April 25, 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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Virginia (28) |
40-4
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772
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1
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2
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Vanderbilt (3) |
35-5
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728
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3
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3
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South Carolina |
31-8
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722
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2
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4
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Florida |
31-10
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670
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5
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5
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Texas |
30-10
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616
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4
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6
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Texas A&M |
29-11
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549
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7
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7
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Arizona State |
28-9
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532
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9
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8
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Florida State |
31-10
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512
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11
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9
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Oregon State |
29-8
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499
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8
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10
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TCU |
29-11
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463
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14
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11
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Georgia Tech |
30-11
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440
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12
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12
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Cal State-Fullerton |
28-11
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436
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6
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13
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Oklahoma |
29-11
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388
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15
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14
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North Carolina |
32-10
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382
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10
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15
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Fresno State |
28-7
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357
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13
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16
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Arkansas |
28-11
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262
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16
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17
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Southern Mississippi |
30-9
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257
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21
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18
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UC Irvine |
26-10
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255
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18
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19
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Miami (Fla.) |
27-13
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225
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24
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20
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UCLA |
21-14
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162
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20
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21
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Oklahoma State |
28-12
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149
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17
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22
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California |
24-12
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109
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19
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23
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Clemson |
25-14
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100
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NR
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24
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Rice |
28-16
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95
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22
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25
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Stanford |
19-13
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89
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NR
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Dropped out: No. 23 Arizona, No. 25 Stetson.
Others receiving votes: Stetson (31-9) 81; Troy (27-10) 62; Arizona (24-15) 34; Charlotte (31-9) 30; Connecticut (26-12) 28; East Carolina (27-13) 17; Creighton (27-10) 11; Alabama (25-18) 8; Kansas State (24-15) 5; Auburn (22-17) 4; Kent State (26-12) 4; Coastal Carolina (26-15) 3; Georgia (21-20) 3; Mississippi State (24-16) 3; Stony Brook (26-9) 3; LSU (24-17) 2; North Carolina State (24-18) 2; Stephen F. Austin (28-12) 2; Texas State (25-14) 2; Central Florida (26-15) 1; Mississippi (24-17) 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.