Final 2010 NCBWA College Baseball Poll
South Carolina Leads “Omaha 8″ Atop Poll…
DALLAS, TX - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
continued its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 11th year with
its 2010 weekly surveys. This season’s polls have been circulated from
Feb. 23-June 29/30 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb. This
is the final poll of the year and ‘10 after South Carolina of the
Southeastern Conference won its first NCAA baseball championship on June
29 by downing UCLA 2-1 in 11 innings.
The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media
persons from throughout the nation. The final poll has representation by
10 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the
2009 NCAA Division I ranks, and five different schools have held down
the No. 1 position. There have been 16 separate leagues among the Top 30
in ‘10 poll, and four different schools – (chronologically) Texas, LSU,
Virginia, and Arizona State – held down the No. 1 position in the NCBWA
2010 polls. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to
www.ncbwa.com.
The first 2011 NCBWA DI poll will be released in Jan. 2011.
Rank School Conference Overall Record Previous Rank
1 South Carolina SEC 54-16 5
2 UCLA Pac-10 51-17 4
3 TCU Mountain West 54-14 3
4 Clemson Atlantic Coast 45-25 8
5 Oklahoma Big 12 50-18 6
6 Florida State ACC 48-20 7
7 Arizona State Pac-10 52-10 1
8 Florida SEC 47-17 2
9 Texas Big 12 50-13 9
10 Virginia ACC 51-14 10
11 Coastal Carolina Big South 55-10 11
12 Cal State Fullerton Big West 46-18 12
13 Miami (Fla.) ACC 43-20 13
14 Arkansas SEC 43-21 14
15 Vanderbilt SEC 46-20 15
16 Georgia Tech ACC 47-15 16
17 Louisville Big East 50-14 17
18 Alabama SEC 42-25 18
19 Auburn SEC 43-21 19
20 UC Irvine Big West 39-21 20
21 Rice Conference USA 40-23 21
22 Connecticut Big East 48-16 22
23 Virginia Tech ACC 40-22 23
24 Texas A&M Big 12 43-21-1 24
25 Oregon Pac-10 40-24 25
26 North Carolina ACC 38-22 26
27 College of Charleston Southern 44-19 27
28 St. John’s Big East 43-20 28
29 (tie) LSU SEC 41-22 t-29
29 (tie) Ole Miss SEC 39-24 t-29
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona (34-24), Baylor,
(36-24), Florida Atlantic (37-24), Hawai’i (35-28), Kansas State
(37-22), Minnesota (32-30), New Mexico (38-22), San Diego (37-22),
Southern Miss (36-24), Stanford (31-25), The Citadel (43-22), Washington
State (37-22).
Dropped Out: None.
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 7, Big 12 3, Big East 3, Pac-10 3, Big West 2,
Big South 1, C-USA 1, MWC 1, SoCon 1 .
Collegiate Baseball Poll-June 8
ASU Tops Post-Regional Poll
TUCSON, AZ — Arizona State University is No. 1 in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Sun Devils, ranked first for the eighth time this season by Collegiate Baseball, won three straight at the Tempe Regional last weekend with one victory over Milwaukee and two wins over Hawaii.
ASU is hitting .341 as a team and averaging 8.6 runs per game. The Sun Devils have belted 63 homers, 142 doubles and 37 triples. In addition, ASU has stolen 130 of 171 bases while limiting opponents to only 43 stolen bases over 58 games. The pitching staff has a 3.10 ERA and has fanned 511 batters and only walked 154.
