2017 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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DurationFebruary 13, 2017–June 29, 2017
Number of teams301
Preseason No. 1TCU (Unanimous)
DurationJune 2–June 29
| 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 13, 2017–June 29, 2017 |
| Number of teams | 301 |
| Preseason No. 1 | TCU (Unanimous) |
| Tournament | |
| Duration | June 2–June 29 |
| College World Series | |
| Champions | Florida (1 title) |
| Runners-up | LSU |
| MOP | Alex Faedo, Florida |
| Seasons | |
The following human polls make up the 2017 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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| Italics | Number of first place votes | |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
| Preseason Jan 26[1] | Week 3 Mar 6[2] | Week 4 Mar 13[3] | Week 5 Mar 20[4] | Week 6 Mar 27[5] | Week 7 Apr 3[6] | Week 8 Apr 10[7] | Week 9 Apr 17[8] | Week 10 Apr 24[9] | Week 11 May 1[10] | Week 12 May 8[11] | Week 13 May 15[12] | Week 14 May 22[13] | Week 15 May 29[14] | Final Jun 28[15] | ||
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| 1. | TCU 24 | TCU 30 (10–1) | Louisville 12 (15–0) | Louisville 19 (19–0) | Oregon State 30 (20–1) | Oregon State 30 (24–1) | Oregon State 30(28–1) | Oregon State 27 (30-2) | Oregon State 31 (32-3) | Oregon State 29 (34-4) | Oregon State 31 (38-4) | Oregon State 28 (45-4) | Oregon State 31 (45-4) | Oregon State 29 (49-4) | Florida 27 (52–19) | 1. |
| 2. | Florida 4 | Florida 1 (10–2) | Oregon State 5 (14–1) | Oregon State 12 (17–1) | Texas Tech (22–4) | Louisville (24–3) | Louisville (27–4) | Louisville 3 (31-4) | Louisville (33-6) | Louisville 1 (38-6) | Louisville (42-6) | Louisville 3 (46-6) | North Carolina (44-11) | North Carolina (47-12) | LSU (52–20) | 2. |
| 3. | LSU 2 | Florida State (9–2) | Florida State 5 (13–3) | Texas Tech (17–4) | Louisville 1 (21–2) | TCU (22–5) | TCU (26–5) | North Carolina (29-7) | Clemson (33-8) | North Carolina (36-9) | North Carolina (37-9) | North Carolina (41-10) | Texas Tech (42-13) | LSU (43-17) | Oregon State (56–6) | 3. |
| 4. | South Carolina | Oregon State (10–1) | TCU 7 (12–3) | LSU (16–5) | TCU (17–5) | Clemson (24–5) | Clemson (28–5) | Clemson (30-6) | North Carolina (31-9) | Texas Tech (36-12) | Texas Tech (39-13) | Texas Tech (39-13) | Florida (40-15) | Florida (42-16) | TCU (50–18) | 4. |
| 5. | Florida State | Louisville (11–0) | Florida 1 (12–5) | TCU (14–5) | Clemson (20–4) | North Carolina (22–6) | North Carolina (26–6) | Texas Tech (31-8) | TCU (30-8) | Kentucky (31-14) | Florida (35-13) | Florida (38-14) | Louisville (46-9) | Texas Tech (43-15) | Louisville (53–12) | 5. |
| 6. | Vanderbilt | Arizona (10–1) | Texas Tech (14–3) | Arizona (15–4) | South Carolina (17–6) | Texas Tech (25–6) | Texas Tech (28–70 | TCU (28-7) | Texas Tech (33-10) | Clemson (34-11) | TCU (35-11) | LSU (35-17) | LSU (39-17) | Louisville (47-10) | Florida State (46–23) | 6. |
