2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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DurationFebruary 22–June 25, 2008
Number of teams298
Preseason No. 1Arizona State
DurationMay 30–June 25, 2008
| 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 22–June 25, 2008 |
| Number of teams | 298 |
| Preseason No. 1 | Arizona State |
| Tournament | |
| Duration | May 30–June 25, 2008 |
| Most conference bids | SEC (9) |
| College World Series | |
| Duration | June 14–June 25, 2008 |
| Champions | Fresno State (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Georgia |
| MOP | Tommy Mendonca |
| Seasons | |
The following polls make up the 2008 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 21[1] | Week 2 Mar 3[2] | Week 3 Mar 10[3] | Week 4 Mar 17[4] | Week 5 Mar 24[5] | Week 6 Mar 31[6] | Week 7 Apr 7[7] | Week 8 Apr 14[8] | Week 9 Apr 21[9] | Week 10 Apr 28[10] | Week 11 May 5[11] | Week 12 May 12[12] | Week 13 May 19[13] | Week 14 May 26[14] | Final Jun 26[15] | ||
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| 1. | Arizona State (12) | Arizona State (7-0) | Arizona State (12-0) | Arizona State (17-0) | Arizona State (22-1) | Arizona State (25-1) | Miami (FL) (26-2) | Miami (FL) (30-3) | Miami (FL) (33-4) | Miami (FL) (36-5) | Miami (FL) (39-5) | Miami (FL) (41-6) | North Carolina (45-10) | Miami (FL) (47-8) | Fresno State (47-31) | 1. |
| 2. | North Carolina (2) | North Carolina (7-1) | Arizona (10-1) | Arizona (12-2) | Florida State (19-2) | Miami (FL) (21-2) | Florida State (28-3) | Florida State (31-3) | Florida State (34-5) | North Carolina (38-8) | North Carolina (38-8) | North Carolina (42-9) | Miami (FL) (43-8) | North Carolina (46-12) | Georgia (45-25) | 2. |
| 3. | South Carolina | Arizona (5-1) | North Carolina (10-2) | Florida State (16-1) | Miami (FL) (17-2) | Florida State (23-3) | Arizona State (28-3) | Arizona State (30-4) | North Carolina (34-7) | Florida State (35-7) | Florida State (39-7) | Florida State (43-8) | Florida State (46-9) | Florida State (48-10) | North Carolina (54-14) | 3. |
| 4. | Rice (1) | Ole Miss (8-0) | Florida State (12-0) | North Carolina (14-3) | North Carolina (18-4) | North Carolina (21-5) | North Carolina (25-6) | North Carolina (29-7) | Arizona State (31-6) | Arizona State (35-7) | Arizona State (37-8) | Arizona State (40-9) | Arizona State (44-9) | Arizona State (45-11) | Miami (FL) (53-11) | 4. |
| 5. | Arizona (10) | South Carolina (5-1) | Miami (FL) (9-1) | Miami (FL) (13-2) | Long Beach State (16-3) | UC Irvine (19-3) | Wichita State (24-4) | UC Irvine (23-6) | Rice (31-10) | Texas A&M (37-7) | Texas A&M (40-8) | Rice (39-11) | Rice (42-11) | Rice (42-13) | Stanford (41-24) | 5. |
| 6. | Vanderbilt | Miami (FL) (5-1) | South Carolina (8-2) | Long Beach State (12-3) | Missouri (18-2) | South Carolina (18-7) | Nebraska (24-4) | Wichita State (27-5) | Texas A&M (33-7) | Rice (34-11) | Rice (34-11) | Nebraska (38-9) | Oklahoma State (40-15) | Oklahoma State (42-16) | LSU (49-19) | 6. |
| 7. | Texas | Rice (6-2) | Long Beach State (9-2) | UC Irvine (14-1) | UC Irvine (16-2) | Missouri (20-5) | UC Irvine (20-5) | Rice (27-10) | Wichita State (30-7) | Nebraska (32-8) | Nebraska (36-8) | Texas A&M (42-10) | Nebraska (39-12) | LSU (43-16) | Rice (47-15) | 7. |
