College Baseball 360 » Coaches’ Poll http://collegebaseball360.com baseball news, college baseball stats, sean stires, pete lafleur, college world series video, college baseball podcast, Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:33:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 USA Today College Baseball Coaches’ Poll – March 11 http://collegebaseball360.com/usa-today-college-baseball-coaches-poll-march-11/ http://collegebaseball360.com/usa-today-college-baseball-coaches-poll-march-11/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:06:56 +0000 http://collegebaseball360.com/?p=33871

The USA Today College Baseball Coaches’ Poll top-10 is beginning to settle-in. Unbeaten North Carolina maintains a strong hold on the top spot with 28 first place votes and 768 total points. Oregon State received to first-place votes, while Florida State earned one.

Mississippi moved from 15th to 8th this week, while Kentucky also joined the top-10 by moving up one spot. Traditional powers Rice (9-7) and Miami (13-4) both fell out of this week’s poll.

 

Rank  Team (First Place Votes) Record  Total Points

1. North Carolina (28)  13-0  768
2. LSU  15-1   707
3. Vanderbilt  15-2  706
4. Oregon St. (2)  14-0   697
5. Florida St. (1)  15-0   665
6. South Carolina  13-2   591
7. UCLA  11-3   538
8. Ole Miss  16-1   491
9. Cal State Fullerton  13-3  476
10. Kentucky 13-2  455
11. Mississippi St.  17-2  438
12. Georgia Tech  14-2  405
13. Virginia  14-1  355
14. Oregon  11-5  354
15. T-Arkansas  11-5  330
15. T-Louisville  12-2  330
17. Oklahoma  12-4  243
18. T-Arizona St.  10-2-1  235
18. T- Stanford  10-5  235
20. Arizona  13-5  219
21. North Carolina St.  12-4  186
22. Notre Dame  10-3  106
23. Cal Poly  13-2  96
24. Oklahoma St.  12-3  74
25. UC Irvina  12-4  62

Dropped out: No. 23 Rice (9-7), No. 24 Miami (Fla.) (13-4).

Others receiving votes: Central Arkansas 60; Florida Gulf Coast 56; UNLV 52; Miami (Fla.) 41; Rice 24; Clemson 22; Mercer 19; Louisiana-Lafayette 12; Austin Peay 6; Indiana 6; Texas 6; San Diego 3; Virginia Tech 3; South Alabama 2; Houston 1.

The USA TODAY Sports 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 2013 season: John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Pete Dunn, Stetson; Nino Giarrantano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Rodney Hennon, Georgia Southern; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; Rob McDonald, Murray State; Eric Madsen, Utah Valley; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; David Pierce, Sam Houston State; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Dave Serrano, Tennessee; Ed Servais, Creighton; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Rocky Ward, New Mexico State; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.

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Tar Heels Strengthen Hold On No. 1…

North Carolina solidified its hold on the top spot in this week’s USA Today College Baseball Coaches’ Poll. The Tar Heels received 28 first place votes and a total of 756 points in this week’s rankings. Fourth place Oregon State received one first place vote, while No. 5 Florida State garnered two first place tallies.

Arkansas, the preseason number one team, took the hardest tumble this week. The Razorbacks fell from No. 2 all the way to No. 16 after dropping four games last weekend at the Coca Cola Classic in Surprise, AZ. Texas (6-5) dropped out and was replaced this week by No. 25 Cal Poly.

1. North Carolina (28)  10-0
2. Vanderbilt  12-1
3. LSU  10-1
4. Oregon St.  (1)  11-0
5. Florida St. 10-0
6. Mississippi St. 14-0
7. South Carolina 8-2
8. Cal State Fullerton  10-1
9. UCLA  8-2
10. Stanford  9-2
11. Kentucky  10-1
12. Oklahoma  11-1
13. Oregon  8-3
14. North Carolina St.  10-1
15. Mississippi 11-1
16. Arizona  10-3
17. Virginia  10-0
18. Georgia Tech  10-1
19. Arkansas  7-5
20. Louisville  9-2
21. Arizona St.  7-2-1
22. UC Irvine  10-2
23. Rice  6-5
24. Miami  10-2
25. Cal Poly  9-1

Dropped out: No. 23 Texas (6-5).

