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USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll
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March 14, 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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 |
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1
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Florida (15) |
14-2
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737
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1
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2
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Vanderbilt (11) |
16-1
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735
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3
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3
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Oklahoma (3) |
16-1
|
690
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2
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4
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Florida State (2) |
15-1
|
661
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5
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5
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Virginia |
16-1
|
653
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6
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6
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South Carolina |
11-2
|
636
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4
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7
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LSU |
15-1
|
608
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8
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8
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Arizona State |
11-3
|
478
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9
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9
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Arkansas |
13-2
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420
|
14
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|
10
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Texas |
11-5
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403
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13
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|
11
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UC-Irvine |
12-1
|
372
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18
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12
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TCU |
10-5
|
367
|
11
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|
13
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Texas A&M |
12-4
|
365
|
15
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|
14
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Arizona |
13-3
|
318
|
17
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15
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North Carolina |
14-3
|
279
|
16
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16
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UCLA |
8-6
|
264
|
10
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17
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Clemson |
7-6
|
259
|
7
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18
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Cal State-Fullerton |
8-6
|
222
|
12
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19
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Fresno State |
11-2
|
217
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22
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20
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Louisville |
11-3
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213
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21
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21
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Georgia Tech |
12-4
|
177
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NR
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22
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Stanford |
6-5
|
150
|
19
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23
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College of Charleston |
14-3
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115
|
23
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24
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Rice |
10-8
|
99
|
20
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25
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California |
10-4
|
89
|
NR
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Dropped out: No. 24 Auburn (11-5), No. 25 Wichita State (10-4).
Others receiving votes: Oregon State 87; Auburn 75; Tulane 52; Mississippi 42; Oklahoma State 40; Coastal Carolina 38; UNLV 31; Kansas State 17; Troy 15; Wichita State 14; Baylor 13; Central Florida 13; James Madison 13; Stetson 12; Mississippi State 10; Southeastern Louisiana 10; East Tennessee State 9; Tennessee 9; Southern Mississippi 8; Rutgers 6; East Carolina 5; Michigan State 5; Oregon 4; Purdue 4; Connecticut 3; Duke 3; Miami (Fla.) 3; North Carolina-Wilmington 3; Texas Tech 2; Creighton 1; Longwood 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.