| 8. | Ole Miss (1) | Florida State (7-0) | Ole Miss (10-3) | Vanderbilt (12-4) | Arizona (13-5) | Vanderbilt (18-6) | California (21-7) | Texas A&M (30-6) | Nebraska (28-7) | Wichita State (33-9) | Oklahoma State (35-12) | Georgia (33-17) | Cal State Fullerton (35-17) | Cal State Fullerton (37-19) | Florida State (54-14) | 8. |
| 9. | San Diego (1) | Long Beach State (5-2) | Baylor (10-1) | Missouri (13-2) | South Carolina (15-5) | Long Beach State (17-7) | Rice (23-10) | Nebraska (25-6) | South Carolina (29-11) | Oklahoma State (32-11) | Georgia (31-15) | Oklahoma State (37-14) | Georgia (35-19) | San Diego (41-15) | Arizona State (49-13) | 9. |
| 10. | Wichita State | Texas (6-2) | UC Irvine (10-1) | Ole Miss (13-5) | Texas (16-6) | Nebraska (21-4) | Texas (21-10) | South Carolina (25-10) | Missouri (28-10) | UC Irvine (28-10) | Wichita State (36-11) | San Diego (39-15) | Texas A&M (42-14) | Nebraska (40-14) | Cal State Fullerton (41-22) | 10. |
| 11. | Oregon State (4) | Vanderbilt (5-2) | Missouri (9-2) | Kentucky (18-0) | Wichita State (14-3) | Wichita State (20-3) | Texas A&M (26-6) | Missouri (25-9) | UC Irvine (24-9) | San Diego (35-11) | San Diego (37-13) | UC Irvine (33-13) | San Diego (39-15) | Georgia (35-21) | UC Irvine (42-18) | 11. |
| 12. | Florida State | UCLA (5-1) | Vanderbilt (8-3) | South Carolina (11-5) | Rice (17-6) | California (18-5) | Missouri (22-8) | California (23-9) | Georgia (27-12) | Stanford (25-13) | Stanford (27-15) | Cal State Fullerton (32-17) | UC Irvine (36-15) | UC Irvine (38-16) | Texas A&M (46-19) | 12. |
| 13. | Missouri | Missouri (6-2) | Texas (9-4) | Baylor (13-4) | Vanderbilt (14-6) | Florida (20-6) | Kentucky (25-5) | Georgia (23-12) | Vanderbilt (28-11) | Georgia (29-14) | UC Irvine (30-12) | Vanderbilt (37-15) | LSU (39-16) | Texas A&M (43-16) | Wichita State (48-17) | 13. |
| 14. | Miami (FL) | Virginia (10-0) | Virginia (11-2) | Texas (12-5) | Kentucky (20-2) | Texas (18-8) | South Carolina (20-10) | Vanderbilt (24-10) | Oklahoma State (27-11) | South Carolina (31-14) | Vanderbilt (34-13) | Coastal Carolina (41-11) | Wichita State (41-15) | Wichita State (44-15) | Arizona (42-19) | 14. |
| 15. | Cal State Fullerton | Baylor (7-0) | Kentucky (11-0) | Rice (12-6) | Virginia (19-4) | Virginia (23-5) | Stanford (15-9) | Texas (23-12) | California (26-10) | Coastal Carolina (36-9) | South Carolina (33-15) | Wichita State (38-14) | Missouri (37-17) | Coastal Carolina (47-12) | NC State (42-22) | 15. |
| 16. | Clemson | UC Irvine (7-0) | Rice (8-5) | Wichita State (11-3) | Ole Miss (15-8) | Rice (19-9) | Long Beach State (18-11) | Stanford (17-11) | Stanford (21-12) | Missouri (29-14) | Cal State Fullerton (29-16) | Stanford (29-18) | Coastal Carolina (43-11) | Missouri (38-19) | Coastal Carolina (50-14) | 16. |
| 17. | UCLA | Clemson (5-2) | Georgia Tech (12-1) | Texas A&M (15-4) | Nebraska (17-3) | Kentucky (22-4) | Vanderbilt (19-10) | Ole Miss (24-12) | San Diego (31-11) | Vanderbilt (31-13) | Missouri (31-16) | Michigan (38-11) | Stanford (31-19) | Michigan (45-12) | San Diego (44-17) | 17. |
