2007 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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| 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | January 25-June 24, 2007[1] |
| Number of teams | 293 |
| Preseason No. 1 | Rice[2] |
| Tournament | |
| Duration | June 1–June 24, 2007 |
| Most conference bids | ACC (7) |
| College World Series | |
| Duration | June 15–June 24, 2007 |
| Champions | Oregon State (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | North Carolina |
| MOP | Jorge Reyes |
| Seasons | |
The following polls make up the 2007 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.
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| 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 22[3] | Week 5 Mar 5[4] | Week 6 Mar 12[5] | Week 7 Mar 19[6] | Week 8 Mar 26[7] | Week 9 Apr 2[8] | Week 10 Apr 9[9] | Week 11 Apr 16[10] | Week 12 Apr 23[11] | Week 13 Apr 30[12] | Week 14 May 7[13] | Week 15 May 14[14] | Week 16 May 21[15] | Week 17 May 28[16] | Final Jun 25[17] | ||
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| 1. | Rice (22) | Vanderbilt (14-0) | Vanderbilt (18-0) | Vanderbilt (21-1) | Florida State (26-1) | Vanderbilt (26-4) | Vanderbilt (29-5) | Vanderbilt (32-6) | Vanderbilt (35-8) | Vanderbilt (39-8) | Vanderbilt (41-9) | Vanderbilt (43-10) | Vanderbilt (46-10) | Vanderbilt (51-11) | Oregon State (49-18) | 1. |
| 2. | Clemson (4) | South Carolina (10-1) | North Carolina (15-1) | Florida State (23-0) | Oregon State (22-3) | Florida State (29-2) | Florida State (31-4) | Florida State (35-4) | Florida State (37-6) | Rice (37-11) | Florida State (42-7) | Rice (41-11) | Rice (45-11) | Rice (49-12) | North Carolina (57-16) | 2. |
| 3. | Miami (FL) | North Carolina (11-1) | Florida State (20-0) | South Carolina (17-3) | South Carolina (21-4) | Virginia (27-5) | North Carolina (29-5) | North Carolina (32-6) | Rice (33-11) | Florida State (39-7) | Rice (37-11) | North Carolina (41-11) | North Carolina (45-11) | North Carolina (48-12) | Rice (56-14) | 3. |
| 4. | South Carolina | Florida State (17-0) | South Carolina (13-2) | Oregon State (20-3) | Vanderbilt (23-3) | South Carolina (23-6) | South Carolina (26-7) | Texas (31-10) | Texas (33-12) | Texas (37-12) | Virginia (38-10) | Florida State (43-9) | Florida State (46-9) | Texas (44-15) | UC Irvine (47-17) | 4. |
| 5. | North Carolina | Virginia (14-1) | Oregon State (17-3) | Virginia (19-4) | North Carolina (22-4) | North Carolina (25-5) | Rice (26-10) | South Carolina (28-8) | South Carolina (31-10) | North Carolina (37-10) т | North Carolina (37-10) | Texas (39-14) | Texas (42-14) | Florida State (47-11) | Arizona State (49-15) | 5. |
| 6. | Texas (1) | Cal State Fullerton (12-5) | Clemson (10-4) | North Carolina (18-3) | Virginia (22-5) | Texas (25-9) | Texas (28-10) | Rice (29-11) | North Carolina (33-9) | Virginia (37-10) т | Texas (38-14) | Virginia (39-12) | Arizona State (41-12) | Arizona State (43-13) | Louisville (47-24) | 6. |
