USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches’ Poll – May 21

May 21, 2012
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Seven Teams Receive First Place Votes…

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Rank  School (First Place Votes)  Record  Points

1. Florida St. (17)  43-12  745
2. Florida (5)  40-16  671
3. Baylor (3)  42-12  667
4. South Carolina 39-15  638
T-5. North Carolina (1) 42-13  625
T-5. LSU (2) 42-14  625
7. Rice 39-15  601
8. Texas A&M (2) 41-14  584
9. Oregon 41-14  571
10. UCLA (1) 38-14  518
11. Stanford 36-14  487
12. Kentucky 41-15  420
13. Arizona 36-16  366
T-14. Arkansas 39-17  324
T-14. North Carolina St. 38-15  324
16. Purdue 41-12  286
17. Central Florida 41-14  278
18. Cal State Fullerton 33-18  248
19. Virginia 36-16-1  245
20. Oregon St. 35-18  210
21. Miami 34-19  155
22. Louisville 38-18  110
23. San Diego 39-13  95
24. TCU 35-17  93
25. Mississippi St. 34-21  34

Dropped out: No. 22 Mississippi.

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (35-21) 20; Mississippi (34-22) 17; Coastal Carolina (37-17) 15; Texas (30-20) 14; Indiana State (41-15) 13; Dallas Baptist (39-17) 11; Clemson (32-24) 9; New Mexico State (35-20) 9; Utah Valley State (43-12) 9; Missouri State (37-18) 8; Stony Brook (43-11) 8; North Carolina-Wilmington (35-20) 5; Pepperdine (32-20) 5; Tulane (37-18) 5; Vanderbilt (29-25) 5; Appalachian State (38-14) 1; Wake Forest (32-22) 1.

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 2012 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Mike Gaski, UNC-Greensboro; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Keith Guttin, Missouri State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Donny Harrel, Seattle University; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Jim Schlossnagle, TCU; Jim Schmitz, Eastern Illinois; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.

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