Taking a series from Clemson was an landmark in setting a tone for what this South Carolina baseball season might end up being.
And a day after the Gamecocks did that with a 14-3 win in Founders Park, they broke into the rankings and knocked the Tigers out of one poll.
USC made its season debut at 24th in the D1Baseball poll and No. 20 in the Baseball America poll. Clemson fell from No. 23 to out of the D1 poll and from 14th to 21st in Baseball America.