2009 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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| 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 20–June 24, 2009 |
| Number of teams | 302 |
| Preseason No. 1 | LSU |
| Tournament | |
| Duration | May 29–June 24, 2009 |
| Most conference bids | ACC (7) |
| College World Series | |
| Duration | June 13–June 24, 2009 |
| Champions | LSU Tigers (6th title) |
| Runners-up | Texas Longhorns |
| MOP | Jared Mitchell |
| Seasons | |
The following polls make up the 2009 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 20[1] | Week 2 Mar 2[2] | Week 3 Mar 9[3] | Week 4 Mar 16[4] | Week 5 Mar 23[5] | Week 6 Mar 30[6] | Week 7 Apr 6[7] | Week 8 Apr 13[8] | Week 9 Apr 20[9] | Week 10 Apr 27[10] | Week 11 May 4[11] | Week 12 May 11[12] | Week 13 May 18[13] | Week 14 May 25[14] | Final Jun 25[15] | ||
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| 1. | LSU 14 | LSU (7-0) | North Carolina (10-2) | North Carolina (14-2) | Georgia (19-2) | Georgia (22-3) | Arizona State (23-5) | Georgia (29-6) | Georgia (31-8) | North Carolina (35-11) | North Carolina (35-11) | UC Irvine (37-11) | UC Irvine (40-12) | UC Irvine (43-13) | LSU (56-17) | 1. |
| 2. | North Carolina 12 | North Carolina (7-1) | Georgia (12-0) | Texas (14-2) | Arizona State (17-3) | Cal State Fullerton (18-4) | North Carolina (24-7) | Arizona State (25-8) | Arizona State (28-8) | Arizona State (31-9) | UC Irvine (34-11) | Arizona State (38-11) | Arizona State (41-11) | LSU (46-16) | Texas (50-16) | 2. |
| 3. | Rice 1 | Georgia (8-0) | Texas (12-1) | Georgia (15-2) | Cal State Fullerton (16-3) | Arizona State (19-4) | Georgia (25-5) | LSU (26-9) | North Carolina (31-10) | UC Irvine (30-11) | Rice (31-11) | LSU (38-14) | LSU (41-15) | Arizona State (44-12) | Arizona State (51-14) | 3. |
| 4. | Georgia | Texas (9-0) | LSU (10-2) | Arizona State (14-2) | Miami (FL) (18-4) | Georgia Tech (18-4) | LSU (23-8) | Rice (25-8) | Texas (29-8) | Rice (28-10) | LSU (36-13) | North Carolina (38-13) | North Carolina (41-14) | Texas (41-13) | North Carolina (48-18) | 4. |
| 5. | Texas A&M 2 | Arizona State (8-1) | Arizona State (11-1) | LSU (13-4) | LSU (17-5) | LSU (21-6) | Miami (FL) (23-8) | North Carolina (27-9) | Rice (27-10) | LSU (33-12) | Arizona State (33-11) | Rice (33-13) | Texas (38-12) | Cal State Fullerton (42-14) | Virginia (49-15) | 5. |
| 6. | Stanford 1 | Texas A&M (7-2) | Miami (FL) (10-2) | Cal State Fullerton (13-3) | North Carolina (17-4) | North Carolina (20-6) | Cal State Fullerton (20-7) | Cal State Fullerton (22-9) | UC Irvine (26-10) | Georgia (33-11) | Cal State Fullerton (32-12) | Texas (36-12) | Cal State Fullerton (38-14) | North Carolina (42-16) | Arkansas (41-24) | 6. |
| 7. | Arizona State | Rice (5-2) | Cal State Fullerton (9-2) | Miami (FL) (14-3) | Georgia Tech (16-2) | Miami (FL) (20-7) | Rice (21-7) | Miami (FL) (25-10) т | Georgia Tech (26-8) | Cal State Fullerton (29-11) | Texas (33-11) | Cal State Fullerton (36-13) | Florida State (40-14) | Rice (39-15) | Cal State Fullerton (47-16) | 7. |
