Texas baseball climbs 5 spots in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after big weekend in Vegas

After a big weekend in the Las Vegas Classic, that included a 3-0 record with wins over Washington, Illinois and Texas Tech, the Texas Longhorns baseball team has jumped five spots in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. The Horns are now No. 9 in the nation and boast a 9-1 record. UT is unbeaten since dropping the season opener to Louisville 4-3 in extra innings.

The blowout win of the Red Raiders was satisfying for Texas after Tech catcher Dylan Maxcey fired a few shots at the Longhorns before the event. “I think all of us are super excited,” he told reporters this week. “We’re going to be kind of with the mentality that if we don’t run-rule them, then we lost.”

Instead, it was the Red Raiders that flirted with the wrong side of the run rule. The Horns crushed Tech 10-5. Texas also edged the Huskies 10-9 and had a 15-6 come-from-behind win over Illinois.

The top three teams in the nation come from the SEC. Tennessee, LSU and Arkansas are joined in the ranking by Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Auburn and of course Texas. The Aggies fell nine spots in the poll after a horrific 0-4 week.

Rank

Team

Record

Points

1

Tennessee

11-0

747 (27)

2

LSU

11-1

663 (3)

3

Arkansas

10-1

659

4

North Carolina

12-0

647

5

Florida State

11-0

634

6

Florida

11-1

586

7

Georgia

13-1

556

7

Clemson

10-1

556

9

Texas

9-1

438

10

Oregon State

7-3

431

11

Virginia

7-3

397

12

Oklahoma

11-0

394

13

Oregon

10-2

386

14

Texas A&M

6-4

342

15

UC Santa Barbara

9-2

261

16

Wake Forest

10-3

259

17

Alabama

12-0

255

18

Vanderbilt

9-3

253

19

Ole Miss

10-1

193

20

Auburn

11-1

190

21

Troy

11-1

159

22

Southern Miss

9-3

145

23

Dallas Baptist

8-3

136

24

West Virginia

11-0

85

25

UC Irvine

8-3

51

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Publish date : 2025-03-03 21:46:00

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