April 11, 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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1
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Vanderbilt (25) |
30-3
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764
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1
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2
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Virginia (6) |
31-3
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746
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2
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3
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South Carolina |
26-5
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713
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3
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4
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Florida |
26-7
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666
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4
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5
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North Carolina |
29-5
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629
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7
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6
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Texas A&M |
24-8
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588
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5
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7
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Texas |
24-8
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580
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8
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8
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Florida State |
23-9
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472
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10
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9
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Cal State-Fullerton |
23-9
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456
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13
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10t
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Arizona State |
22-9
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442
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6
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10t
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Oklahoma |
24-8
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442
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9
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12
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Georgia Tech |
24-9
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413
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11
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13
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Fresno State |
22-5
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366
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12
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14
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TCU |
22-10
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361
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14
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15
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Oregon State |
24-7
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334
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19
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16
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Arkansas |
23-8
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331
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22
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17
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UC-Irvine |
20-8
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240
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16
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18
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UCLA |
16-11
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171
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23
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19
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Arizona |
22-11
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161
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21
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20
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Southern Mississippi |
23-8
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159
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17
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21
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Oklahoma State |
24-8
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155
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NR
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22
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California |
20-9
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149
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18
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23
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Stanford |
15-9
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143
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20
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24
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LSU |
21-11
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115
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15
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25
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Troy |
25-6
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91
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NR
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Dropped out: No. 24 Alabama, No. 25 Rice.
Others receiving votes: Rice (23-13) 90; Miami (Fla.) (21-11) 45; Charlotte (26-6) 42; Stetson (25-7) 39; Alabama (21-13) 29; Louisville (20-11) 23; Cal State-Bakersfield (22-8) 20; Clemson (18-13) 10; Georgia (18-15) 10; Coastal Carolina (21-11) 9; Michigan State (20-7) 9; Creighton (22-7) 7; San Jose State (21-11) 7; Texas State (20-11) 7; Connecticut (17-11) 6; Mississippi (20-13) 6; East Tennessee State (20-9) 5; Southeastern Louisiana (22-11) 5; East Carolina (22-10) 4; Kent State (20-10) 4; Mississippi State (21-11) 4; Gonzaga (19-9) 2; Loyola Marymount (19-11) 2; Western Kentucky (20-12) 2; Georgia State (25-9).
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.