FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas is atop the USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll for the second consecutive week and fifth week this season.
The Razorbacks (30-6, 11-4 SEC) went 4-1 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Texas A&M in the past week. Arkansas’ 11-10 loss to Texas A&M on Sunday snapped a five-game win streak.
Arkansas is one of four SEC teams ranked in the top five this week, along with No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 4 Mississippi State and No. 5 Tennessee. The Razorbacks received 30 of 32 first-place votes in this week's poll, and Vanderbilt received the other two first-place votes.
The Commodores won a series at Tennessee over the weekend, and Mississippi State won a home series against Ole Miss, which dropped to No. 10 in this week's poll.
Arkansas' upcoming SEC opponent, South Carolina, is ranked No. 11 this week following a series win at LSU. The Gamecocks (24-10, 10-5) will host the Razorbacks for three games beginning Thursday in Columbia, S.C.
The only other SEC team ranked this week is No. 14 Florida.
The only non-SEC team in the top five is No. 3 Texas, which along with No. 6 Texas Tech and No. 7 TCU lost to Arkansas during the College Baseball Showdown in Arlington, Texas, in February. Louisiana Tech, which lost a home series to the Razorbacks in March, is ranked No. 15 this week.
Arkansas is ranked No. 1 in all of the major polls this week and is the unanimous top-ranked team for the fourth week this season.
USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll, April 19
1 Arkansas (30-6)
2 Vanderbilt (28-6)
3 Texas (30-8)
4 Mississippi State (27-8)
5 Tennessee (29-8)
6 Texas Tech (26-8)
7 TCU (26-9)
8 East Carolina (26-5)
9 Louisville (22-11)
10 Ole Miss (26-10)
11 South Carolina (24-10)
12 Notre Dame (18-7)
13 Oregon (22-8)
14 Florida (25-11)
15 Louisiana Tech (26-9)
16 Stanford (22-7)
17 Arizona (23-11)
18 Pittsburgh (20-11)
19 Oklahoma State (21-10-1)
20 Old Dominion (27-7)
21 Charlotte (25-10)
22 Virginia Tech (20-12)
23 Michigan (18-7)
24 Indiana State (20-8)
25 Miami (21-11)