After notching four wins last week to improve its record to 15-3 to start the 2014 season, UH Baseball has earned its way into four national polls, ranking among the nation’s Top 25 this week, polling in as high as No. 21 in Perfect Game rankings.
The Cougars poll in at No. 23 in Baseball America and NCBWA, while ranking No. 24 in the USA Today/Coaches poll.
The No. 21 ranking by Perfect Game is the highest for UH since being ranked No. 19 in early April last season. The Cougars were one of three new teams in this week’s Perfect Game Top 25, joining UC Santa Barbara, No. 20, and San Diego, No. 25.
Among that poll, UH will play or has played five teams, Louisville, Rice, UCLA, Sam Houston State, Texas, including earning wins over No. 15 Rice and No. 18 UCLA.