FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas received all 32 first-place votes in the USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll on Monday.
The Razorbacks (39-10) are ranked No. 1 for the sixth consecutive week and ninth time this season following a series win at Tennessee. Arkansas is the only power-conference team without a series loss entering the final week of the regular season.
Tennessee moved up one spot to No. 4 following its strong showing in the series against the Razorbacks. The Volunteers won the second game of the series with a walk-off home run in the ninth inning and lost the other two games by one run each.
Florida, which will play at Arkansas three times this week, fell one place to No. 8 in this week’s poll after a 2-2 week that included a midweek loss at Stetson and a series win over Georgia.
Vanderbilt remained No. 2 this week despite a series loss at Ole Miss. The Rebels moved up two places to No. 12.
Mississippi State dropped three places to No. 6 following a home series loss to the SEC’s last-place team, Missouri.
South Carolina is the only other ranked SEC team this week at No. 18.
Four Arkansas nonconference opponents are ranked this week — No. 3 Texas, No. 5 Texas Tech, No. 13 TCU and No. 14 Louisiana Tech.
USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll
1 Arkansas (39-10)
2 Vanderbilt (36-12)
3 Texas (38-12)
4 Tennessee (39-13)
5 Texas Tech (33-12)
6 Mississippi State (36-13)
7 Oregon (33-11)
8 Florida (35-16)
9 Notre Dame (26-10)
10 Arizona (35-13)
11 East Carolina (36-11)
12 Ole Miss (36-15)
13 TCU (35-14)
14 Louisiana Tech (36-14)
15 Stanford (28-12)
16 Florida State (28-19)
17 Southern Miss (35-17)
18 South Carolina (31-18)
19 Charlotte (37-16)
20 Gonzaga (30-13)
21 UCLA (30-16)
22 Cal Irvine (33-15)
23 Louisville (26-18)
24 North Carolina State (26-14)
25 Old Dominion (36-14)