| 7. | Arkansas | Clemson (7-3) | Virginia (16-3) | Clemson (14-4) | Texas (22-8) | Arkansas (22-8) | Virginia (29-7) | Virginia (31-8) | Virginia (34-9) | Arkansas (35-12) | South Carolina (35-14) | Arizona State (37-12) | South Carolina (40-16) | Virginia (43-14) | Cal State Fullerton (38-25) | 7. |
| 8. | Cal State Fullerton | Oregon State (13-3) | Rice (14-7) | Rice (17-7) | Arkansas (19-7) | Oregon State (23-6) | Pepperdine (26-8) | Arkansas (29-10) | Arkansas (32-11) | South Carolina (33-13) | Arkansas (36-14) | South Carolina (38-15) | Virginia (41-13) | San Diego (43-16) | Mississippi State (38-22) | 8. |
| 9. | Virginia | Rice (11-6) | Pepperdine (15-5) | Texas (19-7) | Rice (19-9) | Rice (22-10) | Oregon State (25-7) | Oregon State (28-8) | Oregon State (31-8) | Oregon State (34-9) | Arizona State (34-12) | Texas A&M (40-12) | San Diego (41-15) | South Carolina (42-18) | Vanderbilt (54-13) | 9. |
| 10. | Vanderbilt | Pepperdine (13-4) | Texas A&M (18-2) | Texas A&M (20-3) | Arizona State (21-8) | Pepperdine (23-8) | Arkansas (25-10) | Arizona State (29-10) | Arizona State (32-10) | Arizona State (34-12) | Wichita State (41-13) | San Diego (41-15) | Wichita State (46-17) | Texas A&M (44-16) | South Carolina (46-20) | 10. |
| 11. | Georgia Tech | Arizona State (12-5) | Texas (15-7) | Arkansas (16-6) | Clemson (15-7) | Wichita State (24-6) | Arizona State (26-10) | Pepperdine (28-11) | Wichita State (34-9) | Wichita State (36-12) | Oregon State (35-11) | Arkansas (37-16) | Texas A&M (41-15) | Arkansas (41-19) | Wichita State (53-22) | 11. |
| 12. | Nebraska | Arkansas (10-5) | Arkansas (13-5) | Pepperdine (17-7) | Pepperdine (19-8) | Arizona State (23-10) | Arizona (28-6) | Arizona (30-7) | Pepperdine (30-13) | Texas A&M (35-11) | Texas A&M (38-11) | Wichita State (43-16) | Arkansas (38-18) | Coastal Carolina (48-11) | Texas A&M (48-19) | 12. |
| 13. | Wichita State | Texas (12-6) | Auburn (17-2) | Arizona State (19-7) | Wichita State (21-5) | Texas A&M (25-6) | Texas A&M (27-7) | Wichita State (30-8) | Arizona (31-9) | Ole Miss (30-16) | San Diego (38-14) | Oklahoma State (37-13) | Arizona (39-13) | Missouri (40-16) | Clemson (41-23) | 13. |
| 14. | Arizona State | Wichita State (10-4) | Arizona State (13-7) | Wichita State (16-5) | Texas A&M (22-5) | Cal State Fullerton (18-10) | Wichita State (26-8) | Texas A&M (30-8) | Cal State Fullerton (26-12) | Pepperdine (30-15) | Arizona (35-11) | Clemson (34-18) | Coastal Carolina (44-11) | Wichita State (49-19) | Texas (46-17) | 14. |
| 15. | Oregon State (4) | Miami (FL) (11-5) | Cal State Fullerton (12-8) | Cal State Fullerton (13-9) | Cal State Fullerton (15-10) | Oklahoma State (22-6) | Clemson (23-9) | Clemson (25-10) | Oklahoma State (31-10) | Arizona (32-11) | Coastal Carolina (38-9) | Coastal Carolina (41-10) | Missouri (39-14) | Arizona (40-15) | Florida State (49-13) | 15. |
| 16. | Tulane | Texas A&M (15-1) | Wichita State (13-4) | Kentucky (20-2) | Kentucky (23-2) | Coastal Carolina (27-3) | Ole Miss (24-10) | Cal State Fullerton (23-12) | Texas A&M (32-10) | San Diego (34-14) | Clemson (31-16) | Oregon State (36-13) | Clemson (36-20) | UC Irvine (40-15) | Ole Miss (40-25) | 16. |