| 18. | Michigan | Kentucky (9-0) | UCLA (7-4) | Stanford (8-4) | Florida (17-4) | Arizona (14-9) | Ole Miss (20-11) | Oklahoma State (23-10) | Coastal Carolina (33-7) | Cal State Fullerton (26-15) | Coastal Carolina (38-11) | South Carolina (34-18) | Michigan (42-12) | Stanford (33-21) | Oklahoma State (44-18) | 18. |
| 19. | Long Beach State | Wichita State (3-3) | Arkansas (11-1) | Virginia (14-4) | California (15-4) | Texas A&M (21-6) | Georgia Tech (25-7) | Virginia (29-9) | Cal State Fullerton (23-13) | Kentucky (33-11) | Michigan (34-11) | California (32-16) | California (32-17) | Long Beach State (37-19) | Missouri (39-21) | 19. |
| 20. | Virginia | Oregon State (3-3) | Stanford (8-4) | UCLA (10-5) | Coastal Carolina (18-4) | Stanford (12-7) | Cal State Fullerton (18-10) | Coastal Carolina (28-7) | Virginia (31-11) | NC State (30-13) | NC State (32-14) | Missouri (34-17) | Kentucky (41-15) | Texas (37-20) | Long Beach State (38-21) | 20. |
| 21. | Texas A&M | San Diego (5-4) | Wichita State (7-3) | Coastal Carolina (15-2) | Stanford (9-5) | Georgia Tech (22-5) | Florida (21-10) | San Diego (27-11) | Kentucky (30-9) | California (27-13) | California (29-15) | LSU (35-16) | Vanderbilt (37-18) | California (33-19) | Texas (39-22) | 21. |
| 22. | UC Irvine | Oklahoma State (7-1) | Texas A&M (11-3) | California (13-2) | Texas A&M (17-6) | Coastal Carolina (21-6) | Coastal Carolina (24-7) | Cal State Fullerton (20-12) | Ole Miss (25-15) | Michigan (30-10) | LSU (32-16) | NC State (35-16) | NC State (37-18) | Vanderbilt (40-20) | Michigan (46-14) | 22. |
| 23. | Mississippi State | Texas A&M (7-2) | Cal State Fullerton (8-4) | Georgia Tech (13-4) | San Diego (16-7) | Cal State Fullerton (15-9) | (20-10) | Kentucky (26-8) | Michigan (28-8) | Long Beach State (26-15) | Arizona (31-15) | Arizona (34-15) | South Carolina (37-19) | NC State (38-20) | Nebraska (41-16) | 23. |
| 24. | Baylor | Michigan (4-3) | Clemson (7-4) | Nebraska (14-2) | UCLA (10-8) | Ole Miss (16-11) | Virginia (24-8) | Florida (24-12) | Arizona (25-11) | Arizona (28-13) | East Carolina (36-13) | Kentucky (38-14) | Georgia Tech (38-17) | Arizona (38-17) | Georgia Tech (41-21) | 24. |
| 25. | Louisville | Stanford (6-2) | California (9-1) | Cal State Fullerton (9-7) | Cal State Fullerton (12-8) | San Diego (19-10) | Oklahoma State (20-9) | Long Beach State (19-14) | Long Beach State (23-14) | Ole Miss (28-17) | Kentucky (34-14) | Georgia Tech (36-15) | Arizona (35-16) | TCU (43-17) | Kentucky (44-19) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 21[16] | Week 2 Mar 3[17] | Week 3 Mar 10[18] | Week 4 Mar 17[19] | Week 5 Mar 24[20] | Week 6 Mar 31[21] | Week 7 Apr 7[22] | Week 8 Apr 14[23] | Week 9 Apr 21[24] | Week 10 Apr 28[25] | Week 11 May 5[26] | Week 12 May 12[27] | Week 13 May 19[28] | Week 14 May 26[29] | Final Jun 26[30] | ||
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Baseball America
| Preseason Jan 22[31] | Week 1 Feb 25[32] | Week 2 Mar 3[33] | Week 3 Mar 10[34] | Week 4 Mar 17[35] | Week 5 Mar 24[36] | Week 6 Mar 31[37] | Week 7 Apr 7[38] | Week 8 Apr 14[39] | Week 9 Apr 21[40] | Week 10 Apr 28[41] | Week 11 May 5[42] | Week 12 May 12[43] | Week 13 May 19[44] | Week 14 May 26[45] | Week 15 June 3[46] | Week 16 June 10[47] | Final June 30[48] | ||
