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USA Today
21-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn baseball drops four spots in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll
Auburn baseball drops four spots in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll After losing two of three to Ole Miss, Auburn drops to No. 10 The Auburn Tigers dropped four spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll, falling from No. 6 to No. 10 after losing two of three versus then-No. 25 Ole Miss on the road over the weekend. The Rebels jumped from No. 25 to No. 20 after the two wins over Auburn. The Tigers entered the weekend tied for fourth place in the SEC and had an opportunity to get a double bye in the SEC Baseball Tournament. Auburn now finishes sixth in the SEC and will play its first game on Thursday. While the weekend did not go the way the Tigers had hoped, they did get a mid-week victory over Jacksonville State. The Tigers defeated the Gamecocks 19-1 in a game that was over after seven innings. Chris Rembert had two hits with two runs scored and three RBIs. He also hit a home run in the third inning to give Auburn a 7-0 lead. Pitcher Andreas Alvarez picked up his second win of the season, pitching five scoreless innings. Up 7-0 entering the fourth inning, the Tigers scored 11 runs to put the game out of reach. The Auburn pitchers struggled throughout the series versus Ole Miss, giving up a total of 32 runs. They lost game one (9-2) and game two (15-11). Auburn avoided the sweep with a 13-8 win on Saturday. Auburn entered the sixth inning down 8-3, but Ole Miss would not score another run. Auburn tied the game at eight when Eric Guevara and Cooper McMurray scored after Lucas Steele hit a double. Rembert hit his own double, and Chase Fralick scored to give Auburn a 9-8 lead. Ike Irish hit a home run in the fourth inning for his 16th of the season. The SEC featured eight more teams in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. LSU remained as the No. 1 team with Texas behind them at No. 2. The other SEC teams were Arkansas (No. 4), Georgia (No. 8), Vanderbilt (No. 9), Florida (No. 15), Tennessee (No. 17), and Alabama (No. 21). Auburn will play the winner between Mississippi State and Texas A&M on Thursday at 11 a.m. CT on the SEC Network. Auburn was 2-1 versus Mississippi State and did not play Texas A&M this season. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
USA Today
13-05-2025
- Climate
- USA Today
Time update to resume for Tennessee-Belmont baseball game
Time update to resume for Tennessee-Belmont baseball game No. 14 Tennessee (39-13, 15-12 SEC) is hosting Belmont (24-28, 13-11 MVC) Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Coaches Poll. Tennessee leads the nonconference matchup, 5-0, in the bottom of the second inning with two outs. The in-state game is in a weather delay and will resume at 6:45 p.m. EDT. "We will resume play at 6:45 p.m. EDT," Tennessee announced. "Fans can re-enter the stadium at 6:30 p.m. EDT." Tuesday marks the final regular-season home game for the Vols in 2025. Tennessee will play a three-game road series, Thursday-Saturday, at Arkansas to conclude regular-season play. The SEC Tournament will be contested May 20-25 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. NCAA Tournament regionals will be contested May 30-June 2 and super regionals are scheduled for June 6-9. The College World Series is slated for June 13-23 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
USA Today
13-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn climbs in USA TODAY Coaches Poll after sweep of South Carolina
Auburn climbs in USA TODAY Coaches Poll after sweep of South Carolina Auburn continues to climb the ladder in the rankings after a dominant showing against South Carolina. The Auburn Tigers continue their climb up the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll by moving up two spots from No. 8 to No. 6 in the latest rankings. The Tigers improved to 36-15 on the season after a weekend sweep of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Auburn outscored South Carolina 46-15 with two convincing victories in game one and three. They are now 16-11 in SEC play and are tied for fourth in the conference with Vanderbilt and Georgia. The new rankings featured nine teams from the SEC. LSU became the new No. 1, and Texas dropped to No. 3. Arkansas also dropped to fifth in the rankings. Other SEC teams included Georgia (No. 8), Vanderbilt (No. 9), Tennessee (No. 14), Alabama (No. 16), Florida (No. 21), and Ole Miss (No. 25). Auburn opened their series versus South Carolina with a 24-2 win in seven innings. While the offense picked up the attention, Cam Tilly had a good game, allowing just one run in five innings. He also had six strikeouts and allowed one hit for his third win of the season. The Auburn bats got going in the second inning with five runs after trailing 1-0. They would go on to score seven in the third, three in the fourth, and nine in the fifth. Five different Tigers had home runs in the game, and Chris Rembert led the way with three hits and six RBIs. The two teams would play a doubleheader on Saturday, with the Tigers winning 11-10 and 11-3. With the game tied at 10-10, Bub Terrell scored the game-winning run from a bunt by Eric Guevara. Game two was a big day for Guevara. He had four hits in the game with three RBIs and hit a home run in the first to put Auburn up 2-0. Guevara continued the excellent play in game three with four more hits and two runs scored in the Tigers' 11-3 win. Auburn trailed 3-2, entering the fifth inning, before scoring four runs to break the game open. Cooper McMurray hit a three-run home run to give the Tigers a 6-3 lead. Auburn entered the eighth inning leading 8-3 and scored three runs to remove all doubt. Griffin Graves picked up his fourth win of the season. He pitched a little over three innings and struck out four batters. Auburn will now look to continue its momentum in the final week of the regular season before the SEC Tournament. The Tigers will host Jacksonville State on Tuesday night with a game start time of 6 p.m. CT. Then, on Thursday, they will begin a three-game series on the road against Ole Miss. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
