2004 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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DurationJanuary 16 – June 27, 2004
Number of teams288
DurationJune 4 – 27, 2004
Most conference bidsSEC (9)
| 2004 NCAA Division I baseball season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | January 16 – June 27, 2004 |
| Number of teams | 288 |
| Tournament | |
| Duration | June 4 – 27, 2004 |
| Most conference bids | SEC (9) |
| College World Series | |
| Duration | June 18 – 27, 2004 |
| Champions | Cal State Fullerton (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Texas |
| MOP | Jason Windsor |
| Seasons | |
The following polls make up the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| Italics | Number of first place votes | |
| (#-#) | Win–loss record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll
| Preseason Jan 12[1] | Week 1 Feb 09[2] | Week 2 Feb 16[3] | Week 3 Feb 23[4] | Week 4 Mar 01[5] | Week 5 Mar 08[6] | Week 6 Mar 15[7] | Week 7 Mar 22[8] | Week 8 Mar 29[9] | Week 9 Apr 05[10] | Week 10 Apr 12[11] | Week 11 Apr 19[12] | Week 12 Apr 26[13] | Week 13 May 03[14] | Week 14 May 10[15] | Week 15 May 17[16] | Week 16 May 24[17] | Week 17 May 31[18] | Final Jun 28[19] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rice (39) | Rice (0-0) | Rice (2-1) | Stanford (10-2) | Stanford (13-2) | Texas (19-2) | Texas (23-2) | Texas (26-3) | Stanford (20-3) | Texas (31-4) | Texas (35-4) | Texas (38-5) | Texas (41-6) | Stanford (35-6) | Texas (46-8) | Stanford (39-9) | Texas (48-11) | Stanford (44-12) | Cal State Fullerton (47-22) | 1. |
| 2. | Miami (FL) (1) | Miami (FL) (0-0) | Texas (9-0) | Rice (5-2) | Rice (7-2) | Stanford (15-3) | Stanford (15-3) | Stanford (15-3) | Texas (28-4) | Stanford (23-4) | Stanford (25-5) | Stanford (29-5) | Stanford (31-6) | Texas (42-8) | Miami (FL) (36-9) | Rice (38-9) | Stanford (42-11) | Texas (50-13) | Texas (58-15) | 2. |
| 3. | LSU | LSU (0-0) | Stanford (8-1) | Texas (11-2) | Texas (15-2) | Rice (11-3) | Rice (14-4) | LSU (18-3) | LSU (21-4) | LSU (24-5) | Rice (27-6) | Rice (30-7) | Rice (33-7) | Rice (33-7) | Stanford (37-8) | Texas (46-10) | Miami (FL) (41-11) | Miami (FL) (41-11) | South Carolina (53-17) | 3. |
| 4. | Stanford | Stanford (5-1) | Miami (FL) (2-1) | Miami (FL) (4-2) | LSU (9-1) | South Carolina (12-0) | South Carolina (17-0) | Rice (16-6) | Rice (20-6) | Rice (24-6) | Miami (FL) (26-7) | Miami (FL) (28-8) | Long Beach State (29-9) | Miami (FL) (33-9) | Rice (35-9) | Miami (FL) (37-11) | Rice (40-11) | Rice (43-12) | Miami (FL) (50-13) | 4. |
| 5. | Cal State Fullerton | Texas (6-0) | LSU (2-1) | LSU (6-1) | South Carolina (9-0) | LSU (12-2) | LSU (15-2) | South Carolina (19-2) | Miami (FL) (22-5) | Miami (FL) (24-6) | Long Beach State (23-8) | Long Beach State (26-9) | Miami (FL) (30-9) | LSU (34-12) | LSU (36-13) | LSU (38-14) | LSU (41-15) | South Carolina (45-15) | Georgia (44-22) | 5. |
