Diamond Rebels Move Up to No. 1 in D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings
OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss baseball has moved up one spot to the No. 1 in the country in this week’s D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings. The Diamond Rebels were No. 2 last week and ascended to the top spot after a midweek win over Alcorn State and a series victory over Oral Roberts.
The weekend series win was the fourth straight of the season for head coach Mike Bianco’s squad.
There are eight Southeastern Conference teams in this week’s rankings: Ole Miss (1), Arkansas (3), Vanderbilt (4), Tennessee (7), Florida (9), LSU (13), Georgia (20), and Mississippi State (23).
The complete Top 25 is as follows:
- Ole Miss
- Texas
- Arkansas
- Vanderbilt
- Oregon State
- Notre Dame
- Tennessee
- Florida State
- Florida
- Georgia Tech
- Oklahoma State
- Stanford
- LSU
- Liberty
- North Carolina
- Arizona
- Texas Tech
- Clemson
- Virginia
- Georgia
- TCU
- Texas State
- Mississippi State
- Maryland
- Gonzaga
Other Polls
Ole Miss is in the Top 5 of the other major polls, coming in at No. 2 in Baseball America’s rankings and No. 4 in Perfect Game’s.
(Feature image credit: Josh McCoy, Ole Miss)
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn's love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