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| 1. | UCLA | Arizona (2–0) | Arizona (5–1) | Arizona (10–1) | Arizona State (17–0) | Arizona State (22–1) | Arizona State (25–1) | Miami (FL) (26–2) | Miami (FL) (30–3) | Miami (FL) (33–4) | Miami (FL) (36–5) | Miami (FL) (39–5) | Miami (FL) (41–6) | North Carolina (45–10) | Miami (FL) (47–8) | Miami (FL) (50–8) | Miami (FL) (52–9) | Fresno State (47–31) | 1. |
| 2. | Arizona | Ole Miss (3–0) | Ole Miss (8–0) | Arizona State (12–0) | Arizona (12–2) | Missouri (18–2) | Miami (FL) 21–2) | Arizona State (28–3) | Arizona State (30–4) | North Carolina (34–7) | North Carolina (38–8) | North Carolina (38–8) | North Carolina (42–9) | Arizona State (44–9) | Florida State (48–10) | Florida State (52–11) | Florida State (54–12) | Georgia (45–25) | 2. |
| 3. | Vanderbilt | UCLA (1–1) | UCLA (5–1) | North Carolina (10–2) | North Carolina (14–3) | North Carolina (18–4) | North Carolina (21–5) | Florida State (28–3) | Florida State (31–3) | Florida State (34–5) | Stanford (25–13) | Arizona State (37–8) | Arizona State (40–9) | Miami (FL) (43–8) | North Carolina (46–12) | North Carolina (49–12) | North Carolina (52–12) | North Carolina (54–14) | 3. |
| 4. | Ole Miss | North Carolina (3–0) | Arizona State (7–0) | Missouri (9–2) | Missouri (13–2) | Miami (FL) (17–2) | Missouri (20–5) | North Carolina (25–6) | North Carolina (29–7) | Missouri (28–10) | Arizona State (35–7) | Florida State (39–7) | Florida State (43–8) | Florida State (46–9) | Arizona State (45–11) | Arizona State (48–11) | LSU (48–17) | Miami (FL) (53–11) | 4. |
| 5. | North Carolina | Missouri (3–0) | North Carolina (7–1) | Ole Miss (10–3) | Vanderbilt (12–4) | Long Beach State (16–3) | UC Irvine (19–3) | California (21–7) | UC Irvine (23–6) | Stanford (21–12) | Florida State (35–7) | Nebraska (36–8) | Nebraska (38–9) | Rice (42–11) | LSU (43–16) | LSU (46–16) | Rice (47–13) | Stanford (41–24) | 5. |
| 6. | Missouri | Arizona State (3–0) | Missouri (6–2) | Vanderbilt (8–3) | Miami (FL) (13–2) | Arizona (13–5) | Florida State (23–3) | Nebraska (24–4) | Missouri (25–9) | Arizona State (31–6) | Nebraska (32–8) | Stanford (27–5) | Rice (39–11) | Cal State Fullerton (35–17) | Oklahoma (42–16) | Cal State Fullerton (41–20) | Stanford (39–22) | LSU (49–19) | 6. |
| 7. | Oregon State | Vanderbilt (2–1) | Vanderbilt (5–2) | Miami (FL) (9–1) | Long Beach State (12–3) | UC Irvine (16–2) | California (18–5) | UC Irvine (20–5) | Wichita State (27–5) | California (26–10) | Rice (34–11) | Rice (34–11) | Georgia (33–17) | Oklahoma State (40–15) | San Diego (41–15) | Rice (45–13) | Georgia (41–23) | Florida State (54–14) | 7. |
| 8. | Michigan | Michigan (3–0) | Miami (FL) (5–1) | South Carolina (8–2) | Ole Miss (13–5) | Florida State (19–2) | Vanderbilt (18–6) | Missouri (22–8) | California (23–9) | Nebraska (28–7) | San Diego (35–11) | San Diego (37–13) | Cal State Fullerton (32–7) | Georgia (35–19) | Cal State Fullerton (37–19) | UC Irvine (41–16) | Fresno State (42–29) | Rice (47–15) | 8. |
| 9. | Arizona State | Miami (FL) 3–0) | South Carolina (5–1) | Long Beach State (9–2) | UC Irvine (14–1) | Vanderbilt (14–6) | South Carolina (18–7) | Wichita State (24–4) | Nebraska (25–6) | Rice (31–10) | Oklahoma State (32–11) | Texas A&M (40–8) | Texas A&M (42–10) | Missouri (37–17) | Rice (42–13) | Georgia (39–22) | Arizona State (49–13) | Arizona state (49–13) | 9. |
