behind 2nd place Belmont and 2 games behind 1st place USC Upstate, who travels to Stetson this weekend.
- Coastal Carolina (30-13) climbs 6 spots to #13 after a great week. The Chanticleers went on the road for 4 games, winning 10-7 at Clemson Tuesday and sweeping Liberty in their Big South series. Coastal has won 10 of 12 including 6 in a row.
FALLING
- San Diego (33-11) slides down 2 spots to #4 with a 2-2 week. The Toreros beat UC Riverside mid week and traveled to Portland where they lost 2 of 3 to the Pilots. With San Diego’s series loss at Portland combined with other results has put 7 teams within 3 games of 1st place in the WCC.
- Dallas Baptist (29-14) drops 3 spots to #12. The Patriots picked up a nice 8-2 win at Oklahoma Wednesday then traveled to Wichita St and lost 2 of 3 to the Shockers. Dallas Baptist wraps up a tough 8 game road trip Tuesday at UT-Arlington which they have gone 3-4, losing back to back weekend series at Indiana St and Wichita St.
- Gonzaga (27-14) falls 4 places to #14. The Bulldogs lost 2 of 3 vs Loyola-Marymount this weekend. All 3 games were 1 run games including Saturdays 1-0 win in 12 innings. Sophomore LHP/INF Marco Gonzales turned in probably the best performance of year in college baseball on Saturday with 11 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 15 K in a no decision. Gonzaga led 3-1 going to the 9th in Sunday’s rubber match but LMU scored 3 runs in the top of 9th for a 4-3 win and series win. The Bulldogs have now lost 5 of their last 6 WCC games to fall to 7th place.
- Florida Atlantic (26-17) drops 6 spots to #19 after a 1-3 week. The Owls lost 3-1 Tuesday at Miami before losing 2 of 3 at Troy. FAU’s lead is 2 games over 2nd place Arkansas St in Sun Belt and it looks like the Owls will need to win the tourney for an NCAA berth.
DROPPED OUT
- #20 Liberty (33-15)
- #22 Kennesaw St (28-20)
- #25 Nebraska (27-16)
IN
- UNCW (27-17) enter the rankings at #20. The Seahawks beat Elon 7-5 Wednesday and won 2 of 3 at Georgia St over the weekend. UNCW has won 11 of 13 and is 3 games up on 2nd place Hofstra in the Colonial.
- New Mexico (26-19) comes in at #22. The Lobos split 2 mid week games with Texas Tech and swept UNLV in Mountain West play. After a 16-12 loss at New Mexico St March 6th the Lobos were 2-9. Since they have gone 24-10 and won 10 of last 12 putting them 1 game up on TCU in the MWC and hold the tie breaker over TCU by winning 2 of 3.
- Utah Valley (30-11) enters the rankings at #24. The Wolverines won all 4 games vs New Jersey Tech to extend their current win streak to a very impressive 23 games. They can tie Baylor’s 24 game win streak for longest of season with win vs Utah Tuesday. They are 16-0 in the Great West Conference but because the Great West does not get an automatic bid they will not get in a regional. They have been impressive none the less.
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Mid-Major Top 25- Week 11 |
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SCHOOL |
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PVS |
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Weeks Results 4/23-4/29 |
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#1 |
Purdue |
(34-7) |
#1 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 at Illinois St; 2-1 Michigan St; |
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#2 |
Louisville |
(31-13) |
#4 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 Kentucky; 2-1 UCONN; |
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#3 |
TCU |
(26-15) |
#5 |
(3-1) |
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0-1 Texas A&M; 3-0 Manhattan; |
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#4 |
San Diego |
(33-11) |
#2 |
(2-2) |
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1-0 UC Riverside; 1-2 at Portland; |
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#5 |
Sam Houston St |
(31-12) |
#6 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 Houston Baptist; 2-1 Texas A&MCC; |
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#6 |
New Mexio St |
(30-13) |
#3 |
(0-2) |
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0-2 at Baylor; |
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#7 |
College of Charleston |
(31-13) |
#8 |
(2-1) |
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2-1 at Western Carolina; |
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#8 |
Missouri St |
(31-14) |
#7 |
(2-2) |
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0-1 Missouri; 2-1 Southern Illinois; |
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#9 |
Stetson |
(30-14) |
#12 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 Bethune-Cookman; 2-1 at North Florida; |
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#10 |
Texas St |
(25-17) |
#11 |
(2-1) |
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2-1 at Nicholls St; |
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#11 |
Appalachian St |
(32-9) |
#14 |
(4-0) |
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1-0 High Point; 3-0 at Wofford; |
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#12 |
Dallas Baptist |
(29-14) |
#9 |
(2-2) |
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1-0 at Oklahoma; 1-2 at Wichita St; |
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#13 |
Coastal Carolina |
(30-13) |
#19 |
(4-0) |
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1-0 at Clemson; 3-0 at Liberty; |
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#14 |
Gonzaga |
(27-14) |
#10 |
(1-2) |
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1-2 Loyola Marymount; |
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#15 |
Indiana St |
(34-11) |
#15 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 Illinois; 2-1 Nebraska-Omaha; |
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#16 |
SE Louisiana |
(30-15) |
#16 |
(2-2) |
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0-1 at LSU; 2-1 at Northwestern St; |
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#17 |
Pepperdine |
(24-16) |
#17 |
DNP |
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#18 |
Samford |
(29-16) |
#21 |
(4-1) |
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0-1 Alabama; 1-0 at UAB; 3-0 at Davidson; |
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#19 |
Florida Atlantic |
(26-17) |
#13 |
(1-3) |
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0-1 at Miami; 1-2 at Troy; |
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#20 |
UNCW |
(27-17) |
NR |
(3-1) |
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1-0 Elon; 2-1 at Georgia St; |
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#21 |
UT-Arlington |
(27-17) |
#18 |
(1-3) |
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0-1 at Baylor; 1-2 at Stephen F. Austin; |
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#22 |
New Mexico |
(26-19) |
NR |
(4-1) |
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1-1 Texas Tech; 3-0 UNLV |
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#23 |
USC Upstate |
(29-12) |
#23 |
DNP |
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#24 |
Utah Valley |
(30-11) |
NR |
(4-0) |
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4-0 New Jersey Tech; |
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#25 |
Michigan St |
(27-15) |
#24 |
(1-2) |
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1-2 at Purdue; |
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dropped out |
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#20 |
Liberty |
(33-15) |
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#22 |
Kennesaw St |
(28-20) |
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#25 |
Nebraska |
(28-16) |
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others receiving votes |
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Wichita St |
(27-20) |
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Portland |
(23-16) |
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Stony Brook |
(34-10) |
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Liberty |
(33-15) |
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Kent St |
(27-17) |
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Belmont |
(28-16) |
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Elon |
(26-20) |
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Western Carolina |
(27-17) |
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Nebraska |
(28-16) |
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Army |
(35-12) |
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