USA TODAY/ESPN College Baseball Coaches’ Poll-March 1

March 1, 2010
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LSU Tops Most Recent Coaches’ Tally

March 1, 2010


Rank
School (first-place votes)
Record
Points
Preseason ranking
1
LSU
7-0
760
2
2
Virginia
6-1
712
4
3
Florida State
6-0
691
5
4
Arizona State
7-0
651
8
5
Texas
5-2
615
1
6
Florida
5-0
591
9
7
Georgia Tech
7-1
574
10
8
TCU
5-1
502
12
9
Clemson
6-0
443
15
10
Coastal Carolina
7-1
420
19
11
Miami (Fla.)
5-1
408
13
12
North Carolina
6-1
393
11
13
Louisville
7-0
387
20
14
Cal State-Fullerton
2-4
299
3
15
Oregon State
5-2
291
14
16
UC-Irvine
4-3
283
7
17
Arkansas
5-1
266
16
18
UCLA
6-0
222
NR
19
Mississippi
6-1
199
17
20
Rice
3-4
189
6
21
East Carolina
4-3
171
18
22
Oklahoma
6-1
161
22
23
South Carolina
4-2
149
NR
24
Stanford
4-3
127
25
25
Ohio State
5-1
117
21

Dropped out: No. 23 San Diego (4-4), No. 24 Southern Mississippi (4-3).

Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 115; Kentucky 77; San Diego 45; Wichita State 37; North Carolina State 31; Texas A&M 31; St. John’s 19; Western Kentucky 16; Georgia 15; New Mexico 15; Jacksonville 10; Alabama 8; Kansas 6; Florida International 4; Middle Tennessee 4; California 3; Florida Gulf Coast 3; Fresno State 3; Southern Mississippi 3; UAB 2; Liberty 2; College of Charleston 1; Oregon 1; Southeastern Louisiana 1; Washington State 1; Winthrop 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.

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