{"id":513443,"date":"2026-03-09T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513443\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:27:09","slug":"the-athletic-college-baseball-top-25-uscs-hot-start-continues-lsu-florida-tumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513443\/","title":{"rendered":"The Athletic college baseball Top 25: USC\u2019s hot start continues; LSU, Florida tumble"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"USC<\/p>\n

Outfielder Jack Basseer has a team-high four-home runs for undefeated USC. Troy Wayrynen \/ Imagn Images<\/p>\n

March 9, 2026 9:57 am EDT<\/p>\n

There was plenty of movement this week, with LSU taking a big tumble from No. 2 to No. No. 21 after a shocking 1-4 week that featured a series loss to Sacramento State. Florida dropped seven spots, from No. 8 to No. 15, after losing two of three to High Point.<\/p>\n

USC, one of two undefeated teams, jumped from No. 24 to No. 17 after sweeping Illinois to open Big Ten play. Southern Miss, which beat Mississippi State on Tuesday, continued its climb and is now sixth. Wake Forest was another big mover. The Demon Deacons have won 15 straight after sweeping Stanford in Winston-Salem.<\/p>\n

Miami dropped out of the ranking after losing a home series to Boston College. UTSA (13-2) makes its first appearance of the season.<\/p>\n

RankTeamLast WeekOverallPrev Week<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

UCLA<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

13-2<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Texas<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

15-0<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Mississippi State<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

14-2<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Auburn<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

13-2<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Georgia Tech<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

14-2<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Southern Miss<\/p>\n

4-1<\/p>\n

14-2<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Virginia<\/p>\n

3-2<\/p>\n

13-3<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Arkansas<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

12-4<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Oklahoma<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

14-2<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

North Carolina<\/p>\n

2-2<\/p>\n

13-3-1<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Georgia <\/p>\n

4-1<\/p>\n

15-3<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Florida State<\/p>\n

5-0<\/p>\n

13-2<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Clemson<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

14-1<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Wake Forest<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

15-1<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Florida <\/p>\n

3-2<\/p>\n

14-3<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

NC State<\/p>\n

4-1<\/p>\n

14-2<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

USC<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

15-0<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

Oregon State<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

10-4<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

Ole Miss<\/p>\n

5-0<\/p>\n

15-2<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Texas A&M<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

14-1<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

LSU<\/p>\n

1-4<\/p>\n

12-5<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/p>\n

4-1<\/p>\n

12-4<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

West Virginia<\/p>\n

2-1<\/p>\n

10-3<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

Coastal Carolina<\/p>\n

2-2<\/p>\n

9-6<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

UTSA<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

13-2<\/p>\n

NR<\/p>\n

\"Connections:\"Connections:<\/p>\n

Mar 9, 2026<\/p>\n

Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n

Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n

Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n

Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outfielder Jack Basseer has a team-high four-home runs for undefeated USC. Troy Wayrynen \/ Imagn Images March 9,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[19503,3084,1771,118800,2662,3342,8940,399,6341,8942,6342,19504,398,396,397,8943,7027,6344,19502,5359,43749,99,19501,1784,5690,17392,69306,1773,3679,13417],"class_list":{"0":"post-513443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-arkansas-razorbacks","9":"tag-auburn-tigers","10":"tag-clemson-tigers","11":"tag-coastal-carolina-chanticleers","12":"tag-college-sports","13":"tag-florida-gators","14":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-georgia-bulldogs","17":"tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","18":"tag-lsu-tigers","19":"tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","20":"tag-ncaa","21":"tag-ncaa-football","22":"tag-ncaafootball","23":"tag-north-carolina-state-wolfpack","24":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","25":"tag-oklahoma-sooners","26":"tag-ole-miss-rebels","27":"tag-oregon-state-beavers","28":"tag-southern-mississippi-golden-eagles","29":"tag-sports","30":"tag-tennessee-volunteers","31":"tag-texas-am-aggies","32":"tag-texas-longhorns","33":"tag-ucla-bruins","34":"tag-utsa-roadrunners","35":"tag-virginia-cavaliers","36":"tag-wake-forest-demon-deacons","37":"tag-west-virginia-mountaineers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}