The newest rankings were released today with little movement in the men’s top 10 while the women’s top 10 saw 6 different teams shuffle spots.

That one top 10 change on the men’s side was Texas A&M coming up a spot to #4 while Baylor drops a spot to #5 after struggling at home last weekend.

I’ll start out on the men’s side and look at the teams that moved up at least 4 spots and then look at the teams that fell at least 4 spots with any notable results listed from the last week through this past Sunday.

Movin’ On Up:
#21 Northwestern – up 4 spots – beat #23 Tulsa 4-1, lost at #7 Illinois 4-0
#32 Tulane – up 5 spots – beat #44 Pepperdine 4-0; lost at #8 USC 4-3
#36 NC State – up 4 spots – beat #37 Drake 4-2; lost at #10 North Carolina 4-2
#40 Memphis – up 4 spots – beat #45 Louisville 4-0; lost at #6 Georgia 4-1
#51 Kentucky – moved up 4 spots – beat Michigan 4-3
#53 UC Davis – moved up 4 spots – lost at #8 USC 4-0; beat #44 Pepperdine 4-3
#55 Auburn – moved up 4 spots – lost at #11 Wake Forest 4-1; beat #57 Cal Poly 4-3
#63 Wichita State – moved up 8 spots – lost at #8 Ohio State 4-0; beat #59 South Carolina 4-2
#65 Arkansas – moved up 4 spots – beat UT Arlington 6-1; beat Michigan State 7-0
#69 Arizona – moved up 4 spots – beat UC Riverside 7-0
#71 North Florida – moved up at least 5 spots – beat UNC Wilmington 4-0; lost to #61 Alabama 4-2
#72 Pacific – moved up at least 4 spots – beat New Mexico 4-3

Free Fallin’:
#18 Virginia Tech – dropped 4 spots – lost to #17 Stanford 4-0
#26 Texas – dropped 6 spots – lost to #20 Florida 4-0; lost to #19 Ole Miss 4-3
#44 Pepperdine – dropped 11 spots – lost to #32 Tulane 4-0; lost to #53 UC Davis 4-3
#45 Louisville – dropped 8 spots – lost to #40 Memphis 4-0; lost to #47 UCSB 4-3
#59 South Carolina – dropped 8 spots – lost to #52 Denver 4-3; lost to #63 Wichita State 4-2
#60 Old Dominion – dropped 4 spots – lost to #46 Oregon 4-1; lost to #67 UC Irvine 4-0
#68 Troy – dropped 4 spots – beat UTSA 4-0; lost at #2 Oklahoma 4-0
#69 San Francisco – dropped 4 spots – lost to #58 Boise State 4-3; lost to #66 Fresno State 4-3
UTSA – was ranked #66 but not ranked now – lost to #68 Troy 4-0; lost to Utah State 4-0
New Mexico – was ranked #62 but not ranked now – lost at #14 Texas Tech 4-1; lost to #71 Pacific 4-3; lost to #39 Georgia Tech 4-0; lost to #49 SMU 4-0

Notes:

• Lots of teams got pushed up a spot or two for close losses so it was good to see them get some respect
• #25 Oklahoma State up 3 spots to #25 after the close 4-3 loss at #3 TCU
• #39 Georgia Tech up 3 spots after a 4-0 win over #49 SMU; competitive vs. #12 UCLA
• #46 Oregon up 3 spots after a close 4-2 loss at #5 Baylor
• #67 UC Irvine up 3 spots after a reasonably close 4-1 loss at #5 Baylor

There was a good bit of shuffling in the women’s top 10 as Georgia and USC swapped spots at #2 and #4 with Georgia coming off a successful Kick-Off Weekend while USC had to hold on to get past #59 UC Santa Barbara 4-3. Virginia and Stanford swapped spots at #7 and #8 with Virginia going 2-0 last week while Stanford didn’t play. Texas A&M moves up from #10 to #9 and Oklahoma State from #11 to #10 after UCLA tumbled from #9 to #21 after its loss to then #54 Fresno State

Movin’ On Up:
#30 Fresno State – up 24 spots – beat #36 Arkansas 4-1 and then #9 UCLA 4-3
#42 William & Mary – up 4 spots – beat then #35 DePaul 4-2; lost to #24 Georgia Tech 4-1
#46 Washington – up 6 spots – beat #47 St. Mary’s CA 4-1; lost at #6 California 4-0
#51 Oregon – up 9 spots – beat then #30 Virginia Tech 4-1; lost at #17 Texas Tech 4-0
#53 Illinois – up 5 spots – beat then #30 Virginia Tech 4-3; lost at #17 Texas Tech 4-1
#64 Wake Forest – up 7 spots – won at #62 Tennessee 4-3
#67 Hawaii – up at least 8 spots – beat #65 Arizona 4-3; lost to #73 San Jose State 4-3
#69 Denver – up at least 7 spots – beat then #49 Penn State 4-2; lost at #1 Vanderbilt 4-0

Free Fallin’:
#21 UCLA – down 12 spots – lost to then #54 Fresno State 4-3
#41 DePaul – down 6 spots – lost to #18 LSU 4-0 and #42 William & Mary 4-2
#48 Virginia Tech – down 18 spots – lost to #53 Illinois 4-3; lost to #51 Oregon 4-1
#55 Indiana – down 4 spots – beat Miami (OH) 4-3; beat Butler 7-0
#61 Penn State – down 11 spots – lost to #54 Brown 4-0; lost to #69 Denver 4-2
#72 Tulane – down 7 spots – lost to #57 Old Dominion 4-2; lost to #71 Wyoming 4-3
#74 UC Irvine – down 4 spots – lost at then #9 UCLA 4-0; lost to #36 Arkansas 4-1
#75 Maryland – down 9 spots – lost to #58 Columbia 7-0; lost to BYU 5-2

Notes:

• Kansas and South Alabama dropped out of the rankings while Hawaii and Denver entered. Kansas was idle last week while South Alabama lost to #9 Texas A&M and #60 Minnesota
• Indiana dropped 4 spots despite winning both its matches last week though they were against lighter competition. The drop was due to Fresno State, Oregon, and Illinois passing them after having a qualify win.