Tiger baseball ranked 2nd in the country

Following its three-game sweep over Baylor (ranked 14th last weekend), Missouri has moved up two spots to Number 2 in the latest Baseball America Top 25 poll, released on Monday. The ranking is the highest ever for the Tigers, who have won 13-straight games.

The Collegiate Baseball Top 30 poll, also released on Monday, has the Tigers ranked No. 5.

Mizzou is 18-2 on the year, it best ever start and is 3-0 in the Big 12 Conference. The Tigers are in Minneapolis to play two against Minnesota today and tomorrow, before taking on Texas Tech in a three-game series this weekend in Lubbock, Texas.

BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 25
1. Arizona State
2. MISSOURI
3. North Carolina
4. Miami
5. Long Beach State
6. Arizona
7. UC Irvine
8. Florida State
9. Vanderbilt
10. South Carolina
11. California
12. Rice
13. Texas
14. San Diego
15. Mississippi
16. Wichita State
17. Stanford
18. Kentucky
19. Nebraska
20. Baylor
21. Virginia
22. Coastal Carolina
23. UCLA
24. Florida
25. Michigan