2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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DurationFebruary 13, 2016 – June 30, 2016
Number of teams301
Preseason No. 1Florida (Unanimous)
DurationJune 3 – 30, 2016
| 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 13, 2016 – June 30, 2016 |
| Number of teams | 301 |
| Preseason No. 1 | Florida (Unanimous) |
| Tournament | |
| Duration | June 3 – 30, 2016 |
| Most conference bids | ACC (10) |
| College World Series | |
| Champions | Coastal Carolina (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Arizona |
| MOP | Andrew Beckwith, Coastal Carolina |
| Seasons | |
The following human polls make up the 2016 NCAA Division I men's baseball rankings. The USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of 31 Division I baseball coaches. The Baseball America poll is voted on by staff members of the Baseball America magazine. These polls, along with the Perfect Game USA poll, rank the top 25 teams nationally. Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association rank the top 30 teams nationally.
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| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
| Preseason Jan 28[1] | Week 3 Mar 7[2] | Week 4 Mar 14[3] | Week 5 Mar 21[4] | Week 6 Mar 28[5] | Week 7 Apr 4[6] | Week 8 Apr 11[7] | Week 9 Apr 18[8] | Week 10 Apr 25[9] | Week 11 May 2[10] | Week 12 May 9[11] | Week 13 May 16[12] | Week 14 May 23[13] | Week 15 May 30[14] | Week 18 July 1[15] | ||
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| 1. | Florida 21 | Florida 30 (12–1) | Florida 30 (17–1) | Florida 30 (21–1) | Texas A&M 18 (21–3) | Florida 28 (27–3) | Miami (FL) 26 (25–4) | Miami (FL) 16 (29–5) | Florida 29 (36–6) | Florida 26 (37-7) | Florida 26 (40–8) | Florida 28 (43-9) | Florida 8 (44-11) | Texas A&M 26 (45–14) | Coastal Carolina 23 (55–18) | 1. |
| 2. | Louisville 2 | Vanderbilt (10–1) | Vanderbilt 1 (15–1) | Texas A&M (18–2) | Miami (FL) 4 (20–4) | Miami (FL) 2 (23–4) | Florida 5 (29–5) | Florida 15 (33–5) | Texas A&M 2 (32–8) | Texas A&M 4 (35-9) | Texas A&M 3 (37–10) | Texas A&M 2 (39-11) | Texas A&M 7 (41-13) | Florida 3 (47–13) | Arizona (49–24) | 2. |
| 3. | Vanderbilt 3 | Texas A&M (11–1) | Texas A&M (15–1) | Oregon State (15–2) | Florida 8 (23–3) | Vanderbilt 1 (23–5) | Texas A&M (25–7) | Texas A&M (29–7) | Miami (FL) (30–8) | Miami (FL) (33-8) | Miami (FL) (35–9) | Miami (FL) (40-9) | Mississippi State 6 (40-14-1) | Miami (FL) 1 (45–11) | TCU (49–18) | 3. |
| 4. | Texas A&M 1 | Oregon State (10–1) | Louisville (13–2) | Vanderbilt (17–3) | Vanderbilt 1 (20–4) | Louisville (22–5) | Vanderbilt (25–7) | Louisville (29–7) | Mississippi State (27–13–1) | Mississippi State (30-14-1) | Mississippi State (33–14–1) | Mississippi State (37-14-1) | Miami (FL) 5 (43-10) | Mississippi State (41–16–1) | Oklahoma State (43–22) | 4. |
| 5. | LSU 1 | Louisville (9–2) | Oregon State (12–2) | Miami (FL) (16–4) | Louisville (19–5) | Texas A&M (22–6) | South Carolina (28–5) | Vanderbilt (28–8) | South Carolina (33–8) | Vanderbilt (34-10) | Louisville (38–10) | Louisville (42-10) | Louisville 4 (46-10) | Louisville (47–12) | Florida (52–16) | 5. |
| 6. | Miami (FL) | Miami (FL) (9–2) | Miami (FL) (13–3) | TCU (16–3) | South Carolina (23–2) | TCU (22–5) | Florida State (22–8) | TCU (27–8) | Florida State (28–11) | Louisville (35-9) | Florida State (32–13) | Ole Miss (39-13) | Vanderbilt (41-15) | LSU (42–18) | Texas Tech (47–20) | 6. |
