The Baseball America Top 25 poll stayed largely unchanged from last week with regards to Southeastern Conference teams.The poll featured six SEC teams each week, except the teams are different.Auburn entered last week’s poll for the first time this season, and its time among the ranked was short-lived.The then-No. 23 Tigers (24-13, 8-7) went 2-2 on the week, allowing a walk-off home run to Vanderbilt on Sunday to lose the series.”We battled hard today, but we couldn’t get anything going offensively,” Auburn Coach John Pawlowski said in a news release. “Their pitcher threw an outstanding game, and there were two very good pitchers going at it toe-to-toe. One mistake, and that’s the difference.”And the team that replaced Auburn in the polls was Vanderbilt.The Commodores (29-9, 8-7) went 3-1 on the week and were rewarded with the No. 23 spot in Monday’s poll.”I’ll take 8-7 in the league, but it’s just a race to Birmingham,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said in a news release. “We’ll see if we can play better toward the end and grab eight, nine or 10 more. We’re 8-7, and we’ve hit .270 as a team, and I think we have a chance to be better than that.”All the other SEC teams in the poll remain from last week, and only one team changed position.Ole Miss fell five spots from No. 14 to 19 this week.The Rebels (24-13, 8-7) started the week with three losses before taking game three of their series against No. 10 South Carolina to avoid being swept for the first time this season.”It was a gutsy performance today by both teams,” Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said in a news release. “We were able to get some key hits and key pitches and made some big plays. We also were able to put together the big inning in the fifth.”This week, Nos. 7-10 in the poll remained Florida, LSU, Arkansas and South Carolina, respectively.The Gators (25-10, 10-5) went 2-2 on the week with a loss to Florida State on Tuesday and a 2-1 series win against Kentucky.The LSU Tigers (30-6, 11-4) and Razorbacks (31-6, 12-3) both went undefeated on the week and are vying for the No. 1 spot in the SEC West — the spot Arkansas currently holds.  The Gamecocks (28-8, 11-4) only lost one game this week and still hold a one-game lead over Florida for first place in the SEC East.PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Mississippi State senior first baseman Connor Powers was named the conference Player of the Week for his spectacular play for the Bulldogs last week.Powers batted .706 and got three hits in all four Bulldogs contests last week.Throughout the week, he knocked in eight RBIs — a category in which he continues to lead the SEC with 53.He also leads the conference in slugging with a .767 average.The conference’s Pitcher of the Week was South Carolina senior Blake Cooper.This is the second week in a row a Gamecock pitcher received the award — senior Jay Brown got the honor last week.Cooper (7-0) pitched a complete game shutout April 16 against Ole Miss.Against the Rebels, he allowed only four hits and struck out 10 batters.It was the fifth complete game of his career.—————Contact Johanathan Brooks at [email protected]