| 8. | Cal State Fullerton | Miami (FL) (6-1) | Texas A&M (11-3) | Texas A&M (13-4) | Texas (14-6) | Arkansas (19-5) | Georgia Tech (19-6) | UC Irvine (22-9) | LSU (28-12) | Arkansas (29-12) | Georgia Tech (31-11) | Georgia Tech (33-12) | Mississippi (40-15) | Florida State (42-16) | Southern Miss (40-26) | 8. |
| 9. | Florida State т | Florida State (6-1) | Georgia Tech (9-1) | Georgia Tech (12-1) | Rice (14-6) | Rice (17-7) | Arkansas (22-6) | Oklahoma (28-8) | Arkansas (26-11) | Texas (29-11) | Mississippi (36-13) | Florida State (36-14) | Rice (35-15) | Virginia (43-12) | Rice (43-18) | 9. |
| 10. | Texas т | Cal State Fullerton (5-2) | Rice (8-4) | Coastal Carolina (15-1) | Arkansas (16-4) | Oklahoma (22-6) | UC Irvine (19-8) | Texas (24-8) | Cal State Fullerton (24-11) | Georgia Tech (28-11) | Florida State (33-12) | Virginia (37-10) | Florida (38-18) | Oklahoma (41-18) | Florida State (46-18) | 10. |
| 11. | Mississippi | Georgia Tech (6-1) | Baylor (10-2) | Oklahoma State (13-4) | Oklahoma (20-5) | Texas A&M (18-9) | Oklahoma (25-7) | Georgia Tech (21-8) | Miami (FL) (26-13) | Oklahoma (33-11) | Arkansas (31-14) | Mississippi (37-15) | Oklahoma (40-16) | Mississippi (40-17) | Mississippi (44-20) | 11. |
| 12. | Georgia Tech | UC Irvine (5-2) | Oklahoma State (9-2) | Rice (10-5) | Baylor (14-5) | Baylor (17-6) | Texas (20-8) | Arkansas (24-8) | Baylor (25-12) | Florida State (30-12) | Florida (34-14) | Florida (35-17) | Georgia Tech (34-15) | Florida (39-20) | Texas Christian (40-18) | 12. |
| 13. | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State (6-1) | Coastal Carolina (12-1) | UC Irvine (10-5) | UC Irvine (12-6) | UC Irvine (16-7) | Baylor (20-8) | Baylor (23-10) | Oklahoma (29-11) | Mississippi (32-12) | Georgia (33-15) | Oklahoma (37-16) | Clemson (39-17) | Georgia Tech (35-17) | Florida (42-22) | 13. |
| 14. | Miami (FL) | Baylor (6-2) | UC Irvine (7-4) | Virginia (15-0) | Texas A&M (14-9) | Texas (17-7) | Virginia (26-5) | Virginia (28-7) | Virginia (30-8) | Miami (FL) (29-14) | Virginia (35-9) | Clemson (34-17) | Texas Christian (35-14) | Clemson (40-19) | Clemson (44-22) | 14. |
| 15. | San Diego | Coastal Carolina (6-1) | Texas Christian (9-2) | Arkansas (12-3) | Coastal Carolina (18-4) | Oklahoma State (19-7) | Texas A&M (20-11) | Coastal Carolina (29-7) | Mississippi (28-11) | Virginia (34-9) | Miami (FL) (31-16) | Georgia (34-17) | Virginia (39-12) | Texas Christian (36-16) | East Carolina (46-20) | 15. |
| 16. | Louisville | San Diego (6-3) | Oklahoma (12-3) | Oklahoma (17-4) | Mississippi (15-5) | Virginia (22-4) | East Carolina (25-5) | Mississippi (25-10) | Florida State (25-12) | Texas A&M (28-15) | Texas A&M (31-16) | Texas A&M (33-18) | East Carolina (41-15) | Coastal Carolina (46-14) | UC Irvine (45-15) | 16. |
| 17. | Baylor | Stanford (2-5) | Pepperdine (9-3) | Baylor (10-4) | Oklahoma State (15-7) | Clemson (18-7) | Mississippi (22-8) | East Carolina (26-9) | Texas A&M (25-14) | Clemson (30-15) | Oklahoma (34-14) | Arkansas (31-17) | Miami (FL) (35-18) | East Carolina (42-17) | Louisville (47-18) | 17. |
| 18. | UC Irvine | Texas Christian (5-1) | Florida State (7-5) | Texas Christian (10-4) | Virginia (19-2) | East Carolina (20-5) | Oklahoma State (21-10) | Clemson (23-12) | Cal Poly (27-9) | Cal Poly (29-10) | Kansas State (35-11) | Kansas State (38-13) | Alabama (37-17) | Louisville (44-15) | Georgia Tech (38-19) | 18. |
