May 23, 2011
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Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
South Carolina (20) |
44-12
|
751
|
2
|
2
|
Vanderbilt (7) |
44-9
|
739
|
3
|
3
|
Virginia (3) |
45-9
|
689
|
1
|
4
|
Texas |
40-13
|
676
|
5
|
5
|
Florida |
41-15
|
650
|
4
|
6
|
North Carolina (1) |
44-12
|
583
|
13
|
7
|
TCU |
40-15
|
526
|
9
|
8
|
Florida State |
40-15
|
516
|
6
|
9
|
Arizona State |
38-14
|
473
|
12
|
10
|
Oregon State |
38-14
|
465
|
7
|
11
|
Cal State-Fullerton |
37-14
|
447
|
10
|
12
|
Oklahoma |
40-15
|
435
|
8
|
13
|
Texas A&M |
38-18
|
429
|
11
|
14
|
Clemson |
39-17
|
406
|
15
|
15
|
Georgia Tech |
39-17
|
389
|
14
|
16
|
UC-Irvine |
37-14
|
301
|
16
|
17
|
Rice |
38-18
|
289
|
20
|
18
|
Arkansas |
36-18
|
264
|
18
|
19
|
UCLA |
31-20
|
173
|
21
|
20
|
Southern Mississippi |
38-15
|
166
|
17
|
21
|
Miami (Fla.) |
34-20
|
115
|
22
|
22
|
Connecticut |
39-15-1
|
108
|
24
|
23
|
Fresno State |
37-14
|
100
|
19
|
24
|
Stanford |
30-19
|
79
|
25
|
25
|
Creighton |
39-13
|
50
|
NR
|
Dropped out: No. 23 Stetson.
Others receiving votes: California (30-18) 32; Stetson (40-16) 26; Arizona (33-19) 25; Kent State (39-14) 23; Oklahoma State (34-21) 19; Stony Brook (41-10) 19; East Carolina (37-18) 16; Troy (40-16) 16; Coastal Carolina (37-18) 14; Charlotte (39-14) 12; Georgia (28-28) 10; Florida International (37-17) 9; LSU (36-20) 8; Auburn (29-27) 4; Dallas Baptist (39-17) 4; Central Florida (36-20) 3; East Tennessee State (36-19) 3; Elon (36-19) 3; Baylor (29-24) 2; Hawaii (32-23) 2; James Madison (37-17) 2; North Carolina State (33-23) 2; Jacksonville (34-20) 1; Michigan State (34-19) 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.