The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 baseball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.:
Record | Pts | Pvs | |
1. Vanderbilt (23) | 19-3 | 789 | 1 |
2. Arkansas (9) | 19-3 | 773 | 2 |
3. Mississippi | 20-4 | 729 | 3 |
4. Texas Tech | 19-4 | 701 | 6 |
5. Louisville | 16-6 | 616 | 7 |
6. Tennessee | 21-4 | 595 | 9 |
7. Mississippi State | 17-7 | 576 | 4 |
8. Texas | 17-7 | 550 | 10 |
9. UCLA | 15-7 | 487 | 11 |
10. Georgia Tech | 13-7 | 469 | 13 |
11. Texas Christian | 16-7 | 461 | 12 |
12. East Carolina | 17-5 | 441 | 8 |
13. Florida | 16-8 | 402 | 5 |
14. Notre Dame | 11-4 | 380 | 14 |
15. South Carolina | 16-6 | 365 | 23 |
16. Oklahoma State | 15-6 | 338 | 17 |
17. Oregon State | 16-5 | 244 | 20 |
18. Miami | 12-8 | 204 | 22 |
19. Louisiana Tech | 17-6 | 200 | NR |
20. Oregon | 12-6 | 182 | 15 |
21. Arizona | 16-7 | 156 | NR |
22. Florida State | 12-8 | 135 | 21 |
23. Michigan | 11-4 | 92 | 19 |
24. Stanford | 14-3 | 67 | NR |
25. Louisiana State | 16-8 | 66 | 16 |
No. 18 Pittsburgh; No. 24 Alabama; No. 25 North Carolina.
Others Receiving Votes: rizona State 59; Virginia Tech 57; Pittsburgh 43; North Carolina 38; UC Santa Barbara 31; Southern Illinois 29; Georgia 26; San Diego 20; Old Dominion 17; Indiana 13; Virginia 10; Kentucky 8; Alabama 8; UC Irvine 7; Liberty 5; Indiana State 4; Western Carolina 3; Texas A&M 2; San Diego State 1; Baylor 1.
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 32 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2021 season: John Anderson, Minnesota; Todd Asalon, Northern Kentucky; Ray Birmingham, New Mexico; Jordan Bischel, Central Michigan; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Craig Cozart, High Point; Barry Davis, Rider; Bill Decker, Harvard; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Billy Godwin, UNC-Greensboro; Scott Googins, Cincinnati; Brian Green, Washington State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Ben Hall, North Carolina A&T; Fritz Hamburg, Saint Joseph’s; Mike Hampton, St. John’s; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC-Wilmington; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Sean Lyons, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Andy Pascoe, Western Illinois; Jim Penders, Connecticut; Tommy Raffo, Arkansas State; Brian Schmack, Valparaiso; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Butch Thompson, Auburn.
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