| 19. | Fresno State 1 | Pepperdine (5-2) | Florida (9-4) | Clemson (11-4) | Texas Christian (13-6) | Coastal Carolina (19-7) | Coastal Carolina (24-7) | Oregon State (20-7) | Coastal Carolina (30-9) | Florida (31-14) | Clemson (32-16) | Alabama (35-15) | Coastal Carolina (42-13) | Miami (FL) (36-20) | Oklahoma (43-20) | 19. |
| 20. | Missouri | Florida (5-3) | Arkansas (9-2) | Mississippi (11-4) | Clemson (14-6) | Mississippi (16-8) | Clemson (20-10) | Florida State (21-11) | Clemson (26-14) т | Texas Christian (27-12) | Cal Poly (32-12) | Texas Christian (31-14) | Kansas State (39-15) | Kansas State (41-16) | Miami (FL) (38-22) | 20. |
| 21. | Pepperdine | Clemson (4-1) | Mississippi (7-3) | Pepperdine (11-5) | Pepperdine (16-6) | Florida (18-8) | San Diego (22-11) | Cal Poly (24-8) | Oregon State (23-9) т | Kansas State (31-11) | Texas Christian (29-13) | East Carolina (37-15) | Georgia (35-20) | Alabama (37-19) | South Carolina (40-23) | 21. |
| 22. | UCLA | Mississippi (3-3) т | Cal Poly (8-2) | UC Riverside (14-3) | Cal Poly (14-4) | Ohio State (20-4) | Oregon State (18-6) | Texas Christian (22-10) | Texas Christian (23-11) | East Carolina (32-13) | East Carolina (35-14) | Miami (FL) (32-18) | Texas A&M (34-21) | Georgia (37-22) | Kansas State (43-18) | 22. |
| 23. | Florida | Oklahoma (7-3) т | Virginia (12-0) | Cal Poly (11-4) | East Carolina (16-4) | Florida State (16-8) | Texas Christian (19-9) | Texas A&M (21-14) | Florida (26-14) | Oregon State (24-11) | Oregon State (27-12) | Coastal Carolina (39-13) | Arkansas (32-20) | Arkansas (34-22) | Coastal Carolina (47-16) | 23. |
| 24. | Coastal Carolina | East Carolina (5-1) | Clemson (6-4) | Florida State (9-6) | UC Riverside (14-4) | New Mexico (24-4) | Cal Poly (21-7) | San Diego (23-13) | East Carolina (28-12) | Baylor (25-17) | Coastal Carolina (36-13) | Cal Poly (33-15) | Cal Poly (35-17) | Missouri (34-25) | Georgia (38-24) | 24. |
| 25. | Clemson | Cal Poly (6-1) | South Carolina (8-1) | Florida (9-7) | Ohio State (17-2) | San Diego (19-10) | Florida State (18-10) | Florida (23-12) | Ohio State (29-8) | Coastal Carolina (32-12) | Alabama (32-15) | Oregon State (29-14) | Missouri (32-23) | Texas A&M (36-22) | Vanderbilt (37-27) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 20[16] | Week 2 Mar 2[17] | Week 3 Mar 9[18] | Week 4 Mar 16[19] | Week 5 Mar 23[20] | Week 6 Mar 30[21] | Week 7 Apr 6[22] | Week 8 Apr 13[23] | Week 9 Apr 20[24] | Week 10 Apr 27[25] | Week 11 May 4[26] | Week 12 May 11[27] | Week 13 May 18[28] | Week 14 May 25[29] | Final Jun 25[30] | ||
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Baseball America
| Preseason Jan 15[31] | Week 1 Feb 23[32] | Week 2 Mar 2[33] | Week 3 Mar 9[34] | Week 4 Mar 16[35] | Week 5 Mar 23[36] | Week 6 Mar 30[37] | Week 7 Apr 6[38] | Week 8 Apr 13[39] | Week 9 Apr 20[40] | Week 10 Apr 27[41] | Week 11 May 4[42] | Week 12 May 11[43] | Week 13 May 18[44] | Week 14 May 25[45] | Week 15 June 2[46] | Week 16 June 9[47] | Week 17 June 26[48] | ||
