May 9, 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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1
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Virginia (18) |
43-5
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760
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1
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2
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Vanderbilt (12) |
40-6
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752
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2
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3
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South Carolina |
37-10
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686
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3
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4
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Texas |
36-12
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650
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5
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5
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Florida (1) |
36-12
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639
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4
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6
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Florida State |
36-12
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577
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6
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7 (tie)
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Arizona State |
35-11
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568
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8
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7 (tie)
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Oregon State |
34-11
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568
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7
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9
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North Carolina |
37-10
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474
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12
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10
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TCU |
33-14
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454
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10
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11
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Cal State-Fullerton |
33-13
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440
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11
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12
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Oklahoma |
35-13
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437
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13
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13
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Georgia Tech |
33-14
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392
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14
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14
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Texas A&M |
32-16
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368
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9
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15
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Southern Mississippi |
36-11
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333
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15
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16
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Clemson |
32-15
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287
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16
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17
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Arkansas |
32-15
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277
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18
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18
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UC-Irvine |
31-13
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216
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19
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19
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UCLA |
27-16
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190
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22
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20
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Rice |
32-16
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167
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23
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21
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Fresno State |
32-11
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160
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17
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22
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Stetson |
37-10
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135
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24
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23
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Miami (Fla.) |
31-16
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129
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20
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24
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Oklahoma State |
31-15
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98
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21
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25
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Stanford |
25-16
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65
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NR
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Dropped out: No. 25 California.
Others receiving votes: Connecticut (33-13-1) 58; Arizona (30-16) 43; Charlotte (36-11) 41; California (28-16) 30; Coastal Carolina (33-15) 24; Alabama (30-20) 12; Kent State (32-13) 12; Troy (34-14) 9; Creighton (32-12) 7; Georgia (25-23) 5; Stony Brook (34-10) 5; Michigan State (30-14) 4; Central Florida (29-19) 2; Hawaii (27-20) 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.