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May 16, 2011
| Rank | School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Last week |
| 1 | Virginia (24) | 45-6 | 765 | 1 |
| 2 | South Carolina (2) | 41-11 | 719 | 3 |
| 3 | Vanderbilt (3) | 42-8 | 711 | 2 |
| 4 | Florida (2) | 39-13 | 677 | 5 |
| 5 | Texas | 38-12 | 651 | 4 |
| 6 | Florida State | 39-13 | 584 | 6 |
| 7 | Oregon State | 37-12 | 554 | 7t |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 39-13 | 486 | 12 |
| 9 | TCU | 36-15 | 480 | 10 |
| 10 | Cal State Fullerton | 36-14 | 474 | 11 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 36-16 | 462 | 14 |
| 12 | Arizona State | 36-13 | 448 | 7t |
| 13 | North Carolina | 40-12 | 436 | 9 |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | 37-15 | 430 | 13 |
| 15 | Clemson | 36-16 | 325 | 16 |
| 16 | UC Irvine | 34-13 | 271 | 18 |
| 17 | Southern Mississippi | 37-13 | 247 | 15 |
| 18 | Arkansas | 33-17 | 235 | 17 |
| 19 | Fresno State | 36-11 | 220 | 21 |
| 20 | Rice | 35-17 | 210 | 20 |
| 21 | UCLA | 29-19 | 142 | 19 |
| 22 | Miami (Fla.) | 32-18 | 123 | 23 |
| 23 | Stetson | 39-13 | 80 | 22 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 36-14-1 | 74 | NR |
| 25 | Stanford | 28-18 | 54 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 24 Oklahoma State.
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State (33-18) 44; Arizona (31-17) 42; Charlotte (38-12) 30; Kent State (36-13) 26; California (28-16) 22; Creighton (35-13) 14; Stony Brook (37-10) 11; Florida International (35-16) 6; LSU (33-19) 4; Coastal Carolina (34-17) 3; East Carolina (34-17) 3; Gonzaga (28-14) 3; Elon (34-18) 2; Troy (37-15) 2; Alabama (31-22) 1; Georgia (26-26) 1; Hawaii (30-21) 1; James Madison (34-17) 1; Texas State (34-17) 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.