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 33; Virginia Tech 21; Florida 20; Notre Dame 19; Mercer 14; Virginia Commonwealth 12; Clemson 9; Florida Gulf Coast 7; Texas A&M 7; Texas 6; Southeastern Louisiana 4; Louisiana-Lafayette 3; Missouri State 3; San Diego 3; Dartmouth 2; Alabama 1; Baylor 1; Central Arkansas 1; Indiana 1; Lamar 1.

The USA TODAY Sports 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 2013 season: John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Pete Dunn, Stetson; Nino Giarrantano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Rodney Hennon, Georgia Southern; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; Rob McDonald, Murray State; Eric Madsen, Utah Valley; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; David Pierce, Sam Houston State; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Dave Serrano, Tennessee; Ed Servais, Creighton; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Rocky Ward, New Mexico State; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.

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Tar Heels Are Tops…

North Carolina is the new number one team in the first regular season USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches’ Poll of 2013. Arkansas, the preseason No. 1, is at number two this week. The biggest jumps in the poll have preseason No. 14 Oregon State and preseason No. 22 Cal State Fullerton at No. 5 and No. 9, respectively, this week.

1. North Carolina (6-0)
2. Arkansas (7-1)
3. Vanderbilt (7-1)
4. LSU (6-1)
5. Oregon St. (8-0)
6. Florida St. (7-0)
7. Oregon (6-1)
8. South Carolina (5-1)
9. Cal State Fullerton (8-0)
10. Arizona (7-1)
11. UCLA (4-2)
12. Oklahoma (9-0)
13. Mississippi St. (9-0)
14. Rice (5-2)
15. Kentucky (5-1)
16. Stanford (5-2)
17. Mississippi (7-0)
18. North Carolina St. (5-1)
19. Virginia (7-0)
20. Georgia Tech (6-1)
21. Miami (7-0)
22. Louisville (6-1)
23. Texas (6-1)
24. UC Irvine (6-1)
25. Arizona St. (4-2)

Others receiving votes: Clemson, Cal Poly, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Texas A&M, Alabama, Missouri State, Pittsburgh, TCU, Southern Miss, Virginia Tech, Auburn, South Alabama, Louisiana-Lafayette, Creighton, Mercer, Radford, San Diego, Tulane

The USA TODAY Sports 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 2013 season: John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Pete Dunn, Stetson; Nino Giarrantano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Rodney Hennon, Georgia Southern; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; Rob McDonald, Murray State; Eric Madsen, Utah Valley; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; David Pierce, Sam Houston State; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Dave Serrano, Tennessee; Ed Servais, Creighton; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Rocky Ward, New Mexico State; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.

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SEC/Pac-12 Dominate Top of Rankings…

Rank…Team…First Pl. Votes…2012 Record

1. Arkansas (10) (46-22)

2. UCLA (4) (48-16)

3. LSU (3) (47-18)

4. North Carolina (4) (46-16)

5. South Carolina (49-20)

6. Oregon (46-19)

7. Stanford (1) 41-18

8. Vanderbilt (3) (35-28)

9. Florida St. (2) (50-17)

10. Arizona (3) (48-17)

11. North Carolina St. (43-20)

12. TCU (40-22)

13. Florida (1) (47-20)

14. Oregon St. (40-20)

15. Kentucky (45-18)

16. Oklahoma (42-25)

17. Rice (41-19)

18. T- Mississippi St. (40-24)

18. T- San Diego (40-17)

20. Arizona St. (36-20)

21. Georgia Tech (38-26)

22. Cal State Fullerton (36-21)

23. Baylor (49-17)

24. Texas A&M (43-18)

25. T- Virginia (40-18-1)

25. T – Louisville (41-22)

Others receiving votes: Mississippi (37-26) 92; Texas (30-22) 84; Kent State (47-20) 68; Clemson (35-28) 63; Miami (Fla.) (36-23) 61; St. John’s (40-23) 58; Stony Brook (52-15) 28; Central Florida (45-17) 27; Purdue (45-14) 26; Tulane (38-20) 19; UC-Irvine (31-25) 13; Pepperdine (36-23) 9; Missouri State (40-22) 8; California (29-25) 6; Oklahoma State (32-25) 6; Georgia (31-26) 5; New Mexico (37-24) 5; Southern Mississippi (32-24) 5; North Carolina-Wilmington (39-23) 3; Sam Houston State (40-22) 3; Cal Poly (36-20) 2; Coastal Carolina (42-19) 2; Dallas Baptist (41-19) 2; Fresno State (31-28) 2; Notre Dame (31-27) 1; Virginia Tech (34-21) 1; Wichita State (35-25) 1.

