Final Poll Of The Season…
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une 29, 2011 — final poll
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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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South Carolina (31) |
55-14
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775
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4
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2
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Florida |
53-19
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744
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3
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3
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Vanderbilt |
54-12
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700
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2
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4
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Virginia |
56-12
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694
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1
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5
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North Carolina |
51-16
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641
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7
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6
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Texas A&M |
47-22
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589
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8
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7
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Texas |
49-19
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574
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5
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8
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California |
38-23
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540
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NR
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9
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Florida State |
46-19
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501
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6
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10
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Arizona State |
43-18
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447
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11
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11
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Oregon State |
41-19
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420
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16
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12
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UC-Irvine |
43-18
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402
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17
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13
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Stanford |
35-22
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328
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21
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14
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Connecticut |
45-20-1
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321
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24
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15
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Mississippi State |
38-25
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260
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NR
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16
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Clemson |
43-20
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253
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12
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17
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Cal State-Fullerton |
41-17
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236
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9
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18
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Dallas Baptist |
42-20
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232
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NR
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19
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TCU |
43-19
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225
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10
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20
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Georgia Tech |
42-21
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209
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14
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21
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Rice |
42-21
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184
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13
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22
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UCLA |
35-24
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153
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18
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23
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Arkansas |
40-22
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145
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19
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24
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Miami (Fla.) |
38-23
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114
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23
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25
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Arizona |
39-21
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80
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NR
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Dropped out: No. 15 Oklahoma, No. 20 Fresno State, No. 22 Southern Mississippi, No. 25 Creighton.
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (41-19) 69; Kent State (45-17) 42; Stetson (43-20) 26; Creighton (45-16) 25; Fresno State (40-16) 21; Baylor (31-28) 20; Georgia (33-32) 15; Southern Mississippi (39-19) 15; Alabama (35-28) 14; Oral Roberts (39-22) 13; Central Florida (39-23) 9; East Carolina (41-21) 9; Illinois (30-27) 7; Troy (43-19) 6; Coastal Carolina (42-20) 5; Belmont (38-26) 4; St. John’s (36-22) 3; James Madison (42-19) 2; Florida International (40-20) 1; Georgia Southern (36-26) 1; San Francisco (32-25) 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.