{"id":203095,"date":"2026-03-23T22:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203095\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:58:07","slug":"d1baseball-top-25-week-6-florida-unranked-after-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203095\/","title":{"rendered":"D1Baseball Top 25 Week 6: Florida unranked after sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 23, 2026, 6:25 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Florida fell out of the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings following a weekend sweep at the hands of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rolltidewire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama Crimson Tide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/florida\" data-autotag=\"13e400dd-2caf-4743-8f66-2d6e34ba4e99\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Gators<\/a> started the season ranked No. 13 and climbed into the top 10 through the first three weekends of the 2026 season. A series loss to High Point in Week 4 led to a significant drop, but a 4-0 week against the <a href=\"https:\/\/fsuwire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida State Seminoles<\/a> and South Carolina Gamecocks led to a five-spot jump <a href=\"http:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/gators\/baseball\/2026\/03\/16\/florida-baseball-d1baseball-rankings-south-carolina-sweep-week-5\/89186301007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a week ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The High Point series was a warning for this club, and a disastrous weekend against Alabama saw the hammer dropped. Florida has plenty of time to right the ship, starting with another midweek matchup against Florida State on Tuesday and a weekend series against No. 7 Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Four top-10 games in one week is quite the gauntlet, though, and a bad performance could widen the gap between Florida and a top-25 ranking.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/college\/gators\/baseball\/2026\/03\/21\/florida-baseball-photos-alabama-crimson-tide-liam-peterson-no-hitter\/89264310007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - PHOTOS: Highlights from Florida&#039;s series-opening loss to Alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774306687_373_89264246007-usatsi-28552165.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a>D1Baseball Top 25 movement in Week 6<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The top 10 held steady with <a href=\"https:\/\/uclawire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCLA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/longhornswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a>, Georgia Tech, Arkansas, <a href=\"https:\/\/auburnwire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Auburn<\/a>, Mississippi State, <a href=\"https:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/soonerswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma<\/a> and Virginia staying put in the Nos 1-9 spots, respectively. Florida State rounds out the top 10 this week, replacing North Carolina State, which fell to No. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\" data-autotag=\"497397f0-548b-4cee-95d0-362aef726b00\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Southeastern Conference<\/a> still has 10 teams inside the top 25, including six of the top 10. Besides those mentioned above, Ole Miss moved to No. 18 after being unranked, <a href=\"https:\/\/ukwildcatswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kentucky<\/a> dropped four spots to No. 19, <a href=\"https:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee<\/a> climbed one spot to No. 21 and <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a> rounds out the top 25 after falling two places.<\/p>\n<p>Week 6 D1Baseball Top 25 rankingsRankTeamRecordWeekLast1UCLA21-24-012Texas20-32-223Georgia Tech19-52-234Arkansas18-74-145Auburn19-42-256Mississippi State20-44-067Georgia20-53-178Oklahoma19-52-289Virginia20-55-1910Florida State19-43-11111Southern Miss19-53-11212USC24-15-01313UNC20-43-11414NC State18-62-21015Coastal Carolina16-73-11616Oregon State17-53-11717West Virginia16-43-02018Ole Miss19-63-1NR19Kentucky19-42-11520Oregon19-42-12121Tennessee17-73-12222Arizona State17-63-1NR23Notre Dame14-63-0NR24Nebraska18-64-1NR25Texas A&amp;M18-52-223<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dropped Out: No. 18 Florida, No. 19 Clemson, No. 24 Wake Forest, No. 25 Louisiana<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774306687_99_73904848007-CWS-G3-2.jpeg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatorsWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@GatorsWire<\/a>\u00a0on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gatorswire.bsky.social\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GatorsWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Florida Gators<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 23, 2026, 6:25 p.m. ET Florida fell out of the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings following a weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31,28,30,29,14113,14011,67928,299,97,43,39,4814,14012,4819,49,4821,443,300,9810,34],"class_list":["post-203095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-accessfree","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-sstssportscollegegatorsbaseball","tag-sstsnbaseball","tag-tagcollege-baseball","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagcolleges-universities","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagflorida","tag-tagflorida-gators","tag-tagflorida-gators-baseball","tag-tagncaa-southeastern-conference","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}