LSU had a rough weekend on the diamond after Texas swept the Tigers in a three-game series in Austin. That sent the Tigers spiraling down in the polls after Paul Mainieri’s squad held either the No. 1 or No. 2 ranking in the five major polls. LSU fell eight spots to No. 10 in the Baseball America Top 25 and 11 notches to No. 13 in the D1Baseball.com Top 25. From their No. 1 spot, the Tigers dropped to No. 14 in the Perfect Game Top 25. The USA Today Coaches Poll and Collegiate Baseball Top 30 will roll out later this morning and the Tigers will surely plummet from the No. 1 ranking they held last week at this time. LSU went 1-3 last week with the lone victory a 17-4 decision over Southern. The Tigers banged out 18 hits with Antoine Duplantis’ 4-for-5, 5 RBI night setting the tone. Eric Walker (1-0) picked up his first victory since 2017 with a two-inning performance in his start from the mound. Texas, ranked as high as No. 7 after the sweep, scored five runs in the seventh inning of the series opener that blew open a 3-1 lead. Zack Hess (1-1) logged the loss after four innings where he surrendered three runs on six hits, walked four and struck out six. The Longhorns jumped out early in the second game with a six-run second inning and LSU was not able to bounce back. Freshman Landon Marceaux (1-1) suffered the loss after he allowed six runs on three hits, walked four and struck out two in 1.1 innings. Tiger pitching issued 12 free passes on the day – 11 walks and a hit batter. LSU led 6-3 after seven frames in the series finale, but Texas scored one in the eighth and three in the ninth for a 7-6 win. Tiger closer Todd Peterson (2-1) suffered the loss after he yielded three runs – two earned – on four hits in one inning of work. LSU returns to action against Holy Cross on Wednesday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m. CT in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The Tigers then welcome California to The Box for a three game series that starts Friday and runs through Sunday. Below is a look at the complete Top 25 polls released at the time this article was published. Baseball America Top 25 Rank, Team, Record, Previous 1. Vanderbilt, 9-2, 1 2. UCLA, 9-2, 3 3. North Carolina, 11-1, 4 4. Stanford, 9-2, 7 5. Florida, 9-4, 5 6. Florida State, 10-0, 6 7. Oregon State, 10-1, 10 8. Mississippi State, 10-1, 9 9. Texas, 10-3, 19 10. LSU, 8-3, 2 11. Texas Tech, 6-3, 8 12. Ole Miss, 8-2, 13 13. Louisville, 8-3, 12 14. East Carolina, 8-4, 11 15. Georgia, 9-2, 15 16. Arkansas, 9-1, 17 17. Auburn, 9-2, 18 18. Michigan, 8-1, 20 19. Coastal Carolina, 10-2, 21 20. South Carolina, 9-2, NR 21. Clemson, 8-3, 14 22. Duke, 9-2, 22 23. NC State, 11-0, NR 24. UC Irvine, 7-3, 25 25. Baylor, 9-2, 16 D1Baseball.com Top 25 Rank, Team, Overall Record, Previous Rank 1, Vanderbilt, 9-2, 1 2, UCLA, 9-2, 4 3, North Carolina, 11-1, 5 4, Oregon State, 10-1, 6 5, Florida, 9-4, 7 6, Stanford, 9-2, 11 7, Mississippi State, 10-1, 12 8, Louisville, 8-3, 8 9, Georgia, 9-2, 9 10, Ole Miss, 8-2, 10 11, Florida State, 10-0, 13 12, Texas, 10-3, 22 13, LSU, 8-3, 2 14, Texas Tech, 6-3, 3 15, Arkansas, 9-1, 16 16, Michigan, 8-1, 17 17, Coastal Carolina, 10-2, 20 18, East Carolina, 8-4, 14 19, Auburn, 9-2, 21 20, Texas A&M, 11-2, NR 21, Baylor, 9-2, 15 22, NC State, 11-0, NR 23, TCU, 6-4, 18 24, South Carolina, 9-2, NR 25, Tennessee, 12-0, NR Dropped Out Oklahoma State, Clemson, Cal State Fullerton, Illinois Perfect Game Top 25 Rank, Team, Record, Previous 1, Oregon State, 10-1, 2 2, Vanderbilt, 9-2, 3 3, UCLA, 9-2, 4 4, North Carolina, 11-1, 6 5, Stanford, 9-2, 7 6, Mississippi State, 10-1, 17 7, Texas, 10-3, NR 8, Florida, 9-4, 8 9, Ole Miss, 8-2, 10 10, Louisville, 8-3, 11 11, Texas Tech, 6-3, 5 12, Arkansas, 9-1, 13 13, Florida State, 10-0, 14 14, LSU, 8-3, 1 15, Auburn, 9-2, 15 16, East Carolina, 8-4, 9 17, NC State, 11-0, 18 18, Texas A&M, 11-2, NR 19, Michigan, 8-1, 19 20, TCU, 6-4, 16 21, Coastal Carolina, 10-2, 25 22, Georgia, 9-2, 22 23, UC Irvine, 7-3, 23 24, Baylor, 9-2, 12 25, Connecticut, 5-5, 21 Dropped out: Oklahoma State (20), Clemson (24).<doc-sep>As college baseball's polls started releasing updates Monday morning, LSU fell from its spot as one of the top-two teams in the country. Here are LSU's new rankings in the polls, which we will add to as more polls update. LSU's previous ranking is in parentheses. — D1 Baseball: 13 (2) — Baseball America: 10 (2) — Perfect Game: 14 (1) LSU sports news in your inbox If you're a Tiger fan you won't want to miss this newsletter. Sign up today. e-mail address * Sign Up The Tigers entered the weekend 8-0, ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 by the handful of college baseball polls, but they got swept by a ranked Texas team, dropping their record to 8-3. Meanwhile, Texas jumped as many as 10 spots, its highest ranking so far coming at No. 9 from Baseball America. "It's a long season," coach Paul Mainieri said after LSU's loss Sunday. "The season is always filled with tough loses. How you react to them makes your team what they are."