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.