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As expected, after dropping a road series to Wake Forest, Florida State dropped 3 spots to 7 in D1 baseball’s weekly poll. Dropping a road series to the Demon Deacons is nothing to be ashamed about for any team. Playing 8 games in 9 days and going 6-2 in that span is pretty impressive, especially when you factor travel into that already hectic equation.
This is still a good team, but as is the case with most squads at this point in the season, questions persist. To wit: after giving up Game One of Saturday’s doubleheader in walk-off fashion, FSU continues to look for a closer, and while it has many candidates, the coaching staff will need to continue to give pitchers chances like it did with Cobi Johnson against Wake.
Top 25 Poll (with record)
- Oregon State 15-1
- Florida 15-3
- Stanford 14-2
- Kentucky 14-3
- Arkansas 11-4
- Texas Tech 15-2
- Florida State 14-2
- Mississippi 15-1
- Texas A&M 16-1
- Clemson 15-1
- TCU 9-1
- Louisville 14-1
- Vanderbilt 12-4
- Indiana 11-4
- Auburn 15-1
- Southern Mississippi 11-4
- UCLA 10-4
- ECU 12-3
- Mississippi State 10-6
- LSU 11-2
- Duke 12-3
- Virginia 10-6
- UCF 13-3
- North Carolina State 13-3
- UNLV 15-2
Dropped out of the Top 25 (North Carolina-20 — Texas-23 — Coastal Carolina-24 — Dallas Baptist-25)
Noteworthy
- The ACC has six teams in the top 25 with North Carolina State and Duke making the cut and North Carolina falling out.
- UCF (a Florida State opponent) is also now ranked.
- Oregon State passed Florida for the top spot after the Gators dropped a couple to UCF.
FSU in other polls
Baseball America dropped Florida State the same number of spots but has the ‘Noles at 6.
The 14-2 Seminoles return to action on the road this Tuesday against the 15-3 Florida Gators before hosting the presently 7-6 Notre Dame Irish.