The post-Week 11 NCAA college baseball polls were released on April 29 and not much changed from Week 10 at the top. The top four teams remained on top but there was some significant movement outside those spots. Namely, East Carolina moved into the top five after a dominant weekend.
First, here’s a look at the USA Today/Coaches Poll for April 29:
- Texas A&M
- Arkansas
- Tennessee
- Clemson
- East Carolina (+2)
- Florida State (+3)
- Oregon State (+3)
- Kentucky (-3)
- Duke (-3)
- Virginia (+2)
- UC Irvine (+3)
- North Carolina (+2)
- Vanderbilt (-5)
- South Carolina (+7)
- Wake Forest (-4)
- Oklahoma State (+6)
- Alabama (+1)
- Georgia (-1)
- Louisiana-Lafayette (-3)
- NC State (+3)
- Mississippi State (+7)
- Indiana State (+3)
- Oklahoma (-5)
- Arizona (-4)
- Dallas Baptist (JUMP)
Dallas Baptist jumped back into the top 25, while Coastal Carolina and Oregon slid out. Coastal Carolina, ranked #15 as of last week, fell out after two losses to Creighton and three to Troy over the past week.
East Carolina swept Memphis this past week to improve their overall record to 35-8 and move into the top five.
ECU has two of the top pitchers in the country, in junior reliever Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman and likely 2024 first-round pick Trey Yesavage. Both Lunsford-Shenkman and Yesavage rank in the top six in ERA this season.
South Carolina moved up seven spots after winning two of three from Kentucky. The Gamecocks finished the series with a 10-0 win on April 28. Austin Brinling, Gavin Casas, and Kennedy Jones all had two hits in the Gamecocks’ victory.