USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches’ Poll (March 7)

March 7, 2011
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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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