| 7. | Virginia 3 | North Carolina (9–1) | TCU (12–3) | North Carolina (17–2) | Oregon State (16–5) | South Carolina (24–5) | Louisville (24–7) | LSU (25–11) | Vanderbilt (30–10) | South Carolina (34-9) | Vanderbilt (36–12) | Texas Tech (38-13) | LSU (39-17) | Ole Miss (43–17) | UC Santa Barbara (43–21) | 7. |
| 8. | Oregon State | LSU (9–2) | LSU (12–3) | Louisville (16–4) | Florida State (18–5) | Florida State (19–6) | Mississippi State (23–9–1) | South Carolina (29–8) | Louisville (31–9) | Florida State (29-12) | South Carolina (36–11) | LSU (36-16) | Texas Tech (40-14) | Vanderbilt (43–17) | Miami (FL) (50–15) | 8. |
| 9. | UCLA | TCU (9–2) | North Carolina (12–2) | Ole Miss (19–2) | TCU (18–5) | Oregon State (19–7) | TCU (24–7) | NC State (26–10) | NC State (28–11) | NC State (31-12) | Texas Tech (37–13) | Vanderbilt (37-15) | South Carolina (42-13) | TCU (42–15) | Texas A&M (49–16) | 9. |
| 10. | Oklahoma State | Oregon (8–2) | Ole Miss (15–1) | South Carolina (20–2) | North Carolina (19–4) | Mississippi State (20–8–1) | Oregon State (22–7) | Florida State (23–11) | TCU (28–10) | Ole Miss (33-12) т | TCU (33–12) | South Carolina (38-13) | Ole Miss (40-16) | Clemson (42–18) | Louisville (50–14) | 10. |
| 11. | TCU | NC State (10–2) | Florida State (13–3) | Florida State (15–5) | Ole Miss (20–5) | California (18–6) | Ole Miss (25–70 | Mississippi State (24–12–1) | Oregon State (26–10) | Texas Tech (34-13) т | Ole Miss (36–13) | TCU (34-14) | TCU (38-14) т | Texas Tech (41–16) | Mississippi State (44–18–1) | 11. |
| 12. | California | California (9–3) | South Carolina (15–2) | Virginia (15–6) | Mississippi State (17–7–1) | North Carolina (20–7) | LSU (21–10) | Oregon State (23–9) | Ole Miss (31–10) | TCU (30-12) | NC State (32–14) | Florida State (33-17) | Virginia (36-18) т | Florida State (37–20) | LSU (45–21) | 12. |
| 13. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Ole Miss (10–1) | Arkansas (13–3) | LSU (14–5) | California (14–6) | Florida Atlantic (21–4) | North Carolina (23–9) | Texas Tech (29–9) | LSU (27–13) | Oregon State (28-12) | LSU (31–16) | Virginia (33-18) | Florida State (34-19) | South Carolina (42–15) | Florida State (41–22) | 13. |
| 14. | Florida State | Arkansas (10–2) | California (10–4) | Missouri State (17–2) | LSU (16–7) | LSU (18–9) | NC State (22–9) | UC Santa Barbara (24–7–1) | Texas Tech (31–12) | UC Santa Barbara (29-10-1) | Virginia (31–17) | North Carolina State (32-17) | NC State (34-18) | Virginia (37–20) | South Carolina (46–18) | 14. |
| 15. | Oregon | Florida State (8–3) | Mississippi State (12–3–1) | NC State (16–6) | Arkansas (18–6) | Ole Miss (21–7) | California (19–9) | North Carolina (25–11) | Coastal Carolina (30–11) | LSU (28-16) | Oklahoma State (30–15) | Oklahoma State (32-17) | Clemson (38-18) | Louisiana–Lafayette (41–19) | Clemson (44–20) | 15. |