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| 1. | Texas A&M | Texas A&M (4–0) | LSU (7–0) | Texas (12–1) | Texas (14–2) | Cal State Fullerton (16–3) | Cal State Fullerton (18–4) | Arizona State (23–5) | LSU (26–9) | UC Irvine (26–10) | UC Irvine (30–11) | UC Irvine (34–11) | UC Irvine (37–11) | UC Irvine (40–12) | UC Irvine (43–13) | LSU (49–16) | LSU (51–16) | LSU (56–17) | 1. |
| 2. | LSU | LSU (3–0) | Texas (9–0) | North Carolina (10–2) | North Carolina (14–2) | LSU (17–5) | LSU (21–6) | LSU (23–8) | Rice (25–8) | Rice (27–10) | Rice (28–10) | Rice (31–11) | LSU (38–13) | LSU (41–15) | LSU (46–16) | Arizona State (47–12) | Arizona State (49–12) | Texas (50–16) | 2. |
| 3. | North Carolina | North Carolina (3–0) | North Carolina (7–1) | Texas A&M (11–3) | Texas A&M (13–4) | Arizona State (17–3) | Arizona State (19–4) | Rice (21–7) | UC Irvine (22–9) | Arizona State (28–8) | Arizona State (31–9) | LSU (36–12) | Arizona State (38–11) | Arizona State (41–11) | Arizona State (44–12) | Cal State Fullerton (45–14) | Cal State Fullerton (47–14) | Arizona State (51–14) | 3. |
| 4. | Texas | Texas (4–0) | Texas A&M (7–2) | LSU (10–2) | Cal State Fullerton (13–3) | Rice (14–6) | Rice (17–7) | North Carolina (24–7) | Arizona State (25–8) | North Carolina (31–10) | North Carolina (35–11) | North Carolina (35–11) | Rice (33–11) | Cal State Fullerton (38–14) | Cal State Fullerton (42–14) | Texas (44–13) | Texas (46–14) | Cal State Fullerton (47–16) | 4. |
| 5. | Cal State Fullerton | UC Irvine (3–1) | UC Irvine (5–2) | Baylor (10–2) | LSU (13–4) | North Carolina (17–4) | North Carolina (20–6) | UC Irvine (19–8) | North Carolina (27–9) | Texas (29–8) | LSU (33–11) | Arizona State (33–11) | Cal State Fullerton (36–13) | Texas (38–12) | Texas (41–13) | Virginia (46–12) | Virginia (48–130 | Virginia (49–15) | 5. |
| 6. | Ole Miss | Baylor (2–1) | Baylor (6–2) | Cal State Fullerton (9–2) | Arizona State (14–3) | Georgia (19–2) | Georgia (22–3) | Cal State Fullerton (20–7) | Cal State Fullerton (22–9) | LSU (28–11) | Cal State Fullerton (29–11) | Cal State Fullerton (32–12) | Texas (35–12) | North Carolina (41–14) | Rice (39–15) | Rice (43–16) | North Carolina (47–16) | North Carolina (48–18) | 6. |
| 7. | Rice | Cal State Fullerton (1–2) | Cal State Fullerton (5–2) | Arizona State (11–1) | Rice (10–5) | Miami (FL) (18–4) | Baylor (17–6) | Baylor (20–8) | Baylor (23–10) | Georgia Tech (26–8) | Ole Miss (32–12) | Ole Miss (36–13) | Georgia Tech (33–12) | Ole Miss (40–15) | Virginia (43–12) | North Carolina (45–16) | Rice (43–18) | Arkansas (41–24) | 7. |
| 8. | Baylor | Arizona State (4–0) | Arizona State (8–1) | Georgia (12–0) | Georgia (15–2) | Baylor (14–5) | UC Irvine (16–7) | Georgia (25–5) | Georgia (29–6) | Georgia (31–8) | Texas (29–11) | Texas (33–11) | North Carolina (38–13) | Oklahoma (40–16) | North Carolina (42–16) | Florida State (45–16) | Arkansas (39–22) | Rice (43–18) | 8. |
| 9. | UC Irvine | UCLA (2–1) | Rice (5–2) | Rice (8–4) | Baylor (10–4) | Texas (14–6) | Texas (17–7) | Texas (20–8) | Texas (24–8) | Baylor (25–12) | Oklahoma (33–11) | Georgia Tech (31–11) | Ole Miss (37–15) | Florida (38–18) | Oklahoma (41–18) | UC Irvine (45–15) | Florida State (45–18) | Florida State (45–18) | 9. |
