Seven Southeastern Conference teams find themselves in the Baseball America poll this week.No. 5 LSU is the conference’s top ranked team, up two spots from last week.The Tigers (20-3, 5-1) went 4-0 last week after taking a midweek game against Louisiana-Lafayette and sweeping Tennessee in a three-game weekend series.”I’m proud of our players for earning three tough wins,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said in a news release. “Sweeps in the SEC — at home or on the road — are rare, and I’m pleased we were able to get the victories. We still have some areas in which we need to improve, but we demonstrated the poise necessary to win the games.”LSU has won seven of its last nine games.The next-highest ranked team is No. 8 Florida.The Gators (18-5, 4-2) were a .500 team during the last week as they dropped two of three games against Ole Miss on the road but got a midweek win against Florida Gulf Coast.Three SEC teams occupy consecutive spots in this week’s poll.Arkansas, Ole Miss and South Carolina are the Nos. 10, 11 and 12 teams in the nation this week, respectively.The Razorbacks (18-5, 4-2) went undefeated this week after taking a two-game series against McNeese State and sweeping Alabama in conference play.”I’m proud of the team,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said in a news release. “They had a good week, going 5-0. We did it a lot of different ways with relief and starting pitching, timely hitting, home runs and we turned a lot of double plays and it all paid off.”The Rebels (19-6, 4-2) went 4-1 on the week by beating Southern Miss, Saint Louis and taking two of three from Florida.The Gamecocks (19-5, 5-1) went 3-1 last week after beating Georgia Southern and winning the weekend series against Auburn.Vanderbilt is No. 20 in this week’s poll.The Commodores (21-4, 4-2) went undefeated at 5-0 last week.Vanderbilt beat Lipscomb, Wright State and Kentucky during its current six-game streak.”It’s almost like you had one in the bank and you just chip away,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said in a news release. “Our guys could have just been satisfied with the series win and they weren’t and that says something. I am proud of them.”The final SEC team to get a ranking this week was Alabama.The Crimson Tide (16-6, 2-4) dropped five spots to No. 25 in this week’s poll after not winning a game last week.Alabama lost a midweek contest against Auburn and was swept by Arkansas during the weekend.SEC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKArkansas sophomore third baseman Zach Cox was named the SEC Player of the Week for his feats last week.Cox batted .556 for the week and had eight RBIs. He’s currently riding a 23-game hitting streak and is No. 2 in the SEC with a .435 batting average.Vanderbilt sophomore Sonny Gray, SEC Pitcher of the Week, pitched seven innings against then-No. 21 Kentucky on Friday night and limited the Wildcats to no runs on four hits. He struck out six batters and walked only three. “Sonny allowed three walks, but they didn’t hit him too much and he was very sharp in getting through seven innings, which was needed on a Friday night,” Corbin said. Ole Miss left fielder Alex Yarbrough was the conference’s Freshman of the Week. Yarbrough batted .450 with a .520 on base percentage during the weekend series against Florida. —–Contact Johanathan Brooks at [email protected]