TUCSON, Ariz. — Louisiana St. (52-9) is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll after winning the Southeastern Conference tournament with a 5-4, 11-inning victory over Vanderbilt.

This marks the second time this season LSU has been ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball poll. In early April, the Tigers posted a 30-2 record and were the top team in the USA.

The Commodores, ranked No. 1 for the previous four polls, slipped to second after the extra inning loss. Vanderbilt, which also lost to Texas A&M in the tournament, won the SEC regular-season title with a 26-3 record while LSU was second at 23-7.

Poll Notes: Several other teams have been hot. Rice has won nine straight while Cal. St. Fullerton has posted seven consecutive wins. North Carolina and Oklahoma have captured five in a row. Virginia Tech. has won eight of its last nine, and Cal. Poly six of its last seven. Three teams fell out of the top 30 this week in Seton Hall (1-2 last week), Campbell (3-1) and Western Carolina (1-2). New to the poll is Virginia Tech., Oklahoma, and San Diego.

The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.

Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Poll
(As of May 27, 2013)
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Rank   Team (2013 Record)   Points   Pvs.
  1.   Louisiana St. (52-9)   497   2
  2.   Vanderbilt (51-9)   496   1
  3.   North Carolina (52-8)   495   3
  4.   Cal. St. Fullerton (48-8)   493   5
  5.   Oregon St. (45-10)   490   4
  6.   Virginia (47-10)   487   6
  7.   Oregon (45-14)   484   7
  8.   Louisville (46-12)   480   8
  9.   Florida St. (44-15)   475   9
10.   N.C. State (44-14)   473   10
11.   UCLA (39-17)   470   11
12.   Arkansas (37-20)   468   12
13.   South Carolina (39-18)   462   15
14.   Mississippi St. (43-17)   459   18
15.   Kansas St. (41-17)   456   17
16.   Arizona St. (35-20-1)   452   13
17.   Clemson (39-20)   449   14
18.   New Mexico (37-20)   445   16
19.   Virginia Tech. (38-20)   442   —
20.   Oklahoma (40-19)   439   —
21.   Cal. Poly (39-17)   438   23
22.   Indiana (43-14)   436   22
23.   Rice (41-17)   433   26
24.   Mississippi (37-22)   428   24
25.   Oklahoma St. (39-17)   426   20
26.   Troy (40-18)   423   21
27.   South Alabama (42-18)   420   25
28.   Sam Houston St. (37-20)   416   27
29.   Coastal Carolina (37-21)   413   30
30.   San Diego (35-23)   411   —