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Auburn baseball jumps one spot in week 4 USA TODAY Sports Poll

Brian Hauch

Tue, March 12, 2024 at 10:00 AM CDT·1 min read

The Auburn Tigers had themselves quite the interesting series last weekend, winning two of three games against A-Sun opponent Austin Peay.

After picking up a normal-enough walk-off Friday Night win, the Tigers were routed 15-6 on Saturday before returning the favor by claiming a 25-6 7-inning win on Sunday.

The 2-1 series result along with a midweek win over Air Force was enough to vault the Tigers up to the No. 19 spot in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. Butch Thompson’s squad leapfrogged Texas Tech following the Red Raiders series loss against in-state rival Texas.

Despite the high ranking, Auburn is only the eighth-highest-ranked SEC program on the board.

Arkansas (1), LSU (2), Texas A&M (4), Tennessee (6), Vanderbilt (10), Florida (11), and Vanderbilt (12), all rank ahead of the Tigers.

Auburn will have a chance to improve on the No. 19 ranking this weekend when they travel to Nashville to take on No. 10 Vanderbilt. The Tigers will have one final pre-SEC tune up before the series on Tuesday against Troy.

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