Auburn baseball joins top 25 rankings

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Auburn baseball joins top 25 rankings for first time in 2024 season

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 11:35 a.m.

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AUBURN, AL - FEBRUARY 17 - The Auburn Baseball Team during the game between the Auburn Tigers and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Plainsman Park in Auburn, AL on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Photo by Noelle Iglesias/Auburn TigersNoelle Iglesias/Auburn Tigers

After a 6-1 start to the 2024 season, Auburn baseball has joined the D1 Baseball top 25 rankings released Monday and is ranked No. 23.

The annually strong SEC in baseball has nine teams ranked in this week’s top 25, including Auburn.

Auburn began the season with a three-game sweep over Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 16-18 at Plainsman Park, outscoring the Colonels 32-8 for the weekend.

Last weekend, Auburn then traveled to Jacksonville to face two ranked teams in three games.

Auburn beat then-No. 18 Iowa 7-5 on Friday, coming back against the Hawkeye bullpen after struggling with starting pitcher Brody Brecht, a projected first-round Major League Baseball draft pick.

Auburn then beat Wichita State 19-8 in a run-rule victory on Saturday before falling to now-No. 13 Virginia 6-4 on Sunday. The Tigers allowed five runs after the fourth inning to Virginia including four of them off Auburn’s bullpen.

Auburn has previously been ranked in several other polls this season but not the D1 Baseball poll, the most widely used ranking, before this week. Currently, Auburn is ranked No. 19 by Baseball America and No. 14 by Perfect Game

Matt Cohen covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Matt_Cohen_ or email him at mcohen@al.com

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