College baseball rankings: SEC teams in updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll on May 6

Austin Curtright, USA TODAY NETWORK

Four SEC baseball teams occupy the top five spots in the latest USA TODAY Sports Baseball Coaches Poll on Monday.

No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 3 Arkansas and No. 5 Kentucky were all inside the top five of the latest update, with Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi State and Alabama also occupying spots in the top 25.

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The No. 1 Vols (39-9) rose to the top spot for the first time this season, replacing Texas A&M from the last poll update. Tennessee went 2-1 against Florida last weekend, going 1-1 in a doubleheader on Friday before run-ruling the Gators 16-3 on Saturday.

Vanderbilt, formerly ranked No. 13, fell out of the rankings on Monday after being swept by now-No. 12 Georgia, which included two run-rules on Friday (10-0) and Saturday (14-4).

The Bulldogs made the highest jump in the rankings after sweeping the Commodores, moving up from No. 18 in the previous release. The six-spot increase was tied by fellow SEC program Mississippi State, who rose from No. 21 to No. 15 after going 2-1 against Alabama over the weekend, which included a 13-3 run-rule win on Friday.

Here's the full coaches poll from the latest update:

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College baseball rankings for May 6

USA TODAY Sports Baseball Coaches Poll

SEC teams in bold.

  1. Tennessee

  2. Texas A&M

  3. Arkansas

  4. Clemson

  5. Kentucky

  6. East Carolina

  7. Florida State

  8. Oregon State

  9. Duke

  10. Virginia

  11. North Carolina

  12. Georgia

  13. Wake Forest

  14. South Carolina

  15. Mississippi State

  16. UC Irvine

  17. Oklahoma

  18. Indiana State

  19. Arizona

  20. Oklahoma State

  21. North Carolina State

  22. Troy

  23. UC Santa Barbara

  24. Oregon

  25. Alabama

Louisiana 83; Vanderbilt 73; Dallas Baptist 54; Texas 40; UNCW 18; Coastal Carolina 12; Utah 11; Nebraska 11; Charleston 11; Louisiana Tech 8; San Diego 2; LSU 2; St. John's 1; Illinois 1;

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: College baseball rankings: SEC teams in updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll on May 6

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