After Taking Series over the Gamecocks, Ole Miss Baseball Ranks in Baseball America’s Top 25 this Week
OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss baseball took the series, two games to one, over then-No. 20 South Carolina this weekend at Swayze, and as a result the Rebels have marched their way back into Baseball America’s Top 25. Ole Miss comes in at No. 17 this week.
Here’s what Baseball America has to say about the Diamond Rebels:
“Ole Miss ran its winning streak to nine games before losing Sunday’s series finale against South Carolina. But before that loss, the Rebels clinched a key series win to open SEC play behind a solid performance on the mound. Starters Gunnar Dennis and Liam Doyle pitched well and five relievers combined to hold the Gamecocks to one run in 7.2 innings over the two wins. Ole Miss faces a tough week ahead, starting with a game against Southern Miss.”
Baseball America on Ole Miss
The tough week ahead includes a trip to Pearl, Miss. to play No. 25 Southern Miss and a three-game series, starting Friday, against No. 11 Tennessee on the road in Knoxville.
Ten SEC teams made this week’s Top 25 according to Baseball America: Arkansas (1), Vanderbilt (2), LSU (5), Florida (8), Alabama (9), A&M (10), Tennessee (11), Mississippi State (16), Ole Miss (17), and South Carolina (21).
Three Mississippi schools are in the rankings as Southern Miss joins the Rebels and Bulldogs.
Here’s the complete Baseball America Top 25
- Arkansas
- Vanderbilt
- Clemson
- Oregon State
- LSU
- Duke
- Florida State
- Florida
- Alabama
- Texas A&M
- Tennesee
- East Carolina
- Virginia
- Oklahoma
- Wake Forest
- Mississippi State
- Ole Miss
- TCU
- UC Irvine
- Dallas Baptist
- South Carolina
- Coastal Carolina
- North Carolina
- Campbell
- Southern 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.
