Texas baseball stayed No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after taking a key SEC road series at Vanderbilt.
Texas baseball didn’t climb in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, but the Longhorns didn’t lose ground either.
After winning two of three games at Vanderbilt, Texas remained No. 4 in the Week 11 rankings under head coach Jim Schlossnagle. The Longhorns are 32-9 and continue to sit as the highest-ranked SEC team in the poll.
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The top seven stayed unchanged this week, with UCLA holding No. 1 at 39-4. North Carolina stayed No. 2, Georgia Tech remained No. 3, and Texas held steady at No. 4. Georgia, Oregon State and Texas A&M rounded out the top seven.
Texas made its loudest statement Friday night in Nashville, blasting four home runs in an 11-4 win over Vanderbilt. Aiden Robbins led the charge with his third multi-homer game in his last seven contests, continuing a scorching power surge.
Vanderbilt answered Saturday with a 6-0 shutout, using three pitchers to even the series. But Texas responded Sunday in a tight finale, winning 4-3 in extra innings at Hawkins Field. Closer Sam Cozart delivered the final nine outs to help secure the road series.
The SEC remains loaded with 10 ranked teams, including Texas, Georgia, Texas A&M, Auburn, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Alabama and Florida.
Auburn moved up to No. 8, Mississippi State climbed to No. 9 and Kansas made one of the biggest jumps, rising five spots to No. 11.
For Texas, the message is clear: the Longhorns are firmly in the national title conversation. With power bats, late-game pitching and another SEC road series win, Schlossnagle’s club continues to look like one of college baseball’s safest bets heading toward May.
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