| 10. | Miami (FL) | South Carolina (2–1) | Long Beach State (5–2) | Baylor (10–1) | Florida State (16–1) | South Carolina (15–5) | Long Beach State (17–7) | Stanford (15–9) | Stanford (17–11) | Georgia (27–12) | Texas A&M (37–7) | Oklahoma State (35–12) | Oklahoma State (35–12) | LSU (39–16) | Georgia (35–21) | Texas A&M (46–17) | Cal State Fullerton (41–22) | Cal State Fullerton (41–22) | 10. |
| 11. | San Diego | Long Beach State (2–1) | Baylor (7–0) | UCLA (7–4) | UCLA (10–5) | California (15–4) | Nebraska (21–4) | Rice (23–10) | Rice (27–10) | San Diego (31–11) | Georgia (29–14) | Georgia (31–15) | San Diego (39–15) | San Diego (39–15) | UC Irvine (38–16) | Stanford (37–22) | UC Irvine (42–18) | UC Irvine (42–18) | 11. |
| 12. | South Carolina | Oregon State (1–2) | Oregon State (3–3) | California (9–1) | California (13–2) | Rice (17–6) | Wichita State (20–3) | Texas (21–10) | San Diego (27–11) | South Carolina (29–11) | Cal State Fullerton (26–15) | Cal State Fullerton (29–16) | UC Irvine (33–13) | Nebraska (39–12) | Missouri (38–19) | Coastal Carolina (50–12) | Texas A&M (46–19) | Texas A&M (46–19) | 12. |
| 13. | Long Beach State | Baylor (3–0) | Rice (6–2) | UC Irvine (10–1) | South Carolina (11–5) | Texas (16–6) | Stanford (12–7) | San Diego (22–11) | Georgia (23–12) | Oklahoma State (27–11) | UC Irvine (28–10) | UC Irvine (30–12) | California (32–16) | Texas A&M (42–14) | Nebraska (40–14) | Wichita State (47–15) | Wichita State (48–17) | Wichita State (48–17) | 13. |
| 14. | Rice | Texas (3–0) | Virginia (10–0) | Florida State (12–0) | Baylor (13–4) | San Diego (16–7) | Virginia (23–5) | Georgia (20–10) | South Carolina (25–10) | Wichita State (30–7) | Wichita State (33–9) | Wichita State (36–11) | Stanford (29–18) | UC Irvine (36–15) | Texas A&M (43–16) | Arizona (41–17) | Arizona (42–19) | Arizona (42–19) | 14. |
| 15. | Baylor | Rice (1–2) | Michigan (4–3) | Rice (8–5) | Rice (12–6) | Ole Miss (15–8) | Rice (19–9) | South Carolina (20–10) | Cal State Fullerton (20–12) | Cal State Fullerton (23–13) | Missouri (29–14) | Missouri (31–16) | Missouri (34–17) | California (32–17) | Stanford (33–21) | NC State (41–20) | NC State (42–22) | NC State (42–22) | 15. |
| 16. | Texas | Virginia (4–0) | Texas (6–2) | Virginia (11–2) | Kentucky (18–0) | Wichita State (14–3) | Texas (18–8) | Cal State Fullerton (18–10) | Ole Miss (24–12) | UC Irvine (24–9) | California (27–13) | California (29–15) | LSU (35–16) | Stanford (31–19) | Michigan (45–12) | Oklahoma State (44–18) | Coastal Carolina (50–14) | Coastal Carolina (50–14) | 16. |
| 17. | Virginia | San Diego (1–2) | San Diego (5–4) | Kentucky (11–0) | Stanford (8–4) | Stanford (9–5) | San Diego (19–10) | Kentucky (25–5) | Vanderbilt (24–10) | Vanderbilt (28–11) | South Carolina (31–14) | South Carolina (33–15) | Michigan (38–11) | Michigan (42–12) | Coastal Carolina (47–12) | Fresno State (40–28) | Oklahoma State (44–18) | Oklahoma State (44–18) | 17. |
| 18. | Fresno State | Tulane (3–0) | California (5–1) | Stanford (8–4) | Texas (12–5) | Kentucky (20–2) | Arizona (14–9) | Ole Miss (20–11) | Oklahoma State (23–10) | Texas A&M (33–7) | Kentucky (33–11) | Vanderbilt (34–13) | St. John's (39–11) | St. John's (41–12) | TCU (44–17) | San Diego (44–17) | San Diego (44–17) | San Diego (44–17) | 18. |
