By: Aaron Kirby

TCU (32-16) remains at #1 for the second consecutive week. The Horned Frogs won all 3 games at Air Force in MWC play. TCU now is 1 game up on New Mexico for the MWC regular season title.

Utah Valley (39-11) extended their win streak to 32 games with a 4 game sweep at New York Tech. The Wolverines move up 4 spots to #19. To tie and or break the all time winning streak the Wolverines host Utah (13-35) Tuesday and host Northern Colorado (25-26) for 4 games starting Thursday.

MOVING UP

Louisville (35-17) slides up 3 spot to #3 with a 2-2 week. The Cardinals lost 3-2 at Vanderbilt on Tuesday before winning 2 of 3 vs St John’s in the Big East series of the year. With the series victory Louisville is 1 game behind St John’s for Big East regular season title. South Florida is also 1 game behind St John’s at 16-8 in Big East. St John’s ends the season vs Seton Hall (31-21), Louisville ends season at Pittsburgh (26-24) and South Florida ends season at West Virginia (20-31). Louisville holds the tie breaker over both St John’s and South Florida.

Sam Houston St (34-16) climbs 6 places to #4 after winning 2 of 3 vs SE Louisiana and winning the regular season championship in the Southland. At 22-8 the Bearkats have a 4 game lead over 2nd place SE Louisiana with one weekend left.

Indiana St (40-12) enters the top 10 for first time in 2012 at #6. The Sycamores went 4-0 on week with win mid week at SIU Edwardsville and sweep at Southern Illinois in MVC play. Indiana St has a 1 ½ game lead over Missouri St in the MVC. Indiana St hosts Missouri St this weekend to finish the regular season.

Appalachian St (36-12) moves up 6 to #8 after winning 2 of 3 at Samford in SoCon play. The Mountaineers hold a 1 game lead over College of Charleston for the regular season title and hold the tie breaker over CofC. App St travels to rival Western Carolina to finish the season.

Stetson (34-18) gets back on track moving up 7 places to #12. The Hatters split two games vs Florida St mid week (L 9-1, W 6-5) and swept ETSU on the road in A-Sun play. Stetson enters the final weekend 1 ½ games behind SC Upstate for A-Sun regular season title.

FALLING

San Diego (38-13) slides down 2 places to #5. The week started out good with a 4-1 win vs UC Irvine but ended losing 2 of 3 at home to Loyola-Marymount including Fridays 13-1 loss. The Toreros have only lost 3 weekend series all year but 2 of the 3 have come in the last 3 weeks. San Diego has a ½ game lead over Pepperdine in WCC and takes this weekend off before ending the season at Pepperdine May 25-27.

Missouri St (35-17) falls 7 spots to #11 with a 1-3 week. The week started with a 10-5 loss at Missouri and ended losing 2 of 3 at home to Evansville. On the weekend Missouri St scored only 3 runs and only gave up 4 runs (Winning Friday 2-0, losing 3-1 Saturday and 1-0 Sunday). The Bears travel to Indiana St down 1 ½ games and needing a sweep to win the regular season title.

College of Charleston (34-17) drops 7 spots to #16 with a 3-2 week. The Cougars picked up a 4-2 win at Clemson on Monday, which was their first ever win (1-17) over the Tigers, and beat Savannah St 12-0 Tuesday. On the weekend the Cougars stepped out of SoCon play and hosted UNC-Asheville losing 2 of 3. The series loss was a big hit to their at-large chances but they are still just a game behind App St for the SoCon regular season title. CofC hosts Coastal Carolina Tuesday before traveling to UNCG (24-24) to finish the regular season.

New Mexico St (31-19) continues their fall and drops 4 places to #17 losing 2 of 3 at home to Fresno St. The Aggies, once a “lock” for an at-large bid, snapped their 7 game losing streak with a 2-1 win over Fresno St on Saturday but lost again 14-7 Sunday. New Mexico St has lost 8 of 9 and sits tied with Hawaii in 3rd place in the WAC.