| 17. | Florida State | Auburn (13-2) | Kentucky (16-0) | Coastal Carolina (19-3) | Coastal Carolina (23-3) | Clemson (18-9) | Oklahoma State (23-8) | Oklahoma State (26-9) | Clemson (26-13) | Clemson (29-15) | Pepperdine (31-16) | Arizona (36-12) | UC Irvine (38-14) | Clemson (38-21) | Virginia (45-16) | 17. |
| 18. | Ole Miss | Nebraska (5-4) | Long Beach State (10-5) | Ole Miss (15-7) | Oklahoma State (19-6) | Arizona (25-6) | Cal State Fullerton (19-12) | Mississippi State (23-8) | Ole Miss (27-15) | Coastal Carolina (36-9) | Ole Miss (32-18) | Long Beach State (34-14) | Oklahoma State (38-16) | Long Beach State (37-18) | Michigan (42-19) | 18. |
| 19. | Tennessee | Long Beach State (8-4) | Ole Miss (13-5) | Oklahoma State (17-5) | Ole Miss (18-8) | Ole Miss (21-9) | Coastal Carolina (28-5) | Ole Miss (25-13) | Coastal Carolina (33-8) | Oklahoma State (31-13) | Mississippi State (31-12) т | Missouri (35-14) | Ole Miss (35-21) | Ole Miss (37-23) | Oklahoma State (42-21) | 19. |
| 20. | Pepperdine | Kentucky (12-0) | Coastal Carolina (15-3) | Long Beach State (12-7) | East Carolina (19-6) | Kentucky (24-4) | UC Irvine (23-8) | Coastal Carolina (30-7) | San Diego (32-14) | Cal State Fullerton (27-15) | Oklahoma State (34-13) т | UC Irvine (34-14) | Long Beach State (35-17) | TCU (46-12) | San Diego (43-18) | 20. |
| 21. | UCLA | Ole Miss (9-4) | Oklahoma State (12-4) | Auburn (18-6) | Oklahoma (20-7) | UC Irvine (21-7) | Mississippi State (21-8) | UC Irvine (25-10) | Mississippi State (25-10) | UC Irvine (31-12) | Missouri (33-13) | Ole Miss (33-20) | TCU (43-12) | UC Riverside (37-19) | Arkansas (43-21) | 21. |
| 22. | TCU | Alabama (12-2) | Nebraska (8-5) | San Diego (19-9) | San Diego (21-10) | Oklahoma (21-9) | Kentucky (25-6) | San Diego (29-13) | UC Irvine (28-11) | Michigan (30-8) | UC Irvine (31-13) | Pepperdine (32-19) | UC Riverside (36-17) | Creighton (44-14) | UCLA (33-28) | 22. |
| 23. | Oklahoma State | Georgia Tech (8-6) | Miami (FL) (10-9) | USC (16-9) | Long Beach State (13-9) | Long Beach State (14-11) | (25-12) | NC State (26-11) | Michigan (26-8) | Mississippi State (28-12) | Long Beach State (30-14) | TCU (40-11) | Oregon State (36-16) | Charlotte (47-10) т | Coastal Carolina (50-13) | 23. |
| 24. | Baylor | Oklahoma State (10-3) | USC (15-9) | East Carolina (15-6) | UC Irvine (19-5) | East Carolina (21-8) | Oklahoma (23-11) | Stetson (30-9) | Stetson (32-11) | Missouri (31-12) | Michigan (34-10) | Mississippi State (32-16) | Louisiana-Lafayette (40-14) | Oklahoma State (38-19) т | Missouri (42-18) | 24. |
| 25. | Stanford | Coastal Carolina (12-2) | San Diego (15-9) | Alabama (15-8) | Arizona (21-6) | Tulane (22-8) | Louisiana-Lafayette (26-7) | Long Beach State (21-12) | Charlotte (32-7) | Charlotte (34-10) | UCLA (27-19) | Cal State Fullerton (31-19) | Charlotte (44-10) | Oregon State (38-17) | Arizona (42-17) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 22[18] | Week 5 Mar 5[19] | Week 6 Mar 12[20] | Week 7 Mar 19[21] | Week 8 Mar 26[22] | Week 9 Apr 2[23] | Week 10 Apr 9[24] | Week 11 Apr 16[25] | Week 12 Apr 23[26] | Week 13 Apr 30[27] | Week 14 May 7[28] | Week 15 May 14[29] | Week 16 May 21[30] | Week 17 May 28[31] | Final Jun 25[32] | ||
