Georgia Tech hosted Florida State in a battle to determine who, at this point of the season, is the best team in the ACC. After the Yellow Jackets completed the sweep with a 17-3 win on Saturday, it’s also fair to ask: Are they the best team in the country?

UCLA, which swept Rutgers to improve to 33-2 overall and 18-0 in the Big Ten, will likely hold on to the top spot in all of the polls (including at The Athletic), but Georgia Tech should be a unanimous No. 2 — especially after Texas’ series loss at Texas A&M.

The most notable aspect of the Jackets’ sweep was their work on the mound, limiting Florida State to nine total runs (three in each game). They have allowed four runs or fewer in 10 straight ACC games and lead the league with a 4.29 ERA in conference games.

Mason Patel ESCAPES on a 1-3-2 DP 🔥🔥🔥

Georgia Tech takes Game 1 vs Florida State… wow wow wow pic.twitter.com/nPukguPwnU

— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) April 10, 2026

The offense continued its blistering pace against the Seminoles, scoring 29 runs in the three-game series. Tech leads the nation in batting average (.359), OPS (1.107) and runs scored (393) and ranks fourth in home runs (74).

It’s been a smooth transition for first-year head coach James Ramsey, a former star at Florida State who was promoted last June after Danny Hall retired following 32 seasons at Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech (30-5, 9-3 ACC) has not been to the College World Series since 2006.

Around the horn

It was a near-perfect weekend for Texas A&M and its fans, who had been waiting eagerly for Jim Schlossnagle’s return to Blue Bell Park since the day he bolted for Texas. The Aggies took the first two games of the series, 9-8 on Friday night and 11-4 on Saturday, scoring more runs in those two games than Texas had given up in any previous three-game series this season.

So what didn’t go right for A&M? There was no three-game sweep because Game 3 was canceled due to inclement weather.

The Aggies, who have won eight of their last nine in league play, are tied for second (with Texas) in the SEC at 9-5, a game and a half behind Georgia.

There was one bright spot for Texas in College Station: Center fielder Aiden Robbins, a transfer from Seton Hall, went 5 for 8 with four home runs in the two games. He is hitting .358 with 15 home runs and 39 RBIs.

Tennessee has had some issues with its bullpen this season, notably in series losses to Vanderbilt and LSU.

Well, there were no problems this weekend as the Vols won three straight at Mississippi State to improve to 7-8 in the SEC at the midway point of conference play.

In three games, five Tennessee relievers combined to allow only two earned runs and eight hits in 10 1/3 innings. The previous weekend against LSU, Volunteers relievers not named Cam Appenzeller combined to allow 18 hits and 20 earned runs in 8 2/3 innings.

Appenzeller, a freshman, was once again outstanding in Starkville. In Friday night’s 6-5 win, the Illinois native pitched the final five innings, allowing three hits and two earned runs while striking out eight and walking just one. For the season, he is 5-0 with a 1.49 ERA and 0.69 WHIP in 36 1/3 innings. And he’s been especially effective in SEC play, with a 3-0 record, 0.77 ERA and 0.60 WHIP.

Appenzeller, ranked No. 22 nationally by Perfect Game, was one of the top prospects in the Class of 2025 to make it to campus.

It was a great weekend for former assistants who took over big-time programs. Ramsey (Georgia Tech), Michael Earley (Texas A&M) and Josh Elander (Tennessee) went a combined 8-0. It was especially notable for Earley and Elander, with Earley’s two wins coming against his former boss and Elander’s coming after the Vols had dropped consecutive series to fall to 4-8 in the SEC.

Few teams had a better week than Kansas, which extended its winning streak to 10 games with four wins over ranked opponents — a midweek victory at Nebraska and a weekend sweep over UCF in Lawrence.

The Jayhawks opened the UCF series with a 4-3 win in 12 innings on Friday night and then swept a doubleheader on Sunday by scores of 6-3 and 3-1. KU’s starting pitching was superb on Saturday, with Dominic Voegele and Mason Cook combining to throw 13 innings and allowing eight hits, four runs and four walks while striking out 16. It was a nice bounce-back effort from Voegele, who gave up 10 hits and seven earned runs in 3 2/3 innings in his previous start against Utah.

The Jayhawks are in first place in the Big 12 at 12-3, two full games up on UCF and West Virginia. They visit rival Kansas State next weekend.

USC junior left-hander Mason Edwards’ stats are almost unbelievable: 6-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 0.88 WHIP with 21 hits allowed and 95 strikeouts in 53 1/3 innings. That translates to a .116 batting average against and a strikeout rate of 44.4 percent.

The one knock on Edwards: He struggled in the one game against a ranked opponent, giving up seven hits and three earned runs in 4 2/3 innings in a 12-4 loss at No. 1 UCLA.

On a positive note, he has allowed only 14 hits in 48 2/3 innings when not facing the best team in the country!

Edwards, a Los Angeles native, wasn’t ranked in the top 500 nationally coming out of high school. He went 1-3 with a 7.88 ERA as a freshman and 3-0 with a 3.86 ERA as a sophomore.

Arizona State outfielder Landon Hairston is swinging his way into the Golden Spikes conversation. Over the weekend, the sophomore from Queen Creek, Ariz., went 6 for 13 with four home runs as the Sun Devils took two of three from Utah in Tempe.

Hairston leads the nation in home runs (23) and OPS (1.590) and ranks second in batting average (.453) and RBIs (65). He also has more walks (22) than strikeouts (16) and has nine stolen bases.

LANDON HAIRSTON DOES IT AGAINNN

#23 pic.twitter.com/AkxT9YkDRS

— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) April 12, 2026

The Sun Devils are 26-11 overall and 9-6 in the Big 12. Last Tuesday, they rallied from a 7-0 deficit after two innings to beat Grand Canyon 12-8. According to ASU media relations, it was the fifth time the Sun Devils have won a game when trailing by seven runs in three-plus seasons under Willie Bloomquist. Previously, ASU had not won such a game since 2000.

And finally

• Portland beat Oregon in consecutive midweek games, 3-0 in Eugene on March 31 and 13-9 in Portland last Wednesday. The Pilots have won four straight and six of the last seven against the Ducks dating back to the 2024 season. Portland (20-13, 6-6 West Coast) also has a win over Oregon State this season, 3-1 on March 17.

• South Carolina swept Missouri in Columbia, Mo., to win its first SEC series on the road since beating the Tigers in Columbia two years ago. It was the Gamecocks’ first sweep on the road since 2023 at Georgia.

• Oklahoma got 6 1/3 innings out of its starting pitcher (LJ Mercurius) in the first game of its series at Vanderbilt and lost 10-5. The Sooners then got a combined 3 1/3 innings out of their starters in the next two games (1/3 inning from Cameron Johnson and 3 innings from Kadyn Leon) and won both — holding Vanderbilt to a combined 11 hits en route to wins of 13-11 and 6-5.

• Jacksonville State suffered its first and second losses in Conference USA action, dropping the final two games of the weekend series at Liberty. The Gamecocks, who beat Auburn 15-4 on Tuesday, are 29-8 overall and 13-2 in the league with an RPI of 26. Liberty improved to 25-10 and 11-4 with an RPI of 23.

• Nine of the 16 teams in the SEC are either 8-7 or 7-8 in the league at the midway point of the conference season.

• Saint Joseph’s, which hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1974, is 23-11 overall and 14-1 in the A-10 with an RPI of 37.

•  Wright State is the only team in the Horizon League above .500 in conference play. The Raiders are 11-1 after a weekend sweep at Youngstown State and are five games up on Northern Kentucky. The other three teams in the league — yes, the Horizon has only five members — are under .500.