The Golden Eagles ended the week on a positive note by clinching a Sun Belt series win over Appalachian State, and it was enough to move them up a few spots in the national college baseball rankings on Monday.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – After starting the season 15-2, the Southern Miss baseball team has gone 6-5 over its last 11 games, resulting in a cool-off in the national college baseball rankings in weeks five and six.
The Golden Eagles soared to as high as No. 6 and No. 7 in some rankings a few weeks ago, and after briefly falling out of the Top 10 over the last few weeks, they're back in week seven. Last week, Southern Miss started things off with a disheartening 12-0 loss to then-No. 6 Mississippi State in Starkville. Despite also havingthe Golden Eagles ended the week on a high note with a 13-4 blowout win over the Mountaineers in Sunday's rubber match . For a team that had been struggling offensively, Sunday's offensive explosion was much needed and could be a sign of what we could see from the Golden Eagles in the second half of this season.In the latest D1Baseball rankings, the Golden Eagles somewhat surprisingly moved up from No. 11 to No. 8. The staff over at D1Baseball apparently believes that Sunday's performance against App State was what will get Southern Miss rolling again, and given how much talent is on this roster, we can't help but believe the same. In the latest Baseball America rankings, the Golden Eagles stayed where they were last week at No. 16. We will update this post as more rankings are released on Monday. At the end of the day, the only rankings that truly matter are the ones that come out before regionals. However, making a good impression throughout the regular season can pay dividends at the end of the year when the NCAA committee is sorting out which teams will host and what national seeds they'll be. We'll see if Southern Miss can get hot at the end of this season like it did last year, when it won a program-record 18 games in a row before finally losing in the Sun Belt Championship Game against top-seeded Coastal CarolinaThis week, Southern Miss will take on Southeastern Louisiana at Pete Taylor Park on Tuesday night before traveling to Norfolk, Virginia, for a road Sun Belt series against Old Dominion. The Golden Eagles defeated the SELA Lions 3-1 at their place earlier this season and will look for the season sweep on Tuesday. Just like Southern Miss' last two opponents, Troy and App State, Old Dominion doesn't intimidate with its record. So far this season, the Monarchs are 13-14 overall and 3-6 in Sun Belt play, which puts them 12th in the conference. The Golden Eagles currently sit at No. 4 in the Sun Belt with a 21-7 overall record and 5-4 conference record, but if the first few weeks of Sun Belt play have been any indicator, there will be no such thing as an "easy" conference win this season. Stay tuned to Southern Miss Golden Eagles On SI for more baseball coverage throughout the week as the Golden Eagles look to build on the momentum they created in Sunday's blowout win over App State.Dalton Trigg is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Southern Miss Golden Eagles on SI and the lead host of the Nasty Bunch & Beyond podcast. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. Trigg entered the sports journalism industry in 2017, covering the Dallas Mavericks for 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, where he continued to cover the Mavs until 2024. He also owns and hosts the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which has been going strong since 2019. You can find Trigg on all social media platforms, including X : @dalton_trigg.
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