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While top-ranked UCLA has been the talk of Big Ten<\/a> baseball, Nebraska quietly has put together one of its best regular seasons in years.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers (31-9, 15-3) outscored a then-top 10 Southern California 36-15 with two run-rule victories in a three-game weekend sweep in Lincoln and have put themselves in strong position to host an NCAA regional for the first time since 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s a pretty big statement for us,\u201d Ty Horn said after allowing one run in five innings of relief in Sunday\u2019s 16-6 win.<\/p>\n

The Huskers went 4-0 last week, including a midweek win over in-state rival Creighton, after going 1-3 the week before with a series loss at Oregon. They\u2019ve already matched their 2025 Big Ten win total with 12 conference games left, are alone in second place behind UCLA and are No. 20 in the D1Baseball.com<\/a> and Baseball America<\/a> rankings.<\/p>\n

Nebraska is 19-1 at Hawks Field, where 21,383 turned out for the three games against USC, a program record for a Big Ten home series. The sweep was Nebraska\u2019s first against a ranked opponent since 2015.<\/p>\n

Dylan Carey was 8 for 16 with two homers and two doubles in the series and leads the Huskers with 12 home runs. Drew Grego also homered twice in the series, including a grand slam Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to have a group of guys who are sold out to what we\u2019re trying to do as a program,\u201d coach Will Bolt said. \u201cThey hold each other to the highest standard. It\u2019s just uncommon what this group has done from that standpoint. We talk about toughness and togetherness. Ninety-nine percent of the country talks about the similar scenarios. We\u2019ve taken it up a level this year just in terms of the belief and toughness these guys embrace. They don\u2019t just say it. It\u2019s something deep inside of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the polls<\/p>\n

UCLA\u2019s 27-game win streak ended last Tuesday with a 4-0 loss to UC Santa Barbara at home, but the Bruins bounced back with a sweep of Minnesota and remain atop the polls.<\/p>\n

North Carolina won two of three against Georgia Tech at home over the weekend and traded places with the Yellow Jackets in the D1Baseball rankings. The Tar Heels are No. 2 and Tech is No. 3.<\/p>\n

Baseball America ranked Carolina No. 2 and moved Texas up a spot to No. 3 after the Longhorns won two of three against Alabama at home.<\/p>\n

SEC score-fest<\/p>\n

Georgia beat Arkansas 26-14 on Saturday in an SEC game. Yes, it was baseball, not football.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs set an SEC and school record with nine home runs in a conference game, with Daniel Jackson going deep three times. Michael O\u2019Shaughnessy, Ryan Wynn and Brennan Hudson hit two homers apiece. The teams combined for 35 hits, 18 walks and six errors.<\/p>\n

Georgia won two of three for its first road series win over the Razorbacks since 2008.<\/p>\n

What a way to lose<\/p>\n

Northern Colorado won the longest game in Summit League history 8-7 when St. Thomas\u2019 Nolan Kemp was called for a balk on a 2-2 pitch to Brien Kenny with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 21st inning Saturday. First-base umpire Kirk Rall ruled that Kemp moved his left shoulder after coming set.<\/p>\n

Cleanup spot<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t sleep on Boston College. The Eagles (31-12, 14-7 ACC) are two games behind conference-leading Georgia Tech and have the longest win streak among power-conference teams at seven games after sweeping Duke. They\u2019re on track to break the school record of 37 wins, set by the 2023 team that also is the only one to finish with a winning record in ACC play since BC entered the league in 2006. … Louisville\u2019s Tague Davis homered five times in four games last week, increasing his nation-leading total to 24. … Western Michigan\u2019s Tanner Mally, who struck out just three times in his first 165 plate appearances, struck out twice in a span of three at-bats against Eastern Michigan on Sunday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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