| 10. | Missouri | Rice (1–2) | Georgia (8–0) | UC Irvine (7–4) | UC Irvine (10–5) | UC Irvine (12–6) | Georgia Tech (18–4) | Miami (FL) (23–8) | Oklahoma (28–8) | Cal State Fullerton (24–11) | Georgia Tech (28–11) | Kansas State (35–11) | Virginia (37–10) | TCU (35–14) | Florida State (42–16) | Florida (42–20) | UC Irvine (45–15) | UC Irvine (45–15) | 10. |
| 11. | San Diego | San Diego (2–1) | San Diego (6–3) | Pepperdine (9–3) | Miami (FL) (14–3) | Ole Miss (15–5) | Miami (FL) (20–7) | Oklahoma (25–7) | Arkansas (24–8) | Ole Miss (28–11) | Georgia (33–11) | Florida (34–14) | Kansas State (38–13) | Rice (35–15) | Florida (39–20) | Ole Miss (43–18) | Southern Miss (40–24) | Southern Miss (40–24) | 11. |
| 12. | UCLA | Georgia (3–0) | Pepperdine (5–2) | TCU (9–2) | Ole Miss (11–4) | Oklahoma (20–5) | Oklahoma (22–6) | Arkansas (22–6) | Georgia Tech (21–8) | Arkansas (26–11) | Arkansas (29–12) | Cal Poly (32–12) | Alabama (35–15) | Florida State (40–15) | Ole Miss (40–17) | TCU (39–16) | Florida (42–22) | Florida (42–22) | 12. |
| 13. | Arizona State | Ole Miss (1–2) | TCU (5–1) | Miami (FL) (10–2) | Oklahoma (17–4) | Georgia Tech (16–2) | Arkansas (19–5) | Georgia Tech (19–6) | Miami (FL) (25–10) | Oklahoma (29–11) | Cal Poly (29–10) | Virginia (35–9) | Florida (35–17) | Clemson (39–17) | TCU (36–16) | Louisville (47–16) | Ole Miss (44–20) | Ole Miss (44–20) | 13. |
| 14. | Georgia | Stanford (2–1) | Ole Miss (3–3) | Ole Miss (7–3) | Georgia Tech (12–1) | Arkansas (16–4) | Texas A&M (18–9) | Ole Miss (22–8) | Oregon State (20–7) | Cal Poly (27–9) | Virginia (34–9) | Texas A&M (31–16) | TCU (31–14) | Georgia Tech (34–15) | Kansas State (41–16) | Clemson (44–20) | TCU (40–18) | TCU (40–18) | 14. |
| 15. | Stanford | Missouri (1–3) | Miami (FL) (6–1) | Oklahoma (12–3) | Coastal Carolina (15–1) | Texas A&M (14–9) | Ole Miss (16–8) | East Carolina (25–5) | San Diego State (25–12) | Virginia (30–8) | TCU (27–12) | TCU (29–13) | Oklahoma (37–16) | East Carolina (41–15) | Louisville (44–15) | East Carolina (46–18) | Louisville (47–18) | Louisville (47–18) | 15. |
| 16. | Oklahoma | Oklahoma (4–0) | Oklahoma (7–3) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | Arkansas (12–3) | TCU (13–6) | East Carolina (20–5) | Oregon State (18–6) | TCU (22–10) | Tcu 923–11) | Kansas State (31–11) | Florida State (33–12) | Texas A&M (33–18) | Virginia (39–12) | Clemson (40–19) | Arkansas (37–22) | Clemson (44–22) | Clemson (44–22) | 16. |
| 17. | Pepperdine | Pepperdine (2–1) | Kent State (5–0) | Coastal Carolina (12–1) | Pepperdine (11–5) | Pepperdine (16–6) | Oklahoma State (19–7) | Texas A&M (20–11) | Ole Miss (25–10) | Oregon State (23–9) | Baylor (25–17) | Arkansas (31–14) | Florida State (36–14) | Kansas State (39–15) | Georgia Tech (35–17) | Oklahoma (43–20) | East Carolina (46–20) | East Carolina (46–20) | 17. |
| 18. | Kent State | Kent State (3–0) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | Arkansas (9–2) | TCU (10–4) | Coastal Carolina (18–4) | New Mexico (24–4) | San Diego State (22–11) | Cal Poly (24–8) | Miami (FL) (26–13) | Miami (FL) (29–14) | Oklahoma (34–14) | Cal Poly (33–15) | Alabama (37–17) | East Carolina (42–17) | Kansas State (43–18) | Oklahoma (43–20) | Oklahoma (43–20) | 18. |
