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Wake Forest the Consensus No. 1 In NCAA Division I Baseball, Tops Four Polls After Week 2

 Leif Skodnick - World Baseball Network  |    Feb 27th, 2024 11:08am EST

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Off to a 6-1 start in the 2024 season, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the consensus No. 1 team in NCAA Division I baseball, topping four polls that rank the top 25 teams after the second week of the season.

The Demon Deacons rebounded from a 4-3 upset loss at the hands of UNC Greensboro with a weekend sweep of Dayton to improve to 6-1 overall, and were ranked No. 1 in polls published by D1Baseball.com, Baseball America, the National College Baseball Writers Association, and Baseball America.

The LSU Tigers improved to 7-1 with a pair of wins against Northern Illinois and a split of a pair of games with Stony Brook over the weekend. The defending national champions were second in the USA Today Coaches Poll, Baseball America and the NCBWA poll.

Texas A&M rose three spots to No. 7 in the USA Today Coaches Poll after improving to 7-0, beating Incarnate Word and easily sweeping a weekend series with Wagner. The Aggies rose one spot in the D1Baseball.com rankings and rose to No. 8 in the NCBWA poll.

Vanderbilt, which went 3-2 this past week with a win against Eastern Kentucky and a pair of victories against Gonzaga, fell to No. 9 in the D1Baseball.com rankings. The Commodores lost to Dayton and Gonzaga, which cost them eight spots in the USA Today Coaches poll, dropping them to No. 14, and they fell to No. 13 in the NCBWA poll.

Notable Games This Week

Tuesday, Feb. 27
4 p.m. EST – Campbell at Coastal Carolina

Friday, March 1
7 p.m. EST – Clemson at South Carolina
8 p.m. EST – LSU vs. Texas – Astros Foundation Classic, Minute Maid Park, Houston
8 p.m. EST – Indiana vs. Alabama – Frisco Classic, Riders Field, Frisco, Tex.

Saturday, March 2
1 p.m. EST – Indiana vs. Alabama – Frisco Classic, Riders Field, Frisco, Tex.
4 p.m. EST – Clemson at South Carolina – Segra Park, Columbia, S.C.

Sunday, March 3
12:05 p.m. EST – Vanderbilt vs. Texas – Astros Foundation Classic, Minute Maid Park, Houston
2 p.m. EST – South Carolina at Clemson
5 p.m. EST – Alabama vs. Dallas Baptist – Frisco Classic, Riders Field, Frisco, Tex.

D1Baseball.com RankingsUSA Today Coaches Poll
RankSchoolRecordPreviousRankTeamRecordPrevChg
1Wake Forest6-111Wake Forest6-11
2Arkansas5-222LSU7-12
3LSU7-133TCU7-052
4Florida5-144Florida5-13-1
5TCU7-055Arkansas5-24-1
6Oregon State7-176Oregon State7-171
7Texas A&M7-087Texas A&M7-0103
8Tennessee7-198Tennessee7-18
9Vanderbilt5-369Virginia7-0112
10Clemson6-11010Duke7-0144
11East Carolina5-21111Clemson6-19-2
12Duke7-01212East Carolina5-212
13Virginia7-01413Texas6-113
14NC State4-21314Vanderbilt5-36-8
15Texas6-11615Alabama8-0172
16Alabama8-01716South Carolina7-1215
17North Carolina5-21517North Carolina5-215-2
18Texas Tech6-21918North Carolina State4-216-2
19South Carolina7-12119Texas Tech6-2223
20Indiana6-12320Coastal Carolina5-218-2
21Campbell6-1NR21Indiana6-1NR24
22Coastal Carolina5-22522Auburn6-1NR8
23Auburn6-1NR23Campbell6-1NR18
24UC Santa Barbara3-32224Dallas Baptist7-0NR7
25Dallas Baptist7-0NR25UC Irvine6-0NR2
Baseball AmericaNCBWA Division I Poll
RankTeamRecordRankSchoolRecordPrevious
1Wake Forest6-11Wake Forest6-11
2LSU7-12LSU7-12
3Arkansas5-23TCU7-03
4Oregon State7-14Oregon State7-14
5Florida5-15Arkansas5-25
6TCU7-06Florida5-16
7Tennessee7-17Tennessee7-17
8Virginia7-08Texas A&M7-09
9Vanderbilt5-39Duke7-012
10Clemson6-110Virginia7-011
11Texas A&M7-011Clemson6-18
12South Carolina7-112East Carolina5-213
13Duke7-013Vanderbilt5-310
14Texas6-114Texas6-115
15East Carolina5-215Alabama8-018
16Texas Tech6-216North Carolina5-214
17North Carolina5-217South Carolina7-116
18North Carolina State4-218Texas Tech6-220
19Auburn6-119NC State4-217
20UC Irvine6-020Auburn6-122
21Indiana6-121Indiana6-1RV
22Coastal Carolina5-222Coastal Carolina5-2RV
23Dallas Baptist7-023DBU7-025
24Alabama8-024Campbell6-1RV
25Campbell6-125UC Irvine6-0RV
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