The Georgia Bulldogs have moved up to the No. 4 spot in the May 11 USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll after sweeping the LSU Tigers and winning the SEC regular season championship. Georgia finally moved past the Texas Longhorns in the coaches poll.
Georgia is red hot and has won nine straight games including back-to-back SEC sweeps. The Bulldogs (41-11, 21-6 SEC) have lost just one SEC series all season. Georgia looks like a lock to earn a top eight seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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“We’ll celebrate tonight, but the job’s not finished,” Georgia star catcher and SEC player of the week Daniel Jackson said after the Bulldogs won the SEC championship, but still had a game left in their series against LSU. “Just because we won the SEC regular season does not mean we stop doing what we are doing. The chance to talk about just kind of coming out after you did that and really keeping your focus.”
The Bulldogs want to close out the regular season strong. Georgia finishes up SEC play with a challenging three-game series at the No. 6 Auburn Tigers. The Dawgs have clinched the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament and an automatic berth into the quarterfinals.
USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll for May 11
Georgia Bulldogs pitcher Matt Scott (10) throws a pitch during the third inning against the Arkansas Razorbacks
Rank
Team
Record
PTS
1
46-5
750
2
North Carolina Tar Heels
40-9
709
3
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
42-8
693
4
Georgia Bulldogs
41-11
664
5
Texas Longhorns
37-12
595
6
Auburn Tigers
35-15
589
7
Oregon State Beavers
40-11
546
8
Florida State Seminoles
36-15
485
9
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
37-14
467
10
Texas A&M Aggies
37-12
463
11
West Virginia Mountaineers
35-12
450
12
Mississippi State Bulldogs
38-14
401
13
USC Trojans
41-12
360
14
Arkansas Razorbacks
34-18
342
15
Oregon Ducks
36-14
325
16
Alabama Crimson Tide
35-17
291
17
Kansas Jayhawks
37-15
290
18
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
34-17
260
19
Ole Miss Rebels
34-18
241
20
Florida Gators
34-18
221
21
Nebraska Cornhuskers
37-14
136
22
Arizona State Sun Devils
34-17
102
23
33-18
90
24
Boston College Eagles
36-17
72
25
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
40-11
53
Schools Dropped Out
No. 21 Oklahoma; No. 25 Virginia;
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Others Receiving Votes
Oklahoma 45; Cincinnati 41; Wake Forest 16; Tennessee 10; UC Santa Barbara 9; Virginia 8; Mercer 7; California Baptist 6; Miami (FL) 5; Missouri State 4; Kent State 3; UTSA 1;
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This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Where UGA baseball is ranked in the coaches poll after sweeping LSU