| 19. | Clemson | Clemson (3–0) | Clemson (4–1) | Oklahoma State (9–2) | Oklahoma State (13–4) | Cal Poly (14–4) | Oregon State (15–6) | TCU (19–9) | Virginia (28–7) | San Diego State (26–15) | Florida State (30–12) | Miami (FL) (31–16) | Clemson (34–17) | Cal Poly (35–17) | Gonzaga (35–16) | Southern Miss (38–24) | Kansas State (43–18) | Kansas State (43–18) | 19. |
| 20. | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech (3–0) | Coastal Carolina (6–1) | San Diego (8–6) | Clemson (11–4) | UC Santa Barbara (12–4) | Florida (18–8) | Oklahoma State (21–10) | Coastal Carolina (29–7) | Hawaii (24–13) | Texas A&M (28–15) | Clemson (32–16) | East Carolina (37–15) | Louisville (40–14) | Alabama (37–19) | Georgia Tech (38–19) | Georgia Tech (38–19) | Georgia Tech (38–19) | 20. |
| 21. | Alabama | Arkansas (3–0) | Arkansas (5–1) | Kent State (7–2) | Cal Poly (11–4) | New Mexico (22–3) | San Diego State (18–9) | Cal Poly (21–7) | Kansas State (26–9) | Florida State (25–12) | Clemson (30–15) | Alabama (32–15) | Minnesota (33–14) | Minnesota (35–15) | Minnesota (38–17) | Minnesota (40–19) | Minnesota (40–19) | Minnesota (40–19) | 21. |
| 22. | Arkansas | Florida State (4–0) | Florida State (6–1) | Clemson (6–4) | UC Santa Barbara (12–4) | East Carolina (16–4) | TCU (15–9) | Virginia (26–5) | Gonzaga (23–10) | Alabama (27–13) | Alabama (29–15) | Georgia (33–15) | Elon (36–14) | Elon (37–14) | Elon (40–16) | Gonzaga (36–18) | Gonzaga (36–18) | Gonzaga (36–18) | 22. |
| 23. | Louisville | TCU (2–1) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | Oregon State (7–3) | Virginia (15–0) | Oklahoma State (15–7) | Cal Poly (17–7) | Hawaii (19–10) | East Carolina (26–9) | Kansas State (28–11) | Kent State (32–9) | Kansas (33–16) | Louisville (36–14) | Miami (FL) (35–18) | Missouri (34–24) | Western Kentucky (42–20) | Western Kentucky (42–20) | Western Kentucky (42–20) | 23. |
| 24. | Florida State | Florida (3–0) | Oregon State (4–2) | Cal Poly (8–2) | Alabama (11–5) | Virginia (19–2) | Virginia (22–4) | Coastal Carolina (24–7) | Kansas (23–12) | Texas A&M (25–14) | Florida (31–14) | East Carolina (35–14) | Miami (FL) (32–18) | Missouri (32–23) | Coastal Carolina (46–14) | Elon (41–18) | Elon (41–18) | Elon (41–18) | 24. |
| 25. | Oregon State | Oklahoma State (4–0) | Cal Poly (6–1) | UC Santa Barbara (9–2) | Minnesota (10–3) | Minnesota (13–6) | Minnesota (14–7) | San Diego (22–11) | Minnesota (20–10) | Kent State (28–8) | East Carolina (32–13) | Oregon State (27–12) | Missouri (30–23) | South Carolina (37–19) | Middle Tennessee (43–16) | South Carolina (40–23) | South Carolina (40–23) | South Carolina (40–23) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 15[49] | Week 1 Feb 23[50] | Week 2 Mar 2[51] | Week 3 Mar 9[52] | Week 4 Mar 16[53] | Week 5 Mar 23[54] | Week 6 Mar 30[55] | Week 7 Apr 6[56] | Week 8 Apr 13[57] | Week 9 Apr 20[58] | Week 10 Apr 27[59] | Week 11 May 4[60] | Week 12 May 11[61] | Week 13 May 18[62] | Week 14 May 25[63] | Week 15 June 2[64] | Week 16 June 9[65] | Week 17 June 26[66] | ||
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