Florida suffered its first loss of the season last week when it fell to Florida State, but the Gators hold the top spot in this week’s coaches’ poll after a weekend sweep of Miami.
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Here’s the full rundown of this week’s USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches’ Poll:
March 7, 2011
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
Florida (19) |
10-1
|
751
|
1
|
2
|
Oklahoma (6) |
14-0
|
722
|
3
|
3
|
Vanderbilt (6) |
11-1
|
718
|
2
|
4
|
South Carolina |
8-1
|
667
|
4
|
5
|
Florida State |
10-1
|
632
|
6
|
6
|
Virginia |
12-1
|
569
|
10
|
7
|
Clemson |
7-2
|
520
|
7
|
8
|
LSU |
11-1
|
484
|
9
|
9
|
Arizona State |
9-2
|
464
|
11
|
10
|
UCLA |
7-4
|
455
|
5
|
11
|
TCU |
7-4
|
426
|
8
|
12
|
Cal State-Fullerton |
8-3
|
410
|
14
|
13
|
Texas |
7-4
|
384
|
12
|
14
|
Arkansas |
10-1
|
351
|
16
|
15
|
Texas A&M |
9-3
|
348
|
13
|
16
|
North Carolina |
11-1
|
339
|
18
|
17
|
Arizona |
9-2
|
253
|
17
|
18
|
UC-Irvine |
8-1
|
252
|
19
|
19
|
Stanford |
6-5
|
224
|
15
|
20
|
Rice |
8-5
|
141
|
20
|
21
|
Louisville |
8-2
|
126
|
24
|
22
|
Fresno State |
8-1
|
118
|
NR
|
23
|
College of Charleston |
10-2
|
117
|
25
|
24
|
Auburn |
9-3
|
108
|
NR
|
25
|
Wichita State |
9-2
|
68
|
NR
|
Dropped out: No. 21 Oregon (5-6), No. 22 California (6-4), No. 23 Georgia Tech (8-4).
Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 65; California 50; Nebraska 36; Mississippi 32; Coastal Carolina 26; Oregon State 26;
Kansas State 25; Tulane 22; Oregon 14; James Madison 13; Oklahoma State 12; Baylor 10; Cal State-Bakersfield 10; Stetson 10; Central Florida 9; St. John’s 9; Creighton 8; Duke 8; Southeastern Louisiana 8; Rutgers 7; Troy 7; Texas Tech 6; Charlotte 3; Brigham Young 2; Connecticut 2; Mercer 2; Mississippi State 2; UNLV 2; Florida International 1; Miami (Fla.) 1.
The 2011 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 2011 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; 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; 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.
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