Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by editor-in-chief JJ Cooper to discuss South Carolina's early season firing of coach Paul Mainieri and what's next for the Gamecocks. Rudner and Cooper also take a deep dive on BA's Week 7 college baseball Top 25, one of the most predictive in-season polls of the year. Fifteen of the last 16 NCAA champions have been ranked inside the top 16 in the BA poll at this time of year.

(1:44) South Carolina fires Paul Mainieri

(11:47) The importance of the Week 7 poll

(20:20) Why we ranked Auburn sixth in Week 7

(32:08) UCLA is a unique No. 1

(42:44) The Top 25 demarcation line

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College Podcast: Why This Week's Top 25 Is So Important & What Went Wrong At South Carolina &