USA Today
06-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn baseball soars into top 10 of USA TODAY Coaches Poll after statement series win
Auburn baseball soars into top 10 of USA TODAY Coaches Poll after statement series win Auburn received a significant boost in the latest coaches poll after making a statement in Knoxville. After a week where the Tigers stayed at No. 11, Auburn has moved up three spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. Auburn jumped to No. 8 in the rankings after a weekend series win over Tennessee and a 3-0 victory against Samford. The Volunteers dropped six spots, going from No. 6 to No. 12. The Tigers are now 33-15 on the season and 13-11 in the SEC. Their series win over the weekend was the eighth of the season for Auburn. The week started with a Tuesday night victory against the Samford Bulldogs. In the 3-0 win, the Tigers were led by a great pitching performance by Christian Chatterton. The freshman pitched six scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out 10 batters for Samford. He gave way to Andrea Alvarez, who pitched two innings and struck out three batters. Ryan Hetzler picked up the save for his first of the season. Auburn jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first after Cade Belyeu hit a two-run home run. Auburn outscored Tennessee in their weekend series 18-7 and took two of three games. Due to the weather, the series had plenty of stops and starts. Auburn took game one 6-1. Ike Irish hit a two-run home run in the first inning and hit an RBI single in the third to give Auburn a 3-0 advantage. Chris Rembert hit a home run in the eighth to give the Tigers a 5-1 lead. Pitcher Samuel Dutton won his sixth game of the year after pitching over six innings. He struck out eight batters in the opening game. Auburn lost game two 5-4 in extra innings that carried over into Sunday due to the weather. Tennessee's Andrew Fisher scored the winning run after Chris Newstrom hit a single. Auburn won game three on Sunday, 8-1 in seven seven-inning game. Auburn led 7-0 after five innings, and Irish scored three of the runs. Chatterton picked up the win, pitching three innings. He allowed zero runs and just two hits. The SEC is once again featured heavily in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. The top ten featured Texas at No. 1 with Arkansas behind them at No. 2. LSU (No. 4), Georgia (No. 6), and Vanderbilt (No. 10) rounded out the top ten. Other teams in the conference featured in the polls were Oklahoma (No. 16), Alabama (No. 20), and Ole Miss (No. 22). The Tigers will not see the field again until Thursday when they begin a series with South Carolina. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rankings update: Where Auburn basketball sits in national polls at 2024-25 season's end
Auburn basketball turned in a banner campaign for the 2024-25 season. It's set to quite literally hang at least two of them, one for its SEC championship and another for its Final Four appearance, and the national rankings reflect that caliber of success. Advertisement The Tigers held firm in both the USA TODAY Coaches and AP Top 25 polls Tuesday, the final listings of the season, coming in at No. 4 nationally. FULL RANKINGS: See the final USA TODAY Coaches Poll for the 2024-25 season here. The Tigers received 689 points in the Coaches Poll, a handful shy of being the fourth team to register 700 points. They sit behind Florida, Houston and Duke, respectively, which they faced during their regular season. They also made the trip to San Antonio and the Final Four alongside each. It comes after the Tigers took on a gauntlet of a schedule and found loads of success. Their 13-game nonconference slate included five ranked opponents and a single loss, to eventual Final Four squad Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Advertisement Their SEC slate was standard, with 18 games and home-and-home matchups against Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss. However, the league had its best season ever, with 14 members making the NCAA Tournament. Auburn played the 13 it could, going 15-3 against the league with wins against 11 of the 13 it played. While Auburn faltered late in its season, losing three of its last four games heading into the NCAA Tournament, it made the run it hoped for, beating Alabama State, Creighton, Michigan and Michigan State en route to its second Final Four ever. Adam Cole is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at acole@ or on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @colereporter. This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Where was Auburn basketball ranked to finish 2024-25 season?
