Little changed at the top of the college baseball rankings this week with Pac-10 rivals Arizona and Arizona State holding on to the top two spots. The Wildcats swept Sacramento State, while the Sun Devils had little problem handling the competition at the Coca-Cola Classic in nearby Surprise, Ariz.

Texas was the only team in the Top 10 that essentially moved in the rankings, falling three spots from third to sixth. The Longhorns dropped games to Tennessee and Rice at the Minute Maid Classic, played at Minute Maid Park in Houston. Rice was the most impressive team at the event, winning games over Texas, Texas Tech and Oklahoma. After dropping its opening series to Long Beach State, the Owls reeled off five wins in the second week of the season to improve to No. 17.

In a big ACC/SEC match-up, Florida State swept four straight from Auburn. The No. 9 Seminoles are off to their usual strong start, hitting .364 as a team with senior 1B Dennis Guinn (.480-4-12) leading the way. Another ACC/SEC showdown pitted bitter in-state rivals South Carolina and Clemson against each other. The No. 4 Gamecocks had little trouble in sweeping No. 25 Clemson, outscoring the Tigers 15-2 over the two-game set. Junior SS Reese Havens has started off the year very hot, hitting .500 (12-24) with four home runs and 15 RBIs.

No. 12 Long Beach State had another impressive week with a sweep of Wichita State, following up a series win over Rice to start the year. Pitching is again a strong point for the 49ers who have an overall team ERA of 2.01. Senior RHP Andrew Liebel is leading the pitching staff so far, not allowing an earned run in 15 innings while striking out 22 and walking only two.

Four new teams entered the rankings this week: Central Florida, Nebraska, Washington State and Charlotte. Central Florida is off to a school-best 7-0 start after sweeping Central Michigan over the weekend and picking up a big win over Missouri in mid-week action.

Nebraska completed a very impressive four-game sweep over UC Riverside, which dropped six straight games during the week. Along with UC Riverside, Louisiana-Lafayette, East Carolina and Louisiana Tech fell out of the rankings.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sawyer Carroll, Kentucky. The senior right fielder had a monster week for the Wildcats, who improved to 9-0 on the year. Carroll went 14-for-21 (.667) with four home runs and 17 RBIs. With home runs in four consecutive games, Carroll set a school record for consecutive games with a homerun. Carroll, who hit only three homers in 2007, is now batting .600 (18-for-30) with five homers and 23 RBIs, while drawing 10 walks.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Scott Gorgen, UC Irvine. The junior righthander was dominating in a 4-0 victory over San Francisco on Friday. Gorgen threw a complete-game shutout, allowing only one hit, while striking out 12 and walking one. He worked to two batters over the minimum and retired 19 straight hitters at one point. Gorgen improved to 2-0 on the year. He has allowed two hits in 15 innings.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: UC Irvine. The Anteaters improved to 7-0 on the seasonwith a weekend sweep of San Francisco and mid-week wins over USC and Loyola Marymount. The most impressive part of the week was three consecutive shutouts in the sweep over San Francisco. The Dons managed only 12 hits against the Anteaters, who sport a team ERA of 1.29.