<doc-sep>For the second time in the five-year history of the rankings, Vanderbilt tops the D1Baseball Preseason Top 25, powered by Louisville Slugger. The Commodores also started the season ranked No. 1 in the inaugural D1Baseball Top 25 in 2015, and they finished that season as national runner-up. Vandy has ranked in the top 10 in four of the last five preseason rankings; last year it ranked 14th in the preseason, then went on to reach super regionals for the second year in a row. The ‘Dores return loads of premium talent and experience from the 2018 club. Vanderbilt leads a group of five Southeastern Conference teams inside the top 10, and eight SEC teams in the Top 25 — more than any other conference. LSU starts the season at No. 2, followed by conferencemates Florida (No. 6), Georgia (No. 9), Ole Miss (No. 10), Mississippi State (No. 14), Arkansas (No. 16) and Auburn (No. 22). RELATED: 9 burning questions ahead of 2019 season No. 3 Texas Tech, No. 4 Louisville and No. 5 UCLA round out the top five. Seven of the eight 2018 College World Series participants head into 2018 in the rankings: Texas Tech, Florida, Mississippi State and Arkansas, plus No. 7 North Carolina, No. 8 Oregon State and No. 23 Texas. Oregon State beat Arkansas in the CWS Finals last June, and both teams enter 2019 in the rankings despite significant roster turnover. After the SEC, the ACC and Big 12 placed the next-most teams in the rankings (five apiece), followed by the Pac-12 (three). The American Athletic, Big Ten, Sun Belt and Big West each placed one team in the rankings. MORE: College World Series schedule<doc-sep>
After two weeks of minimal movement, the D1Baseball College Top 25, powered by Louisville Slugger, experienced a major shakeup in Week 3 of the season. Preseason No. 1 Vanderbilt continued its hold on the top spot, but the upheaval started right after that. At the back of the rankings, four new teams came in and four teams left. LSU and Texas Tech had occupied the second and third spots since the preseason, but they tumbled 11 spots apiece to 13 and 14 after posting winless weekends. The Tigers were swept emphatically in a three-game road series against the Texas Longhorns, who were the week’s biggest climbers, vaulting 10 spots to No. 12. SWEEP: Texas takes three from No. 2 LSU, including walk-off finale UCLA, North Carolina, Oregon State and Florida moved up two spots apiece to round out the top five after the Commodores. Stanford and Mississippi State jumped five spots apiece to No. 6 and No. 7 after the Cardinal won a road series at Cal State Fullerton, and the Bulldogs went 2-0 at the Frisco Classic — highlighted by a win over Texas Tech. Louisville, Georgia and Ole Miss stayed put at Nos. 8-10. Undefeated Florida State climbed two spots to No. 11. The back half of the rankings also saw significant tumult. The biggest climber there was Coastal Carolina, which moved up three spots to No. 17 after notching quality wins over UConn, Illinois and Indiana. East Carolina (down four to No. 18), Baylor (down six to No. 21) and TCU (down five to No. 23) were the biggest fallers. HOW LAST WEEK'S TOP 25 PERFORMED |How did last week's @d1baseball Top 25 fare over the past week? Let's find out! >>>https://t.co/4k9aGMnrbj https://t.co/R8G1nNudmT pic.twitter.com/o2A5H3BXK5 — D1Baseball (@d1baseball) March 4, 2019 Four new teams entered the rankings. Texas A&M jumped in at No. 20 after a 3-0 showing at the Shriners College Classic in Houston, with wins over Baylor, TCU and Houston. North Carolina State improved to 11-0 with a sweep of Minnesota and joined the rankings at No. 22. South Carolina won its rivalry series over Clemson and checked in at No. 24. And Tennessee improved to 12-0 and made its debut in the rankings at No. 25, giving the SEC 10 teams in the Top 25. The four newcomers replaced Oklahoma State, Clemson, Cal State Fullerton and Illinois, all of whom posted losing weekends. ALL-TIME NINE: A starting lineup of Clemson greats D1Baseball editors Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers determine the Top 25 rankings. Records are through games of March 3. Rank Team Overall Record Record Last Week Previous Rank 1 Vanderbilt 9-2 4-1 1 2 UCLA 9-2 3-1 4 3 North Carolina 11-1 4-1 5 4 Oregon State 10-1 2-1 6 5 Florida 9-4 4-1 7 6 Stanford 9-2 3-1 11 7 Mississippi State 10-1 4-0 12 8 Louisville 8-3 3-1 8 9 Georgia 9-2 3-2 9 10 Ole Miss 8-2 4-0 10 11 Florida State 10-0 3-0 13 12 Texas 10-3 4-1 22 13 LSU 8-3 1-3 2 14 Texas Tech 6-3 1-2 3 15 Arkansas 9-1 4-0 16 16 Michigan 8-1 2-1 17 17 Coastal Carolina 10-2 3-1 20 18 East Carolina 8-4 3-2 14 19 Auburn 9-2 3-0 21 20 Texas A&M 11-2 4-1 NR 21 Baylor 9-2 2-2 15 22 NC State 11-0 4-0 NR 23 TCU 6-4 1-2 18 24 South Carolina 9-2 3-1 NR 25 Tennessee 12-0 5-0 NR Oklahoma State, Clemson, Cal State Fullerton, Illinois