Arizona State Remains #1 Despite Series Loss
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll
April 12, 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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Arizona State (16) |
28-3
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739
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1
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2
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UCLA (8) |
25-3
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729
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3
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3
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Virginia (4) |
27-7
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676
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5
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4
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Texas (2) |
26-7
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670
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6
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5
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Georgia Tech (1) |
27-5
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659
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2
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6
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LSU |
26-6
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609
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4
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7
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Florida State |
25-7
|
568
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8
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8
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Arkansas |
26-6
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540
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10
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9
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Florida |
23-8
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501
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9
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10
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Coastal Carolina |
27-5
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452
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13
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11
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TCU |
23-7
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451
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12
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12
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Louisville |
25-6
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422
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7
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13
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South Carolina |
25-7
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414
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17
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14
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Oklahoma |
25-7
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336
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16
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15
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Miami (Fla.) |
23-9
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332
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14
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16
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Clemson |
23-10
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320
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11
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17
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Oregon State |
20-8
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305
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15
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18
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Mississippi |
23-10
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253
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18
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19
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Vanderbilt |
26-8
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194
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19
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20
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Kansas State |
23-6
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190
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20
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21
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Arizona |
22-9
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104
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22
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22
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Western Kentucky |
26-8
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100
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NR
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23
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Southeastern Louisiana |
26-7
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64
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24
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24
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Cal State-Fullerton |
18-12
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53
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NR
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25
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UC-Irvine |
18-11
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40
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21
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Dropped out: No. 23 Texas A&M, No. 25 Alabama.
Others receiving votes: California (20-10) 38; Virginia Tech (23-11) 37; Auburn (22-11) 33; Michigan State (22-6) 24; Pittsburgh (22-8) 24; North Carolina (22-12) 22; Virginia Military (28-5) 22; New Mexico State (24-11) 19; Rice (19-14) 19; The Citadel (23-11) 16; Connecticut (22-7) 15; Texas A&M (20-10-1) 13; Oregon (21-11) 12; Kentucky (21-12) 10; Alabama (21-11) 9; Baylor (19-11) 9; East Carolina (20-12) 9; New Mexico (21-11) 7; Fresno State (20-13) 4; Kansas (19-13) 3; North Carolina State (21-12) 2; Ohio State (19-9) 2; Portland (20-8) 2; Western Carolina (21-9) 2; Tulane (21-12) 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.