Final USA Today Baseball Weekly/ESPN College Coaches Top 25 Poll

Posted: Thu Jun 26 14:52:35 2003 EST

#Final USA Today Baseball Weekly/ESPN College Coaches Top 25 Poll#

The Final USA Today Baseball Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Coaches Poll, with first-place votes in parentheses and records, as selected by 40 Division I head baseball coaches representing the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA):

TEAM PTS PVS

1. RICE (41) (58-12)                    1,025     2
2. STANFORD (51-18)                       984     5
3. CS FULLERTON (50-16)                   938     3
4. TEXAS (50-20)                          907    10
5. MIAMI FLA (45-17-1)                    780    14
6. LSU (45-22-1)                          770    11
7. SOUTH CAROLINA (45-22)                 767    24
8. FLORIDA ST (54-13-1)                   695     1
9. ARIZONA ST (54-14)                     672     4
10. LONG BEACH ST (41-20)                  626     8
11. SMS (40-26)                            565    NR
12. NO CAROLINA ST (45-18)                 491    12
13. BAYLOR (45-23)                         489    15
14. NEBRASKA (47-18)                       415     9
15. TEXAS A&M (45-19)                      412    10
16. GEORGIA TECH (44-18)                   376     7
17. AUBURN (42-21)                         329    13
18. SOUTHERN MISS (47-16)                  261    17
19. MISSISSIPPI ST (42-20-1)               249    16
20. OHIO ST (44-21)                        216    NR
21. NORTH CAROLINA (42-23)                 200    NR
22. UNLV (47-17)                           187    20
23. RICHMOND (48-15)                       175    18
24. HOUSTON (37-30)                        175    NR
25. FLA ATLANTIC (47-16)                   167    19

Dropped Out: No. 21 Clemson, No. 22 Tulane, No. 23 Alabama, No. 25 Notre Dame. Others Receiving Votes: NOTRE DAME 92, TULANE 90, SOUTH ALABAMA 57, AIR FORCE 52, CLEMSON 40, ALABAMA 32, LAMAR 22, VA COMMONWEALTH 20, CAL-RIVERSIDE 19, MINNESOTA 12, RUTGERS 10, NEVADA 8, NC WILMINGTON 8, COAST CAROLINA 7, ARIZONA 6, ARKANSAS 6, MISSOURI 5, WEST VIRGINIA 4, WICHITA ST 4, STETSON
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