College Baseball Central Top 25: May 11

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Photo Tim Casey - Florida Athletics

With a week left in the regular season, a few spots in the College Baseball Central Top 25 changed.  LSU chased Missouri from the top 25  with series sweep. Louisville grabbed a series win against Florida State in the ACC to remain at number two

Florida proved themselves worthy of a top 10 ranking with a big series win over Vanderbilt moving up to number 7.

Rice totally dominated FAU in a Conference USA showdown on the road sweeping the other Owls from Florida Atlantic.

Houston continued to roll with a series win over East Carolina in American Conference action, establishing a one game lead in the conference play with one weekend remaining.

1. LSU 43-8

Missouri W 8-3, Missouri W 8-2, Missouri W 6-5

2. Louisville 40-12

at Clemson 9-5, Kentucky W 5-2, Florida State L 13-4, Florida State 7-0, Florida State W 6-5

3. UCLA 36-12

Pepperdine W 10-2, at Arizona State W 9-0, at Arizona State W 11-5, at Arizona State L 2-1

4. TCU 39-9

Kansas W 4-2, Kansas W 2-1

5. Illinois 42-6

Rutgers W 5-4, Rutgers W 6-2, Rutgers W 28-13

6. Texas A&M 42-9

South Carolina L 9-7, South Carolina W 15-14, South Carolina L 8-7

7. Florida 38-14

South Florida W 5-1, at Vanderbilt L 2-0, at Vanderbilt W 7-3, at Vanderbilt W 9-7

8. UC Santa Barbara 35-13

Bakersfield L 5-3, at Cal State Fullerton L 3-0, at Cal State Fullerton L 10-1, at Cal State Fullerton W 3-2

9. Florida State  37-16

at Stetson W 3-1, at Louisville W 13-4, at Louisville L 7-0, at Louisville L 6-5

10. Vanderbilt 36-16

Florida W 2-0, Florida L 7-3, Florida L 9-7

11. Arizona State 30-17

UCLA L 9-0, UCLA L 11-5, UCLA W 2-1

12. Miami 37-13

Bethune-Cookman W 14-0, New York Tech W 26-0, New York Tech W 13-1, New York Tech W 19-1

13. Oklahoma State 31-16

West Virginia L 5-4

14. Southern California 34-16

UC Irvine L 8-5, Stanford W 1-0, Stanford L 3-2, Stanford W 2-0

15. Rice Owls (33-16)

Texas A&M CC W 2-0 FAU W 6-0, FAU W 5-1, FAU W 5-2

16. Missouri State 38-10

Saint Louis W 8-2, Southern Ilinois W 1-0, Southern Illinois W 5-0, Southern Illinois W 5-3

17 Dallas Baptist 39-9

Texas-Arlington W 12-6, San Francisco W 8-0, San Francisco W 1-0

18. Iowa 34-12

Western Illinois W 7-5, Minnesota W 7-3, Minnesota W 10-2, Minnesota W 7-1

19. College of Charleston 38-10

at Clemson L 6-3, UNC Wilmington W 13-4, UNC Wilmington W 5-4, UNC Wilmington W 11-7

20. Maryland Terrapins (35-17)

Towson W 9-2 , Ohio State 13-4, Ohio State L 13-12, Ohio State 14-10

21. Arkansas 30-19

Tennessee L 5-4, Tennessee W 5-2

22. Nevada Wolfpack 40-11

St Marys L 13-6 Creighton W 5-4 Creighton W 4-0

23. Florida Atlantic 36-14

UCF W 10-2, Rice L 6-0, Rice L 5-1, Rice L 5-2

24. Oregon State 32-14

Oregon W 10-2, Utah W 3-0, Utah W 2-0, Utah T 2-2

25. Houston Cougars (35-17)

McNeese St W 9-2 , East Carolina W 10-1 , East Carolina L 4-1 , East Carolina W 11-1

Others Considered - Radford

Dropped - Virginia, Missouri,

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Don Miller
Don is a lifelong baseball fan and that life is getting pretty long. He makes his living at home in New Port Richey, Florida. A Tampa native he served as a fantasy correspondent for ESPN for the Tampa Bay Rays, back when they were called the Devil Rays. He loves college baseball, Tampa sports and follows them both with unrivaled passion. Don is also a member of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and his work has been featured on a number of baseball, sports, business and financial venues.