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USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll

March 24, 2008

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 (Jan. 25) and first-place votes received:

Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week

1 Arizona State (30) 22-1 773 1

2 Florida State 19-2 705 3

3 Miami (Fla.) 17-2 680 5

4 North Carolina 18-4 659 4

5 Long Beach State 16-3 626 6

6 Missouri 18-2 607 9

7 UC Irvine 16-2 561 7

8 Arizona 13-5 541 2

9 South Carolina 15-5 499 12

10 Texas 16-6 419 14

11 Wichita State 14-3 372 16

12 Rice 17-6 370 15

13 Vanderbilt 14-6 321 8

14 Kentucky 20-2 308 11

15 Virginia 19-4 281 19

16 Mississippi 15-8 268 10

17 Nebraska 17-3-1 247 24

18 Florida 17-4 225 NR

19 California 15-4-1 217 22

20 Coastal Carolina 18-4 188 21

21 Stanford 9-5 171 18

22 Texas A&M 17-6 145 17

23 San Diego 16-7 117 NR

24 UCLA 10-8 108 20

25 Cal State Fullerton 12-8 106 25


Dropped out: No. 13 Baylor (13-7), No. 23 Georgia Tech (17-5).

Others receiving votes: Baylor 105, Georgia Tech 90, Clemson 52, Oklahoma State 52, Central Florida 42, Pepperdine 27, Charlotte 22, North Carolina-Wilmington 22, Georgia 21, Oregon State 18, Tulane 17, Duke 15, Oklahoma 13, Washington State 12, LSU 11, Southern California 11, Tennessee 7, Arkansas 6, Elon 5, Missouri State 5, St. John's 4, East Carolina 1, Michigan 1, Oral Roberts 1, Troy 1.