If a team finishes in the top eight of the SEC, it gets a first-round bye at the SEC Tournament next week in Hoover. With its home series win over then-No. 6 Georgia, No. 18 Alabama has placed itself back among those eight at the start of this week, to go along with its No. 8 RPI spot.

Alabama made a big move up the rankings in Monday's new top 25 college baseball polls after 'arguably its best week of the season.'

Alabama baseball bounced back in a big way Sunday morning, downing No. 6 Georgia 9-3. This comes after the high-powered Georgia bats obliterated the Crimson Tide pitching staff in Game 1, 19-3.