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Final Ranking of 2012 Season…

Arizona's Seth Mejias-Brean and the Arizona mascot pose with the national championship trophy (Photo-Kirk Markus)

The top eight teams in the final polls of the season are always easy to determine. Arizona, this year’s national champion, is No. 1, followed by runner-up South Carolina and so on. Kent State and Stony Brook come in with the highest final rankings their programs will ever receive at seventh and eighth, respectively. Here’s the full top 25 as well as the “others receiving votes” to close the 2012 college baseball season.

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Rank   Team  (First-Place Votes)  Record

  1. Arizona (31) 48-17
  2. South Carolina 49-20
  3. Arkansas 46-22
  4. Florida St. 50-17
  5. UCLA 48-16
  6. Florida 47-20
  7. Kent St. 47-20
  8. Stony Brook 52-15
  9. Baylor 49-17
  10. Oregon 46-19
  11. LSU 47-18
  12. Stanford 41-18
  13. North Carolina St. 43-20
  14. Oklahoma 42-25
  15. TCU 40-22
  16. St. John’s 40-23
  17. North Carolina 46-16
  18. Texas A&M 43-18
  19. Kentucky 45-18
  20. Rice 41-19
  21. Purdue 45-14
  22. Oregon St. 40-20
  23. Virginia 39-19-1
  24. Central Florida 45-17
  25. Vanderbilt 35-28

Dropped out: No. 19 Cal State-Fullerton, No. 21 Miami (Fla.), No. 22 Mississippi State, No. 23 San Diego, No. 24 Georgia Tech, No. 25 Louisville.

Others receiving votes: Mississippi State (40-24) 59; Cal State-Fullerton (36-21) 52; Mississippi (37-26) 50; Georgia Tech (38-26) 41; Dallas Baptist (41-19) 34; Louisville (41-22) 29; Clemson (35-28) 22; Appalachian State (41-18) 21; Pepperdine (36-23) 20; Miami (Fla.) (36-23) 13; San Diego (40-17) 10; Missouri State (40-22) 3; Sam Houston State (40-22) 3; Creighton (28-30) 2; Austin Peay (40-24) 1; Cal Poly (36-20) 1.

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 2012 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Mike Gaski, UNC-Greensboro; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Keith Guttin, Missouri State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Donny Harrel, Seattle University; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Jim Schlossnagle, TCU; Jim Schmitz, Eastern Illinois; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.

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Final Pre-NCAA Tournament Ranking…

How much it actually matters is up for debate, but the final pre-NCAA Tournament college baseball coaches’ poll is out. The national ranking was released within hours of the announcement of the NCAA field of 64 on Selection Monday.

Florida, which received the NCAA’s overall number one national seed in the tournament, also received 13 first place votes and tops the latest coaches’ poll. The Gators are one of five teams to receive first place votes in this week’s poll. The entire coache’s Top 25 is below.

The Road To Omaha leads to TD Ameritrade Park and The Dugout – located right across the street from TDA’s home plate entrance. The Dugout has a ton of authentic college baseball caps – just like the ones the players wear on the field.

If you’re going to Omaha for the College World Series make sure to make your first stop The Dugout for all officially licensed CWS apparel. If you can’t make it to Omaha just follow our red links to The Dugout!

Rank School (First place votes) Record Points
1. Florida (13) 42-18 712
2. Baylor (2) 44-14 694
3. Florida St. (5) 43-15 687
4. UCLA (7) 42-14 671
5. North Carolina (4) 44-14 644
6. South Carolina 40-17 606
7. LSU 43-16 581
8. Texas A&M 42-16 529
9. Rice 40-17 517
10. Oregon 42-17 478
11. Arizona 38-17 444
12. Kentucky 43-16 425
13. Stanford 38-16 417
14. Purdue 44-12 409
15. Virginia 38-17-1 282
16. North Carolina St. 39-17 268
17. Oregon St. 38-18 267
18. Central Florida 43-15 245
19. Cal State Fullerton 35-19 232
20. Arkansas 39-19 184
21. Miami 36-21 180
22. Mississippi St. 39-22 175
23. San Diego 40-15 72
24. Georgia Tech 36-24 49
25. Louisville 39-20 44
Dropped out: No. 24 TCU (36-19).
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (38-22) 42; Coastal Carolina (41-17) 40; Vanderbilt (33-26) 37; TCU (36-19) 26; Utah Valley State (47-12) 22; Stony Brook (46-11) 21; Pepperdine (34-21) 13; Dallas Baptist (39-17) 12; Missouri State (39-20) 8; New Mexico (36-22) 8; St. John’s (37-21) 7; Indiana State (41-17) 6; North Carolina-Wilmington (38-21) 6; Kent State (41-17) 4; Army (41-13) 3; Cal Poly (36-20) 3; Mississippi (35-b24) 3; East Carolina (35-22 -1) 2.

