BTN.com staff, May 4, 2015
Another week, another climb for Illinois in the latest college baseball polls.
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The Illini (40-6-1, 16-1), winners of a program-record 21 straight games, moved up one spot to No. 6 in the USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll, released Monday.
Illinois swept Ohio State in Columbus this past weekend, marking its fifth consecutive Big Ten sweep. Its only Big Ten defeat came March 29 at Michigan State.
Iowa, which has won 10 of its last 12 games, moved down one spot to No. 20 to round out the Big Ten teams ranked in the poll this week.
View the full USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll below.
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1st Place Votes | Prev | CHANGE | Hi/Low |
1 | LSU | 40-8 | 775 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1/5 |
2 | Texas A&M | 41-7 | 713 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1/23 |
3 | Louisville | 36-11 | 686 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3/20 |
4 | Texas Christian University | 37-9 | 684 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1/6 |
5 | UCLA | 33-11 | 679 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2/9 |
6 | Illinois | 40-6-1 | 603 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6/NR |
7 | UC Santa Barbara | 34-10-1 | 574 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7/NR |
8 | Vanderbilt | 35-14 | 527 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 1/9 |
9 | Florida | 35-13 | 524 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 2/10 |
10 | Florida State | 35-14 | 505 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8/19 |
11 | Oklahoma State | 31-15 | 380 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7/NR |
12 | Miami | 34-13 | 376 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 9/20 |
13 | Arizona State | 29-15 | 375 | 0 | 10 | -3 | 8/22 |
14 | USC | 32-14 | 373 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 7/NR |
15 | Dallas Baptist | 36-9 | 354 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 15/NR |
16 | Florida Atlantic | 35-11 | 326 | 0 | 15 | -1 | 14/NR |
17 | Missouri State | 34-10 | 271 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 17/NR |
18 | College of Charleston | 35-9 | 232 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18/NR |
19 | Rice | 29-16 | 230 | 0 | 17 | -2 | 8/19 |
20 | Iowa | 33-12 | 224 | 0 | 19 | -1 | 19/NR |
21 | Houston | 32-16 | 117 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 11/NR |
22 | Nevada | 38-11 | 98 | 0 | NR | - | 22/NR |
23 | Arkansas | 29-18 | 60 | 0 | NR | - | 23/NR |
24 | Virginia | 27-18 | 49 | 0 | 23 | -1 | 1/24 |
25 | California | 29-15 | 46 | 0 | NR | - | 25/NR |