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Alabama Baseball Moves Up in D1Baseball Rankings

The Alabama baseball team jumped in this week's D1Baseball Rankings.

Kim Rankin

Alabama Athletics

The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team moved up three spots to No. 13 in this week's D1Baseball Rankings.

Last week, the Crimson Tide went 3-1, winning its midweek contest against Belmont and taking the series against South Carolina, the only loss being 9-8 in the series finale on Saturday afternoon.

Alabama has moved up six times in seven weeks, the only fall coming in week six, when the team dropped from No. 11 to No. 16 after getting swept by the Georgia Bulldogs. So far this season, the team has ranked as low as No. 19 to start the year and as high as No. 11.

D1Baseball's Week 7 Rankings:

1. Arkansas Razorbacks (23-3)
2. Clemson Tigers (24-3)
3. Texas A&M Aggies (25-3)
4. Tennessee Volunteers (24-5)
5. Oregon State Beavers (21-4)
6. Florida Gators (16-11)
7. Vanderbilt Commodores (23-6)
8. Dallas Baptist Patriots (23-4)
9. Duke Blue Devils (20-8)
10. North Carolina Tar Heels (25-4)
11. Virginia Tech Hokies (21-5)
12. Eastern Carolina Pirates (20-6)
13. Alabama Crimson Tide (21-7)
14. Florida State Seminoles (20-4)
15. Virginia Cavaliers (22-6)
16. UC Irvine Anteaters (22-3)
17. Kentucky Wildcats (22-4)
18. LSU Tigers (20-9)
19. NC State Wolfpack (18-7)
20. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (20-7)
21. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (17-10)
22. South Carolina Gamecocks (21-7)
23. Mississippi State Bulldogs (19-10)
24. Nebraska Huskers (20-5)
25. Central Florida Knights (18-7)

Teams that dropped out include the Kansas State Wildcats (18-8) and Oklahoma Sooners (15-12).

In the other polls, the Crimson Tide ranks No. 11 in Baseball America, No. 14 in the Coaches Poll and NCBWA, and No. 15 in Perfect Game.

The Crimson Tide will start a four-game road trip this week, traveling to Samford for its midweek contest on Tuesday, then will head to Lexington, Ky., for a three-game series against the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats before returning to The Joe on April 9 for a midweek game against South Alabama.



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Kim Rankin

KIM RANKIN

Kim Rankin is a 2020 graduate of the University of Alabama. She has covered multiple sports including football, men’s basketball, baseball, softball, and gymnastics. She previously worked at Tide 100.9 in Tuscaloosa and is a Boston sports enthusiast. Connect with Kim on X/Twitter: @kmrankin1