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Baseball America
| Preseason Jan 11[33] | Week 1 Feb 5[34] | Week 2 Feb 12[35] | Week 3 Feb 19[36] | Week 4 Feb 26[37] | Week 5 Mar 5[38] | Week 6 Mar 12[39] | Week 7 Mar 19[40] | Week 8 Mar 26[41] | Week 9 Apr 2[42] | Week 10 Apr 9[43] | Week 11 Apr 16[44] | Week 12 Apr 23[45] | Week 13 Apr 30[46] | Week 14 May 7[47] | Week 15 May 14[48] | Week 16 May 21[49] | Week 17 May 28[50] | Week 18 June 5[51] | Week 19 June 12[52] | Week 20 June 25[53] | ||
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| 1. | Rice | Rice (1–0) | Clemson (0–0) | North Carolina (3–0) | North Carolina (7–0) | North Carolina (11–1) | North Carolina (15–1) | Vanderbilt (21–1) | South Carolina (21–4) | Vanderbilt (26–4) | Vanderbilt (29–5) | Vanderbilt (32–6) | Vanderbilt (35–8) | Vanderbilt (39–8) | Vanderbilt (41–9) | Vanderbilt (43–10) | Vanderbilt (46–10) | Vanderbilt (51–11) | Rice (52–12) | Rice (54–12) | Oregon State | 1. |
| 2. | Miami (FL) | Clemson (0–0) | North Carolina (0–0) | Clemson (2–1) | Clemson (6–1) | Vanderbilt (14–0) | Vanderbilt (18–0) | South Carolina (17–3) | Florida State (16–1) | Florida State (29–2) | North Carolina (29–5) | North Carolina (32–6) | Florida State (37–6) | Florida State (39–7) | Florida State (42–7) | Rice (41–11) | Rice (45–11) | Rice (49–12) | North Carolina (51–12) | North Carolina (53–13) | North Carolina | 2. |
| 3. | Clemson | North Carolina (0–0) | South Carolina (3–0) | Vanderbilt (6–0) | Vanderbilt (10–0) | South Carolina (10–1) | South Carolina (13–2) | Florida State (23–0) | Vanderbilt (23–3) | Virginia (27–5) | Florida State (31–4) | Florida State (35–4) | Virginia (34–9) | Virginia (37–10) | Virginia (38–10) | Florida State (43–9) | Florida State (46–9) | North Carolina (48–12) | Arizona State (46–13) | Arizona State (48–13) | Rice | 3. |
| 4. | Texas | South Carolina (0–0) | Vanderbilt (3–0) | South Carolina (5–1) | South Carolina (8–1) | Virginia (14–1) | Florida State (20–0) | Oregon State (20–3) | Oregon State (22–3) | North Carolina (25–5) | South Carolina (26–7) | South Carolina (28–8) | Rice (33–11) | Rice (37–11) | Rice (37–11) | North Carolina (41–11) | North Carolina (45–11) | San Diego (43–16) | UC Irvine (43–15) | UC Irvine (45–15) | UC Irvine | 4. |
| 5. | North Carolina | Miami (FL) (0–2) | Miami (FL) (3–2) | Arkansas (6–2) | Arkansas (9–3) | Florida State (17–0) | Oregon State (17–3) | Virginia (19–4) | Virginia (22–5) | South Carolina (23–6) | Virginia (29–7) | Texas (31–10) | Texas (33–12) | Texas (37–12) | North Carolina (37–10) | San Diego (41–15) | San Diego (41–15) | Texas (44–15) | Vanderbilt (54–13) | Vanderbilt (54–13) | Arizona State | 5. |
