After taking 2 of 3 games from Washington St., Oregon St. remained #3 in the Baseballamerica.com rankings this week, still following Virginia and South Carolina, who both also suffered a loss over the weekend. The Baseballamerica poll saw no changes in their top 7, while Arizona St. moved from #9 up to #8 after their sweep at California.
The Beavers actually moved up from #7 to #6 in the Baseballnews.com poll, though they dropped from #8 to #9 in the USA Today/Coaches' poll, as the Sun Devils moved past them, from #9 up to #7.
UCLA, this week's opponent in LA for the Beavers, slipped from #20 to #24 in the Baseballamerica.com poll, after the Bruins lost 2 of 3 games to Stanford at Sunken Diamond in Palo Alto. They also slid from #11 down to #13 in the Baseballnews.com poll, though they held steady at #20 in the Coaches' poll.
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