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LSU and Derek Curiel opened the season with a weekend sweep over Milwaukee. Dylan Widger \/ Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Feb. 16, 2026 10:08 am EST<\/p>\n
We have a new No. 1 team after the opening weekend of the season. LSU jumped UCLA after sweeping Milwaukee in Baton Rouge. The Bruins dropped one spot after losing the series finale at home to UC San Diego. UCLA will have an opportunity to make a statement when TCU visits this weekend.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Oklahoma went from unranked to No. 10 after winning three games at the Shriners Children\u2019s College Showdown in Texas. Michigan also jumped into the ranking after beating Oregon State, Stanford and Arizona in Surprise, Ariz.<\/p>\n
Arizona, which went 0-3 in Surprise, and Louisville, which lost two of three at home to Michigan State, dropped out.<\/p>\n
RankTeamLast WeekOverallPrev Week<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
LSU<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
UCLA<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
Texas<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
Arkansas<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
Auburn<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
Mississippi State<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
7<\/p>\n
Coastal Carolina<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
7<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
Georgia Tech<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
North Carolina<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
Oklahoma<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
NR<\/p>\n
11<\/p>\n
TCU<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
11<\/p>\n
12<\/p>\n
Florida <\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
13<\/p>\n
Florida State<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
12<\/p>\n
14<\/p>\n
Ole Miss<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
13<\/p>\n
15<\/p>\n
Georgia<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
14<\/p>\n
16<\/p>\n
Oregon State<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
15<\/p>\n
17<\/p>\n
Tennessee<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
18<\/p>\n
18<\/p>\n
Virginia<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
19<\/p>\n
19<\/p>\n
Michigan <\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
NR<\/p>\n
20<\/p>\n
NC State<\/p>\n
2-0<\/p>\n
2-0<\/p>\n
20<\/p>\n
21<\/p>\n
Vanderbilt<\/p>\n
1-2<\/p>\n
1-2<\/p>\n
16<\/p>\n
22<\/p>\n
Clemson<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
22<\/p>\n
23<\/p>\n
Kentucky<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
23<\/p>\n
24<\/p>\n
Southern Miss<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
2-1<\/p>\n
24<\/p>\n
25<\/p>\n
Miami<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
3-0<\/p>\n
25<\/p>\n
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Feb 16, 2026<\/p>\n
Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n
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Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LSU and Derek Curiel opened the season with a weekend sweep over Milwaukee. Dylan Widger \/ Imagn Images…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5085,5086,5,2591,5088,1703,6228,3317,5082,6564,6227,3620,5074,6229,3740,3739,5075,5083,5079,5077,9591,4122,3794,5080,3912,9057],"class_list":{"0":"post-576319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-arkansas-razorbacks","9":"tag-auburn-tigers","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-clemson-tigers","12":"tag-coastal-carolina-chanticleers","13":"tag-college-sports","14":"tag-florida-gators","15":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","16":"tag-georgia-bulldogs","17":"tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","18":"tag-kentucky-wildcats","19":"tag-lsu-tigers","20":"tag-miami-hurricanes","21":"tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","22":"tag-north-carolina-state-wolfpack","23":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","24":"tag-oklahoma-sooners","25":"tag-ole-miss-rebels","26":"tag-oregon-state-beavers","27":"tag-southern-mississippi-golden-eagles","28":"tag-tcu-horned-frogs","29":"tag-tennessee-volunteers","30":"tag-texas-longhorns","31":"tag-ucla-bruins","32":"tag-vanderbilt-commodores","33":"tag-virginia-cavaliers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}