| 16. | Cal State Fullerton | South Carolina (10–2) | NC State (13–4) | Mississippi State (14–6–1) | Virginia (17–8) | Clemson (21–7) | Missouri State (25–60 | Ole Miss (26–10) | Louisiana–Lafayette (27–13) | Virginia (30-17) | Florida Atlantic (33–13) | Tulane (35-15) | Oklahoma State (35-18) | Coastal Carolina (44–15) | East Carolina (38–23–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Mississippi State | Georgia Tech (11–0) | Virginia (11–5) | Clemson (16–3) | Florida Atlantic (18–4) | Missouri State (22–5) | Florida Atlantic (23–6) | Florida Atlantic (25–8) | Florida Atlantic (28–10) | Florida Atlantic (30-12) | Oregon State (29–15) | Florida Atlantic (34-15) | Louisiana–Lafayette (37-19) т | NC State (35–20) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | 17. |
| 18. | Houston | Virginia (7–4) | Oregon (8–5) | Arkansas (15–6) | Georgia Tech (18–5) | NC State (19–9) | Clemson (23–9) | California (21–11) | Virginia (26–17) | North Carolina (28-15) | UC Santa Barbara (31–12–1) | Clemson (34-18) | Florida Atlantic (37-15) т | Southern Miss (40–18) | Ole Miss (43–19) | 18. |
| 19. | NC State | UCLA (6–5) | Missouri State (12–2) | FAU (15–3) | UC Santa Barbara (18–4) | BYU (23–3) | UC Santa Barbara (21–7–1) | Missouri State (27–8) | UC Santa Barbara (25–10–1) | Oklahoma State (28-15) | Michigan (34–12) | Southern Miss (36-15) | Coastal Carolina (40-15) | Florida Atlantic (38–17) | Louisiana–Lafayette (43–21) | 19. |
| 20. | North Carolina | East Carolina (8–3) | Florida Atlantic (13–2) | California (11–6) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | UC Santa Barbara (20–6) | Georgia Tech (23–8) | Rice (24–11) | North Carolina (26–15) | Georgia Tech (30-14) | Arizona (31–16) | North Carolina (32-19) | Tulane (37-17) | Oklahoma State (36–20) | NC State (38–22) | 20. |
| 21. | Southern California | Missouri State (9–1) | Clemson (11–3) | Georgia Tech (15–4) | Missouri State (19–4) | Arkansas (19–9) | Texas Tech (24–9) | BYU (27–7) | Michigan (28–10) | Louisiana-Lafayette (29-16) | Rice (31–14) | Coastal Carolina т (36-15) | UC Santa Barbara (35-16-1) | Tulane (39–19) | Boston College (35–22) | 21. |
| 22. | Arkansas | Florida Atlantic (9–1) | Georgia Tech (12–3) | UC Santa Barbara (15–3) | Clemson (17–6) | Virginia (18–11) | BYU (25–5) | Virginia (23–18) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Michigan (29-12) | North Carolina (30–17) | Rice т (32-16) | North Carolina (34-21) | Bryant (47–10) | Virginia (38–22) | 22. |
| 23. | South Carolina | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Michigan State (13–1) | UCLA (11–7) | NC State (16–8) | Michigan (20–5) | Kentucky (22–9) | Clemson (24–12) | Missouri State (28–10) | Creighton (30-9) | Coastal Carolina (34–14) | Louisiana–Lafayette (33-19) | Bryant (44-10) | UC Santa Barbara (37–18–1) | Southern Miss (41–20) | 23. |
| 24. | Rice | Louisiana–Lafayette (8–4) | Michigan (11–3) | BYU (18–2) | BYU (20–3) | Georgia Tech (20–7) | South Alabama (25–8) | Louisiana–Lafayette (24–12) | East Carolina (26–14) | Coastal Carolina (31-14) | Clemson (31–16) | Minnesota (33-15) | Southern Miss (36-18) | Cal State Fullerton (35–21) | Tulane (41–21) | 24. |
| 25. | Missouri State | Alabama (10–2) | Arizona State (13–3) | Oklahoma State (13–7) | Houston (16–7) | Oklahoma State (19–9) | Virginia (20–14) | Michigan (25–9) | Georgia Tech (27–13) | Minnesota (27-13) | Georgia Tech (31–15) | Georgia Tech (33-18) | Cal State Fullerton (33-19) | Ohio State (43–18–1) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 28[16] | Week 3 Mar 7[17] | Week 4 Mar 14[18] | Week 5 Mar 21[19] | Week 6 Mar 28[20] | Week 7 Apr 4[21] | Week 8 Apr 11[22] | Week 9 Apr 18[23] | Week 10 Apr 25[24] | Week 11 May 2[25] | Week 12 May 9[26] | Week 13 May 16[27] | Week 14 May 23[28] | Week 15 May 30[29] | Week 18 July 1[30] | ||
