Kentucky Baseball Rises to No. 3 in D1Baseball Top 25

The Bat Cats just keep surging.

Kentucky has jumped once again in D1Baseball’s Top 25 Rankings, this time from No. 8 to No. 3. This marks the fourth straight week featuring a positive move forward for the Cats in the polls.

Week 9 Top 25 from @d1baseball!

South Carolina, Arizona, West Virginia, and Georgia join the rankings this week. UCF, Mississippi State, Nebraska and Florida drop out of the Top 25

Texas A&M takes over at #1! pic.twitter.com/tc87LBzpm5

— Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47) April 15, 2024

Although Kentucky lost its first midweek game of the season on Tuesday, the Cats completed their third consecutive SEC sweep over the weekend. It took a seven-run comeback on Sunday, but Kentucky improved to 14-1 in conference play.

Kentucky’s 14-1 start to SEC play is the best in program history. The conference record for best start belongs to Tennessee, who started the 2022 season 17-1. The Cats could tie that record with a sweep of the Volunteers at Kentucky Proud Park this weekend.

Eight SEC teams are ranked in this week’s Top 25, featuring the entire top-four. No. 3 Kentucky is joined by No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 2 Arkansas, No. 4 Tennessee, No. 13 Vanderbilt, No. 18 Alabama, No. 20 South Carolina, and No. 24 Georgia.

No. 2 Arkansas, who fell from No. 1 in the rankings, was tied with Kentucky in conference record heading into the weekend but lost its series at Alabama. Texas A&M, who was ranked No. 4 last week, jumped to No. 1 in the Top 25 after sweeping No. 13 Vanderbilt.

No. 3 Kentucky travels to Louisville on Tuesday for a midweek edition of the Battle of the Bluegrass before hosting No. 4 Tennessee in a massive home series this weekend.