Texas baseball No. 5 in Coaches Poll, nab No. 2 seed in SEC tourney

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The regular season is over for Texas baseball. The Longhorns, finished the season with a sweep of the the Missouri Tigers, remain No. 5 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and will be the No. 2 seed in the SEC Postseason Tournament.

The Longhorns dropped from fourth to fifth in the ranking two weeks ago after losing a series at Tennessee. The entire top five of this week's poll remained the same, with UCLA still on top, North Carolina and Georgia Tech at second and third and Georgia No. 4.

UT swept the Missouri Tigers in its final regular season series of the year. Texas won on Thursday 6-3, Friday 11-6 and 12-7 Saturday.

Texas finished second in the final SEC standings of the year and will be the No. 2 seed in this week's SEC tournament. The Longhorns get a bye all the way through to the quarterfinals on Friday when they will face either Arkansas, Tennessee or South Carolina.

The official 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament Bracket:

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2026-27 College Baseball Coaches Poll​

Week 12 results: Published May 04, 2026

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	UCLA Bruins	43-4	750	30	1	-	1/2
2	North Carolina Tar Heels	37-9	704	0	2	-	2/14
3	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	39-8	690	0	3	-	2/5
4	Texas Longhorns	35-10	661	0	4	-	2/4
5	Georgia Bulldogs	38-11	631	0	5	-	4/13
6	Auburn Tigers	32-14	569	0	8	2	4/12
7	Texas A&M Aggies	35-10	516	0	7	-	7/NR
8	Oregon State Beavers	36-11	512	0	6	2	6/18
9	Kansas Jayhawks	37-11	504	0	11	2	9/NR
10	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	33-14	477	0	10	-	7/25
11	Mississippi State Bulldogs	36-12	468	0	9	2	3/16
12	Florida State Seminoles	33-14	398	0	12	-	6/17
13	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	34-14	375	0	13	-	7/20
14	Oregon Ducks	35-12	354	0	14	-	10/NR
15	West Virginia Mountaineers	31-12	283	0	20	5	12/NR
16	USC Trojans	37-12	282	0	17	1	8/NR
17	Arizona State Sun Devils	33-15	230	0	21	4	17/NR
18	Arkansas Razorbacks	32-17	219	0	22	4	5/24
19	Alabama Crimson Tide	32-16	214	0	23	4	9/NR
20	Florida Gators	31-17	166	0	25	5	8/25
21	Oklahoma Sooners	30-16	143	0	14	7	8/NR
22	Boston College Eagles	35-16	141	0	19	3	19/25
23	Ole Miss Rebels	32-17	132	0	18	5	18/NR
24	Nebraska Cornhuskers	34-14	104	0	16	8	16/NR
25	Virginia Cavaliers	32-16	100	0	24	1	11/NR

Others Receiving Votes​

Jacksonville State 58; Cincinnati 19; Oklahoma State 14; Miami (FL) 12; UTSA 6; California Baptist 6; Wake Forest 3; UC Santa Barbara 3; Kent State 3; Michigan 2; Liberty 1;

List Of Voters​

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 %SEASON% 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.

Helpful Info​

*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: Longhorns baseball No. 2 seed in SEC tournament, No. 5 in Coaches Poll

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