| 6. | South Carolina | Arkansas (2–1) | Arkansas (4–2) | Rice (5–4) | Rice (9–4) | Clemson (7–3) | Clemson (10–4) | Clemson (14–4) | North Carolina (22–4) | Arkansas (22–8) | Texas (28–10) | Virginia (31–8) | North Carolina (33–9) | North Carolina (37–10) | San Diego (38–14) | Virginia (39–12) | Texas (42–14) | Arizona State (43–13) | South Carolina (45–18) | Oregon State (43–18) | Vanderbilt | 6. |
| 7. | Arkansas | Texas (1–2) | Rice (2–3) | Virginia (4–1) | Virginia (10–1) | Cal State Fullerton (12–5) | Virginia (16–3) | North Carolina (18–3) | Arkansas (19–7) | Texas (25–9) | Rice (26–10) | Rice (29–11) | Arkansas (32–11) | Arkansas (35–12) | Texas (38–14) | Texas (39–15) | Arizona State (41–12) | Florida State (47–11) | Texas A&M (48–18) | Mississippi State (38–20) | Louisville | 7. |
| 8. | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt (0–0) | Virginia (2–1) | Florida State (9–0) | Florida State (13–0) | Rice (11–6) | Rice (14–7) | Rice (17–7) | Rice (19–9) | Rice (22–10) | Oregon State (25–7) | Oregon State (28–8) | Oregon State (31–8) | Oregon State (34–9) | Arkansas (36–14) | Arizona State (37–12) | Virginia (41–13) | Virginia (43–14) | Wichita State (53–19) | Louisville (36–22) | Mississippi State | 8. |
| 9. | Virginia | Virginia (0–0) | Florida State (6–0) | Oregon State (9–1) | Oregon State (11–2) | Oregon State (13–3) | Arkansas (13–4) | Arkansas (16–5) | Texas (22–8) | Oregon State (23–6) | Arkansas (25–10) | Arkansas (29–10) | South Carolina (31–10) | San Diego (34–14) | Wichita State (41–130 | Texas A&M (40–12) | South Carolina (40–16) | UC Irvine (40–15) | Clemson (41–21) | Cal State Fullerton (38–23) | Cal State Fullerton | 9. |
| 10. | Wichita State | Wichita State (0–0) | Oregon State (7–0) | Cal State Fullerton (7–2) | Cal State Fullerton (9–4) | Arkansas (10–4) | Texas (15–7) | Texas (19–7) | Wichita State (21–5) | Wichita State (24–6) | Pepperdine (26–8) | Wichita State (30–8) | Wichita State (34–9) | Wichita State (36–12) | Arizona State (34–12) | Arkansas (37–16) | UC Irvine (38–14) | Coastal Carolina (48–11) | Texas (46–17) | South Carolina (46–20) | South Carolina | 10. |
| 11. | Tennessee | UCLA (2–1) | Wichita State (0–0) | Miami (FL) (4–4) | Wichita State (8–2) | Miami (FL) (9–5) | Pepperdine (15–5) | Wichita State (16–5) | Clemson (15–7) | Pepperdine (23–8) | Wichita State (26–8) | Arizona State (29–10) | Arizona State (32–10) | Arizona State (34–12) | Texas A&M (38–11) | South Carolina (38–15) | Missouri (39–14) | Arkansas (41–19) | Florida State (49–13) | Texas (46–17) | Texas | 11. |
| 12. | Georgia Tech | Cal State Fullerton (3–0) | Cal State Fullerton (2–1) | Wichita State (1–2) | Miami (FL) (6–5) | Texas (12–6) | Wichita State (13–4) | Pepperdine (15–5) | Pepperdine (19–8) | Cal State Fullerton (18–10) | Arizona State (26–10) | Arizona (30–7) | Oklahoma State (31–10) | UC Irvine (31–12) | South Carolina (35–14) | UC Irvine (34–14) | Wichita State (46–16) | South Carolina (42–18) | Virginia (45–16) | Texas A&M (48–20) | Texas A&M | 12. |
