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Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll
The preseason 2004 Sports Weekly/ESPN Top
25 College Coaches' Poll as selected by 40 Division I coaches
representing the American Baseball Coaches Association.
| Rank, school (first-place votes) |
W-L-T |
Pts. |
LW |
| 1. Rice (39) |
58-12-0 |
997 |
1 |
| 2. Miami (Fla.) (1) |
45-17-1 |
917 |
5 |
| 3. LSU |
45-22-1 |
896 |
6 |
| 4. Stanford |
51-18-0 |
846 |
2 |
| 5. CS Fullerton |
50-16-0 |
818 |
3 |
| 6. Texas |
50-20-0 |
805 |
4 |
| 7. Georgia Tech |
44-18-0 |
765 |
16 |
| 8. South Carolina |
45-22-0 |
634 |
7 |
| 9. Long Beach State |
41-20-0 |
624 |
10 |
| 10. Arizona State |
54-14-0 |
555 |
9 |
| 11. Baylor |
45-23-0 |
510 |
13 |
| 12. Tulane |
44-19 |
487 |
NR |
| 13. Clemson |
39-22-0 |
481 |
NR |
| 14. Wichita State |
49-27-0 |
427 |
NR |
| 15. Auburn |
42-21-0 |
384 |
17 |
| 16. North Carolina |
42-23-0 |
353 |
21 |
| 17. Notre Dame |
45-18-0 |
339 |
NR |
| 18. Florida State |
54-13-1 |
337 |
8 |
| 19. Arizona |
35-23-0 |
264 |
NR |
| 20. Florida |
37-21-1 |
234 |
NR |
| 21. Nebraska |
47-18-0 |
227 |
14 |
| 22. Southern Cal |
28-28-0 |
183 |
NR |
| 23. Mississippi |
35-27-0 |
153 |
NR |
| 24. Florida Atlantic |
47-16-0 |
146 |
25 |
| 25. N.C. State |
45-18-0 |
131 |
12 |
Dropped out: No. 11 Southwest Missouri
State (40-26), No. 15 Texas A&M (45-19), No. 18 Southern
Mississippi (47-16), No. 19 Mississippi State (42-20-1), No. 20 Ohio
State (44-21), No. 22 Nevada-Las Vegas (47-17), No. 23 Richmond
(48-15), No. 24 Houston (37-30).
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M
(45-19) 123; Washington (42-18) 68; Ohio State (44-21) 50;
Mississippi State (42-20-1) 44; Nevada- Las Vegas (47-17) 38;
Minnesota (40-22) 29; Southwest Missouri State (40-26) 22; Southern
Mississippi (47-16) 17; Houston (37-30) 11; Alabama (38-24) 9;
Virginia Commonwealth (46-13) 8; Arkansas (35-22) 7; Michigan
(30-27) 6; Richmond (48-15) 6; San Diego (31-30) 6; Stetson (41-24)
6; East Carolina (34-27-1) 5; Virginia (29-25) 5; New Orleans
(23-32) 4; North Carolina-Greensboro (39-21) 4; Winthrop (35-22) 4;
UNC-Wilmington (40-23) 3; South Alabama (42-19) 2; UC-Riverside
(41-17) 2; Coastal Carolina (45-18) 1; Fresno State (30-29) 1; Lamar
(40-18) 1; Louisville (34-23) 1; Ohio (35-23) 1; Oklahoma State
(34-24) 1; Texas Tech (30-25) 1; West Virginia (36-19) 1.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
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NCAA
Div. I Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 19, 2003)
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www.baseballnews.com
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| Rank School (’03 Final Record) |
Points |
Final ’03 Rank |
| 1. Rice (58-12) |
495 |
1 |
| Miami, Fla. (45-17-1) |
495 |
5 |
| 3. Louisiana St. (45-22-1) |
491 |
7 |
| 4. Georgia Tech. (44-18) |
489 |
14 |
| 5. Texas (50-20) |
486 |
4 |
| 6. Stanford (51-18) |
484 |
2 |
| 7. Arizona St. (54-14) |
481 |
10 |
| 8. Cal. St. Fullerton (50-16) |
477 |
3 |
| 9. Wichita St. (49-27) |
475 |
NR |
| 10. Notre Dame (45-18) |
470 |
28 |
| 11. Baylor (45-23) |
468 |
13 |
| 12. Long Beach St. (41-20) |
464 |
11 |
| 13. Tulane (44-19) |
462 |
NR |
| 14. South Carolina (45-22) |
458 |
6 |
