College baseball Week 13: Top 25 rankings and what to watch

We're entering the last week of the regular season, and things are heating up arsenic we person a caller No. 1 squad successful the country. The LSU Tigers, which person been atop the rankings earlier this season, are backmost astatine No. 1 aft the mode they played connected the roadworthy against the Arkansas Razorbacks, taking 2 retired of 3 games. The Tigers look much than acceptable for tourney season.

Last week's apical squad the Texas Longhorns dropped a mates spots aft losing its bid to the Florida Gators, and the Gators for their efforts person managed to ascent backmost successful the apical 25 astatine No. 23.

The Tennessee Volunteers slid down different 2 spots this weekend, and the Clemson Tigers were different large dropper, going from No. 9 to No. 15.

Three further caller teams participate the rankings with Duke performing beardown successful the ACC, Dallas Baptist uncovering its footing again, and Northeastern earns its archetypal ranking each play long. Ousted from the rankings this week are Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Arizona and USC.

Here's however the top-25 rankings look arsenic of Monday May 12.

Play of the week

You person to cheque retired this treble play for NC State. Just unthinkable precision to extremity the inning.

So nice, we had to station it twice.#SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/Ss8YUnbjzW

Player to watch

Ike Irish, RF, Auburn

ESPN's Kiley McDaniel has Irish arsenic the third-best hitter successful each of assemblage shot successful his hitter rankings and for bully reason. Now, his numbers are evidently impressive, helium has 13 location runs to spell on with 48 RBIs, but he's besides making unthinkable plays successful the outfield, too. Keep your eyes connected him this and adjacent week.

Series to watch

No. 4 North Carolina astatine No. 2 Florida State

• 7 p.m. ET connected Thursday (ACC Network)

• 7 p.m. ET connected Friday (ACC Network)

• 2 p.m. connected Saturday (ACCNX)

Speaking of McDaniel's hitter rankings, Florida State's Alex Lodise finds himself ranked astatine No. 2 connected that list, and the Seminoles volition surely beryllium leaning connected him arsenic they big the Tar Heels this weekend. This is much than apt going to beryllium a preview to the ACC tourney title adjacent week. The ACC has been arsenic pugnacious arsenic ever this season, truthful seeing these 2 teams conflict it retired successful Tallahassee volition beryllium conscionable the appetizer we request for tourney season.

Updated apical 25

Here are D1baseball.com's latest rankings, positive accusation connected each team's adjacent game.

All times Eastern.

1. LSU Tigers

Previous rank: 3
Record: 40-12
Next game: at South Carolina, 7 p.m. connected Thursday (SEC Network)

2. Florida State Seminoles

Previous rank: 2
Record: 36-11
Next game: vs. North Carolina, 7 p.m. connected Thursday (ACC Network)

3. Texas Longhorns

Previous rank: 1
Record: 40-10
Next game: at Oklahoma, 7:30 p.m. connected Thursday (SECN+)

4. North Carolina Tar Heels

Previous rank: 4
Record: 37-11
Next game: vs. UNC Wilmington, 6 p.m. connected Tuesday (ACCNX)

5. Oregon Ducks

Previous rank: 5
Record: 38-13
Next game: at Iowa, 7:05 p.m. connected Thursday

6. Auburn Tigers

Previous rank: 8
Record: 36-15
Next game: vs. Jacksonville State, 7 p.m. Tuesday (SECN+)

7. Oregon State Beavers

Previous rank: 10
Record: 37-12-1
Next game: vs. Portland, 8:35 p.m. connected Tuesday

8. Arkansas Razorbacks

Previous rank: 7
Record: 41-11
Next game: vs. Tennessee, 8 p.m. connected Thursday (SECN+)

9. Vanderbilt Commodores

Previous rank: 11
Record: 36-16
Next game: vs. Kentucky, 7 p.m. connected Thursday (SECN+)

10. Georgia Bulldogs

Previous rank: 6
Record: 40-13
Next game: vs. Texas A&M, 6 p.m. connected Thursday (SECN+)

11. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

Previous rank: 14
Record: 41-11
Next game: at Old Dominion, 6 p.m. connected Thursday (ESPN+)

12. UC Irvine Anteaters

Previous rank: 13
Record: 38-11
Next game: vs. Cal State Fullerton, 9 p.m. connected Thursday (ESPN+)

13. NC State Wolfpack

Previous rank: 16
Record: 32-16
Next game: vs. Stanford, 6 p.m. connected Thursday (ACCNX)

14. UCLA Bruins

Previous rank: 18
Record: 37-14
Next game: vs. Northwestern, 7 p.m. connected Thursday

15. Clemson Tigers

Previous rank: 9
Record: 38-15
Next game: at Pitt, 6 p.m. connected Thursday (ACCNX)

16. West Virginia Mountaineers

Previous rank: 12
Record: 40-10
Next game: vs. Kansas, 6:30 p.m. connected Thursday (ESPN+)

17. Tennessee Volunteers

Previous rank: 15
Record: 39-13
Next game: vs. Belmont, 5 p.m. connected Tuesday (SECN+)

18. Alabama Crimson Tide

Previous rank: 23
Record: 39-13
Next game: vs. Florida, 6:30 p.m. connected Thursday (SECN+)

19. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles

Previous rank: 21
Record: 38-13
Next game: at Troy, 7 p.m. connected Thursday (ESPN+)

20. Duke Blue Devils

Previous rank: NR
Record: 35-16
Next game: at Liberty, 6 p.m. connected Tuesday

21. Louisville Cardinals

Previous rank: 20
Record: 34-17
Next game: vs. Bellarmine, 7 p.m. connected Tuesday (ACCNX)

22. Troy Trojans

Previous rank: 19
Record: 37-16
Next game: vs. Southern Miss, 7 p.m. connected Thursday (ESPN+)

23. Florida Gators

Previous rank: NR
Record: 35-18
Next game: vs. Alabama, 6:30 p.m. connected Thursday (SECN+)

24. Dallas Baptist Patriots

Previous rank: NR
Record: 36-13
Next game: at Liberty, 6 p.m. connected Thursday (ESPN+)

25. Northeastern Huskies

Previous rank: NR
Record: 41-9
Next game: at UConn, 6:35 p.m. connected Tuesday