Unbeaten Arizona State Keeps Top Spot
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll
March 22, 2010
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
1
|
Arizona State (23) |
20-0
|
765
|
1
|
2
|
Virginia (7) |
17-3
|
715
|
2
|
3
|
Georgia Tech |
16-2
|
655
|
4
|
4
|
LSU |
16-3
|
643
|
3
|
5
|
Clemson |
17-2
|
596
|
7
|
6
|
UCLA (1) |
16-0
|
592
|
10
|
7
|
Florida State |
15-4
|
589
|
5
|
8
|
Texas |
15-5
|
537
|
6
|
9
|
Florida |
16-3
|
534
|
11
|
10
|
TCU |
15-3
|
498
|
8
|
11
|
Louisville |
17-2
|
453
|
9
|
12
|
Oklahoma |
18-2
|
428
|
13
|
13
|
Coastal Carolina |
17-3
|
416
|
12
|
14
|
Miami (Fla.) |
14-5
|
347
|
14
|
15
|
Oregon State |
14-3
|
335
|
18
|
16
|
Alabama |
16-2
|
280
|
21
|
17
|
Arkansas |
13-5
|
237
|
15
|
18
|
Mississippi |
15-5
|
225
|
19
|
19
|
North Carolina |
15-6
|
204
|
17
|
20
|
Vanderbilt |
16-4
|
194
|
16
|
21
|
Texas A&M |
15-4
|
136
|
23
|
22
|
UC-Irvine |
13-6
|
108
|
24
|
23
|
South Carolina |
16-4
|
88
|
NR
|
24
|
Kentucky |
15-5
|
83
|
20
|
25
|
Southeastern Louisiana |
18-2
|
73
|
NR
|
Dropped out: No. 22 Rice (12-9), No. 25 Kansas State (15-3).
Others receiving votes: Kansas State 67; Arizona 61; Rice 57; Stanford 39; Oregon 21; Western Kentucky 18; Oklahoma State 17; College of Charleston 13; Cal State-Fullerton 8; New Mexico 8; N.C. State 8; Tulane 8; Ohio State 6; VMI 6; Wichita State 4; Kansas 2; Southern Mississippi 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.