D1Baseball releases updated Top 25 rankings, crowns new No. 1 team

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Following an eventful week in college baseball, D1Baseball updated its top 25 rankings on Monday morning, and a new No. 1 has emerged: For the first time in program history, the Tennessee Volunteers have taken the No. 1 spot.

Tennessee will have a chance to leave no doubts in its No. 1 ranking this coming weekend, as the Volunteers look to defend their first-ever No. 1 ranking with a three-game road series against in-state rival Vanderbilt, which ranks No. 9 in this week’s D1Baseball top 25.

Here’s a look at the rest of D1Baseball’s top 25, updated through March 28.

D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings

  1. Tennessee Volunteers
  2. Arkansas Razorbacks
  3. Oregon State Beavers
  4. Virginia Cavaliers
  5. Florida State Seminoles
  6. Oklahoma State Cowboys
  7. Texas Tech Red Raiders
  8. Texas Longhorns
  9. Vanderbilt Commodores
  10. Ole Miss Rebels
  11. Louisville Cardinals
  12. TCU Horned Frogs
  13. LSU Tigers
  14. Florida Gators
  15. Arizona Wildcats
  16. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  17. Miami Hurricanes
  18. North Carolina Tar Heels
  19. Dallas Baptist Patriots
  20. Texas State Bobcats
  21. Oregon Ducks
  22. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  23. Georgia Bulldogs
  24. Gonzaga Bulldogs
  25. Connecticut Huskies

Tennessee takes No. 1 spot after emphatic sweep

Tennessee earned the No. 1 spot for the first time in the eight-year history of D1Baseball’s top 25 rankings, and it was for good reason: not only did the Volunteers sweep then-No. 1 Ole Miss in Oxford, a wildly impressive feat in itself, they did so by outscoring the Rebels 26-7. It was complete dominance by the Volunteers, who are now the odds-on betting favorite to win the College World Series, too. Meanwhile, with the loss, Ole Miss took a significant tumble, going from No. 1 to No. 10.

Ole Miss wasn’t alone, though, as 11 ranked teams lost their weekend series, causing massive upheaval in the D1Baseball top 25 rankings. Perhaps most notably, in losing two of three on the road at South Carolina, Vanderbilt fell to No. 9. As for why that matters? The Commodores will host the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers this weekend, an in-state rivalry that could very well be one of the best regular-season series of the season.

Arkansas made the climb to No. 2 after winning two of three on the road at Missouri, while Oregon State moved up three spots and Virginia moved up six spots after road series wins at California and Wake Forest, respectively.

Louisville and TCU both saw their rankings climb seven spots, as Louisville came in at No. 11 and TCU came in at No. 12, while LSU had a huge rise — the Tigers moved up eight spots to No. 13 after winning a road series at Florida, which caused the Gators to move down to No. 14