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Updated at 10:13 a.m., Monday, April 27, 2009

Rainbows drop out of Baseball America Top 25

Advertiser Staff

BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 25

Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev.

1. UC Irvine 30-11 4-1 1

2. Rice 28-10 1-0 2

3. Arizona State 31-9 3-1 3

4. North Carolina 35-11 4-1 4

5. Louisiana State 33-11 5-0 6

6. Cal State Fullerton 29-11 5-0 10

7. Mississippi 32-12 4-1 11

8. Texas 29-11 0-3 5

9. Oklahoma 33-11 4-0 13

10. Georgia Tech 28-11 2-3 7

11. Georgia 33-11 2-3 8

12. Arkansas 29-12 3-1 12

13. Cal Poly 29-10 2-1 14

14. Virginia 34-9 4-1 15

15. Texas Christian 27-12 4-1 16

16. Kansas State 31-11 2-0 23

17. Baylor 25-17 0-5 9

18. Miami 29-14 3-1 18

19. Florida State 30-12 5-0 21

20. Texas A&M 28-15 3-1 24

21. Clemson 30-15 4-1 NR

22. Alabama 29-15 2-2 22

23. Kent State 32-9 4-1 25

24. Florida 31-14 5-0 NR

25. East Carolina 32-13 4-1 NR

Dropped Out: Oregon State (17), San Diego State (19), Hawaii (20)

The University of Hawaii baseball team, which went 2-3 last week, dropped out of the Baseball America Top 25 poll today.

The Rainbows (26-15), who were ranked 20th last week, lost to No. 3 Arizona State and split a four-game series with New Mexico State.

UC Irvine, UH's season-opening opponent, is No. 1, followed by Rice, Arizona State, North Carolina and Louisiana State.

The Baseball America poll is voted on by the magazine's staff.

North Carolina is No. 1 in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll, while UC Irvine is No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball magazine rankings.

Baseball America's Top 25:

USA Today's index of college baseball polls:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/polls.htm