SEC Baseball: Stacking The Conference On Opening Day Of League Play

We'll know more after the weekend (note the matchup between LSU and Florida in Baton Rouge), but here's the season's first GABA SEC Baseball Standings:

1.  LSU Tigers      

     The No. 8 Tigers (16-1) swept then No. 6 Cal State Fullerton last weekend, and have won five in a row.  Weekend Opponent: Florida 

2.  Vanderbilt Commodores

     Vandy's winning streak is at ten games and the 'Dores are 17-1 and ranked second in the country.  Vanderbilt's only loss is to No. 12 Stanford in a series the Commodores won.  Weekend Opponent: Mississippi State      

3.  South Carolina Gamecocks

     Carolina is 12-3 on the season and ranked No. 4.  After taking the rivalry series over now No. 16 Clemson (7-7, 0-3, 1-5 vs. Top 25) last week, the Gamecocks won two of three over Cal State Bakersfield and split mid-week games; losing to Furman and defeating Wofford.  South Carolina is 0-2 on the road thus far, but does have a win at a neutral site.  Weekend Opponent: Georgia 

4.  Florida Gators

     The Gators (15-2) are currently the nation's top ranked team, but will likely fall after losing to No. 6 Florida State earlier this week.  The loss to the Seminoles moved the Gators to 0-2 versus ranked opponents.  Weekend Opponent: at LSU

5.  Tennessee Volunteers

     The Vols have won nine games in a row and are 15-2 overall.  Weekend Opponent: at Kentucky

6.   Arkansas Razorbacks

      (14-2). Weekend Opponent: at Auburn   

7.  Ole Miss Rebels

     (14-4).  Weekend Opponent: Alabama

8.  Mississippi State Bulldogs

     (14-4).  Weekend Opponent: at Vanderbilt

9.  Auburn Tigers

     (12-5).  Weekend Opponent: Arkansas 

10.  Alabama Crimson Tide

       (11-6).  Weekend Opponent: at Ole Miss

11.  Kentucky Wildcats

       (10-7).  Weekend Opponent: Tennessee

12.  Georgia Bulldogs

       (8-9).  Weekend Opponent: at South Carolina