NCAA Baseball Top 25: Week 1

The opening weekend of the college baseball season was crazy. Seeing the top two teams in the country, according to our preseason poll, each lose multiple games in the first few days of the season was quite a surprise. However that showed us a few teams we ranked a bit further down the polls may be better than we initially thought. 

Similarly to the top two teams in the preseason scuffling a bit, the top two players on the draft board had varying results as well. Georgia right hander Emerson Hancock struggled, giving up six runs in his first action of the year. Meanwhile Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson had success at the dish, but saw his team drop a pair of games, with their vaunted lineup scoring just 11 runs over four games, three of which came against a weak Villanova team.

Beyond Vandy and Louisville getting upset, we saw Nick Gonzales continue to hit a ton, Kumar Rocker pick up right where he left off in June, and freshmen like Texas Tech’s Nate Rombach not only force their way into crowded lineups -- but end up being among the biggest stars of the weekend.

On the flip side since our last poll some not so positive news has emerged across the country. Oregon State star pitcher Kevin Abel (injury) and Boston College outfielder Chris Galland were left off their team’s rosters for the season, shutting them down for 2020. Miami lost Freddy Zamora to suspension, then 24 hours later to an injury for the year. North Carolina lost Gianluca Dalatri to yet another injury, while Tennessee’s Garrett Crochet sat out the weekend with a minor injury.

RankSchoolRecordVotesPrevious
1Miami(3)3-0983
2Arkansas(1)3-0934
3Vanderbilt1-2881
4Louisville1-2842
5Florida3-0838
6Michigan3-17812
7Mississippi State3-0776
8Georgia3-0735
9Texas Tech4-0727
10UCLA3-06310
11Auburn4-06211
12LSU2-14714
13Florida State2-14613
14Texas A&M3-04218
T-15NC State3-041t20
T-15North Carolina3-04119
17Ole Miss2-137t24
18East Carolina3-033t20
19Oklahoma2-12323
20Arizona State2-2229
21Wake Forest3-121t24
22Duke2-11817
23Georgia Tech2-11322
24Stanford1-21215
T-25Texas3-08UR
T-25CSU Fullerton2-18UR

Dropped Out:

16.Oklahoma State  1-2


Others Receiving Votes:

UC Santa Barbara 7, Southern Miss 4, Tennessee 2, Oklahoma State 1, Ohio State 1, Florida International 1, Dallas Baptist 1