Alabama baseball dropped significantly in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after being swept by Arkansas, who scored 25 runs over the three-game series. This loss ended Alabama's three-series winning streak in the SEC.
Pitching for Alabama baseball had been fine for much of this season. Then the Crimson Tide ran into an Arkansas Razorbacks team that got hot at the plate over the weekend at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Arkansas scored 25 runs in a three-game sweep of the Tide, snapping a string of three straight SEC series victories for Alabama. In all three games, the Razorbacks' bats came alive late. Arkansas used a six-run eighth inning on Friday for a 7-5 win, then plated 11 runs over the final three innings Saturday in a 15-6 rout.
Alabama had a 2-0 lead in after five innings in Sunday's series finale, but the Razorbacks scored single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to complete the sweep. The Crimson Tide had won 11 of their last 12 games entering the weekend, including SEC series victories over top 25 teams Florida, Auburn and Oklahoma.
After a 1-3 week in Week 9 of the 2026 NCAA baseball season, here's where Alabama ranks in Monday's new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
In Monday's new Coaches Poll, Alabama (26-11 overall, 8-7 conference) fell four spots to No. 13. The Crimson Tide are ranked one spot above the West Virginia Mountaineers and one spot below Oklahoma.
Alabama is one of five teams to drop at least four spots in this week's top 25 rankings. Florida State had a four-spot fall to No. 10, and Mississippi State tied Nebraska for the biggest slide. The Bulldogs fell eight spots to No. 16; the Cornhuskers eight spots to No. 25.
Both Georgia Tech and North Carolina rose in the top five of the Coaches Poll after impressive weekend series against Florida State and Clemson, respectively. Texas and Georgia dropped in the top five after series losses to Texas A&M and Florida, respectively.
Here's a look at the full top 25 rankings in the USA TODAY Sports Baseball Coaches Poll for April 13.
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | 33-2 | 750 | 30 | 1 | - | 1/2 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | 30-5 | 719 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2/5 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 30-6 | 680 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3/14 |
| 4 | Texas | 27-7 | 621 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2/4 |
| 5 | Georgia | 29-8 | 618 |
No. 16 UCF; No. 23 North Carolina State
North Carolina State 74; UCF 49; Jacksonville State 33; Miami (FL) 15; Tennessee 14; California Baptist 13; Missouri State 6; Wake Forest 5; Kentucky 4; UC Santa Barbara 3; Vanderbilt 2; UTSA 2; LSU 2; Liberty 1; Dallas Baptist 1
Record: 26-11 overall, 8-7 SEC.
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This article originally appeared on Roll Tide Wire: Alabama baseball sees slight drop in Coaches Poll after Arkansas sweep
Arkansas scored a total of 25 runs against Alabama in the recent three-game series.
Before facing Arkansas, Alabama had won 11 of their last 12 games, including victories over top 25 teams.
The sweep by Arkansas caused Alabama to drop significantly in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
Alabama had secured SEC series victories over Florida, Auburn, and Oklahoma before their losses to Arkansas.
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| 6 | Oregon State | 28-7 | 611 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6/18 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 27-7 | 516 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7/NR |
| 8 | Coastal Carolina | 26-9 | 511 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7/25 |
| 9 | USC | 30-7 | 506 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8/NR |
| 10 | Florida State | 24-11 | 437 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6/17 |
| 11 | Auburn | 24-11 | 402 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4/12 |
| 12 | Virginia | 26-11 | 383 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 11/NR |
| 13 | Alabama | 26-11 | 325 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9/NR |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 24-11 | 319 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 8/NR |
| 15 | West Virginia | 24-8 | 306 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 12/NR |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 26-10 | 305 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3/16 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 24-13 | 272 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 5/22 |
| 18 | Florida | 27-10 | 233 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 8/25 |
| 19 | Oregon | 26-10 | 216 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 10/NR |
| 20 | Southern Miss | 25-11 | 176 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7/20 |
| 21 | Kansas | 26-10 | 153 | 0 | NR | 12 | 21/NR |
| 22 | Arizona State | 26-11 | 138 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 21/NR |
| 23 | Ole Miss | 26-11 | 125 | 0 | NR | 3 | 18/NR |
| 24 | Boston College | 26-12 | 111 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 24/25 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 27-9 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 17/NR |