| 6. | Texas | Georgia Tech (0-0) | Georgia Tech (2-0) | Georgia Tech (6-0) | Arizona State (12-2) | Arizona State (15-2) | Arizona State (17-3) | Miami (FL) (19-4) | South Carolina (21-4) | Ole Miss (24-4) | South Carolina (25-7) | Ole Miss (31-6) | LSU (31-11) | South Carolina (32-12) | Long Beach State (34-12) | South Carolina (39-13) | East Carolina (47-9) | Notre Dame (49-10) | LSU (46-19) | 6. |
| 7. | Georgia Tech | Arizona State (3-0) | Arizona State (5-1) | Arizona State (8-2) | Long Beach State (9-3) | Miami (FL) (11-3) | Miami (FL) (15-3) | Long Beach State (16-5) | Ole Miss (20-3) | South Carolina (23-5) | Ole Miss (26-6) | Notre Dame (30-5) | South Carolina (29-11) | East Carolina (38-6) | South Carolina (34-13) | East Carolina (45-8) | South Carolina (41-15) | East Carolina (48-11) | Arizona (36-27) т | 7. |
| 8. | South Carolina | South Carolina (0-0) | South Carolina (3-0) | South Carolina (6-0) | Miami (FL) (7-3) | Long Beach State (11-4) | Auburn (16-2) | Arizona State (20-5) | Long Beach State (18-7) | Long Beach State (20-8) | Notre Dame (25-4) | LSU (28-10) | Wichita State (28-7) | Long Beach State (30-12) | East Carolina (41-7) | Long Beach State (36-13) | Arizona State (39-14) | LSU (41-17) | Arkansas (45-24) т | 8. |
| 9. | Long Beach State | Long Beach State (2-1) | Long Beach State (4-2) | Long Beach State (7-2) | Notre Dame (6-0) | Auburn (13-1) | Notre Dame (12-1) | Ole Miss (18-1) | Notre Dame (17-3) | Notre Dame (22-3) | LSU (24-9) | South Carolina (26-10) | East Carolina (35-6) | Texas A&M (35-14) | Texas A&M (35-14) | Texas A&M (38-15) | Notre Dame (46-10) | Arizona State (40-16) | East Carolina (50-15) | 9. |
| 10. | Arizona State | Cal State Fullerton (3-3) | Tulane (2-0) | Tulane (5-1) | Tulane (8-1) | Notre Dame (7-1) | Long Beach State (13-5) | Wichita State (8-0) | Arizona State (21-7) | Wichita State (16-3) | Wichita State (20-5) | Wichita State (23-7) | Texas A&M (33-12) | Florida (34-12) | Florida (36-13) | Ole Miss (38-15) | Texas A&M (39-17) | Georgia Tech (41-19) | Long Beach State (40-21) | 10. |
| 11. | Baylor | Baylor (0-0) | Arizona (5-1) | Clemson (0-0) | Auburn (9-1) | Wichita State (3-0) | Wichita State (6-0) | Notre Dame (13-2) | Auburn (20-6) | Southern Miss (24-4) | Tennessee (29-5) | Auburn (26-12) | Notre Dame (32-8) | Notre Dame (35-9) | Notre Dame (37-9) | Notre Dame (42-9) | Long Beach State (36-16) | Arkansas (39-21) | Rice (46-14) | 11. |
| 12. | Tulane | Tulane (0-0) | Baylor (2-1) | Notre Dame (2-0) | Georgia Tech (6-3) | Tulane (10-3) | Texas A&M (18-2) | Texas A&M (21-4) | Wichita State (12-2) | Nebraska (21-5) | Auburn (24-10) | East Carolina (31-6) | Ole Miss (31-11) | Wichita State (30-9) | Ole Miss (35-15) | Tulane (37-15) | Ole Miss (39-17) | Long Beach State (36-16) | Georgia Tech (44-21) | 12. |
| 13. | Clemson | Wichita State (0-0) | Auburn (3-0) | Wichita State (0-0) | Wichita State (0-0) | Florida Atlantic (16-1) | Ole Miss (14-1) | Auburn (17-5) | Florida (24-5) | North Carolina (23-6) | Southern Miss (27-6) | Southern Miss (29-8) | Auburn (28-14) | Tulane (32-14) | Tulane (34-15) | Arizona State (35-13) | Virginia (42-11) | Ole Miss (39-19) | Stanford (46-14) | 13. |
