The No.2 team in the nation is headed to Arlington, Texas this weekend and they will play one of their toughest non-conference games of the year. 

No. 2 according to one poll, that is.

Arkansas Baseball (3-1) rose to No. 2, passing Florida (0-1), in the D1Baseball poll after week 1. The Razorbacks play No. 7 Oregon State (4-0) in of the best games in college baseball’s non-conference schedule. 

The Beavers, ranking as high as No. 4 in one poll, and the Razorbacks will play in one of the best games in the history of the College Baseball Showdown during the Kubota Baseball Series Weekend 2 at Globe Life Field. 

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Despite Arkansas dropping the third game of the season, and the third game in a four-game series, to James Madison 7-3, the Razorbacks moved to the spot just below Wake Forest Baseball, who went 3-0 in the D1Baseball poll. 

Florida was the biggest drop among the top-10 teams in the D1Baseball poll, going from No. 2 to No. 4. 

Here's a collection of all the rankings. 

D1Baseball Top 25 Poll On Feb. 19

1. Wake Forest
2. Arkansas
3. LSU
4. Florida
5. TCU
6. Vanderbilt
7. Oregon State
8. Texas A&M
9. Tennessee
10. Clemson
11. East Carolina
12. Duke
13. NC State
14. Virginia
15. North Carolina
16. Texas
17. Alabama
18. Iowa
19. Texas Tech
20. UCLA
21. South Carolina
22. UC Santa Barbara
23. Indiana
24. Kansas State
25. Coastal Carolina

Baseball America Top 25 Poll On Feb. 19. 

Baseball America moved LSU (3-0) to the No. 2 spot and kept Arkansas at No. 3. Among their three wins, the defending national champions beat VMI 27-5 in one of their games last week

Oregon State rose from No. 5 to No. 4 after the Beavers’ offensive explosion in Surprise, Arizona. 

1. Wake Forest
2. LSU
3. Arkansas
4. Oregon State
5. Florida
6. TCU
7. Vanderbilt
8. Tennessee
9. Clemson
10. Virginia
11. Texas A&M
12. South Carolina
13. Duke
14. Texas
15. East Carolina
16. North Carolina
17. Texas Tech
18. Iowa
19. NC State
20. Auburn
21. UC Irvine
22. Indiana
23. Coastal Carolina
24. UCLA
25. Dallas Baptist

NCBWA Top 25 Poll 

TCU (3-0) moved up to No. 3 in the first update. The Horned Frogs, who play in the College Baseball Showdown Weekend 3, moved up from No. 6. Arkansas dropped a spot to No. 5. The writers moved Oregon State four spots to No. 8. 

Wake Forest

1. LSU
2. TCU
3. Oregon State
4. Arkansas
5. Florida
6. Tennessee
7. Clemson
8. Texas A&M
9. Vanderbilt
10. Virginia
11. Duke
12. East Carolina
13. North Carolina
14. Texas
15. South Carolina
16. NC State
17. Alabama
18. UCLA
19. Texas Tech
20. Iowa
21. Auburn
22. Stanford
23. Kentucky
24. DBU

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama State (2-2), Arizona (2-1), Bethune-Cookman (2-1), Cal State Fullerton (2-1), Campbell (2-1), Coastal Carolina (1-2), Connecticut (2-1), Grand Canyon (2-0), Houston (3-0), Indiana (2-1), Indiana State (2-0), Kansas State (2-1), Lehigh (1-2), Maryland (2-1). Miami (Fla.) (3-0), Mississippi State (2-1), Northeastern (1-2), Notre Dame (3-0), Oklahoma (2-1), Oklahoma State (1-2), Ole Miss (2-2), Oral Roberts (1-2), Oregon (2-1), Sam Houston (2-1), St. John’s (1-0), Southern Miss (2-1), UC Irvine (3-0), UC Santa Barbara (1-2), UNCW (2-1), West Virginia (1-1).

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2024 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 2 Schedule 

All times Eastern

Friday, Feb. 23 

• 4 p.m. – Michigan vs. Oklahoma State 
• 8 p.m. – Oregon State vs. Arkansas

Saturday, Feb. 24 

• 4 p.m. – Michigan vs. Oregon State 
• 8 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State

Sunday, Feb. 25 

• 2 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Michigan 
• 6 p.m. – Oklahoma State vs. Oregon State

2024 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 3 Schedule 

All times Eastern

Friday, March 1 

• 3 p.m. – USC vs. TCU 
• 7 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Texas A&M

Saturday, March 2 

• 3 p.m. – Texas A&M vs. USC 
• 7 p.m. – TCU vs. Arizona State

Sunday, March 3 

• 12 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Texas A&M 
• 4 p.m. – USC vs. TCU

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