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| Preseason Jan 25[31] | Week 1 Feb 22[32] | Week 2 Feb 29[33] | Week 3 Mar 7[34] | Week 4 Mar 14[35] | Week 5 Mar 21[36] | Week 6 Mar 28[37] | Week 7 Apr 4[38] | Week 8 Apr 11[39] | Week 9 Apr 18[40] | Week 10 Apr 25[41] | Week 11 May 2[42] | Week 12 May 9[43] | Week 13 May 16[44] | Week 14 May 23[45] | Week 15 May 30[46] | Week 18 July 1[47] | ||
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| 1. | Florida | Florida (3–0) | Florida (7–1) | Florida (12–1) | Florida (17–1) | Florida (21–1) | Texas A&M (21–3) | Florida (27–3) | Miami (FL) (25–4) | Miami (FL) (29–5) | Florida (36–6) | Florida (37–7) | Florida (40–8) | Florida (43–9) | Texas A&M (41–13) | Texas A&M (45–14) | Coastal Carolina (55-18) | 1. |
| 2. | Louisville | Louisville (3–0) | Texas A&M (7–1) | Texas A&M (11–1) | Texas A&M (15–1) | Texas A&M (18–2) | Florida (23–3) | Miami (FL) (23–4) | Mississippi State (23–9) | Florida (33–5) | Texas A&M (32–8) | Texas A&M (35–9) | Texas A&M (37–10) | Texas A&M (39–11) | Mississippi State (40–14) | Florida (47–13) | Arizona (49-24) | 2. |
| 3. | Texas A&M | Texas A&M (3–0) | Oregon State (7–1) | Oregon State (10–1) | Oregon State (12–2) | Oregon State (15–2) | Miami (FL) (20–4) | Texas A&M (22–6) | Florida (29–5) | Texas A&M (29–7) | Mississippi State (27–13) | Mississippi State (30–14) | Mississippi State (33–14) | Mississippi State (37–14) | Miami (FL) (43–10) | Miami (FL) (45–11) | TCU (49-18) | 3. |
| 4. | Virginia | Virginia (2–1) | Louisville (5–2) | Louisville (7–0) | Louisville (13–2) | Miami (FL) (16–4) | Louisville (19–5) | Louisville (23–5) | Texas A&M (25–7) | TCU (27–8) | Miami (FL) (30–8) | Miami (Fl) (33–8) | Miami (FL) (35–9) | Miami (Fl) (40–9) | Florida (44–11) | Mississippi State (41–16) | Oklahoma State (43-22) | 4. |
| 5. | Oregon State | Oregon State (2–1) | Vanderbilt (8–0) | Vanderbilt (10–1) | Vanderbilt (15–1) | TCU (16–3) | Mississippi State (17–7–1) | Mississippi State (20–8) | South Carolina (28–5) | LSU (25–11) | Florida State (28–11) | Florida State (29–12) | Texas Tech (37–13) | Texas Tech (38–13) | Texas Tech (40–14) | LSU (42–18) | Florida (52-16) | 5. |
| 6. | Miami (FL) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Miami (FL) (5–2) | Miami (FL) (9–2) | Miami (FL) (13–3) | North Carolina (17–2) | Vanderbilt (20–4) | Vanderbilt (23–5) | Florida State (22–8) | Louisville (29–7) | South Carolina (33–8) | South Carolina (34–9) | Ole Miss (36–13) | Ole Miss (39–13) | Louisville (46–10) | Ole Miss (43–17) | Miami (FL) (48-14) | 6. |
| 7. | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt (3–0) | LSU (5–2) | LSU (9–2) | LSU (12–3) | Ole Miss (19–2) | South Carolina (23–2) | TCU (22–5) | TCU (24–7) | Mississippi State (24–12) | TCU (28–10) | Ole Miss (33–12) | Florida State (32–13) | Louisville (42–10) | LSU (39–17) | Louisville (47–12) | Texas Tech (47-20) | 7. |
| 8. | California | LSU (3–0) | Virginia (4–3) | TCU (9–2) | TCU (12–3) | Louisville (16–4) | TCU (18–5) | South Carolina (24–5) | Ole Miss (25–7) | Vanderbilt (28–8) | LSU (27–13) | Texas Tech (34–13) | South Carolina (36–11) | LSU (36–16) | Virginia (36–18) | Texas Tech (41-16) | Texas A&M (49-16) | 8. |
