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D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings: April 18

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Miami remained No. 1 in the D1Baseball Top 25 for the second straight week, but there was some shuffling in the rankings behind the Hurricanes. Florida moved up a spot to No. 2 after completing a sweep of its season series against Florida State and then sweeping a road series against Arkansas. Texas A&M moved up three spots to No. 3 after sweeping a road series against Mississippi State, which fell from No. 2 to No. 6. Vanderbilt and Louisville round out the top five.

NC State moved up four spots to No. 8 after winning a road series against Georgia Tech. The surging Wolfpack now owns the nation’s best record against top 50 RPI teams (13-6). LSU also returned to the top 10 after a 4-1 week.

Texas Tech continued its march up the rankings with a 5-0 week, helping the Red Raiders move up three more spots to No. 11. The biggest mover of the week was UC Santa Barbara, which took advantage of many other teams in the middle of the rankings losing to vault six spots to No. 13. Rice also made a significant move, climbing six spots to No. 15.

Three teams entered the Top 25 this week. Coastal Carolina returned to the rankings at No. 21, and fellow preseason Top 25 club Louisiana-Lafayette also rejoined the rankings at No. 24. Minnesota made its season debut in Top 25, entering at No. 25 after taking back-to-back series against preseason Big Ten favorites Michigan and Maryland.

D1Baseball editors Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers determine the Top 25 rankings. Records are through games of April 17.