Alabama jumps in new Top 25 college baseball rankings after huge series win over Georgia

The Alabama Crimson Tide got a big series victory over a top-ranked college baseball team over the weekend at a rainy Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

After dropping the series opener against the Georgia Bulldogs 19-3 in seven innings on Friday, Kade Snell, Justin Lebron, Bryce Fowler and the Crimson Tide rallied to sweep both games of a doubleheader Sunday, 9-3 in Game 1 and 5-4 in Game 2.

The series win made an impact in Monday's new top 25 rankings, which saw Alabama (39-13 overall, 15-12 SEC) rise four spots to No. 16 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. The Tide moved past West Virginia (40-10), the Oklahoma Sooners and Troy Trojans (37-16) in the Coaches Poll. Alabama defeated Troy, 10-2, on Tuesday to finish 13-0 in midweek play for the season.

In Baseball America's new top 25 rankings, Alabama jumped nine spots to No. 16, one spot below Dallas Baptist (36-13) and one spot ahead of the Clemson Tigers (38-15).

Baseball America said of coach Rob Vaughn and the Crimson Tide:

"Alabama arguably turned in its best week of the season to this point. Following their convincing midweek win over No. 14 Troy, the Crimson Tide earned a massive series victory over then-No. 1 Georgia, which is even more impressing considering they got their doors blown off in Friday’s series-opener. Five different Crimson Tide hitters collected multiple RBIs in the series, led by Kade Snell who drove in five. Sidewinder Carson Ozmer anchored the bullpen and notched a pair of saves. If the season ended today Alabama would likely host, though it finishes the regular-season with an important series at No. 13 Florida."

Alabama's highest ranking again came in The Athletic's Top 25 rankings. The Crimson Tide cracked the top 10, one spot below No. 9 Oregon (38-13) and one spot ahead of No. 11 NC State (32-16).

Over at Perfect Game, Alabama moved up seven spots to No. 16, one spot below Clemson and one spot ahead of UCLA. And at D1 Baseball, veteran analyst Kendall Rogers and staff moved Alabama up five spots to No. 18. The Tide rank one spot below No. 16 Tennessee in those rankings.

At the top of the rankings, the LSU Tigers (40-12) climbed to No. 1 in all the major top 25 polls after taking two of three from the Arkansas Razorbacks (41-11) in a top five series in Baton Rouge over the weekend.

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Alabama closes the regular season in Gainesville against the Florida Gators (35-18, 13-14) in a three-game series beginning at 5:30 p.m. CT Thursday. All three games of the series are scheduled for SEC Network+.

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