| 15. Florida (37-21-1) |
457 |
NR |
| 16. Southern California (28-28) |
456 |
NR |
| 17. Clemson (39-22) |
450 |
NR |
| 18. Auburn (42-21) |
449 |
20 |
| 19. Florida Atlantic (47-16) |
446 |
23 |
| 20. Nebraska (47-18) |
445 |
15 |
| 21. North Carolina (42-23) |
443 |
19 |
| 22. Arizona (35-23) |
441 |
NR |
| 23. Washington (42-18) |
438 |
27 |
| 24. Florida St. (54-13-1) |
437 |
9 |
| 25. Minnesota (40-22) |
432 |
NR |
| 26. Nevada-Las Vegas (47-17) |
430 |
26 |
| 27. Mississippi (35-27) |
424 |
NR |
| 28. Winthrop (35-22) |
416 |
NR |
| 29. North Carolina St. (45-18) |
411 |
12 |
| 30. Mississippi St. (42-20-1) |
408 |
24 |
| 31. Ohio St. (44-21) |
406 |
18 |
| 32. Texas A&M (45-19) |
403 |
17 |
| 33. Oklahoma St. (34-24) |
398 |
NR |
| 34. U.C. Riverside (41-17) |
395 |
30 |
| 35. Alabama (28-24) |
392 |
NR |
| 36. Va. Commonwealth (46-13) |
390 |
NR |
| 37. Southern Miss. (47-16) |
386 |
25 |
| 38. Tennessee (31-24) |
380 |
NR |
| 39. San Diego (32-30) |
378 |
NR |
| 40. Stetson (41-24) |
375 |
NR |
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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
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NCAA Div. II Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 19, 2003)
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www.baseballnews.com
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| Rank School Name |
'03 Final Record |
Point Totals |
| 1. Central Missouri St. |
51-7 |
632 |
| Tampa |
45-18 |
632 |
| 3. North Florida |
39-18 |
598 |
| 4. Kennesaw St. |
40-18 |
582 |
| Florida Southern |
44-13 |
582 |
| 6. Abilene Christian |
45-20 |
572 |
| 7. Delta St. |
52-10 |
534 |
| 8. Armstrong Atlantic St. |
36-15 |
530 |
| 9. Sonoma St. |
46-15-1 |
518 |
| 10. Missouri-St. Louis |
39-15 |
490 |
| Central Oklahoma |
44-13 |
490 |
| 12. Fort Hays St. |
45-15 |
446 |
| 13. Slippery Rock |
48-13 |
436 |
| 14. Colorado St.-Pueblo |
42-16 |
414 |
| 15. Francis Marion |
30-20 |
392 |
| 16. Alabama-Huntsville |
31-23 |
388 |
| 17. Georgia College & St. |
29-22 |
368 |
| 18. Western Oregon |
40-15 |
352 |
| 19. Grand Valley St. |
41-14-1 |
348 |
| 20. Shippensburg |
34-21 |
344 |
| 21. Southern Arkansas |
38-17 |
332 |
| 22. Columbus St. |
33-20 |
320 |
| 23. S.E. Oklahoma |
38-15 |
308 |
| 24. Cal. St.-Chico |
36-18 |
302 |
| 25. St. Mary's, Tex. |
37-18 |
224 |
| 26. Massachusetts-Lowell |
32-12 |
210 |
| 27. Indianapolis |
39-21 |
208 |
| 28. Valdosta St. |
37-18 |
196 |
| 29. N.W. Missouri St. |
36-17 |
162 |
| 30. Franklin Pierce |
32-17 |
156 |
| 31. Pfeiffer |
33-17 |
150 |
| 32. Ashland |
37-20 |
148 |
| 33. Rockhurst |
34-18 |
136 |
| 34. Augusta St. |
30-21 |
96 |
| 35. Lynn |
35-20 |
92 |
| 36.
Kutztown |
25-15 |
90 |
| 37. Wayne St. |
26-13 |
78 |
| 38. Rollins |
29-24 |
60 |
| 39. North Alabama |
35-15 |
58 |
| 40. South Carolina-Aiken |
30-24 |
42 |
| Also Receiving Votes: West Virginia St., Southern
Illinois-Edwardsville, Barton, Mt. Olive, Cal. St. Dominguez Hills,
Mesa St., Lander, Southern Connecticut St., Wisc.-Parkside, Anderson
(S.C.), Saginaw Valley, Tusculum, Carson-Newman, Nova S.E., St.
Rose, Concordia (N.Y.), Minn. Duluth, Emporia St., Augustana (S.D.)
Source: NCAA Division II Poll
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