Alabama Baseball Rises in Top-25

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama Baseball jumped up six spots to No. 17 in D1Baseball's top-25 following a 3-1 week highlighted by a 3-1 win over then-No. 17 Troy during the midweek.

The top-five remains SEC dominant, with four of the five spots being taken by SEC programs. The lone non-SEC squad is Florida State at No. 5.

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Eight SEC teams take up the remaining twenty spots. The Crimson Tide are nestled between Vanderbilt one spot above them at No. 16, and Texas A&M closely behind at No. 19 — Alabama plays the Aggies next weekend in College Station. The Auburn Tigers are the last SEC team on the list at No. 25, three spots down from their No. 22 ranking last Monday after going 2-2 on the week.

The Crimson Tide have defeated two teams in D1Baseball's newest rankings, No. 21 Troy and No. 24 Coastal Carolina. NC State, who Alabama defeated 4-0 in the Jacksonville Classic, was ranked No. 12 at the time.

Full list below:

1. LSU
2. Tennessee
3. Arkansas
4. Georgia
5. Florida State
6. North Carolina
7. Florida
8. Oregon State
9. Oregon
10. Clemson
11. Texas
12. Oklahoma
13. Ole Miss
14. Wake Forest
15. UC Santa Barbara
16. Vanderbilt
17. Alabama
18. Stanford
19. Texas A&M
20. Dallas Baptist
21. Troy
22. Southern Miss
23. Virginia
24. Coastal Carolina
25. Auburn

As league play rapidly approaches, the Crimson Tide are red-hot. Yet, they need to prove to the country that they can live up to the hype over the course of the gauntlet that is SEC baseball.

The Crimson Tide travel to Birmingham Tuesday to take on UAB before heading west to College Station to take on the No. 19 Texas A&M Aggies to begin conference play.

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