| 14. | Wichita State | Clemson (0-0) | Clemson (0-0) | Auburn (5-1) | Nebraska (5-1) | Texas A&M (14-2) | Florida Atlantic (18-2) | Florida State (20-5) | Texas A&M (23-6) | Auburn (21-9) | Texas A&M (29-9) | Texas A&M (31-11) | Tulane (30-12) | Arizona State (30-13) т | Arizona State (32-13) | North Carolina (36-15) | Arkansas (37-19) т | Texas A&M (39-19) | Florida State (45-23) | 14. |
| 15. | Auburn | Auburn (0-0) | Wichita State (0-0) | North Carolina (3-0) | Florida Atlantic (12-1) | Ole Miss (11-0) | Florida (18-3) | Florida (20-5) | Southern Miss (20-4) | Arizona State (22-9) | Nebraska (24-7) | Tennessee (29-9) | Florida (31-12) | Ole Miss (33-14) т | Arkansas (33-16) | Florida (37-16) | Wichita State (43-13) т | Wichita State (47-14) | Texas A&M (42-22) | 15. |
| 16. | North Carolina | Notre Dame (0-0) | Notre Dame (0-0) | Florida Atlantic (10-0) | Texas A&M (12-1) | Florida (15-3) | Tulane (12-5) | Southern Miss (17-3) | Tulane (19-7) | Tulane (22-8) | Tulane (25-9) | Nebraska (26-9) | North Carolina (31-11) | North Carolina (31-11) | North Carolina (34-12) | Southern Miss (39-13) т | Tulane (38-17) | Cal State Fullerton (36-20) | Florida (43-22) | 16. |
| 17. | Notre Dame | Arizona (3-0) | Cal State Fullerton (4-5) | Nebraska (3-0) | Oklahoma (8-1) | Oklahoma (10-3) | NC State (14-3) | Nebraska (13-4) | Nebraska (16-5) | Texas A&M (26-8) | North Carolina (25-8) | Virginia (32-7) | Tennessee (31-11) | Arkansas (32-14) | Wichita State (34-12) | Virginia (40-11) т | Georgia Tech (38-17) | Florida State (42-20) | Tulane (41-21) | 17. |
| 18. | Florida State | North Carolina (0-0) | North Carolina (0-0) | Cal State Fullerton (6-6) | Ole Miss (6-0) | Georgia Tech (8-5) | Florida State (16-5) | Tulane (15-7) | North Carolina (20-6) | Tennessee (25-5) | East Carolina (28-6) | Arizona State (26-12) | Arizona State (28-13) | Virginia (36-9) | Southern Miss (36-13) | Wichita State (38-13) | Georgia (37-18) | Virginia (42-13) | Vanderbilt (45-19) | 18. |
| 19. | Arizona | Florida (2-0) | Florida Atlantic (7-0) | Arizona (5-3) | NC State (7-0) | Nebraska (6-3) | Southern Miss (14-2) | Florida Atlantic (21-4) | Florida State (21-7) | Florida (25-8) | UC Irvine (22-7) | Florida (28-11) | Nebraska (27-12) | Southern Miss (33-12) | Virginia (37-11) | Arkansas (35-18) | Cal State Fullerton (36-20) | North Carolina (41-19) | Notre Dame (51-12) | 19. |
| 20. | Florida | Nebraska (0-0) | Nebraska (0-0) | Baylor (3-4) | Cal State Fullerton (8-8) | NC State (10-2) | Virginia (17-2) | Tennessee (19-3) | Florida Atlantic (25-5) | UC Irvine (19-6) | Florida (26-10) | North Carolina (27-10) | Southern Miss (30-11) | Auburn (29-17) | Oral Roberts (37-8) | Oral Roberts (42-8) | North Carolina (38-17) | Georgia (38-20) | Arizona State (41-18) | 20. |
| 21. | Nebraska | USC (0-0) | Florida (3-2) | Ole Miss (3-0) | Arizona (7-5) | Florida State (11-5) | Nebraska (8-4) | North Carolina (16-5) | UC Irvine (18-6) | Florida State (23-9) | Arizona State (23-11) | Tulane (26-12) | Virginia (35-9) | Tennessee (33-13) | Washington (28-15) | Washington (32-16) | Florida (38-18) | Washington (37-18) | Virginia (44-15) | 21. |