| 19. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Clemson (3–0) | UC Irvine (7–0) | Texas (9–4) | San Diego (12–7) | Nebraska (17–3) | Florida (20–6) | Vanderbilt (19–10) | Texas A&M (30–6) | Michigan (28–8) | NC State (30–13) | NC State (32–14) | Vanderbilt (37–15) | Kentucky (41–15) | Texas (37–20) | Missouri (39–21) | Missouri (39–21) | Missouri (39–21) | 19. |
| 20. | Wichita State | Wichita State (1–0) | Florida State (7–0) | Cal State Fullerton (8–4) | Wichita State (11–3) | Baylor (13–7) | UNC Wilmington (21–4) | Long Beach State (18–11) | Texas (23–120 | Coastal Carolina (33–7) | Coastal Carolina (36–9) | Michigan (34–11) | NC State (35–16) | NC State (37–18) | California (33–19) | Nebraska (41–16) | Nebraska (41–16) | Nebraska (41–16) | 20. |
| 21. | Texas A&M | Oklahoma State (4–0) | Oklahoma State (7–1) | San Diego (7–7) | Coastal Carolina (15–2) | Virginia (19–4) | Kentucky (22–4) | Oklahoma State (20–9) | Michigan (22–8) | Ole Miss (25–15) | Michigan (30–10) | St. John's (35–10) | Kentucky (38–14) | TCU (40–16) | Wichita State (44–15) | Texas (39–22) | Texas (39–22) | Texas (39–22) | 21. |
| 22. | Tulane | San Diego State (2–1) | Tulane (6–2) | Oregon State (5–5) | Nebraska (14–2) | Coastal Carolina (18–4) | Michigan (14–6) | UNC Wilmington (23–5) | Coastal Carolina (28–7) | Kentucky (30–9) | Vanderbilt (31–13) | LSU (32–16) | Wichita State (38–14) | Coastal Carolina (43–11) | Long Beach State (37–19) | Michigan (46–14) | Michigan (46–14) | Michigan (46–14) | 22. |
| 23. | Clemson | Cal State Fullerton (2–1) | Clemson (5–2) | Oklahoma State (9–3) | East Carolina (13–4) | UCLA (10–8) | UCLA (12–10) | Michigan (17–8) | Pepperdine (23–11) | Arizona (25–11) | Oregon State (20–14) | Kentucky (34–13) | Coastal Carolina (41–11) | Wichita State (41–15) | Arizona (38–17) | TCU (45–19) | TCU (45–19) | TCU (45–19) | 23. |
| 24. | East Carolina | Fresno State (2–2) | Kentucky (9–0) | Wichita State (7–3) | Virginia (14–4) | Florida (17–4) | Coastal Carolina (21–6) | Coastal Carolina (24–7) | East Carolina (26–9) | NC State (27–12) | St. John's (31–10) | Coastal Carolina (38–11) | TCU (35–16) | Texas (34–19) | Kentucky (42–17) | Kentucky (44–19) | Kentucky (44–19) | Kentucky (44–19) | 24. |
| 25. | Old Dominion | Louisiana–Lafayette (2–2) | Wichita State (3–3) | Michigan (5–5) | Michigan (8–6) | Michigan (9–6) | Cal State Fullerton (15–9) | Florida (21–10) | Kentucky (26–8) | Long Beach State (23–14) | Long Beach State (26–15) | TCU (33–16) | Tulane (36–15) | Long Beach State (34–18) | NC State (38–20) | Long Beach State (38–21) | Long Beach State (38–21) | Long Beach State (38–21) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 22[49] | Week 1 Feb 25[50] | Week 2 Mar 3[51] | Week 3 Mar 10[52] | Week 4 Mar 17[53] | Week 5 Mar 24[54] | Week 6 Mar 31[55] | Week 7 Apr 7[56] | Week 8 Apr 14[57] | Week 9 Apr 21[58] | Week 10 Apr 28[59] | Week 11 May 5[60] | Week 12 May 12[61] | Week 13 May 19[62] | Week 14 May 26[63] | Week 15 June 3[64] | Week 16 June 10[65] | Final June 30[66] | ||
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