USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll
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March 28, 2011
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
Virginia (16) |
24-2
|
749
|
3
|
2
|
Vanderbilt (10) |
22-3
|
748
|
2
|
3
|
Florida (3) |
21-4
|
707
|
1
|
4
|
South Carolina (2) |
18-5
|
691
|
4
|
5
|
Texas A&M |
19-5
|
581
|
9
|
6
|
North Carolina |
23-3
|
532
|
12
|
7t
|
Florida State |
18-6
|
516
|
5
|
7t
|
Texas |
17-7
|
516
|
6
|
9
|
Arizona State |
18-6
|
513
|
8
|
10
|
Georgia Tech |
21-4
|
497
|
15
|
11
|
Oklahoma |
19-6
|
471
|
7
|
12
|
Fresno State |
18-2
|
408
|
17
|
13
|
Arkansas |
18-6
|
354
|
13
|
14
|
TCU |
15-8
|
346
|
14
|
15
|
Cal State Fullerton |
16-8
|
314
|
18
|
16
|
LSU |
17-7
|
248
|
10
|
17
|
Arizona |
17-7
|
202
|
16
|
18
|
California |
16-5
|
181
|
25
|
19
|
UC-Irvine |
14-6
|
166
|
11
|
20
|
Oregon State |
18-6
|
154
|
22
|
21
|
Stanford |
10-6
|
145
|
23
|
22
|
Southern Mississippi |
18-5
|
142
|
NR
|
23
|
Clemson |
13-9
|
133
|
19
|
24
|
UCLA |
11-8
|
125
|
21
|
25
|
Alabama |
18-7
|
67
|
NR
|
Dropped out: No. 20 Auburn (14-10), No. 24 Tulane (18-6).
Others receiving votes: East Carolina 59; Tulane 58; Oklahoma State 57; Stetson 55; Mississippi 53; Rice 38; Central Florida 35; Troy 30; Wichita State 22; Texas State 21; Texas Tech 18; Louisville 15; Mississippi State 15; Oregon 14; Tennessee 12; Baylor 11; Georgia Southern 7; Miami (Fla.) 7; UNLV 7; James Madison 6; College of Charleston 4; Georgia State 4; New Mexico State 4; Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4; San Jose State 3; Charlotte 2; Elon 2; Xavier 2; Auburn 1; Connecticut 1; Loyola Marymount 1; Michigan State 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.