Maybe if the team sweeps LeMoyne this weekend, the Niners can get to the “others rec. votes” category.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 baseball coaches’ poll, with records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in the preseason poll and first-place votes received:
Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Preseason rank
1 Vanderbilt (19) 14-0 755 10
2 South Carolina (3) 10-1 722 4
3 North Carolina (6) 11-1 710 5
4 Florida State (3) 17-0 685 17
5 Virginia 14-1 588 9
6 Cal State-Fullerton 12-5 583 8
7 Clemson 7-3 580 2
8 Oregon State 13-3 572 15
9 Rice 11-6 548 1
10 Pepperdine 13-4 428 20
11 Arizona State 12-5 409 14
12 Arkansas 10-5 366 7
13 Texas 12-6 351 6
14 Wichita State 10-4 314 13
15 Miami (Fla.) 11-5 268 3
16 Texas A&M 15-1 245 NR
17 Auburn 13-2 216 NR
18 Nebraska 5-4 191 12
19 Long Beach State 8-4 178 NR
20 Kentucky 12-0 157 NR
21 Mississippi 9-4 142 18
22 Alabama 12-2 129 NR
23 Georgia Tech 8-6 127 11
24 Oklahoma State 10-3 116 23
25 Coastal Carolina 12-2 113 NR
Dropped out: No. 16 Tulane, No. 19 Tennessee, No. 21 UCLA, No. 22 TCU, No. 24 Baylor, No. 25 Stanford.
Others receiving votes: North Carolina State 82; San Diego 80; Arizona 66; Tulane 58; UC-Irvine 43; Southern California 42;
TCU 32; UC-Riverside 24; Florida Atlantic 18; UCLA 18; Louisiana-Lafayette 17; Tennessee 16; College of Charleston 13; Michigan 12; Baylor 10; Southern Mississippi 10; Oklahoma 8; Stanford 8; Florida 5; Mississippi State 5; Evansville 4; Stetson 3; Memphis 2; Minnesota 2; Duke 1; Hawaii 1; Troy 1; Wake Forest 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 2007 board: John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Roger Cador, Southern; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; Pete Dunn, Stetson; Mike Gaski, North Carolina-Greensboro; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Keith Guttin, Missouri State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Cal State-Fullerton; Bob Hughes, Saint Louis; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Rick Jones, Tulane; Steve Kittrell, South Alabama; Ken Knutson, Washington; Gary McClure, Austin Peay; Mervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman; Eric Newman, Dallas Baptist; Steve Owens, LeMoyne; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, North Carolina-Wilmington; Jim Schlossnagle, TCU; Steve Smith, Baylor; Joe Sottolano, Army; Steve Trimper, Maine; Joe Walsh, Harvard; Rob Walton, Oral Roberts.