Gonzaga (29-20) also continues to fall. The Bulldogs drop 3 to #18 after being swept by Arizona St. Also after being a “lock” for an at-large bid the Bulldogs are 3-11 since April 20th and are now in 6th place in the WCC 3 ½ games behind first place San Diego.

DROPPED OUT

#22 UT-Arlington (29-23) 0-3 at McNeese St

#25 Hawaii (28-21) 0-3 at Sacramento St

IN

Kent St (33-17) reenters the rankings at #23. The Golden Flashes swept Miami, Oh in MAC play and have clinched the regular season title with a 21-3 record. Overall Kent St has won 9 in a row and 14 of 16.

Army (39-12) enters the rankings for first time at #25. The Black Knights beat Lafayette 8-7 and 6-3 in Saturday’s Patriot League semi finals to advance to the leagues championship series this week in West Point, NY vs Holy Cross (31-20). Army split 4 games at Holy Cross April 28-29th.

CLINCHED REGULAR SEASON

BIG TEN-Purdue

Colonial-UNCW

Great West-Utah Valley

MAC-Kent St

Southland-Sam Houston St

SWAC-Jackson St

The MEAC Tourney starts Wednesday at Norfolk University in Norfolk, Virginia with Delaware St #1 seed on one side of bracket after winning the North Division and Bethune-Cookman #1 seed on other side after winning the South Division.

Mid-Major Top 25- Week 13 RNK SCHOOL REC PVS WK Weeks Results 5/7-5/13 #1 TCU 32-16 #1 3-0 3-0 at Air Force; #2 Purdue 39-10 #2 4-1 1-0 at IUPU FortWayne; 1-0 Illinois Chicago; 2-1 Michigan; #3 Louisville 35-17 #6 2-2 0-1 at Vanderbilt; 2-1 St Jonhs; #4 Sam Houston St 34-16 #10 2-1 2-1 SE Louisiana; #5 San Diego 38-13 #3 2-2 1-0 UC Irvine; 1-2 Loyola Marymount; #6 Indiana St 40-12 #11 4-0 1-0 at SIEU; 3-0 at S. Illionois; #7 Dallas Baptist 36-16 #5 2-2 0-1 Texas Tech; 2-1 at Creighton; #8 Appalachian St 36-12 #14 2-1 2-1 at Samford; #9 Coastal Carolina 34-16 #8 2-2 1-1 at Michigan; 1-1 Winthrop; #10 Texas St 29-20 #7 2-2 0-1 Baylor; 2-1 UTSA; #11 Missouri St 35-17 #4 1-3 0-1 at Missouri; 1-2 Evansville; #12 Stetson 34-18 #19 4-1 1-1 Florida St; 3-0 at ETSU; #13 Pepperdine 29-19 #17 3-1 0-1 UCLA; 3-0 BYU #14 UNCW 32-19 #20 3-1 0-1 at UNC; 3-0 at William and Mary; #15 SE Louisiana 34-18 #12 1-2 1-2 at Sam Houston St; #16 College of Charleston 34-17 #9 3-2 1-0 at Clemson; 1-0 Savannah st; 1-2 UNCA; #17 New Mexio St 31-19 #13 1-2 1-2 Fresno St; #18 Gonzaga 29-20 #15 0-3 0-3 Arizona St; #19 Utah Valley 39-11 #23 4-0 4-0 at New York Tech #20 Samford 33-19 #16 1-2 1-2 App St; #21 USC Upstate 33-15 #21 1-1 1-1 Kennesaw St; #22 Michigan St 33-17 #24 4-1 1-0 at W. Michigan; 1-0 Toledo; 2-1 Iowa; #23 Kent St 33-17 NR 3-0 3-0 Miami, OH; #24 Florida Atlantic 29-20 #18 1-2 1-2 at Arkansas Little Rock; #25 Army 39-12 NR 2-0 2-0 vs Lafayette; dropped out #22 UT-Arlington 29-23 #25 Hawaii 28-21 others receiving votes Stony Brook 39-11 Wichita St 32-22 South Florida 33-18 St Louis 37-15 Liberty 36-16 Campbell 38-15 Mercer 33-19 St Johns 32-19 Illinois St 29-16 Wright St 36-16