Oregon baseball moves up in polls after sweeping Iowa to win Big Ten regular season championship

Oregon moved up in the poll after sweeping Iowa to win a share of the Big Ten regular season championship.

The Ducks (41-13, 22-8 Big Ten) are ranked No. 2 by

Perfect Game

, No. 4 by

d1baseball.com

, No. 5 in the

coaches poll

and No. 6 by

Baseball America

and

NCBWA

after they beat the Hawkeyes three times.

That’s up from No. 3 by

Perfect Game

, No. 5 by

d1baseball.com

, No. 7 in the

coaches poll

and

NCBWA

and No. 9 by

Baseball America

last week.

Oregon is the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament and begins pool play against No. 12 seed Michigan State at 4 p.m. Thursday at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb. UO is also scheduled to face No. 8 seed Nebraska at 4 p.m. Friday. The winner of the three-team pool advances to the tournament semifinals at noon Saturday.

The Ducks are a season-high No. 12 in RPI, with a 9-1 record in Quadrant 1 games, but 22-9 in Quadrant 3 and 7-3 in Quadrant 4.

The Ducks are hitting .294 on the season with a conference-best 107 home runs, with Mason Neville’s 26 home runs continuing to lead the country. UO’s 4.00 team ERA leads the Big Ten and ranks 14th nationally.

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