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Seven Teams Receive First Place Votes…

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Rank  School (First Place Votes)  Record  Points

1. Florida St. (17)  43-12  745
2. Florida (5)  40-16  671
3. Baylor (3)  42-12  667
4. South Carolina 39-15  638
T-5. North Carolina (1) 42-13  625
T-5. LSU (2) 42-14  625
7. Rice 39-15  601
8. Texas A&M (2) 41-14  584
9. Oregon 41-14  571
10. UCLA (1) 38-14  518
11. Stanford 36-14  487
12. Kentucky 41-15  420
13. Arizona 36-16  366
T-14. Arkansas 39-17  324
T-14. North Carolina St. 38-15  324
16. Purdue 41-12  286
17. Central Florida 41-14  278
18. Cal State Fullerton 33-18  248
19. Virginia 36-16-1  245
20. Oregon St. 35-18  210
21. Miami 34-19  155
22. Louisville 38-18  110
23. San Diego 39-13  95
24. TCU 35-17  93
25. Mississippi St. 34-21  34

Dropped out: No. 22 Mississippi.

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (35-21) 20; Mississippi (34-22) 17; Coastal Carolina (37-17) 15; Texas (30-20) 14; Indiana State (41-15) 13; Dallas Baptist (39-17) 11; Clemson (32-24) 9; New Mexico State (35-20) 9; Utah Valley State (43-12) 9; Missouri State (37-18) 8; Stony Brook (43-11) 8; North Carolina-Wilmington (35-20) 5; Pepperdine (32-20) 5; Tulane (37-18) 5; Vanderbilt (29-25) 5; Appalachian State (38-14) 1; Wake Forest (32-22) 1.

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 2012 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Mike Gaski, UNC-Greensboro; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Keith Guttin, Missouri State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Donny Harrel, Seattle University; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Jim Schlossnagle, TCU; Jim Schmitz, Eastern Illinois; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.

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Gamecocks Gaining Ground On ‘Noles…


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Rank  Team  (1st Place votes)  Record  Points

  1. Florida St. (15) 40-10  737
  2. South Carolina (10) 38-13   709
  3. Florida (6) 38-14   699
  4. Baylor 39-11   607
  5. Kentucky 41-11   595
  6. North Carolina 38-13   594
  7. Rice 36-14   577
  8. Texas A&M 37-14   574
  9. LSU 39-13   572
  10. Oregon 37-14   540
  11. UCLA 35-13   508
  12. Stanford 32-14   435
  13. Purdue 39-10   362
  14. Cal State Fullerton 32-15   334
  15. North Carolina St. 36-13   324
  16. Central Florida 40-12   320
  17. Arizona 33-15   317
  18. Arkansas 35-17   231
  19. Virginia 34-15-1   201
  20. Oregon St. 32-17   150
  21. Miami 32-18   149
  22. Ole Miss. 34-18   111
  23. San Diego 38-13   94
  24. Louisville 35-17   88
  25. TCU 32-16   53

Dropped out: No. 25 (tie) Texas.

Others receiving votes: Texas (29-18) 31; Oklahoma (33-19) 30; Indiana State (40-12) 28; Clemson (30-20) 21; Dallas Baptist (36-16) 11; Coastal Carolina (34-16) 10; Missouri State (35-17) 9; St. John’s (32-19) 9; Stony Brook (39-11) 7; North Carolina-Wilmington (32-19) 6; Georgia Tech (31-21) 4; Tulane (35-17) 4; Utah Valley (39-11) 4; Army (39-12) 3; Mississippi State (31-20) 3; Oklahoma State (32-19) 3; Appalachian State (36-12) 2; Nevada (30-21) 2; Pepperdine (29-19) 2; Sam Houston State (34-16) 2; East Carolina (32-19) 1; Georgia (29-22) 1; Wright State (36-16) 1.

