Arizona, Oregon Fall Out This Week
May 10, 2010
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
Texas (25) |
41-8
|
768
|
1
|
2
|
Arizona State (4) |
39-5
|
732
|
2
|
3
|
Virginia (2) |
40-9
|
719
|
3
|
4
|
Coastal Carolina |
41-6
|
640
|
4
|
5
|
Florida |
33-12
|
606
|
6
|
6
|
Georgia Tech |
39-9
|
590
|
5
|
7
|
TCU |
36-10
|
550
|
8
|
8
|
Florida State |
36-12
|
524
|
9
|
9
|
Louisvill |
40-8
|
513
|
11
|
10
|
Arkansas |
37-11
|
496
|
10
|
11
|
UCLA |
34-10
|
480
|
12
|
12t
|
South Carolina |
36-11
|
471
|
7
|
12t
|
Miami (Fla.) |
36-11
|
471
|
13
|
14
|
Cal State-Fullerton |
30-14
|
359
|
16
|
15
|
Oklahoma |
35-13
|
301
|
17
|
16
|
Mississippi |
34-15
|
300
|
14
|
17
|
Vanderbilt |
35-13
|
237
|
18
|
18
|
Virginia Tech |
34-15
|
171
|
23
|
19
|
Connecticut |
37-10
|
152
|
21
|
20
|
LSU |
34-15
|
151
|
15
|
21
|
Auburn |
33-15
|
133
|
NR
|
22
|
Clemson |
31-17
|
128
|
24
|
23
|
Rice |
30-17
|
120
|
25
|
24
|
Kansas State |
32-15
|
79
|
20
|
25
|
San Diego |
30-16
|
66
|
NR
|
Dropped out: No. 19 Oregon, No. 22 Arizona.
Others receiving votes: Oregon (30-18) 51; UC-Irvine (29-16) 46; California (27-17) 40; Pittsburgh (34-12) 38; North Carolina (31-17) 33; Arizona (30-16) 28; Stanford (25-18) 17; Alabama (29-19) 13; Liberty (37-12) 11; College of Charleston (35-13) 9; Portland (31-12) 6; New Mexico State (35-16) 5; Fresno State (30-20) 4; Oregon State (24-17) 4; Southeastern Louisiana (36-14) 3; Florida Atlantic (31-17) 2; New Mexico (31-17) 2; Southern Mississippi (29-17) 2; Wichita State (32-17) 2; Florida Gulf Coast (31-16) 1; Texas State (30-16) 1.
The 2010 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 2010 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; 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; Paul Kostacopoulos, Navy; 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.