Texas dropped two spots to No. 3 in the latest USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll released Monday, following a week that saw LSU surge to the top of the rankings. The Longhorns, who held the No. 1 spot last week, now sit behind new No. 1 LSU and second-ranked Florida State.

Texas baseball is no longer the No. 1 team in the country. The Longhorns lost their second successive SEC series over the weekend, dropping two out of three games at home to Florida. As a result, they relinquished their grip on the top spot in the polls.

Bad stretches of baseball are inevitable over the course of a season that is 50-plus games. Even then, though, the last two weekends of SEC play have been a dow

Jon Poorman is the high school sports coordinator for the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at [email protected]. Poorman has been the high school sports coordinator for the Houston Chronicle since 2021.

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