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    OU Baseball: Oklahoma Finally Enters Rankings

    After a strong week and two series sweeps to open Big 12 Conference play, the Sooners have catapulted into this week's college baseball rankings.

    A hot week and a 6-0 start to Big 12 Conference play has made college baseball voters take notice.

    Oklahoma after sweeping No. 12 TCU last weekend in Fort Worth, the Sooners debuted this week in several college baseball polls.

    OU improved to 13-6 overall as the Sooners outscored the Horned Frogs 23-12 in their three-game series at Lupton Stadium, and after sweeping UCF and TCU on back-to-back weekends are all alone atop the Big 12 standings.

    Skip Johnson’s squad jumped into the Baseball America Top 25 at No. 14, is ranked No. 17 by D1Baseball.com and No. 20 in the USA Today Coaches Poll — where they jumped 22 spots from last week’s rankings.

    Moreover, The Sooners have the nation’s No. 5 RPI, according to BoydsWorld.com.

    OU is 4-1 so far this season against teams ranked in the Baseball America Top 25.

    This week the Sooners host No. 20-ranked Dallas Baptist on Tuesday night (DBU beat OU 11-7 in Dallas back on Feb. 20), then welcome West Virginia for a three-game Big 12 Conference series at L. Dale Mitchell Park on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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