{"id":527306,"date":"2026-03-16T18:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/527306\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:34:13","slug":"the-athletic-college-baseball-top-25-arkansas-back-in-the-top-5-lsu-drops-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/527306\/","title":{"rendered":"The Athletic college baseball top 25: Arkansas back in the top 5, LSU drops out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arkansas<\/p>\n

Arkansas pitcher Gabe Gaeckle allowed two earned runs in 5 2\/3 innings against Mississippi State on Friday night. Brianna Paciorka \/ Imagn Images<\/p>\n

March 16, 2026Updated 9:39 am EDT<\/p>\n

There was a slight shakeup in the top 10 with Georgia Tech moving from No. 5 to No. 3 after its series win at Clemson and Arkansas jumping from No. 8 to No. 5 after taking two of three over Mississippi State in Fayetteville. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, fell from No. 3 to No. 6.<\/p>\n

Southern Miss dropped six spots, from No. 6 to No. 12, after losing a series at Arkansas State.<\/p>\n

Three teams fell out of the rankings: Wake Forest, all the way from No. 14, after going 0-4, including a series sweep at home to Florida State; LSU (No. 21), after losing two of three at Vanderbilt; and UTSA (No. 25), after a series loss to UT-Arlington.<\/p>\n

They were replaced by Kentucky (No. 18), Oregon (No. 24) and Arizona State (No. 25).<\/p>\n

RankTeamLast WeekOverallPrev Week<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

UCLA<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

17-2<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Texas<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

18-1<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Georgia Tech<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

17-3<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Auburn<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

17-2<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Arkansas<\/p>\n

2-2<\/p>\n

14-6<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Mississippi State<\/p>\n

2-2<\/p>\n

16-4<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Virginia<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

16-4<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Oklahoma<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

17-3<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

North Carolina<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

17-3-1<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Georgia<\/p>\n

2-1<\/p>\n

17-4<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Florida State<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

16-3<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Southern Miss<\/p>\n

2-2<\/p>\n

16-4<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Florida <\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

18-3<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

USC<\/p>\n

4-1<\/p>\n

19-1<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Oregon State<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

14-4<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Clemson<\/p>\n

1-3<\/p>\n

16-4<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

NC State<\/p>\n

2-2<\/p>\n

16-4<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

Kentucky<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

18-2<\/p>\n

NR<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

Ole Miss<\/p>\n

1-3<\/p>\n

16-5<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Texas A&M<\/p>\n

2-2<\/p>\n

16-3<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

West Virginia<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

13-4<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

Coastal Carolina<\/p>\n

4-0<\/p>\n

13-6<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/p>\n

2-2<\/p>\n

14-6<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

Oregon<\/p>\n

5-0<\/p>\n

17-3<\/p>\n

NR<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

Arizona State<\/p>\n

3-1<\/p>\n

14-5<\/p>\n

NR<\/p>\n

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

Mar 16, 2026<\/p>\n

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Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arkansas pitcher Gabe Gaeckle allowed two earned runs in 5 2\/3 innings against Mississippi State on Friday night.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[5691,19503,3084,1771,118800,2662,3342,8940,399,6341,8942,3349,19504,398,396,397,8943,7027,6344,19502,5693,5359,43749,99,19501,1784,5690,17392,14034,1773],"class_list":["post-527306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-clemson-tigers","tag-coastal-carolina-chanticleers","tag-college-sports","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-state-seminoles","tag-football","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-north-carolina-state-wolfpack","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-ole-miss-rebels","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-oregon-state-beavers","tag-southern-mississippi-golden-eagles","tag-sports","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-usc-trojans","tag-virginia-cavaliers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527306","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=527306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}