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
(Top 30 Agate Follows)
| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s | ||
| NCAA Div. I Poll (As of June 8, 2010) | ||
| www.baseballnews.com | ||
| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Arizona St. (50-8) | 494 | 1 |
| 2. Texas (49-11) | 490 | 5 |
| 3. Virginia (50-12) | 489 | 2 |
| 4. Coastal Carolina (55-8) | 487 | 3 |
| 5. Cal. St. Fullerton (45-16) | 485 | 4 |
| 6. UCLA (46-13) | 484 | 9 |
| 7. Florida (45-15) | 483 | 6 |
| 8. Texas Christian (49-11) | 481 | 7 |
| 9. South Carolina (46-15) | 479 | 8 |
| 10. Miami, Fla. (43-18) | 476 | 11 |
| 11. Oklahoma (47-15) | 473 | 13 |
| 12. Florida St. (45-17) | 470 | 15 |
| 13. Clemson (41-22) | 468 | 16 |
| 14. Vanderbilt (45-18) | 465 | 17 |
| 15. Arkansas (43-19) | 462 | 18 |
| 16. Alabama (41-23) | 459 | — |
| 17. Georgia Tech. (47-15) | 457 | 10 |
| 18. Texas A&M (43-21-1) | 454 | 20 |
| 19. Louisville (50-14) | 452 | 12 |
| 20. Auburn (43-21) | 449 | 14 |
| 21. Washington St. (37-22) | 447 | 23 |
| 22. U.C. Irvine (39-21) | 445 | 26 |
| 23. St. John’s (43-20) | 442 | 30 |
| 24. Mississippi (39-24) | 439 | 24 |
| 25. Louisiana St. (41-22) | 437 | 21 |
| 26. Rice (40-23) | 434 | 25 |
| 27. Oregon (40-24) | 433 | — |
| 28. Connecticut (48-16) | 431 | 22 |
| 29. Coll. of Charleston (44-19) | 429 | — |
| 30. Hawaii (35-28) | 426 | — |
NCBWA College Baseball Poll-May 24
DALLAS, TX – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 13th year with its 2010 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 22-June 29 following the 64th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., and final CWS competition at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.
The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2010 NCAA Division I ranks.
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Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates and official votes in the Dick Howser Trophy, Regional Players of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors the Pro-Line Athletic Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please visit ncbwa.com.
| 2010 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team): | ||
| • Preseason (Texas) • Feb. 22 (LSU) • March 1 (LSU) • March 8 (LSU) • March 15 (Virginia) • March 22 (Virginia) |
• March 29 (Arizona State) • April 5 (Arizona State) • April 12 (Virginia) • April 19 (Arizona State) • April 26 (Texas) • May 3 (Texas) |
• May 10 (Texas) • May 17 (Texas) • May 24 (Texas) |
Collegiate Baseball Poll-May 25
TUCSON, AZ. — Texas has been ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight week in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Longhorns (46-8) have won 28 of their last 29 games. The 24 wins in Big 12 Conference play (24-3) set a new league record. Over the past weekend, Texas swept a 3-game series against Missouri. The Longhorns lead the nation with a 2.39 ERA and have compiled 478 strikeouts and 150 walks over 54 games. On offense, Texas has hit 71 homers and stolen 81 bases while limiting opponents to only 33 stolen bases in 53 chances.
Poll Notes: Several other teams played well lately. UCLA has won nine consecutive Pac-10 games. Oklahoma has won seven straight. And Washington St. has won eight of its last nine Pac-10 games. In key series over the past weekend, Virginia won two of three at Miami, Fla., Florida won two of three at South Carolina, Auburn swept a 3-game series at Mississippi, and Arkansas won two of three at Vanderbilt. Four teams fell out of the top 30 this week in Virginia Tech. (swept in a 3-game series by North Carolina), California (0-4 last week), Arizona (1-3 last week) and Kansas St. (1-2 last week). New to the poll is Stanford (won two of three at Arizona), Texas A&M (won two of three against Kansas St.), Florida Gulf Coast (won regular season title in Atlantic Sun Conference with 25-5 league mark), and Oregon (won two of three against Washington).
