A new No. 1? Again?!
Yep, that's right. The Texas Longhorns have taken over the top spot this week in college baseball after taking two games on the road against Kentucky. Arkansas, which held the top spot last week, lost its series to Georgia in Athens and is now sitting at No. 2. Texas faces top-10 ranked Auburn this weekend, so if the Longhorns can show up strong in that series, there's no reason why they would slide down. But Auburn has shown it has no problem taking down a top team.
Auburn swept its series against LSU, and as a result, LSU dropped six spots to No. 9. Another big dropper was Ole Miss, which lost a couple tough games to Tennessee. Two of the biggest risers this week come from the ACC in North Carolina and Georgia Tech as they both swept their weekend series.
Kansas fell out of the rankings this week after getting swept by TCU in Forth Worth, and now the Horned Frogs find themselves ranked at No. 25 for those efforts. West Virginia is the only other newcomer this week, supplanting Virginia Tech.
Here's how the top 25 rankings look as of April 14.
Play of the week
What makes a wild diving catch even better? Doing it against your rival. Check out this ridiculous play from Utah's Kaden Carpenter against BYU. Utah eventually lost this game 9-8, but the Utes went on to win the series in Salt Lake City.
Kaden Carpenter makes a ridiculous diving catch to deny BYU a hit in 7th inning.
Player to watch
INF/OF, Robbie Burnett, Georgia
Let's check in with one of the country's leading home-run hitters in Burnett. Now, it's obviously hard to follow a season like the one Charlie Condon had last year for the Bulldogs (he set the NCAA record with 37 homers in a season), but Burnett is having a great year so far. He is second in the nation with 16 home runs (one behind frontrunner Grant Gallagher of ETSU), and most importantly, he has the Dawgs ranked No. 5 overall. With 53 RBIs to his name in 2025, we're excited to see what he does in this final month of the season before the start of the SEC tournament.
Feel the BURN(ett) 🔥#GoDawgs | @RobbieBurnett25 pic.twitter.com/QWQ9ZBaYgn
— Georgia Baseball (@BaseballUGA) April 12, 2025
Game to watch
No. 6 Oregon State at No. 10 UCLA (9 p.m. ET on Tuesday)
Let's go out west for what's sure to be an awesome outing between the Oregon State Beavers and the UCLA Bruins. These two squads are obviously familiar with each other, having faced off plenty of times in the Pac-12, but with the Bruins in the Big Ten and Oregon State an independent this year, we will only get this one high-power game. This past weekend, Oregon State looked solid against Cal State Fullerton, sweeping the Titans on the road and putting up a total of 33 runs over the three games. UCLA on the other hand was a little rattled by Washington when it dropped its first game of the series, but it eventually rallied to take the following two contests. The Bruins will have to slow down AJ Singer, who is on a nine-game hit streak, and Aiva Arquette, who is on a seven-game hit streak, if they want the win at home.
Updated top 25
Here are D1baseball.com's latest rankings, plus information on each team's next game.
All times Eastern.
1. Texas Longhorns
Previous rank: 2
Record: 29-5
Next game: vs. UTRGV, 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday (SECN+)
2. Arkansas Razorbacks
Previous rank: 1
Record: 32-5
Next game: vs. UAPB, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (SECN+)
3. Clemson Tigers
Previous rank: 4
Record: 33-6
Next game: vs. Louisville, 7 p.m. on Thursday (ACCNX)
4. Tennessee Volunteers
Previous rank: 5
Record: 31-5
Next game: vs. Bellarmine, 6 p.m. Tuesday (SECN+)
5. Georgia Bulldogs
Previous rank: 7
Record: 32-6
Next game: vs. Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. on Tuesday
6. Oregon State Beavers
Previous rank: 8
Record: 26-7
Next game: at UCLA, 9 p.m. on Tuesday
7. Florida State Seminoles
Previous rank: 9
Record: 28-7
Next game: vs. USF, 6 p.m. on Tuesday (ACCNX)
8. Auburn Tigers
Previous rank: 11
Record: 26-10
Next game: at Jacksonville State, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
9. LSU Tigers
Previous rank: 3
Record: 31-6
Next game: vs. McNeese, 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday (SECN+)
10. UCLA Bruins
Previous rank: 10
Record: 28-8
Next game: vs. Oregon State, 9 p.m. on Tuesday
11. Ole Miss Rebels
Previous rank: 6
Record: 27-9
Next game: vs. Little Rock, noon on Tuesday (SECN+)
12. North Carolina Tar Heels
Previous rank: 16
Record: 28-8
Next game: vs. Charlotte, 6 p.m. on Tuesday
13. UC Irvine
Previous rank: 13
Record: 25-8
Next game: vs. LMU, 9 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
14. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Previous rank: 18
Record: 29-7
Next game: vs. Georgia, 7 p.m. on Tuesday
15. Alabama Crimson Tide
Previous rank: 12
Record: 29-8
Next game: vs. UAB, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (SECN+)
16. Oregon Ducks
Previous rank: 15
Record: 24-10
Next game: vs. UCLA, 8:05 p.m. on Friday
17. Louisville Cardinals
Previous rank: 14
Record: 26-9
Next game: vs. Western Kentucky, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (ACCNX)
18. Oklahoma Sooners
Previous rank: 19
Record: 25-10
Next game: at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN2)
19. Vanderbilt Commodores
Previous rank: 17
Record: 26-10
Next game: vs. Lipscomb, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (SECN+)
20. Troy Trojans
Previous rank: 20
Record: 26-11
Next game: vs. ULM, 7 p.m. on Thursday (ESPN+)
21. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Previous rank: 21
Record: 27-9
Next game: at Wake Forest, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (ACCNX)
22. Arizona Wildcats
Previous rank: 24
Record: 25-10
Next game: vs. Grand Canyon, 8 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
23. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
Previous rank: 23
Record: 24-12
Next game: at Southeastern Louisiana, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
24. West Virginia Mountaineers
Previous rank: NR
Record: 30-4
Next game: at Marshall, 6 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
25. TCU Horned Frogs
Previous rank: NR
Record: 28-9
Next game: vs. Dallas Baptist, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)