May 17, 2010
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
Texas (24) |
43-8
|
761
|
1
|
2
|
Virginia (2) |
43-9
|
735
|
3
|
3
|
Arizona State (5) |
42-6
|
717
|
2
|
4
|
Coastal Carolina |
45-6
|
661
|
4
|
5
|
Florida |
31-12
|
637
|
5
|
6
|
Georgia Tech |
41-10
|
575
|
6
|
7
|
South Carolina |
41-11
|
546
|
12t
|
8
|
Florida State |
39-13
|
531
|
8
|
9
|
TCU |
40-11
|
523
|
7
|
10
|
UCLA |
37-11
|
498
|
11
|
11
|
Louisville |
42-10
|
469
|
9
|
12
|
Cal State-Fullerton |
34-14
|
406
|
14
|
13
|
Miami (Fla.) |
37-13
|
397
|
12t
|
14
|
Arkansas |
38-14
|
387
|
10
|
15
|
Vanderbilt |
39-13
|
349
|
17
|
16
|
Oklahoma |
37-14
|
302
|
15
|
17
|
Mississippi |
36-17
|
241
|
16
|
18
|
Auburn |
35-17
|
196
|
21
|
19
|
Connecticut |
41-11
|
194
|
19
|
20
|
Virginia Tech |
36-16
|
188
|
18
|
21
|
Rice |
32-19
|
118
|
23
|
22
|
Clemson |
33-19
|
95
|
22
|
23t
|
Oregon |
34-18
|
90
|
NR
|
23t
|
Kansas State |
34-16
|
90
|
24
|
25
|
San Diego |
31-17
|
85
|
25
|
Dropped out: No. 20 LSU.
Others receiving votes: UC-Irvine (32-17) 70; Pittsburgh (36-14) 33; LSU (34-18) 30; Arizona (31-17) 26; College of Charleston (39-14) 24; Stanford (27-20) 20; California (27-18) 19; Fresno State (32-22) 10; North Carolina (32-20) 10; Washington State (28-18) 9; Alabama (31-21) 8; Florida Atlantic (31-19) 5; Florida Gulf Coast (34-17) 5; Southeastern Louisiana (39-14) 5; New Mexico (34-17) 2; Texas A&M (33-18) 2; Wichita State (34-18) 2; Charlotte (35-13) 1; Kentucky (29-23) 1; Louisiana-Lafayette (34-17) 1; New Mexico State (36-19) 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.