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
(Top 30 Agate Follows)
| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s | ||
| NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 24, 2010) | ||
| www.baseballnews.com | ||
| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Texas (46-8) | 496 | 1 |
| 2. Virginia (45-10) | 492 | 2 |
| 3. Arizona St. (45-7) | 491 | 3 |
| 4. Florida (40-13) | 488 | 5 |
| 5. Coastal Carolina (47-7) | 486 | 4 |
| 6. Cal. St. Fullerton (37-15) | 483 | 7 |
| 7. South Carolina (43-13) | 482 | 6 |
| 8. UCLA (41-11) | 480 | 10 |
| 9. Georgia Tech. (44-11) | 478 | 8 |
| 10. Miami, Fla. (39-15) | 476 | 9 |
| 11. Texas Christian (43-11) | 474 | 12 |
| 12. Louisville (46-10) | 472 | 13 |
| 13. Oklahoma (42-14) | 468 | 14 |
| 14. Auburn (39-17) | 464 | 16 |
| 15. San Diego (33-18) | 460 | 15 |
| 16. Clemson (37-19) | 459 | 28 |
| 17. Florida St. (39-16) | 458 | 11 |
| 18. Arkansas (40-16) | 451 | 18 |
| 19. Vanderbilt (40-15) | 447 | 20 |
| 20. Washington St. (31-18) | 446 | 24 |
| 21. Mississippi (36-20) | 444 | 17 |
| 22. Connecticut (43-12) | 443 | 19 |
| 23. Rice (35-20) | 441 | 22 |
| 24. U.C. Irvine (34-18) | 439 | 23 |
| 25. Stanford (30-21) | 436 | — |
| 26. Texas A&M (36-19-1) | 434 | — |
| 27. Fresno St. (35-23) | 430 | 27 |
| 28. Florida Gulf Coast (37-18) | 428 | — |
| 29. Oregon (37-19) | 425 | — |
| 30. Southern Miss. (32-21) | 422 | 29 |
USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches’ Poll-May 24
May 24, 2010
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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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Texas (24) |
46-8
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763
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1
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2
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Arizona State (6) |
45-7
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729
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3
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3
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Virginia (1) |
45-10
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722
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2
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4
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Coastal Carolina |
47-7
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652
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4
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5
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Florida |
40-13
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644
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5
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6
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Georgia Tech |
44-11
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576
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6
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7
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UCLA |
41-11
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554
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10
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8
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TCU |
43-11
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550
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9
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9
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South Carolina |
43-13
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525
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7
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10
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Louisville |
46-10
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507
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11
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11
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Cal State-Fullerton |
37-15
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455
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12
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12
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Arkansas |
40-16
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381
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14
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13
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Miami (Fla.) |
39-15
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380
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13
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14
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Florida State |
39-16
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372
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8
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15
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Oklahoma |
42-14
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369
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16
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16
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Auburn |
39-17
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331
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18
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17
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Vanderbilt |
40-15
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282
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15
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18
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Clemson |
37-19
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207
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22
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19
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Connecticut |
43-12
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177
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19
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20
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Rice |
35-20
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165
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21
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21
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Oregon |
37-19
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128
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23 (tie)
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22
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Mississippi |
36-20
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101
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17
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23
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San Diego |
33-18
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91
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25
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24
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UC-Irvine |
34-18
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77
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NR
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25t
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Virginia Tech |
36-19
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51
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20
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25t
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Kansas State |
35-18
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51
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23 (tie)
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Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: North Carolina (36-20) 35; Washington State (31-18) 30; Alabama (34-21) 29; Arizona (32-20) 28; College of Charleston (41-15) 28; Stanford (30-21) 19; Wichita State (38-18) 14; Florida Gulf Coast (37-18) 10; Texas A&M (36-19) 9; Pittsburgh (37-16) 7; Fresno State (35-23) 5; California (27-22) 4; Florida Atlantic (33-20) 4; LSU (36-20) 3; New Mexico (35-18) 3; Liberty (39-17) 2; Louisiana-Lafayette (37-18) 2; St. John’s (36-18) 1; Texas State (34-20) 1; The Citadel (38-20) 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.
Baseball America Top 25 College Poll-May 24
Ole Miss Falls Out This Week
DURHAM, N.C.—Virginia sewed up the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship with a series win at Miami and remained at No. 1 in the Baseball America Top 25 rankings.
The Cavaliers stayed at No. 1 for the fifth straight week, and the top four in the rankings stayed the same for the fourth straight week. No. 4 Florida won the weekend’s biggest showdown, clinching the Southeastern Conference’s regular-season crown with a series win at South Carolina, which slid four spots to No. 10. Losses by South Carolina and Florida State allowed a few teams to move up in the top 10, including Texas Christian, which swept Cal State Bakersfield to move up to No. 6 and finish the season as the only team in the country without a weekend series loss.
Louisville moved back into the top 10 with a road series sweep of Notre Dame to win the Big East Conference regular-season title by a half-game over Connecticut. The Huskies also moved up one spot to No. 19 thanks to a series win against Seton Hall, but a loss on the last day of the regular season dropped them behind Louisville. In other SEC action, Auburn jumped up three spots to No. 13 by going on the road and sweeping then-No. 18 Mississippi, clinching the SEC Western Division title.
Clemson was the only team to join the rankings this week, replacing Mississippi. The Tigers returned to the rankings for the first time in six weeks, and they did so in emphatic fashion, sweeping Florida State to snatch the ACC’s Atlantic Division title away from the Seminoles, who needed only one win to clinch. FSU tumbled seven spots to No. 14.