| 9. | Oklahoma State | Houston (3–0) | TCU (6–1) | California (9–3) | California (10–4) | Virginia (15–6) | North Carolina (19–4) | California (18–6) | LSU (21–10) | UC Santa Barbara (24–7) | Ole Miss (31–10) | Louisville (35–9) | Louisville (38–10) | Virginia (33–18) | South Carolina (42–13) | Clemson (42–18) | UC Santa Barbara (43-20) | 9. |
| 10. | UCLA | Louisiana–Lafayette (3–0) | California (5–2) | Virginia (7–4) | Virginia (11–5) | Mississippi State (14–6) | California (14–6) | Oregon State (19–7) | Oregon State (22–7) | Texas Tech (29–9) | Louisville (31–9) | Vanderbilt (34–10) | TCU (33–12) | South Carolina (38–13) | Ole Miss (40–16) | TCU (42–15) | Mississippi State (44-18) | 10. |
| 11. | LSU | California (1–2) | Oregon (6–1) | Oregon (8–2) | North Carolina (12–2) | Vanderbilt (17–3) | Oregon State (16–5) | Florida State (19–6) | Louisville (24–7) | Florida State (23–11) | Vanderbilt (30–10) | NC State (31–12) | LSU (31–16) | Tulane (35–15) | Tulane (37–17) | Virginia (37–20) | Louisville (50-14) | 11. |
| 12. | Houston | Oregon (3–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | North Carolina (9–1) | Ole Miss (15–1) | Florida State (15–5) | Florida State (18–5) | UC Santa Barbara (20–6) | Vanderbilt (25–7) | South Carolina (29–8) | NC State (28–11) | TCU (30–12) | Vanderbilt (36–12) | Vanderbilt (37–15) | Vanderbilt (41–15) | Vanderbilt (43–17) | LSU (45-21) | 12. |
| 13. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Oklahoma State (2–2) | Ole Miss (6–1) | Ole Miss (10–1) | Florida State (13–3) | LSU (14–5) | Ole Miss (20–5) | North Carolina (21–7) | UC Santa Barbara (21–7) | Rice (24–11) | Texas Tech (31–12) | LSU (28–16) | NC State (32–14) | Southern Miss (36–15) | Florida Atlantic (37–15) | Florida State (37–20) | Florida State (41-22) | 13. |
| 14. | Oregon | Michigan (4–0) | UCLA (3–4) | UCLA (6–5) | UCLA (8–7) | UCLA (11–7) | Virginia (17–8) | Ole Miss (21–7) | North Carolina (23–9) | NC State (26–10) | Southern Miss (29–12) | Rice (27–14) | Rice (31–14) | Florida State (33–17) | TCU (34–18) | South Carolina (42–15) | South Carolina (46-18) | 14. |
| 15. | Michigan | UCLA (1–2) | Florida State (5–1) | Florida State (8–3) | Mississippi State (12–3) | California (11–6) | Houston (16–7) | LSU (18–9) | Texas Tech (24–9) | Ole Miss (26–10) | Rice (25–12) | UC Santa Barbara (29–10) | Virginia (31–17) | TCU (34–14) | Clemson (38–18) | Coastal Carolina (44–15) | East Carolina (38-23) | 15. |
| 16. | Southern California | Florida State (3–0) | Louisiana–Lafayette (4–3) | Louisiana–Lafayette (8–4) | Louisiana–Lafayette (10–6) | Houston (13–6) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | Oklahoma State (19–9) | Kentucky (22–9) | North Carolina (25–11) | Michigan (28–10) | Virginia (30–17) | Oklahoma State (30–15) | Rice (32–16) | NC State (34–18) | Tulane (39–19) | Boston College (34-22) | 16. |
| 17. | Florida State | TCU (2–1) | Arkansas (8–0) | NC State (10–2) | Arkansas (13–3) | Clemson (16–3) | Long Beach State (16–7) | Michigan (20–5) | California (19–9) | Long Beach State (21–13) | UC Santa Barbara (25–10) | Oregon State (28–12) | Florida Atlantic (33–13) | Florida Atlantic (32–14) | Oklahoma State (35–18) | Florida Atlantic (38–17) | Clemson (44-20) | 17. |
