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      Baseball Coaches Poll

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      The USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of 31 head coaches at Division I schools. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.

      Top 25 Teams

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      Week 9 results: Published April 15, 2024
      RankTeamRecordPTS1stPrevChgHi/Lo
      1
      Texas A&MTexA&M
      		32-4764223
      +2
      		1/10
      2
      ArkansasArk
      		30-573871
      -1
      		1/5
      3
      TennesseeTenn
      		30-670314
      +1
      		3/8
      4
      Oregon StateOreSt
      		29-565605
      +1
      		2/7
      5
      KentuckyKty
      		30-562818
      +3
      		5/NR
      6
      ClemsonCLEM
      		29-662702
      -4
      		2/11
      7
      Florida StateFSU
      		30-557709
      +2
      		7/NR
      8
      VirginiaUVa
      		28-8528010
      +2
      		8/15
      8
      DukeDuke
      		26-1052807
      -1
      		7/14
      10
      East CarolinaECU
      		27-8505011
      +1
      		10/16
      11
      North CarolinaUNC
      		29-7491012
      +1
      		7/17
      12
      VanderbiltVandy
      		26-1043206
      -6
      		3/14
      13
      Wake ForestWake
      		24-11369015
      +2
      		1/22
      14
      AlabamaAla
      		24-12307017
      +3
      		10/18
      15
      LouisianaLouis
      		28-9267024
      +9
      		15/NR
      16
      UC IrvineUC-Irv
      		25-7264014
      -2
      		14/NR
      17
      Oklahoma StateOkSt
      		25-11258025
      +8
      		17/NR
      18
      OregonOre
      		25-10235022
      +4
      		18/NR
      19
      Dallas BaptistDalBap
      		26-8184013
      -6
      		8/NR
      20
      Coastal CarolinaCoastC
      		24-11183020-15/21
      21
      South CarolinaSCar
      		25-111720NR
      +5
      		14/NR
      22
      Virginia TechVaTech
      		23-10115016
      -6
      		15/NR
      23
      GeorgiaUGa
      		27-9930NR
      +6
      		23/NR
      24
      West VirginiaWVU
      		22-13810NR
      +13
      		24/NR
      25
      Indiana StateInSt
      		27-7770NR
      +2
      		25/NR

      Schools Dropped Out

      No. 18 Florida; No. 19 UCF; No. 21 Nebraska; No. 23 Mississippi State;

      Others Receiving Votes

      Arizona 64; Nebraska 40; Oklahoma 27; Mississippi State 23; Florida 22; North Carolina State 21; Lamar 19; Texas Tech 14; Northeastern 13; UC Santa Barbara 11; UCF 10; Campbell 10; Utah 9; Creighton 7; Georgetown 2; Georgia Tech 1;

      List Of Voters

      The USA TODAY Sports 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 2024 season: John Anderson, Minnesota; Tod Brown, New Mexico; Mitch Canham, Oregon State; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Jim Chester, Gardner-Webb; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Barry Davis, Rider; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Craig Gibson, Mercer; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Fritz Hamburg, Saint Joseph's; Brian Hamm, Yale; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC-Wilmington; Scott Jackson, Liberty; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross; Ryan Klosterman, Bryant; Geoff Loomis, Portland; Sean Lyons, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Jim Penders, Connecticut; Evan Porter, Nebraska-Omaha; Tommy Raffo, Arkansas State; Sherman Reed, Coppin State; Jake Sabol, Central Michigan; Dan Skirka, Murray State; Alex Sogard, Wright State; Butch Thompson, Auburn.

      Helpful Info

      *The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

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