Virginia didn’t lose last week, but the Cavs (28-2) still dropped from the top spot in this week’s coaches’ poll. UVA was overtaken by Vanderbilt (26-3) after a week at the top of the poll.
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April 4, 2011
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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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 |
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1
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Vanderbilt (18) |
26-3
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760
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2
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2
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Virginia (13) |
28-2
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755
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1
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3
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South Carolina |
22-5
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701
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4
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4
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Florida |
24-5
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682
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3
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5
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Texas A&M |
22-6
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587
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5
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6
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Arizona State |
21-6
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561
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9
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7
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North Carolina |
26-4
|
551
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6
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8
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Texas |
21-7
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545
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7t
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9
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Oklahoma |
22-6
|
536
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11
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|
10
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Florida State |
21-7
|
516
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7t
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|
11
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Georgia Tech |
23-6
|
452
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10
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12
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Fresno State |
20-3
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421
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12
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13
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Cal State-Fullerton |
20-8
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417
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15
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14
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TCU |
18-9
|
356
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14
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15
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LSU |
20-8
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297
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16
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16
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UC-Irvine |
18-6
|
225
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19
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17
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Southern Mississippi |
22-5
|
208
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22
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18
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California |
19-6
|
198
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18
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19
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Oregon State |
20-7
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165
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20
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20
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Stanford |
13-7
|
163
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21
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21
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Arizona |
20-9
|
157
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17
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22
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Arkansas |
19-8
|
152
|
13
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23
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UCLA |
14-9
|
137
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24
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24
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Alabama |
21-9
|
131
|
25
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25
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Rice |
21-11
|
78
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NR
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Dropped out: No. 23 Clemson (14-12).
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 68; Louisville 54; Troy 50; East Carolina 33; Charlotte 24; Clemson 23;
Stetson 18; Miami (Fla.) 10; Texas State 10; CalState-Bakersfield 6; Creighton 6; Mississippi 5; San Jose State 5; Baylor 3; Nebraska 2; New Mexico State 2; Alabama -Birmingham 1; James Madison 1; Mercer 1; Michigan State 1; Tulane 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.