Texas & Georgia Tech Both Make Jumps This Week
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll
April 19, 2010
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
Arizona State (27) |
31-3
|
770
|
1
|
2
|
Texas (2) |
30-7
|
730
|
4
|
3
|
Georgia Tech |
31-5
|
696
|
5
|
4
|
Virginia (2) |
29-9
|
645
|
3
|
5
|
LSU |
30-6
|
638
|
6
|
6
|
UCLA |
27-5
|
612
|
2
|
7
|
Arkansas |
31-6
|
608
|
8
|
8
|
Coastal Carolina |
32-5
|
516
|
10
|
9
|
Florida State |
28-9
|
488
|
7
|
10
|
South Carolina |
28-8
|
467
|
13
|
11
|
Florida |
25-10
|
458
|
9
|
12
|
TCU |
27-7
|
455
|
11
|
13
|
Louisville |
29-6
|
429
|
12
|
14
|
Miami (Fla.) |
27-9
|
395
|
15
|
15
|
Vanderbilt |
29-9
|
288
|
19
|
16
|
Kansas State |
26-8
|
259
|
20
|
17
|
Arizona |
26-9
|
246
|
21
|
18
|
Oklahoma |
26-10
|
231
|
14
|
19
|
Mississippi |
24-13
|
168
|
18
|
20
|
Clemson |
23-14
|
167
|
16
|
21
|
Cal State-Fullerton |
20-13
|
116
|
24
|
22
|
Oregon State |
20-11
|
112
|
17
|
23
|
California |
22-11
|
96
|
NR
|
24
|
Southeastern Louisiana |
29-9
|
65
|
23
|
25
|
Oregon |
23-12
|
64
|
NR
|
Dropped out: No. 22 Western Kentucky, No. 25 UC-Irvine.
Others receiving votes: Rice (23-15) 42; Pittsburgh (26-9) 41; East Carolina (24-12) 40; Connecticut (27-7) 36; Virginia Tech (25-13) 26; Western Kentucky (27-12) 26; UC-Irvine (20-13) 21; Auburn (24-13) 20; Michigan State (23-9) 14; New Mexico State (26-12) 12; Ohio State (21-10) 11; Portland (23-9) 11; Kentucky (22-14) 10; New Mexico (24-13) 6; North Carolina State (25-13) 6; The Citadel (26-13) 6; North Carolina (22-16) 5; Pacific (22-12) 5; Stanford (18-13) 5; Tulane (23-14) 4; Liberty (25-10) 2; San Diego (20-15) 2; South Alabama (26-15) 2; Bethune-Cookman (23-14) 1; Florida Gulf Coast (23-12) 1; Kansas (22-14) 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.