Here are the World Baseball Network college baseball rankings for March 31.
The number next to the team’s name indicates how much they moved from last week’s rankings. A (-) sign indicates no movement and/or a new team into the top 25.
1. Tennessee Volunteers (26-2, 8-1 SEC, (-) from last week) – The Tennessee Volunteers remain No. 1 again after a weekend sweep against the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Vols now host Texas A&M at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in a national championship rematch.
2. Georgia Bulldogs (28-2, 8-1 SEC, +1 from last week) – Georgia takes over as the No. 2 team in the country after a weekend sweep of Auburn. The Bulldogs have hit the most home runs of any team in the country.
3. Arkansas Razorbacks (26-3, 8-1 SEC, -1 from last week) – Arkansas swaps rankings with Georgia because of their extra-inning midweek loss to Missouri State. Despite that, they remain one of the best teams in college baseball after a sweep on the road against Vanderbilt.
4. Florida State Seminoles (23-4, 7-2 ACC, (-) from last week) – Florida State had a great week. A midweek win over Florida by way of an Alex Lodise walk-off grand slam was followed up by a series win against Norte Dame in South Bend, Ind.
5. Clemson Tigers (26-5, 6-3 ACC, (-) from last week) – Clemson stays in the top five after a series win in Atlanta over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. They earned the series win after bouncing back in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday thanks to a great start from B.J. Bailey.
6. Texas Longhorns (23-3, 8-1 SEC, +1 from last week) – Texas moves up a spot after a weekend sweep against the Missouri Tigers. The Longhorns had two mercy rule wins this week. One was against Missouri, and the other was against Sam Houston in the midweek.
7. LSU Tigers (26-3, 7-2 SEC, +1 from last week) – LSU bounced back from a series loss to Texas by sweeping Mississippi State over the weekend at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers scored 27 runs over the weekend and 17 more midweek against Louisiana.
8. North Carolina Tar Heels (21-7, 6-6 ACC, +3 from last week) – North Carolina took a series win over Miami over the weekend. That combined with a midweek win over the South Carolina Gamecocks at Truist Park in Charlotte moves them back into the top 10.
9. Oregon State Beavers (20-6, -3 from last week) – Oregon State takes a dip after suffering a series loss to Nebraska. The Beavers will have to bounce back against a tough opponent in UC Irvine next weekend.
10. Alabama Crimson Tide (25-4, 6-3 SEC, +3 from last week) – For the first time in these rankings, Alabama has jumped into the top 10. The Crimson Tide took a series win against the Oklahoma Sooners. Shortstop Justin Lebron is starting to turn heads as the Golden Spikes Award frontrunner.
11. Oregon Ducks (20-7, 8-4 Big Ten, -2 from last week) – The Ducks played just three games this past week after their midweek matchups against Kent State were canceled. Those three games resulted in a series loss against Ohio State resulting in them dropping out of the top 10.
12. Oklahoma Sooners (22-5, 5-4 SEC, -2 from last week) – Oklahoma drops in the rankings because of a series loss to Alabama. The Sooners have a tough week ahead of them with a neutral site matchup against Texas Tech and a weekend series against LSU.
13. UC Irvine Anteaters (21-5, 11-1 Big West, +10 from last week) – Cal-Irvine continued to build their winning streak over the course of last week. The Anteaters have now won 10 games in a row after a win against Southern Cal and a series sweep over Cal-Riverside.
14. N.C. State Wolfpack (18-10, 5-4 ACC, -2 from last week) – N.C. State had a rough week as they lost a midweek game to South Carolina Upstate and lost the weekend series against Duke.
15. Dallas Baptist Patriots (18-9, 4-2 C-USA, +4 from last week) – Dallas Baptist gets a huge jump because a lot of teams in front of them had losing weeks. The Patriots got a series win over the New Mexico State Aggies over the weekend.
16. Ole Miss Rebels (21-6, 6-3 SEC, (-) from last week) – Ole Miss got a series win over Florida leading to their debut in the WBN rankings this week. They make a big jump to 16th in the country as a lot of other ranked teams around them took series losses.
17. Vanderbilt Commodores (20-8, 4-5 SEC, -3 from last week) – Vanderbilt drops three spots from last week after getting swept at home by the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Commodores scored just seven runs the entire weekend.
18. Troy Trojans (21-8, 6-3 Sun Belt, +4 from last week) – Troy collected three wins this last week. This includes a midweek win over the Florida A&M Rattlers and two wins in a series victory over Marshall.
19. Duke Blue Devils (19-10, 7-5 ACC, +2 from last week) – Duke had a great week with wins over East Carolina midweek, and then a series win over N.C. State. The Blue Devils are trending back up as they are now 5-1 in their last six ACC games.
20. TCU Horned Frogs (21-8, 5-4 Big 12, +4 from last week) – The Texas Christian Horned Frogs jump four spots after a series win over Houston. They also collected a midweek win over a good mid-major in UT-Rio Grande Valley.
21. UCLA Bruins (22-5, 10-2 Big Ten, (-) from last week) – The Bruins are riding a six-game win streak that continued this week. A win over Loyola Marymount was followed up by a sweep against the Purdue Boilermakers.
22. Arizona Wildcats (20-7, 6-3 Big 12, -5 from last week) – Arizona lost their weekend series against Baylor. A midweek win over Seattle and salvaging the series with a win on Sunday keeps them in the top 25.
23. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (20-9, 7-5 ACC, -8 from last week) – After a run-rule shutout win over Elon, the Demon Deacons got swept over the weekend against Virginia Tech. Wake Forest is now 1-5 in their last six ACC games.
24. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (20-8, 7-2 Sun Belt, +1 from last week) – Southern Miss won a big series over a tough South Alabama team this weekend earning them some more spots in the top 25 this week. Two losses from this past week keep them from moving further than the other mid-majors.
25. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (20-8, 6-3 Sun Belt, (-) from last week) – Coastal Carolina is back into the top 25 after a series win over Texas State this weekend. They also dominated Clemson defeating the Tigers 8-2 during the midweek.
Teams that dropped out of rankings: Florida, Auburn, Georgia Tech
Matchups to Watch this Week in College Baseball (March 31 to April 6)
Georgia Bulldogs v. Texas Longhorns (April 4-6) – Two of the SEC’s best teams will square off in Austin with a battle between Georgia and Texas. The two teams are coming off dominating sweeps against their respective opponents this past weekend.
Duke Blue Devils v. North Carolina Tar Heels (April 3-5) – North Carolina and Duke meet in a big-time rivalry series in Chapel Hill. A win in this series for both of these teams will set them in a great direction through the rest of ACC play.
UC Irvine Anteaters v. Oregon State Beavers (April 4-6) – For Oregon State, they look to bounce back in one of their biggest series of the season against Cal-Irvine. The Anteaters are riding a 10-game winning streak with a trip to Corvallis looming.
WBN NCAA: https://worldbaseball.com/league/ncaa/
Photo: Tennessee pitcher Bryson Thacker (42) plays East Tennessee in an NCAA baseball game on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
