Texas A&M pitcher Chris Cortez (10) pitches the ball during the college baseball game between Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies. (Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The Top 25 NCAA Division I rankings were released on April 15 from D1Baseball.com, with Texas A&M University getting the No.1 spot for the first time this season.
Texas A&M (32-4) went 4-0 last week with wins over UTSA and a three-game sweep at last week’s No.6 Vanderbilt University (26-10) at home.
The University of Arkansas fell one spot to No.2 after going 3-2 last week. They swept San Jose State University in a two-game series at home and lost two out of three on the road against last week’s No.25 Alabama.
The University of Kentucky (30-5) went from No.8 to No.3 after losing to Samford in Birmingham, Alabama, but sweeping Auburn in a three-game series on the road.
The four programs that dropped out of the Top 25 NCAA Division I rankings are UCF (21-12), previously ranked at No.17; Mississippi State University (22-14), previously ranked at No.22; Nebraska (23-10), previously ranked at No. 23; and Florida (18-17), previously ranked at No.24.
After not being ranked last week, The University of South Carolina (25-11) is at No.20; Arizona (21-13) is at No. 21; West Virginia (22-13) is at No.22; and Georgia (27-9) is at No. 24.
Vanderbilt dropped out of the top 10 to No.13. Dallas Baptist (26-8) suffered the most significant drop, dropping from No.15 to No.25 after losing two out of three at Air Force.
The University of Alabama (24-12) moved up seven spots from No.25 to No.18. Virginia Tech had the largest rise in the rankings (23-10), also moving from No.23 to No.16. Oklahoma State (25-11) moved up from No. 21 to No.15
Texas A&M will look to keep the top spot when they travel to Tuscaloosa to take on No.18 Alabama for a three-game series starting on April 18.
Two of the top five teams will play in an SEC showdown when No. 4 Kentucky travels to No.3 Tennessee (26-6) starting this weekend, April 19, in Knoxville.
| Rank | Team | Record | Last Week Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 32-4 | 4-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 30-5 | 3-2 | 1 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 30-5 | 3-1 | 8 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 30-6 | 4-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Oregon State | 29-5 | 3-1 | 5 |
| 6 | Clemson | 29-6 | 1-3 | 2 |
| 7 | Duke | 26-10 | 2-2 | 7 |
| 8 | Florida State | 30-5 | 4-0 | 10 |
| 9 | East Carolina | 27-8 | 4-1 | 9 |
| 10 | Virginia | 28-8 | 3-1 | 11 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 29-7 | 3-1 | 13 |
| 12 | Wake Forest | 24-11 | 3-1 | 14 |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 26-10 | 1-3 | 6 |
| 14 | Louisiana | 28-9 | 4-1 | 19 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | 25-11 | 4-0 | 21 |
| 16 | Oregon | 25-10 | 3-2 | 18 |
| 17 | UC Irvine | 25-7 | 1-3 | 12 |
| 18 | Alabama | 24-11 | 2-1 | 25 |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina | 24-11 | 2-2 | 20 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 25-11 | 3-1 | NR |
| 21 | Arizona | 21-13 | 3-0 | NR |
| 22 | West Virginia | 22-13 | 3-1 | NR |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 23-10 | 2-2 | 16 |
| 24 | Georgia | 27-9 | 3-1 | NR |
| 25 | Dallas Baptist | 26-8 | 1-2 | 15 |