| 13. | UCLA | Georgia Tech (0–0) | Arizona State (2–1) | Texas (6–5) | Texas (9–6) | Pepperdine (13–4) | Cal State Fullerton (12–8) | Cal State Fullerton (13–9) | Cal State Fullerton (15–10) | Oklahoma State (22–6) | Arizona (28–6) | Pepperdine (28–11) | Pepperdine (30–13) | Texas A&M (35–11) | UC Irvine (31–13) | Wichita State (43–15) | Arizona (39–14) | Texas A&M (44–17) | Ole Miss (40–23) | Wichita State (53–21) | Wichita State | 13. |
| 14. | Cal State Fullerton | Florida State (3–0) | Texas (3–4) | Arizona State (7–3) | Arizona State (10–3) | Wichita State (10–4) | Oklahoma State (12–4) | Oklahoma State (17–5) | Oklahoma State (19–6) | Coastal Carolina (27–3) | Clemson (23–9) | Clemson (25–10) | Arizona (31–9) | South Carolina (33–13) | Arizona (35–11) | Arizona (36–12) | Coastal Carolina (44–11) | Missouri (40–16) | San Diego (43–18) | Florida State (49–13) | Florida State | 14. |
| 15. | Tulane | Oregon State (4–0) | UCLA (2–4) | UCLA (6–4) | Georgia Tech (6–4) | Arizona State (12–5) | Coastal Carolina (15–3) | Coastal Carolina (19–3) | Coastal Carolina (23–3) | Arizona State (23–10) | Oklahoma State (23–8) | Oklahoma State (26–9) | Cal State Fullerton (26–12) | Arizona (32–11) | Oregon State (35–11) | Clemson (34–18) | Arkansas (38–18) | Wichita State (49–18) | Michigan (42–17) | Clemson (41–23) | Clemson | 15. |
| 16. | Oregon State | Arizona State (3–0) | Georgia Tech (0–2) | Georgia Tech (3–3) | San Diego (11–5) | Oklahoma State (10–3) | Texas A&M (18–2) | Texas A&M (20–3) | Arizona State (21–7) | Texas A&M (25–6) | Texas A&M (27–7) | Texas A&M (30–8) | UC Irvine (28–11) | Michigan (30–8) | Michigan (34–10) | Oklahoma State (37–13) | UC Riverside (36–17) | TCU (46–12) | Oregon State (41–18) | Virginia (45–16) | Virginia | 16. |
| 17. | Nebraska | San Diego (2–1) | Oklahoma State (3–0) | Oklahoma State (5–1) | Pepperdine (10–3) | Coastal Carolina (12–2) | Long Beach State (10–5) | Arizona State (19–7) | Oklahoma (20–7) | Arizona (23–10) | UC Irvine (23–8) | Cal State Fullerton (23–12) | San Diego (32–14) | Pepperdine (30–15) | Pepperdine (31–16) | Coastal Carolina (41–10) | Texas A&M (41–15) | Arizona (40–15) | Coastal Carolina (50–13) | Ole Miss (40–25) | Ole Miss | 17. |
| 18. | Florida State | Tulane (0–0) | San Diego (6–3) | San Diego (9–4) | Nebraska (5–2) | Texas A&M (15–1) | Arizona State (13–7) | Long Beach State (12–7) | Texas A&M (22–5) | Clemson (18–9) | Cal State Fullerton (19–12) | UC Irvine (25–10) | Texas A&M (32–10) | Clemson (29–15) | Clemson (31–16) | Long Beach State (34–14) | TCU (43–12) | Clemson (38–21) | Arkansas (43–21) | San Diego (43–18) | San Diego | 18. |
| 19. | Pepperdine | Nebraska (0–0) | Nebraska (0–0) | Nebraska (3–1) | Long Beach State (8–4) | Long Beach State (8–4) | Southern Carolina (15–9) | Southern California (16–9) | East Carolina (19–6) | Oklahoma (21–9) | Coastal Carolina (28–5) | San Diego (29–13) | Clemson (26–13) | Ole Miss (30–16) | Oklahoma State (34–13) | Missouri (35–14) | Clemson (36–20) | UC Riverside (37–19) | Mississippi State (36–20) | Michigan (42–19) | Michigan | 19. |
