April 18, 2011
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Rank
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School (first-place votes) |
Record
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Points
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Last week
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1
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Virginia (28) |
36-3
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772
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2
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2
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South Carolina (2) |
28-7
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736
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3
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3
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Vanderbilt (1) |
32-5
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719
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1
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4
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Texas |
27-9
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616
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7
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5
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Florida |
28-9
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611
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4
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6
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Cal State-Fullerton |
27-9
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547
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9
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7
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Texas A&M |
26-10
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545
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6
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8
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Oregon State |
27-7
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470
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15
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9
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Arizona State |
25-9
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465
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10 (tie)
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10
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North Carolina |
30-8
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454
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5
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11
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Florida State |
26-10
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432
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8
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12
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Georgia Tech |
27-10
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424
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12
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13
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Fresno State |
25-5
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420
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13
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14
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TCU |
25-11
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371
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14
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15
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Oklahoma |
26-10
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362
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10 (tie)
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16
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Arkansas |
26-9
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357
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16
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17
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Oklahoma State |
27-9
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230
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21
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18
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UC-Irvine |
23-9
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229
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17
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19
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California |
23-9
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218
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22
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20
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UCLA |
19-12
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201
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18
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21
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Southern Mississippi |
27-8
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176
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20
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22
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Rice |
26-14
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151
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NR
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23
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Arizona |
23-13
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100
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19
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24
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Miami (Fla.) |
24-12
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84
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NR
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25
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Stetson |
29-7
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79
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NR
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Dropped out: No. 23 Stanford (16-12), No. 24 LSU (23-14), No. 25 Troy (26-9).
Others receiving votes: Stanford (16-12) 54; Clemson (22-13) 52; Creighton (26-7) 50; Troy (26-9) 22; Auburn (20-15) 21; East Carolina (24-12) 18; Cal State Bakersfield (24-8) 17; LSU (23-14) 11; Connecticut (21-12) 10; Mississippi (23-14) 10; Charlotte (28-8) 9; Alabama (24-15) 8; Georgia (19-18) 4; Kent State (23-12) 4; Texas State (23-12) 4; Western Kentucky (24-13) 4; Gonzaga (21-11) 2; Indiana (23-12) 2; Michigan State (22-10) 2; Coastal Carolina (24-12) 1; Mississippi State (22-14) 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.