The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of May 23 and do not include ties.
| Rk. | Team | W-L | Last Week | Prev. |
| 1. | Virginia | 45-10 | 2-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Texas | 46-8 | 3-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Arizona State | 45-7 | 3-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Florida | 40-13 | 3-1 | 4 |
| 5. | Coastal Carolina | 47-7 | 2-1 | 5 |
| 6. | Texas Christian | 43-11 | 3-0 | 8 |
| 7. | UCLA | 41-11 | 4-0 | 10 |
| 8. | Cal State Fullerton | 37-15 | 3-1 | 9 |
| 9. | Louisville | 46-10 | 4-0 | 11 |
| 10. | South Carolina | 43-13 | 2-2 | 6 |
| 11. | Georgia Tech | 44-11 | 3-1 | 13 |
| 12. | Oklahoma | 42-14 | 5-0 | 15 |
| 13. | Auburn | 39-17 | 4-0 | 16 |
| 14. | Florida State | 39-16 | 0-3 | 7 |
| 15. | Arkansas | 40-16 | 2-2 | 17 |
| 16. | San Diego | 33-18 | 2-1 | 19 |
| 17. | Miami | 39-15 | 2-2 | 14 |
| 18. | Virginia Tech | 36-19 | 0-3 | 12 |
| 19. | Connecticut | 43-12 | 2-1 | 20 |
| 20. | Rice | 35-20 | 3-1 | 21 |
| 21. | Oregon | 37-19 | 3-1 | 22 |
| 22. | Washington State | 31-18 | 3-0 | 24 |
| 23. | UC Irvine | 34-18 | 2-1 | 25 |
| 24. | Vanderbilt | 40-15 | 1-2 | 23 |
| 25. | Clemson | 37-19 | 4-0 | NR |
| Dropped Out: Mississippi (18) | ||||
NCBWA College Baseball Poll-May 17
Same Names, Some New Spots In This Week’s Rankings
DALLAS, TX - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues
its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 13th year with its 2010
weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 22-June 29
following the 64th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., and final
CWS competition at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.
No. 12 Cal State Fullerton (Big West) has joined unranked Dartmouth (Ivy
League) as the first two qualifiers for the NCAA tournament starting
June 4 at 16 regional sites.
The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media
persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation
by 10 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in
the 2010 NCAA Division I ranks, and there have been 16 circuits in the
surveys this season. Last year there were 17 different leagues (from 30
in NCAA Division I) among the Top 30 polls. For more information or to
join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.
Rank School Conference Overall Record Previous Rank
1 Texas Big 12 43-8 1
2 Virginia Atlantic Coast 43-9 2
3 Arizona State Pacific-10 42-6 3
4 Coastal Carolina Big South 45-6 5
5 Florida Southeastern 37-12 6
6 TCU Mountain West 40-11 4
7 Georgia Tech ACC 41-10 7
8 Florida State ACC 39-13 8
9 South Carolina SEC 41-11 13
10 UCLA Pac-10 37-11 12
11 Louisville Big East 42-10 9
12 Cal State Fullerton Big West 34-14 15
13 Miami (Fla.) ACC 37-13 11
14 Arkansas SEC 38-14 10
15 Oklahoma Big 12 37-14 14
16 Vanderbilt SEC 39-13 17
17 Virginia Tech ACC 36-16 16
18 Connecticut Big East 41-11 22
19 Ole Miss SEC 36-17 18
20 Clemson ACC 33-19 19
21 Auburn SEC 35-17 23
22 Rice Conference USA 32-19 24
23 UC Irvine Big West 32-17 27
24 Arizona Pac-10 31-17 25
25 Oregon Pac-10 34-18 28
26 North Carolina ACC 32-20 21
27 LSU SEC 34-18 20
28 Kansas State Big 12 34-16 29
29 San Diego West Coast 31-17 30
30 Stanford Pac-10 27-20 26
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Bethune-Cookman (32-20),
California (27-18), Charlotte (35-13), College of Charleston (39-14),
Florida Atlantic (31-19), Florida Gulf Coast (34-17), Fresno State
(32-22), Georgia Southern (33-19), Indiana State (32-15), James Madison
(26-20), Kentucky (29-23), Liberty (37-15), UL Lafayette (34-17), New
Mexico (34-17), Pittsburgh (36-14), Southeastern Louisiana (39-14),
Southern Miss (30-19), Tennessee (29-23), Texas A&M (33-18-1), The
Citadel (34-20), Washington State (28-18).
Dropped Out: None.