| 20. | Arizona State | Tennessee (0–3) | Tennessee (2–4) | Pepperdine (7–3) | UC Riverside (9–4) | Southern California (13–7) | Auburn (17–2) | Oklahoma (17–6) | San Diego (21–10) | Ole Miss (21–9) | Ole Miss (24–10) | Mississippi State (23–8) | Michigan (26–8) | Oklahoma State (31–13) | Coastal Carolina (38–9) | TCU (40–11) | St. John's (39–15) | Creighton (44–14) | UCLA (33–26) | Coastal Carolina (50–13) | Coastal Carolina | 20. |
| 21. | Evansville | Evansville (0–0) | Evansville (21) | Tulane (4–2) | Oklahoma State (6–3) | Georgia Tech (8–6) | Oklahoma (13–5) | San Diego (19–9) | Ole Miss (18–8) | Tulane (22–8) | San Diego (26–12) | Coastal Carolina (30–7) | Coastal Carolina (33–8) | Coastal Carolina (36–9) | UCLA (27–19) | UC Riverside (33–17) | Oklahoma State (38–16) | Long Beach State (37–18) | Oklahoma State (41–19) | Arkansas (43–21) | Arkansas | 21. |
| 22. | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State (0–0) | Tulane (1–2) | TCU (6–1) | Coastal Carolina (9–1) | San Diego (12–8) | San Diego (15–9) | East Carolina (15–6) | Kentucky (23–2) | East Carolina (21–8) | Mississippi State (21–8) | Michigan (22–6) | Mississippi State (25–10) | UCLA (24–18) | Long Beach State (30–14) | Oregon State (36–13) | Long Beach State (35–17) | Charlotte (47–10) | Louisville (44–21) | UCLA (33–28) | UCLA | 22. |
| 23. | Winthrop | Peppedine (1–2) | Pepperdine (4–2) | Winthrop (6–1) | UCLA (7–7) | UCLA (7–7) | Ole Miss (13–5) | Ole Miss (15–7) | Long Beach State (13–9) | UC Irvine (21–7) | Oklahoma (23–11) | Tulane (27–11) | Ole Miss (27–15) | TCU (34–10) | TCU (37–11) | St. John's (36–14) | Michigan (39–14) | Rutgers (41–19) | Missouri (42–18) | Oklahoma State (42–21) | Oklahoma State | 23. |
| 24. | TCU | TCU (0–0) | TCU (2–1) | Ole Miss (4–1) | NC State (8–1) | Auburn (13–2) | Kentucky (16–0) | UC Irvine (19–5) | UC Irvine (19–5) | Kentucky (24–4) | Tulane (24–10) | Ole Miss (25–13) | Georgia Tech (26–14) | Long Beach State (27–14) | Ole Miss (32–18) | Michigan (36–13) | Pepperdine (35–20) | Pepperdine (35–20) | TCU (48–14) | Missouri (42–18) | Missouri | 24. |
| 25. | Ole Miss | Winthrop (1–2) | Winthrop (4–2) | Evansville (3–3) | Texas A&M (11–1) | Evansville (8–4) | East Carolina (11–6) | Kentucky (20–2) | South California (17–12) | Southern California (18–12) | Missouri (24–9) | NC State (26–11) | UCLA (22–16) | UC Riverside (27–16) | UC Riverside (30–17) | Pepperdine (32–19) | Creighton (39–13) | Ole Miss (37–23) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | TCU (48–14) | TCU | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 11[54] | Week 1 Feb 5[55] | Week 2 Feb 12[56] | Week 3 Feb 19[57] | Week 4 Feb 26[58] | Week 5 Mar 5[59] | Week 6 Mar 12[60] | Week 7 Mar 19[61] | Week 8 Mar 26[62] | Week 9 Apr 2[63] | Week 10 Apr 9[64] | Week 11 Apr 16[65] | Week 12 Apr 23[66] | Week 13 Apr 30[67] | Week 14 May 7[68] | Week 15 May 14[69] | Week 16 May 21[70] | Week 17 May 28[71] | Week 18 June 5[72] | Week 19 June 12[73] | Week 20 June 25[74] | ||
| Dropped: 25 Ole Miss | None | Dropped: 20 Tennessee | Dropped:
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| Dropped: 22 Oregon State | Dropped:
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