May 17, 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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Texas (24) |
43-8
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761
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1
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2
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Virginia (2) |
43-9
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735
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3
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3
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Arizona State (5) |
42-6
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717
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2
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4
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Coastal Carolina |
45-6
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661
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4
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5
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Florida |
31-12
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637
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5
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6
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Georgia Tech |
41-10
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575
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6
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7
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South Carolina |
41-11
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546
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12t
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8
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Florida State |
39-13
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531
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8
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9
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TCU |
40-11
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523
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7
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10
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UCLA |
37-11
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498
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11
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11
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Louisville |
42-10
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469
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9
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12
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Cal State-Fullerton |
34-14
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406
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14
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13
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Miami (Fla.) |
37-13
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397
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12t
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14
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Arkansas |
38-14
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387
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10
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15
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Vanderbilt |
39-13
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349
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17
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16
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Oklahoma |
37-14
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302
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15
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17
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Mississippi |
36-17
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241
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16
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18
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Auburn |
35-17
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196
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21
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19
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Connecticut |
41-11
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194
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19
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20
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Virginia Tech |
36-16
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188
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18
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21
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Rice |
32-19
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118
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23
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22
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Clemson |
33-19
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95
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22
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23t
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Oregon |
34-18
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90
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NR
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23t
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Kansas State |
34-16
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90
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24
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25
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San Diego |
31-17
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85
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25
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Dropped out: No. 20 LSU.
Others receiving votes: UC-Irvine (32-17) 70; Pittsburgh (36-14) 33; LSU (34-18) 30; Arizona (31-17) 26; College of Charleston (39-14) 24; Stanford (27-20) 20; California (27-18) 19; Fresno State (32-22) 10; North Carolina (32-20) 10; Washington State (28-18) 9; Alabama (31-21) 8; Florida Atlantic (31-19) 5; Florida Gulf Coast (34-17) 5; Southeastern Louisiana (39-14) 5; New Mexico (34-17) 2; Texas A&M (33-18) 2; Wichita State (34-18) 2; Charlotte (35-13) 1; Kentucky (29-23) 1; Louisiana-Lafayette (34-17) 1; New Mexico State (36-19) 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.