North Carolina & UC Irvine Drop Out This Week
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll
March 29, 2010
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Rank
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School (first-place votes) |
Record
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Points
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Last week
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 |
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1
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Arizona State (27) |
23-0
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770
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1
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2
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Georgia Tech |
21-2
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700
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3
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3
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Virginia (3) |
20-4
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678
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2
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4
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LSU |
20-3
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676
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4
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5
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UCLA (1) |
20-0
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670
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6
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6
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Florida State |
19-4
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606
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7
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7
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Texas |
18-6
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546
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8
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8
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Louisville |
20-3
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491
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11
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9
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Oklahoma |
20-3
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483
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12
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10
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Clemson |
18-6
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473
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5
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11
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Florida |
18-5
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460
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9
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12
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TCU |
17-5
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413
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10
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13
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Arkansas |
18-5
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360
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17
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14
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Mississippi |
19-6
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337
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18
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15
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Coastal Carolina |
19-5
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306
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13
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16
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Miami (Fla.) |
16-7
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303
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14
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17
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Vanderbilt |
21-4
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301
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20
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18
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Oregon State |
16-5
|
267
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15
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19
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South Carolina |
19-5
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213
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23
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20
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Arizona |
20-5
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197
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NR
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21
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Kansas State |
19-3
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196
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NR
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22
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Texas A&M |
17-6
|
140
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21
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23 (tie)
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Southeastern Louisiana |
22-3
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98
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25
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23 (tie)
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Alabama |
16-6
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98
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16
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25
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Western Kentucky |
20-5
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68
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NR
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Dropped out: No. 19 North Carolina (16-9), No. 22 UC-Irvine (14-8), No. 24 Kentucky (16-8).
Others receiving votes: Stanford 52; UC-Irvine 50; North Carolina 37; Oregon 22; East Carolina 11; Pittsburgh 11; The Citadel 8; Kentucky 6; Rice 6; Michigan State 5; Tulane 4; Kansas 3; Pacific 3; Virginia Military 3; San Diego 2; Connecticut 1; East Tennessee State 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.