USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll

May 21, 2012
Rank	School (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Last week
1	Florida State (17)	43-12	745	1
2	Florida (5)	40-16	671	3
3	Baylor (3)	42-12	667	4
4	South Carolina	39-15	638	2
5t	North Carolina (1)	42-13	625	6
5t	LSU (2)	42-14	625	9
7	Rice	39-15	601	7
8	Texas A&M (2)	41-14	584	8
9	Oregon	41-14	571	10
10	UCLA (1)	38-14	518	11
11	Stanford	36-14	487	12
12	Kentucky	41-15	420	5
13	Arizona	36-16	366	17
14t	Arkansas	39-17	324	18
14t	North Carolina State	38-15	324	15
16	Purdue	41-12	286	13
17	Central Florida	41-14	278	16
18	Cal State Fullerton	33-18	248	14
19	Virginia	36-16-1	245	19
20	Oregon State	35-18	210	20
21	Miami (Fla.)	34-19	155	21
22	Louisville	38-18	110	24
23	San Diego	39-13	95	23
24	TCU	35-17	93	25
25	Mississippi State	34-21	34	NR
Dropped out: No. 22 Mississippi.
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (35-21) 20; Mississippi (34-22) 17; Coastal Carolina (37-17) 15; Texas (30-20) 14; Indiana State (41-15) 13; Dallas Baptist (39-17) 11; Clemson (32-24) 9; New Mexico State (35-20) 9; Utah Valley State (43-12) 9; Missouri State (37-18) 8; Stony Brook (43-11) 8; North Carolina-Wilmington (35-20) 5; Pepperdine (32-20) 5; Tulane (37-18) 5; Vanderbilt (29-25) 5; Appalachian State (38-14) 1; Wake Forest (32-22) 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 board for the 2012 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John?s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Mike Gaski, UNC-Greensboro; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Keith Guttin, Missouri State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Donny Harrel, Seattle University; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Jim Schlossnagle, TCU; Jim Schmitz, Eastern Illinois; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth. 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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