FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas baseball team has done nothing but win since dropping a 2-1 walk-off loss in 14 innings to Oklahoma State on Feb. 24. Its ensuing nine-game winning streak catapulted the Razorbacks into multiple No. 1 rankings on Monday.
The Razorbacks (13-2) are No. 1 in the USA Today coaches poll, the rankings of record by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, as well as polls conducted by Baseball America, D1Baseball.com and the NCAA RPI rankings. They are No. 2 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll to Oregon State (14-1), whose lone loss came against the Hogs.
Arkansas, atop the polls for the first time since the final regular-season rankings when they were 50-13 in 2021
USA Today Top 25
The USA Today Sports Top 25 Coaches baseball poll, with first-place votes received in parentheses, team's records through Sunday, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in the last poll.
1. Arkansas (18) .........13-2 750 3
2. LSU (6) ...................... 14-2 710 2
3. Oregon State (1) ........ 15-1 684 5
4. Texas A&M (3) ........... 16-0 654 6
5. Wake Forest (3) ......... 12-3 638 1
6. Tennessee.................. 16-1 626 8
7. Duke........................... 13-2 611 11
8. TCU............................ 14-2 530 4
9. Clemson..................... 13-1 511 9
10. Vanderbilt................. 14-3 507 10
11. Florida...................... 10-5 440 7
12. Alabama................... 15-1 404 13
13. North Carolina.......... 14-2 356 14
14. NC State................... 12-2 344 15
15. Virginia..................... 13-3 322 12
16. East Carolina............ 10-4 315 16
17. Coastal Carolina....... 14-2 292 18
18. Dallas Baptist........... 13-2 234 19
19. Auburn..................... 12-3 224 20
20. UC Irvine.................. 13-1 179 23
20. South Carolina......... 13-3 179 21
22. Florida State............. 14-0 120 25
23. Campbell.................. 11-4 104 24
24. Texas......................... 9-6 100 22
25. Texas Tech............... 11-4 85 17 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Georgia 38; UC Santa Barbara 34; Oklahoma State 11; Oregon 9; Miami (9-6) 7; Virginia Tech 9; UCLA 7; California 6; Louisiana Tech 5; Northeastern 5; Saint Louis 5; Southern Mississippi 5; Indiana State 4; Indiana 3; Kansas 3; Troy 2; Kentucky 1; Oklahoma 1; UC San Diego 1.