Three Traditional Powers Fall From The Rankings
March 8, 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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LSU (25) |
11-0
|
768
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1
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2
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Florida State (3) |
10-0
|
733
|
3
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3
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Arizona State (2) |
11-0
|
700
|
4
|
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4
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Virginia (1) |
9-2
|
673
|
2
|
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5
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Georgia Tech |
10-1
|
584
|
7
|
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6
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Texas |
8-3
|
553
|
5
|
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|
7
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Clemson |
9-1
|
520
|
9
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|
8
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Florida |
7-2
|
516
|
6
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|
9
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TCU |
8-2
|
507
|
8
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|
10
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Coastal Carolina |
10-1
|
483
|
10
|
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|
11
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Louisville |
11-0
|
455
|
13
|
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|
12
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North Carolina |
10-1
|
444
|
12
|
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|
13
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UCLA |
9-0
|
347
|
18
|
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|
14
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Miami (Fla.) |
7-3
|
336
|
11
|
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|
15
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Oklahoma |
11-1
|
305
|
22
|
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|
16
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Arkansas |
8-2
|
285
|
17
|
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17
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Mississippi |
9-2
|
251
|
19
|
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|
18
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Oregon State |
7-3
|
232
|
15
|
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|
19
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Rice |
7-5
|
193
|
20
|
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|
20
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Vanderbilt |
10-1
|
183
|
NR
|
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|
21
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East Carolina |
7-3
|
170
|
21
|
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|
22
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Kentucky |
9-1
|
104
|
NR
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|
23
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Ohio State |
8-2
|
100
|
25
|
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|
24
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UC-Irvine |
6-5
|
88
|
16
|
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|
25
|
Alabama |
8-1
|
83
|
NR
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Dropped out: No. 14 Cal State-Fullerton (4-6), No. 23 South Carolina (6-4), No. 24 Stanford (7-4).
Others receiving votes: North Carolina State 73; Stanford 63; Cal State-Fullerton 59; Texas A&M 53; Wichita State 41; South Carolina 35; Kansas State 28; Washington State 21; Georgia 19; Southeastern Louisiana 19; Western Kentucky 11; Oklahoma State 10; Florida International 8; New Mexico 5; Houston 4; St. John’s 4; Liberty 3; Oregon 3; Middle Tennessee 2; Arizona 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.