Jan.
26, 2012
2012 USA Today/ESPN Preseason
Coaches Poll
The preseason USA Today/ESPN Top 25 baseball
coaches’ poll, with final 2011 records, total points based on 25
points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in
final 2011 poll (June 29) and first-place votes received:
Final
2011 First-place
Rank School (2011 record) Points
rank votes
1. Florida (53-19)
759 2 17
2. South Carolina (55-14) 740
1 12
3. Stanford (35-22) 646
13 1
4. North Carolina (51-16) 644
5 0
5. Texas (49-19) 629
7 0
6. Texas A&M (47-22) 608
6 1
7. Rice (42-21)
533 21 0
8. Arkansas (40-22) 470
23 0
9. Florida State (46-19) 469
9 0
10. Georgia Tech (42-21) 453
20 0
11. TCU (43-19) 420
19 0
12. Vanderbilt (54-12) 343
3 0
13. Miami (Fla.) (38-23) 338
24 0
14. LSU (36-20) 333
not ranked 0
15. Oklahoma (41-19) 281 not
ranked 0
16. Cal State-Fullerton (41-17) 244
17 0
17. Virginia (56-12) 218
4 0
18. UCLA (35-24) 217
22 0
19. Oregon State (41-19) 214
11 0
20. Arizona (39-21) 210
25 0
21. St. John's (36-22) 207
not ranked 0
22. California (38-23) 181
8 0
23. Clemson (43-20) 180
16 0
24. Louisville (32-29) 176
not ranked 0
25. Georgia (33-32) 151
not ranked 0
Others receiving votes (with 2011 record): UC Irvine (43-18)
102; Connecticut (45-20-1) 29; Mississippi State (38-25) 28;
Baylor (31-28) 27; Dallas Baptist (42-20) 25; Oregon (33-26) 24;
Stetson (43-20) 23; Southern Miss (39-19) 20; Fresno State
(40-16) 13; Kent State (45-17) 13; Oklahoma State (35-25) 12;
East Carolina (41-21) 9; Troy (43-19) 9; NC State (35-27) 8;
Georgia Southern (36-26) 7; Creighton (45-16) 6; Ole Miss
(30-25) 6; Missouri State (33-23) 6; USC (25-31) 6; Illinois
(30-27) 5; Wichita State (39-26) 5; Alabama (35-28) 4; Belmont
(38-26) 4; Coastal Carolina (42-20) 4; Pittsburgh (33-23) 4; UCF
(39-23) 3; UNC Wilmington (31-28) 3; Charleston (39-22) 1;
Jacksonville (37-24) 1; James Madison (42-19) 1; Oral Roberts
(39-22) 1; Southeastern Louisiana (35-22) 1; Stony Brook (42-12)
1.
Note: The American Baseball Coaches Association
has ruled Arizona State ineligible for votes this season because
of the school’s NCAA postseason ban.
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