By conference: ACC 7, SEC 7, Pac-10 5, Big 12 3, Big East 2, Big West 2,
Big South 1, C-USA 1, MWC 1, WCC 1.
Collegiate Baseball Poll-May 17
Texas Remains #1 For Another Week
TUCSON, AZ — Texas has been ranked No. 1 for the fourth straight week in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Longhorns (43-8) have won 25 of their last 26 games. Over the past weekend, Texas beat Louisiana Tech. twice. Texas leads the nation with a 2.27 ERA and features a pitching staff that has a 3:1 strikeout (448) to walk (143) ratio.
Poll Notes: Several other teams have been exceptional. Virginia has won 14 in a row, Coastal Carolina 26 of 27, Florida 11 of 12, and Cal. St. Fullerton 14 of 15. In key series over the past weekend, Georgia Tech. beat Miami, Fla. two of three. Arizona St. and Arizona split the first two games of their 3-game series. South Carolina swept a 3-game series at Arkansas, and Rice beat Southern Mississippi two of three. Two teams fell out of the top 30 in Pittsburgh (2-2 last week with losses to Duquesne and Cincinnati) and Texas St. (1-3). New to the poll is Washington St. (won 6 of last 7, including 3-game sweep against California and two wins in three games at Stanford) and Arizona (split two games with Arizona St.).
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
(Top 30 Agate Follows)
| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s | ||
| NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 17, 2010) | ||
| www.baseballnews.com | ||
| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Texas (43-8) | 494 | 1 |
| 2. Virginia (43-9) | 493 | 3 |
| 3. Arizona St. (42-6) | 490 | 2 |
| 4. Coastal Carolina (45-6) | 489 | 4 |
| 5. Florida (37-12) | 486 | 6 |
| 6. South Carolina (41-11) | 485 | 7 |
| 7. Cal. St. Fullerton (34-14) | 482 | 9 |
| 8. Georgia Tech. (41-10) | 480 | 8 |
| 9. Miami, Fla. (37-13) | 479 | 5 |
| 10. UCLA (37-11) | 476 | 13 |
| 11. Florida St. (39-13) | 475 | 10 |
| 12. Texas Christian (40-11) | 473 | 12 |
| 13. Louisville (42-10) | 470 | 11 |
| 14. Oklahoma (37-14) | 465 | 16 |
| 15. San Diego (31-17) | 460 | 17 |
| 16. Auburn (35-17) | 458 | 18 |
| 17. Mississippi (36-17) | 456 | 15 |
| 18. Arkansas (38-14) | 452 | 14 |
| 19. Connecticut (41-11) | 451 | 20 |
| 20. Vanderbilt (39-13) | 448 | 24 |
| 21. Virginia Tech. (36-16) | 446 | 21 |
| 22. Rice (32-19) | 444 | 23 |
| 23. U.C. Irvine (32-17) | 441 | 30 |
| 24. Washington St. (28-18) | 440 | — |
| 25. California (27-18) | 438 | 19 |
| 26. Arizona (31-17) | 436 | — |
| 27. Fresno St. (32-22) | 432 | 25 |
| 28. Clemson (33-19) | 430 | 26 |
| 29. Southern Miss. (30-19) | 427 | 27 |
| 30. Kansas St. (34-16) | 425 | 28 |
USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Poll-May 17
May 17, 2010
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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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Texas (24) |
43-8
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761
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1
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2
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Virginia (2) |
43-9
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735
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3
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3
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Arizona State (5) |
42-6
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717
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2
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4
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Coastal Carolina |
45-6
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661
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4
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5
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Florida |
31-12
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637
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5
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6
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Georgia Tech |
41-10
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575
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6
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7
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South Carolina |
41-11
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546
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12t
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8
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Florida State |
39-13
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531
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8
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9
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TCU |
40-11
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523
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7
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10
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UCLA |
37-11
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498
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11
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11
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Louisville |
42-10
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469
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9
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12
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Cal State-Fullerton |
34-14
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406
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14
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13
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Miami (Fla.) |
37-13
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397
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12t
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14
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Arkansas |
38-14
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387
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10
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15
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Vanderbilt |
39-13
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349
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17
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16
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Oklahoma |
37-14
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302
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15
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17
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Mississippi |
36-17
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241
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16
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18
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Auburn |
35-17
|
196
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21
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19
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Connecticut |
41-11
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194
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19
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20
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Virginia Tech |
36-16
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188
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18
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21
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Rice |
32-19
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118
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23
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22
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Clemson |
33-19
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95
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22
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23t
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Oregon |
34-18
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90
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NR
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23t
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Kansas State |
34-16
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90
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24
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25
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San Diego |
31-17
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85
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25
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Dropped out: No. 20 LSU.
