Polls Have Alabama Baseball Moving Up, One Into Top 20
Even though the University of Alabama baseball team lost its first game of the season over the weekend, it went up in the two polls it was ranked last week, and was added by another.
The Crimson Tide was at No. 20, up from No. 23, in the Collegiate Baseball rankings, while the coaches' poll bumped it up from No. 25 to No. 21.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll had Alabama at No. 24 on Monday afternoon. The Crimson was the top vote getter outside of the top 25 last week.
The Crimson Tide is not ranked in the D1Baseball.com Top 25, or by Baseball America. Alabama finished the week at 3-1, suffering its first loss of the season in the middle game of the weekend against Lipscomb. The loss snapped a 14-game winning streak to start the season as the Crimson Tide was one of only two teams in the nation still undefeated.
The 14-game streak was the best start under head coach Brad Bohannon, surpassing 2018’s mark of 9-0 to start the year. The 14-0 record is also the second-best start to a season in program history and the fifth-longest winning streak, at any point, in the Alabama record books.
Alabama lost 3-2 to Lipscomb on Saturday. It took the other two games of the series, 2-1 and 14-2. The Crimson Tide also pounded out a 12-2 midweek victory against South Alabama.
This week’s Alabama baseball schedule
Tuesday, March 10 – at UAB (7-8/C-USA), Regions Field, 6 p.m. CT
Friday, March 13 – vs. Missouri (9-5/SEC), Sewell-Thomas Stadium, 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 14 – vs. Missouri (9-5/SEC), Sewell-Thomas Stadium, 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 – vs. Missouri (9-5/SEC), Sewell-Thomas Stadium, 12 p.m.
Collegiate Baseball
Rank Team (Record) Points, Previous
1. Florida (16-0) 496 2
2. Texas Tech. (16-1) 495 3
3. UCLA (13-2) 493 1
4. Georgia (14-2) 489 4
5. Louisville (11-4) 487 6
6. Mississippi (14-1) 484 8
7. Vanderbilt (12-5) 481 5
8. Arizona St. (13-4) 478 10
9. Miami, Fla. (11-4) 475 9
10. Mississippi St. (10-4) 472 12
11. N.C. State (13-2) 469 7
12. Central Florida (15-2) 466 15
13. Auburn (13-3) 464 17
14. Duke (12-3) 462 26
15. Arkansas (9-5) 460 13
16. Florida St. (10-5) 457 14
17. Texas (13-3) 455 19
18. Texas A&M (14-3) 453 20
19. Louisiana St. (11-5) 451 22
20. Alabama (15-1) 449 23
21. Pepperdine (12-3) 448 24
22. Tennessee (14-2) 446 16
23. Virginia (12-4) 444 —
24. Notre Dame (10-2) 443 —
25. Clemson (12-3) 440 27
26. U.C. Santa Barbara (13-2) 439 30
27. Long Beach St. (10-5) 437 21
28. Oklahoma (13-4) 434 28
29. Tulane (13-2) 431 29
30. Wichita St. (13-2) 428 —
USA Today Coaches Poll
Rank, Team, Record, Points (First), Previous
1 Florida 16-0 771 (28) 1
2 Georgia 14-2 699 0 3
3 Texas Tech 16-1 683 (1) 4
4 UCLA 13-2 645 (1) 2
5 Mississippi 14-1 601 0 8
6 Louisville 11-4 597 0 6
7 Vanderbilt 12-5 536 0 5
8 Miami 11-4 531 0 9
9 North Carolina State 13-2 499 0 7
10 Arizona State 13-4 435 0 13
11 Duke 12-3 431 0 12
12 Central Florida 15-2 403 0 15
13 Oklahoma 13-4 360 1 16
14 Auburn 13-3 290 0 17
15 Arkansas 9-5 272 0 10
16 Florida State 10-5 240 0 14
17 Mississippi State 10-4 200 0 19
18 Long Beach State 10-5 195 0 21
19 Louisiana State 11-5 184 0 22
20 Tennessee 14-2 164 0 11
21 Alabama 15-1 156 0 25
22 Texas 13-3 154 0 22
23 Texas A&M 14-3 147 0 24
24 Pepperdine 12-3 134 0 NR
25 Clemson 12-3 119 0 NR
No longer ranked: No. 18 Texas Christian; No. 20 Michigan.
Also receiving votes: Tulane 105; Texas Christian 88; Dallas Baptist 87; UC Santa Barbara 82; Virginia 77; East Carolina 40; Michigan 39; Oklahoma State 27; Georgia Tech 21; Baylor 10; Wichita St. 6; Santa Clara 6; San Diego 6; Notre Dame 6; Belmont 5; Samford 4; Hawaii 4; Texas-Arlington 3; San Diego State 3; Ohio State 3; New Mexico 2; Navy 2; Wake Forest 1; Old Dominion 1; New Mexico State 1.
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
Rank, Team, Record, Last week
1 Florida 16-0 1
2 Texas Tech 16-1 2
3 Georgia 14-2 3
4 UCLA 13-2 5
5 Louisville 11-4 6
6 Vanderbilt 12-5 4
7 Miami (FL) 11-4 8
8 Ole Miss 14-1 10
9 Arizona State 13-4 9
10 N.C. State 13-2 7
11 Duke 12-3 12
12 Oklahoma 13-4 15
13 Mississippi State 10-4 13
14 UCF 15-2 19
15 Auburn 13-3 18
16 Arkansas 9-5 11
17 Florida State 10-5 14
18 LSU 11-5 21
19 East Carolina 12-3 22
20 Texas A&M 14-3 23
21 Tennessee 14-2 16
22 Dallas Baptist 11-4 25
23 Long Beach State 10-5 24
24 Alabama 15-1 26
25 Clemson 12-3 27
26 Pepperdine 12-3 30
27 Michigan 8-7 17
28 Tulane 13-2 NR
29 TCU 11-4 20
30 Texas 13-3 28
Also receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama State (13-3), Arizona (10-5), Baylor (10-5), Belmont (13-3), Cal State Northridge (10-5), Coastal Carolina (10-5), College of Charleston (11-2), Davidson (12-3), East Tennessee State (12-2), Eastern Kentucky (11-2), Georgia Tech (10-5), Hawaii (8-6), Indiana (8-5), New Mexico (12-4), New Mexico State (12-4), Notre Dame (10-2), Oklahoma State (10-5), Old Dominion (12-2), San Diego (11-4), Santa Clara (12-5), Southern Miss (11-4), Texas-Arlington (12-3), UC Irvine (8-7), UC Santa Barbara (13-2), Virginia (44169), Washington (9-6), West Virginia (10-5), Wichita State (13-2), Wofford (13-3), Wright State (5-9)
Dropped out: Georgia Tech (29)
