Texas baseball holds position in new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

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Texas baseball holds position in new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

After a 2-1 series win over Vanderbilt in Nashville, the Texas Longhorns baseball team remains No. 4 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

Texas baseball holds position in new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

After a 2-1 series win over Vanderbilt in Nashville, the Texas Longhorns baseball team remains No. 4 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

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It is status quo for head coach Jim Schlossnagle and the Texas Longhorns baseball team. After winning the weekend's SEC series 2-1 over Vanderbilt in Nashville, UT remains No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

The top seven teams in this week's ranking stayed the same, led by No. 1 UCLA. North Carolina and Georgia Tech check in just ahead of Texas, followed by Georgia, Louisville and Texas A&M as the core group at the top.

On Friday, The Longhorns launched four home runs in an 11-4 over the Commodores, highlighted by Aiden Robbins' third multi-homer performance in the last seven games.

Vandy used three pitchers Saturday for a combined 6-0 shutout to even the three-game set. But Sunday, closer Sam Cozart got the final nine outs, as UT outlasted Vanderbilt, 4-3 in extra-innings at Hawkins Field.

The SEC has ten ranked teams, with the Longhorns being the highest in the poll.

Jacksonville State 25; Miami (FL) 20; Tennessee 17; Cincinnati 15; UCF 7; Pitt 6; UTSA 3; Oklahoma State 3; Missouri State 1; East Carolina 1;

The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 30 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2026 season: Mik Aoki, Richmond; Blake Beemer, Butler; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Jim Chester, Gardner-Webb; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Ryan Coe, Kennesaw State; Terry Davis, Western Illinois; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Craig Gibson, Mercer; Justin Haire, Ohio State; Brian Hamm, Yale; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC Wilmington; Todd Interdonato, Boston College; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross; Ryan Klosterman, Bryant; Geoff Loomis, Portland; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Matt Mazurek, Canisius; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Evan Porter, Nebraska-Omaha; Sherman Reed, Coppin State; Jake Sabol, Central Michigan; Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina; Dan Skirka, Murray State; Alex Sogard, Wright State; Stan Stolte, UNLV; Butch Thompson, Auburn.

*The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Texas Longhorns remain No. 4 in USA TODAY Sports baseball Coaches Poll

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