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Seminoles Are Near Unanimous No. 1…

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May 7, 2012
Rank
 School
Record
Points
Last week
1
 Florida State (31)
39-7
775
1
2
 Baylor (1)
38-8
735
2
3
 South Carolina
36-12
677
3
4
 LSU
38-11
658
4
5
 Florida
35-13
649
5
6
 Rice
33-13
555
8
7
 North Carolina
34-13
552
10
8
 Texas A&M
34-14
531
9
9
 Kentucky
37-11
518
6
10
 Oregon
34-14
484
12
11
 UCLA
31-13
479
14
12
 Stanford
29-14
444
7
13
 Arkansas
34-15
370
13
14
 Cal State-Fullerton
30-14
350
17
15
 Purdue
35-9
330
11
16
 Central Florida
37-11
316
15
17
 North Carolina State
33-12
293
18
18
 Arizona
30-15
271
16
19
 Oregon State
30-15
215
20
20
 San Diego
36-11
165
23
21
 Miami (Fla.)
30-17
156
21
22
 Virginia
31-14-1
143
22
23
 Louisville
33-15
129
19
24
 Mississippi
31-18
61
25
25t
 TCU
29-16
34
NR
25t
 Texas
27-18
34
24
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Dallas Baptist (34-14) 18; Missouri State (34-14) 18; Georgia (28-20) 16; Coastal Carolina (32-14) 14; Indiana State (36-12) 14; Clemson (28-19) 10; Stony Brook (36-11) 9; St. John’s (31-17) 7; Appalachian State (34-11) 6; East Carolina (31-16) 6; Georgia Tech (29-19) 5; Army (37-12) 4; Hawaii (28-18) 4; North Carolina-Wilmington (29-18) 4; Tulane (32-16) 4; Mississippi State (29-18) 3; New Mexico (27-21) 2; Oklahoma State (28-18) 2; Sam Houston State (32-15) 2; Charleston (31-15) 1; New Mexico State (30-17) 1; Utah Valley State (35-11) 1.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 2012 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Mike Gaski, UNC-Greensboro; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Keith Guttin, Missouri State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Donny Harrel, Seattle University; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Jim Schlossnagle, TCU; Jim Schmitz, Eastern Illinois; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.

Note: The American Baseball Coaches Association has ruled Arizona State ineligible for votes this season because of the school’s NCAA postseason ban.

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Baylor Moves To No. 2…

The USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 baseball coaches’ poll, with RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.

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Rank   School   Record   Points  First Place Votes

  1. Florida St. (36-7) 774 (30)
  2. Baylor (38-8) 723 (1)
  3. South Carolina (33-11) 665
  4. LSU (35-10) 640
  5. Florida (33-12) 629
  6. Kentucky (36-9) 622
  7. Stanford (28-11) 570
  8. Rice (30-12) 514
  9. Texas A&M (31-13) 502
  10. North Carolina (30-13) 452
  11. Purdue (34-7) 437
  12. Oregon (30-13) 434
  13. Arkansas (31-13) 434
  14. UCLA (28-12) 404
  15. Central Florida (35-10) 369
  16. Arizona (29-13) 348
  17. Cal State Fullerton (26-14) 258
  18. North Carolina St. (30-12) 235
  19. Louisville (31-13) 212
  20. Oregon St. (28-14) 154
  21. Miami (27-16) 143
  22. Virginia (30-14-1) 132
  23. San Diego (33-11) 112
  24. Texas (25-16) 69
  25. Ole Miss (28-16) 66

Dropped out: No. 25 (tie) Sam Houston State.

Others receiving votes: Sam Houston State (31-12) 41; New Mexico State (30-13) 19; Indiana State (34-11) 17; Missouri State (31-14) 17; Appalachian State (32-9) 13; Georgia (25-20) 11; Coastal Carolina (30-13) 10; Clemson (26-19) 9; Gonzaga (27-14) 8; TCU (26-15) 8; Pepperdine (24-16) 7; North Carolina-Wilmington (27-17) 6; Stony Brook (34-10) 6; St. John‘s (28-16) 5; Georgia Tech (26-19) 4; College of Charleston (31-13) 3; Mississippi State (27-17) 3; Army (35-12) 2; New Mexico (26-19) 2; Tulane (29-15) 2; Wright State (30-14) 2; Southeastern Louisiana (30-15) 1.

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.

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