| 22. | USC | Ole Miss (0-0) | Ole Miss (0-0) | Florida State (7-3) | Florida State (9-4) | Arizona (9-6) | East Carolina (16-3) | East Carolina (18-5) | East Carolina (21-6) | East Carolina (24-6) | Florida State (25-11) | Oral Roberts (31-7) | Arkansas (29-13) | Nebraska (30-14) | Auburn (30-19) | Georgia Tech (34-17) | Oral Roberts (45-9) | Oral Roberts (48-9) | Wichita State (49-16) | 22. |
| 23. | Ole Miss | Florida Atlantic (3-0) | USC (1-2) | Texas A&M (7-0) | Florida (10-3) | UC Irvine (12-3) | Arizona (11-7) т | NC State (15-6) | Tennessee (21-5) | UCF (27-5) | Virginia (29-7) | UC Irvine (23-10) | Oral Roberts (33-7) | Oral Roberts (37-8) | Nebraska (30-16) т | Georgia (35-17) | Southern Miss (40-15) | Vanderbilt (42-17) | Washington (39-20) | 23. |
| 24. | Florida Atlantic | Florida State (2-3) | Florida State (3-3) | NC State (4-0) | East Carolina (12-0) | Southern Miss (11-1) | Mississippi State (10-2) т | Georgia (16-4) | NC State (17-8) | Florida Atlantic (26-7) | Arkansas (23-11) | Arkansas (25-13) | UC Irvine (26-11) | Vanderbilt (31-13) | UC Irvine (31-13) т | Cal State Fullerton (33-20) | Washington (34-18) | Florida (40-20) | North Carolina (43-21) | 24. |
| 25. | NC State | NC State (0-0) | NC State (1-0) | Florida (6-3) | Clemson (2-3) | Mississippi State (7-0) | Oklahoma (11-6) т | Mississippi State (13-4) | Vanderbilt (18-5) | Washington (17-8) | Florida Atlantic (28-8) | Oklahoma (25-13) | Clemson (27-14) | UC Irvine (28-13) | Tennessee (34-15) | Florida State (34-19) | Florida State (37-19) | Tulane (38-19) | Ole Miss (39-21) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 12[20] | Week 1 Feb 09[21] | Week 2 Feb 16[22] | Week 3 Feb 23[23] | Week 4 Mar 01[24] | Week 5 Mar 08[25] | Week 6 Mar 15[26] | Week 7 Mar 22[27] | Week 8 Mar 29[28] | Week 9 Apr 05[29] | Week 10 Apr 12[30] | Week 11 Apr 19[31] | Week 12 Apr 26[32] | Week 13 May 03[33] | Week 14 May 10[34] | Week 15 May 17[35] | Week 16 May 24[36] | Week 17 May 31[37] | Final Jun 28[38] | ||
| None | None | Dropped: 23 USC | Dropped:
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| Dropped: 25 Oklahoma | Dropped: 25 Clemson | Dropped: 24 Vanderbilt | Dropped:
| None | Dropped: 23 Southern Miss | Dropped: 22 Oral Roberts |
Baseball America
Currently, only the final poll from the 2004 season is available.[39]
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cal State Fullerton |
| 2 | Texas |
| 3 | South Carolina |
| 4 | Miami (FL) |
| 5 | Georgia |
| 6 | Arkansas |
| 7 | LSU |
| 8 | East Carolina |
| 9 | Stanford |
| 10 | Georgia Tech |
| 11 | Rice |
| 12 | Arizona |
| 13 | Long Beach State |
| 14 | Florida State |
| 15 | Notre Dame |
| 16 | Florida |
| 17 | Vanderbilt |
| 18 | Oral Roberts |
| 19 | Tulane |
| 20 | Texas A&M |
| 21 | Washington |
| 22 | Arizona State |
| 23 | Ole Miss |
| 24 | Virginia |
| 25 | Oklahoma |