Arizona State’s Number One In Another Poll This Week
March 15, 2010
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
Arizona State (20) |
15-0
|
748
|
3
|
2
|
Virginia (8) |
12-3
|
685
|
4
|
3
|
LSU (2) |
13-2
|
659
|
1
|
4
|
Georgia Tech (1) |
13-1
|
656
|
5
|
5
|
Florida State |
13-2
|
636
|
2
|
6
|
Texas |
13-3
|
608
|
6
|
7
|
Clemson |
13-1
|
581
|
7
|
8
|
TCU |
12-2
|
550
|
9
|
9
|
Louisville |
14-1
|
485
|
11
|
10
|
UCLA |
13-0
|
479
|
13
|
11
|
Florida |
11-3
|
461
|
8
|
12
|
Coastal Carolina |
15-2
|
454
|
10
|
13
|
Oklahoma |
15-2
|
340
|
15
|
14
|
Miami (Fla.) |
10-4
|
319
|
14
|
15
|
Arkansas |
12-3
|
298
|
16
|
16
|
Vanderbilt |
14-1
|
289
|
20
|
17
|
North Carolina |
12-4
|
276
|
12
|
18
|
Oregon State |
10-3
|
273
|
18
|
19
|
Mississippi |
12-4
|
201
|
17
|
20
|
Kentucky |
13-2
|
183
|
22
|
21
|
Alabama |
12-1
|
168
|
25
|
22
|
Rice |
10-7
|
152
|
19
|
23
|
Texas A&M |
13-3
|
88
|
NR
|
24
|
UC-Irvine |
9-6
|
69
|
24
|
25
|
Kansas State |
13-2
|
68
|
NR
|
Dropped out: No. 21 East Carolina (8-6), No. 23 Ohio State (9-4).
Others receiving votes: Kansas 52; Cal State-Fullerton 45; East Carolina 36; Wichita State 36; Stanford 34; Southeastern Louisiana 29; South Carolina 28; Ohio State 23; North Carolina State 15; Washington State 13; Western Kentucky 9; Liberty 7; Oregon 7; Arizona 5; Duke 3; New Mexico 3; Baylor 1; Middle Tennessee 1; Oklahoma State 1; Virginia Military 1.
The 2010 board: The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2010 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; David Eldredge, Southern Utah; Mike Gaski, North Carolina-Greensboro; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Keith Guttin, Missouri State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Daniel Heefner, Dallas Baptist; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; Steve Kittrell, South Alabama; Paul Kostacopoulos, Navy; Kevin Leighton, Manhattan; Gary McClure, Austin Peay; Mervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, North Carolina-Wilmington; Jim Schlossnagle, TCU; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.