Arizona State Is Number One Again
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll
April 5, 2010
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
Arizona State (30) |
25-1
|
774
|
1
|
2
|
Georgia Tech (1) |
25-3
|
716
|
2
|
3
|
UCLA |
23-1
|
692
|
5
|
4
|
LSU |
23-4
|
682
|
4
|
5
|
Virginia |
23-6
|
650
|
3
|
6
|
Texas |
21-7
|
613
|
7
|
7
|
Louisville |
24-3
|
556
|
8
|
8
|
Florida State |
21-6
|
519
|
6
|
9
|
Florida |
20-7
|
484
|
11
|
10
|
Arkansas |
22-6
|
458
|
13
|
11
|
Clemson |
20-8
|
441
|
10
|
12
|
TCU |
20-6
|
420
|
12
|
13
|
Coastal Carolina |
23-5
|
364
|
15
|
14
|
Miami (Fla.) |
20-7
|
350
|
16
|
15
|
Oregon State |
18-6
|
326
|
18
|
16
|
Oklahoma |
22-6
|
315
|
9
|
17
|
South Carolina |
22-6
|
305
|
19
|
18
|
Mississippi |
21-8
|
274
|
14
|
19
|
Vanderbilt |
24-6
|
241
|
17
|
20
|
Kansas State |
21-5
|
179
|
21
|
21
|
UC-Irvine |
17-8
|
116
|
NR
|
22
|
Arizona |
20-8
|
95
|
20
|
23
|
Texas A&M |
18-8-1
|
88
|
22
|
24
|
Southeastern Louisiana |
24-5
|
68
|
23t
|
25
|
Alabama |
19-8
|
54
|
23t
|
Dropped out: No. 25 Western Kentucky (22-7).
Others receiving votes: North Carolina 51; Western Kentucky 45; Tulane 24; Michigan State 21; College of Charleston 20; Kansas 20; Stanford 19; Rice 16; The Citadel 16; East Carolina 15; New Mexico State 8; VMI 8; California 5; Missouri 5; Wichita State 5; Cal State-Fullerton 4; San Diego 3; Baylor 2; North Carolina State 2; Virginia Tech 2; Auburn 1; New Mexico 1; Pittsburgh 1; Portland 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.