Texas Takes Over The Top Spot This Week
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll
April 26, 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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 |
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1
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Texas (23) |
34-7
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765
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2
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2
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Arizona State (7) |
33-5
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738
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1
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3
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Virginia (1) |
34-9
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665
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4
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4
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Georgia Tech |
34-7
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653
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3
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5
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UCLA |
29-7
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586
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6
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6
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Coastal Carolina |
36-5
|
578
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8
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7
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Arkansas |
33-8
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555
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7
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8
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South Carolina |
32-8
|
552
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10
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9
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LSU |
32-9
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531
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5
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10
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Florida State |
31-10
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519
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9
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11
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TCU |
30-8
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503
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12
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12
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Florida |
28-11
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459
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11
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13
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Louisville |
32-7
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422
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13
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14
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Miami (Fla.) |
29-11
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367
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14
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15
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Mississippi |
28-13
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278
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19
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16
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Oklahoma |
29-11
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247
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18
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17
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Vanderbilt |
32-11
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241
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15
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18
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Cal State-Fullerton |
24-13
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235
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21
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19
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Arizona |
28-11
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216
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17
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20
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Kansas State |
27-10
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194
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16
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21
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Connecticut |
33-7
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116
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NR
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22
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Oregon |
27-13
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98
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25
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23
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Stanford |
21-13
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84
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NR
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24
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Rice |
26-16
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81
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NR
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25
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Clemson |
25-16
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72
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20
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Dropped out: No. 22 Oregon State, No. 23 California, No. 24 Southeastern Louisiana.
Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech (28-14) 50; Pittsburgh (30-10) 44; California (23-14) 37; Oregon State (21-13) 35; New Mexico State (31-12-1) 21; UC-Irvine (24-13) 18; Auburn (27-14) 17; Portland (27-9) 14; Western Kentucky (30-14) 12; College of Charleston (30-12) 10; North Carolina (25-17) 8; Michigan State (26-11) 7; Ohio State (22-13) 6; San Diego (23-15) 6; Alabama (25-15) 5; Liberty (29-11) 5; New Mexico (27-14) 5; Appalachian State (29-8) 4; VMI (29-12) 3; Kansas (25-16) 2; South Alabama (28-16) 2; Southeastern Louisiana (30-12) 2; The Citadel (28-15) 2; Wichita State (25-15) 2; Bethune-Cookman (26-16) 1; Florida Gulf Coast (26-13) 1; Pacific (24-14) 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.