Others receiving votes: UC-Irvine (32-17) 70; Pittsburgh (36-14) 33; LSU (34-18) 30; Arizona (31-17) 26; College of Charleston (39-14) 24; Stanford (27-20) 20; California (27-18) 19; Fresno State (32-22) 10; North Carolina (32-20) 10; Washington State (28-18) 9; Alabama (31-21) 8; Florida Atlantic (31-19) 5; Florida Gulf Coast (34-17) 5; Southeastern Louisiana (39-14) 5; New Mexico (34-17) 2; Texas A&M (33-18) 2; Wichita State (34-18) 2; Charlotte (35-13) 1; Kentucky (29-23) 1; Louisiana-Lafayette (34-17) 1; New Mexico State (36-19) 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.
Baseball America College Baseball Poll-May 17
UVA Stays #1 After Sweep Of UNC
DURHAM, N.C.—Virginia had two walk-off wins in a three-game sweep of North Carolina to extend its winning streak to 14 games and remain at No. 1 in the Baseball America Top 25 rankings. This marks the fourth straight week the Cavaliers have been No. 1 and the 10th time overall this season.
The top four in the rankings all stayed put as Texas, Arizona State and Florida all took care of business and kept the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 spots, respectively. A pair of teams from the Palmetto State both moved up in the top 10, as Coastal Carolina and South Carolina both won important conference road series. The Chanticleers jumped up to No. 5 after clinching the Big South Conference regular-season title with a sweep of second-place Liberty, while the Gamecocks kept pace with Florida in the Southeastern Conference race by sweeping then-No. 12 Arkansas, earning themselves the No. 6 ranking.
Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech both moved up three spots after winning their Atlantic Coast Conference series. The Hokies climbed to No. 12 after taking two of three from Duke, while the Yellow Jackets jumped to No. 13 after winning a critical series against Miami, which fell one spot to No. 14. Oklahoma and Auburn were among the other teams making moves, jumping up a couple places in the rankings, to Nos. 15 and 16, after winning series against Memphis and Tennessee, respectively.
A couple of teams joined the rankings this week. Washington State became the eighth different Pacific-10 Conference team to enter the rankings this year at No. 24 after winning a series on the road against Stanford, which fell out of the rankings for the third time this season. UC Irvine, a preseason top 10 team, also re-entered the rankings for the first time since early April thanks to a series win against UC Santa Barbara. The Anteaters have won four straight series to land at No. 25.
The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of May 16 and do not include ties.
| Rk. | Team | W-L | Last Week | Prev. |
| 1. | Virginia | 43-9 | 3-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Texas | 43-8 | 2-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Arizona State | 42-6 | 3-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Florida | 37-12 | 4-0 | 4 |
| 5. | Coastal Carolina | 45-6 | 4-0 | 6 |
| 6. | South Carolina | 41-11 | 5-0 | 8 |
| 7. | Florida State | 39-13 | 3-1 | 5 |
| 8. | Texas Christian | 40-11 | 4-1 | 7 |
| 9. | Cal State Fullerton | 34-14 | 4-0 | 10 |
| 10. | UCLA | 37-11 | 3-1 | 11 |
| 11. | Louisville | 42-10 | 2-2 | 9 |
| 12. | Virginia Tech | 36-16 | 2-1 | 15 |
| 13. | Georgia Tech | 41-10 | 2-1 | 16 |
| 14. | Miami | 37-13 | 1-2 | 13 |
| 15. | Oklahoma | 37-14 | 2-1 | 17 |
| 16. | Auburn | 35-17 | 2-2 | 18 |
| 17. | Arkansas | 38-14 | 1-3 | 12 |
| 18. | Mississippi | 36-17 | 2-2 | 14 |
| 19. | San Diego | 31-17 | 1-1 | 19 |
| 20. | Connecticut | 41-11 | 4-1 | 20 |
| 21. | Rice | 32-19 | 2-2 | 21 |
| 22. | Oregon | 34-18 | 4-0 | 22 |
| 23. | Vanderbilt | 39-13 | 4-0 | 23 |
| 24. | Washington State | 28-18 | 3-1 | NR |
| 25. | UC Irvine | 32-17 | 3-1 | NR |
| Dropped Out: Pittsburgh (24), Stanford (25) | ||||
