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.