SEC baseball power rankings after Week 13 set up No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup

5. Mississippi State

Record: 38-14 (15-12)

Last week: 5

Up next: at Texas A&M

Ryan McPherson returned from injury, only to have another concern with his ankle. If he can return fully healthy for the postseason, the Bulldogs become that much more dangerous.

6. Florida

Record: 34-18 (15-12)

Last week: 6

Up next: LSU

Florida is set up well to host after surging late in the season. The Gators still need to get a little more out of their offense, though, to project to advance.

7. Arkansas

Record: 34-18 (15-12)

Last week: 8

Up next: at Kentucky

Like Florida, Arkansas is surging at the right time after a slow start to the season. Power production has started to come more often for a team that has strong pitching as always.

8. Ole Miss

Record: 34-18 (14-13)

Last week: 8

Up next: at Alabama

Ole Miss can host with a series win over Alabama and is a sneaky pick to make it far into the postseason due to a power-based offense, two strong starting pitchers in Hunter Elliott and Cade Townsend and an elite bullpen stopper in Walker Hooks.

9. Alabama

Record: 35-17 (16-11)

Last week: 9

Up next: Ole Miss

Alabama is tracking toward a national seed, but the Crimson Tide might be a popular pick to get upset due to a statistical profile that doesn't stand out.

10. Tennessee

Record: 34-18 (13-14)

Last week: 12

Up next: at Oklahoma

Which version of Tennessee will show up any given series? The Vols have a series win over Texas and a sweep of Mississippi State, but they got swept by Vanderbilt and lost series to Kentucky, LSU and Kent State.

11. Oklahoma

Record: 31-18 (13-14)

Last week: 10

Up next: at Tennessee

Oklahoma's hosting dreams are likely dead barring a sweep of Tennessee, but the Sooners are still in a decent spot heading into the postseason.

12. Kentucky

Record: 30-18 (12-15)

Last week: 11

Up next: Arkansas

Kentucky is back on track to make it to the NCAA Tournament despite having won just two of its nine SEC series, tied for the fewest in the SEC.

13. Vanderbilt

Record: 29-24 (11-16)

Last week: 13

Up next: South Carolina

Losing a series to Missouri was certainly not what Vanderbilt needed as the nation's longest NCAA Tournament streak is now near-certain to come to an end.

14. LSU

Record: 29-24 (9-18)

Last week: 15

Up next: Florida

Turns out a sweep of South Carolina was not proof that the Tigers had turned their season around, as they turned around and got swept by Georgia. LSU no longer has enough games left to get to an SEC record that would get it in the NCAA Tournament.

15. South Carolina

Record: 22-30 (7-20)

Last week: 15

Up next: at Vanderbilt

South Carolina now has its first 30-loss season in program history and its first eight-game losing streak since the JFK administration. This program needs a complete overhaul.

16. Missouri

Record: 23-27 (6-21)

Last week: 16

Up next: at Texas

Both South Carolina and Missouri have two series wins this season, and that's a significant improvement for Missouri.

Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X @aria_gerson.

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Georgia, Auburn are tops in SEC baseball power rankings after Week 13