USA Today/ESPN finish the Preseason rankings today with as they release their Top 25 which is led by Texas coming in at number 1 receiving 18 out of 31 first place votes. Texas finished last season with a second place finish in the College World Series. LSU defeated the Longhorns in the College World Series to bring home the title and come in at number 2 in the poll. Cal-State Fullerton checks in at number 3 while Virginia and Florida State round out the Top 25. You can check out the full poll below.
|
Rank
|
School (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Final 2009 rank
|
|
1
|
Texas (18) |
50-16-1
|
760
|
2
|
|
2
|
LSU (10) |
56-17
|
721
|
1
|
|
3
|
Cal State-Fullerton (2) |
47-16
|
671
|
7
|
|
4
|
Virginia (1) |
49-15-1
|
665
|
5
|
|
5
|
Florida State |
45-18
|
575
|
10
|
|
6
|
Rice |
43-18
|
547
|
9
|
|
7
|
UC Irvine |
45-15
|
534
|
16
|
|
8
|
Arizona State |
51-14
|
497
|
3
|
|
9
|
Florida |
42-22
|
489
|
13
|
|
10
|
Georgia Tech |
38-19-1
|
484
|
18
|
|
11
|
North Carolina |
48-18
|
456
|
4
|
|
12
|
TCU |
40-18
|
367
|
12
|
|
13
|
Miami (Fla.) |
38-22
|
355
|
20
|
|
14
|
Oregon State |
37-19
|
350
|
NR
|
|
15
|
Clemson |
44-22
|
334
|
14
|
|
16
|
Arkansas |
41-24
|
289
|
6
|
|
17
|
Mississippi |
44-20
|
249
|
11
|
|
18
|
East Carolina |
46-20
|
224
|
15
|
|
19
|
Coastal Carolina |
47-16
|
203
|
23
|
|
20
|
Louisville |
47-18
|
192
|
17
|
|
21
|
Ohio State |
42-19
|
131
|
NR
|
|
22
|
Oklahoma |
43-20
|
127
|
19
|
|
23
|
San Diego |
29-25
|
95
|
NR
|
|
24
|
Southern Mississippi |
40-26
|
94
|
8
|
|
25
|
Stanford |
30-25
|
79
|
NR
|
Others receiving votes: South Carolina (40-23) 75; Vanderbilt (37-27) 75; UCLA (27-29) 73; Texas A&M (37-24) 51; Georgia (38-24) 48; Minnesota (40-19) 48; Arizona (30-25) 33; Kansas (39-24) 24; Kansas State (43-18-1) 19; Wichita State (30-27) 19; Oral Roberts (33-15) 18; Pepperdine (31-23) 15; Middle Tennessee (44-18) 13; Fresno State (32-30) 9; Missouri (35-27) 9; Oklahoma State (34-24) 9; Alabama (37-21) 6; North Carolina-Wilmington (31-23) 6; Boston College (34-26) 5; Florida Gulf Coast (36-18) 5; James Madison (30-24) 5; Kentucky (28-26) 4; Long Beach State (25-29) 4; Cal Poly (37-21) 3; Gonzaga (36-18) 3; St. John’s (30-22) 3; Florida International (34-23) 2; Jacksonville (37-22) 1; Nebraska (25-28) 1; Western Kentucky (42-20) 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 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.
