The Oklahoma Sooners continued their strong start to the 2025 season, moving to 11-0 on the year with a three-game sweep of Cal State Northridge in Norman.
Oklahoma went 5-0 last week against Texas Southern and Cal State Northridge by a combined score of 42-12. After remaining undefeated this week, the Sooners moved up two spots to No. 12 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. Oklahoma is one of six undefeated teams in the latest coaches poll.
The Tennessee Volunteers took a stronger hold on the top spot, earning 27 of the 30 possible first-place votes after last week only gaining 18 first-place votes. Led by the Vols, the SEC holds the top three spots, with the LSU Tigers coming in at No. 2, followed by the Arkansas Razorbacks. The ACC boasts the next two teams in the top five, the North Carolina Tar Heels and Florida State Seminoles.
12 of the 16 SEC teams were featured in the top 25. Texas A&M suffered a steep drop, falling 12 spots to No. 14 in the nation.
Oklahoma has a midweek matchup with Dallas Baptist on Tuesday in Dallas and then hosts Sam Houston State for three games this weekend at L Dale Mitchell Park.
Full USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Tennessee |
11-0 |
747 (27) |
|
2 |
LSU |
11-1 |
663 (3) |
|
3 |
Arkansas |
10-1 |
659 |
|
4 |
North Carolina |
12-0 |
647 |
|
5 |
Florida State |
11-0 |
634 |
|
6 |
Florida |
11-1 |
586 |
|
7 |
Georgia |
13-1 |
556 |
|
7 |
Clemson |
10-1 |
556 |
|
9 |
Texas |
9-1 |
438 |
|
10 |
Oregon State |
7-3 |
431 |
|
11 |
Virginia |
7-3 |
397 |
|
12 |
Oklahoma |
11-0 |
394 |
|
13 |
Oregon |
10-2 |
386 |
|
14 |
Texas A&M |
6-4 |
342 |
|
15 |
UC Santa Barbara |
9-2 |
261 |
|
16 |
Wake Forest |
10-3 |
259 |
|
17 |
Alabama |
12-0 |
255 |
|
18 |
Vanderbilt |
9-3 |
253 |
|
19 |
Ole Miss |
10-1 |
193 |
|
20 |
Auburn |
11-1 |
190 |
|
21 |
Troy |
11-1 |
159 |
|
22 |
Southern Miss |
9-3 |
145 |
|
23 |
Dallas Baptist |
8-3 |
136 |
|
24 |
West Virginia |
11-0 |
85 |
|
25 |
UC Irvine |
8-3 |
51 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 16 Mississippi State; No. 21 Duke; No. 22 TCU; No. 25 Oklahoma State;
Others Receiving Votes
Oklahoma State 49; Mississippi State 38; Coastal Carolina 37; Stanford 34; Kentucky 31; TCU 20; UCLA 16; Kansas 15; Arizona 13; USC 12; Louisville 12; Hawaii 11; Florida Atlantic 9; Georgia Tech 8; Duke 8; UCF 7; Michigan 6; Western Kentucky 1;
Panel of Voters
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 30 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2025 season: Mik Aoki, Richmond; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Jim Chester, Gardner-Webb; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Terry Davis, Western Illinois; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Craig Gibson, Mercer; Justin Haire, Ohio State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Brian Hamm, Yale; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC-Wilmington; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross; Ryan Klosterman, Bryant; Geoff Loomis, Portland; Sean Lyons, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Jake McKinley, Nevada; Jim Penders, Connecticut; Evan Porter, Nebraska-Omaha; Marc Rardin, Western Kentucky; Sherman Reed, Coppin State; Jake Sabol, Central Michigan; Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina; Dan Skirka, Murray State; Alex Sogard, Wright State; Butch Thompson, Auburn.
This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Oklahoma Sooners climb 2 spots in latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
