On March 31, the latest edition of the 2025 USA Today/coaches’ poll for college baseball released. The top seven teams from last week remained, albeit with a slight re-ordering. However, the highlights of the new poll include jumps from Alabama & Ole Miss, as well as a longtime power moving back into the top-25.
Here’s the post-Week 7 coaches’ poll rankings, courtesy of USA Today:
- Tennessee
- Arkansas (+1)
- Georgia (+2)
- Florida State
- Texas (+2)
- LSU
- Clemson (-2)
- Alabama (+3)
- Oklahoma
- Ole Miss (+5)
- Oregon State (-3)
- Oregon (-2)
- UC Irvine (+8)
- North Carolina (+4)
- UCLA (JUMP)
- Southern Miss
- Auburn (-5)
- Louisville (+1)
- Dallas Baptist (-2)
- Vanderbilt (-7)
- Troy (+3)
- Georgia Tech (+3)
- Wake Forest (-9)
- Coastal Carolina (JUMP)
- West Virginia (JUMP)
Arizona, Stanford, and Florida all moved out of the top-25 from last week.
Alabama was one of the big winners from last week, as the Crimson Tide took two of three from Oklahoma to move to #8 in the coaches’ poll. The Crimson Tide finished the series off with an 8-6 win on March 30, thanks in part to home runs from Jason Torres and Will Hodo.
Ole Miss moved to #10 after taking two of three from the Florida Gators. The Rebels took the first two games of their series in Oxford before losing the last one on March 28, the second game of a doubleheader.
The Rebels have been led by a pair of fourth-year players. Mitchell Sanford is batting .350 with eight home runs after the weekend, while redshirt junior Hunter Elliott has 47 strikeouts over 34.2 IP this season.
UCLA, meanwhile, moves into the top-25 for the first time since the 2024 preseason. The Bruins have been on a tear this year, as UCLA has gone 22-5 and 10-2 in Big 10 play. That latter figure puts UCLA in a tie for first in the conference alongside Iowa.
The Bruins have been led by a trio of sophomores offensively. Roman Martin, Roch Cholowsky, and Mulivai Levu are all batting .300, with Levu (9) and likely 2026 Day 1 pick Cholowsky (8) leading the way in home runs.
As for the notable moves, Wake Forest was dropped nine spots after being swept by Virginia Tech in Winston-Salem. The Demon Deacons will head to Tallahassee to face the Florida State Seminoles this weekend.
Vanderbilt, meanwhile, was swept by Arkansas in Nashville. The Commodores were outscored 22-7 over the weekend.
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