| 18. | TCU | NC State (2–1) | NC State (5–2) | Arkansas (10–2) | Michigan (11–3) | South Carolina (20–2) | UC Santa Barbara (18–4) | Florida Atlantic (21–4) | Long Beach State (19–11) | Michigan (25–9) | Oregon State (26–10) | Oklahoma State (28–15) | Tulane (31–14) | Cal State Fullerton (32–17) | Florida State (34–19) | Southern Miss (40–18) | Ole Miss (43-19) | 18. |
| 19. | NC State | Coastal Carolina (2–1) | Coastal Carolina (4–2) | Michigan (7–3) | Oregon (8–5) | Oklahoma State (13–7) | LSU (16–7) | Kentucky (20–8) | Rice (20–11) | Kentucky (23–12) | Coastal Carolina (30–11) | Florida Atlantic (30–12) | Southern Miss (34–14) | NC State (32–17) | Coastal Carolina (40–15) | Louisiana–Lafayette (41–19) | Tulane (41-21) | 19. |
| 20. | Mississippi State | North Carolina (2–1) | Michigan (5–2) | Georgia Tech (11–0) | Houston (8–6) | Long Beach State (14–6) | Michigan (16–5) | Long Beach State (17–10) | NC State (22–9) | California (21–11) | Tulane (26–13) | Tulane (28–14) | Washington (27–16) | Oklahoma State (32–17) | Southern Miss (36–18) | Bryant (47–10) | Vanderbilt (43-19) | 20. |
| 21. | Oklahoma | Ole Miss (3–0) | Houston (4–3) | Houston (6–5) | NC State (13–4) | NC State (16–6) | Alabama (15–8) | Clemson (21–7) | Florida Atlantic (23–6) | Florida Atlantic (25–8) | East Carolina (26–14) | Southern Miss (31–14) | Arizona (31–16) | Minnesota (33–15) | Bryant (44–10) | Cal State Fullerton (35–21) | Virginia (38-22) | 21. |
| 22. | Cal State Fullerton | Kentucky (2–1) | Oklahoma State (2–5) | Oklahoma State (6–6) | Oklahoma State (9–6) | Alabama (13–6) | Arkansas (18–6) | East Carolina (19–9) | Michigan (21–8) | Oregon State (23–9) | Virginia (26–17) | Minnesota (27–13) | Cal State Fullerton (30–16) | Coastal Carolina (36–15) | Long Beach State (35–18) | NC State (35–20) | Louisiana-Lafayette (43-21) | 22. |
| 23. | Coastal Carolina | Georgia Tech (3–0) | Georgia Tech (7–0) | Alabama (10–2) | College of Charleston (11–4) | Michigan (12–5) | Georgia Tech (18–5) | Texas Tech (20–8) | South Alabama (25–8) | Michigan State (25–7) | Louisiana–Lafayette (27–13) | Washington (25–15) | Clemson (31–16) | Clemson (34–18) | Cal State Fullerton (33–19) | Ohio State (43–18) | Florida Atlantic (39-19) | 23. |
| 24. | Ole Miss | Mississippi State (2–2) | Mississippi State (6–2) | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Long Beach State (10–5) | UC Santa Barbara (15–3) | Kentucky (17–6) | Houston (17–10) | Tulane (21–10) | Louisiana–Lafayette (24–12) | Minnesota (25–11) | Michigan State (30–11) | UC Santa Barbara (31–12) | Bryant (39–10) | Louisiana–Lafayette (37–19) | Oklahoma State (36–20) | Southern Miss (41-20) | 24. |
| 25. | Kentucky | Oklahoma (2–2) | East Carolina (6–1) | East Carolina (8–3) | Michigan State (13–1) | Arkansas (15–6) | Florida Atlantic (18–4) | Rice (17–10) | Southern Miss (25–8) | Coastal Carolina (27–10) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Creighton (30–9) | Creighton (32–10) | Long Beach State (31–18) | Rice (32–20) | Dallas Baptist (41–17) | NC State (38-22) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 25[48] | Week 1 Feb 22[49] | Week 2 Feb 29[50] | Week 3 Mar 7[51] | Week 4 Mar 14[52] | Week 5 Mar 21[53] | Week 6 Mar 28[54] | Week 7 Apr 4[55] | Week 8 Apr 11[56] | Week 9 Apr 18[57] | Week 10 Apr 25[58] | Week 11 May 2[59] | Week 12 May 9[60] | Week 13 May 16[61] | Week 14 May 23[62] | Week 15 May 30[63] | Week 18 July 1[64] | ||
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