| 7. | Oregon State | LSU (9–3) | LSU (12–4) | Clemson (16–4) | North Carolina (18–6) | Florida (20–9) | Arizona (23–8) | Arizona (26-9) | Kentucky (28-13) | Florida (30-13) | Clemson (35-12) | Kentucky (36-16) | TCU (39-14) | TCU (42-16) | Cal State Fullerton (39–24) | 7. |
| 8. | Louisville | Virginia (11–1) | Arizona (13–2) | South Carolina (14–5) | LSU (18–7) | Arizona (20–7) | LSU (22–11) | LSU (25-12) | Florida (27-13) | TCU (31-11) | Kentucky (32-16) | TCU (36-13) | Stanford (37-14) | Stanford (40-14) | Texas A&M (41–23) | 8. |
| 9. | Coastal Carolina 1 | Texas Tech (11–2) | North Carolina (10–4) | North Carolina (15–5) | Florida (16–9) | South Carolina (19–8) | Cal State Fullerton (21–10) | Cal State Fullerton (23-11) | Auburn (30-12) | Auburn (32-14) | Mississippi State (32-17) | Virginia (38-12) | Kentucky (38-18) | Long Beach State (37-17-1) | Long Beach State (42–20–1) | 9. |
| 10. | East Carolina | North Carolina (9–3) | Clemson (12–3) | Cal State Fullerton (14–5) | Florida State (18–7) | Kentucky (21-8) | Florida (21–11) | Florida (24-12) | Virginia (33-10) | Virginia (35-11) | Virginia (36-11) | Stanford (33-13) | Virginia (41-13) | Kentucky (39-20) | Kentucky (43–23) | 10. |
| 11. | Cal State Fullerton | Clemson (8–3) | Virginia (13–1) | Florida State (14–7) | Arizona (16–7) | Auburn (23–7) | South Carolina (21–10) | Virginia (29-9) | LSU (27-14) | LSU (30-15) | LSU (32-16) | Long Beach State (32-16-1) | Long Beach State (35-16-1) | Virginia (42-14) | Wake Forest (43–20) | 11. |
| 12. | Clemson | Texas A&M (9–3) | South Carolina (11–5) | Florida (13–8) | Florida Gulf Coast (22–3) | St. John's (21–2) | Virginia (26–8) | Auburn (27-11) | Arizona (26-12) | Long Beach State (28-14) | Long Beach State (30-15-1) | Clemson (37-15) | Southern Mississippi (44-12) | Arkansas (42-17) | Mississippi State (40–27) | 12. |
| 13. | North Carolina | South Carolina (7–5) | Texas A&M (14–3) | Stanford (11–5) | St. John's (18–2) | LSU (19–10) | Auburn (24–10) | Kentucky (25-12) | Mississippi State (28-14) | Mississippi State (30-16) | Stanford (30-13) | Mississippi State (33-19) | Arkansas (39-15) | Southern Mississippi (48-14) | North Carolina (49–14) | 13. |
| 14. | NC State | Stanford (9–3) | Baylor (14–2) | Ole Miss (14–6) | Stanford (13–6) | Oklahoma (25–6) | Kentucky (22–11) | Arkansas (29-8) | Arkansas (32-10) | Stanford (27-12) | Auburn (32-17) | Cal State Fullerton (31-17) | Clemson (39-17) | Wake Forest (39-18) | Missouri State (43–20) | 14. |
| 15. | Arizona | Baylor (11–1) | Cal State Fullerton (9–5) | St. John's (14–2) | Cal State Fullerton (15–8) | Arkansas (22–6) | Arkansas (25–8) | Michigan (29-7) | Long Beach State (25-13) | Arkansas (34-12) | Cal State Fullerton (28-16) | Michigan (39-12) | Michigan (42-13) | Clemson (39-19) | Texas Tech (45–17) | 15. |
| 16. | Louisiana–Lafayette | St. John's (10–1) | St. John's (12–2) | Virginia (15–5) | Virginia (19–6) | Cal State Fullerton (17–10) | Oklahoma (27–8) | Mississippi State (25-13) | Cal State Fullerton (24-14) | Cal State Fullerton (26-15) | Arkansas (35-13) | Arkansas (37-14) | Wake Forest (38-17) | Arizona (37-19) | Vanderbilt (36–25–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Miami (FL) | Cal State Fullerton (5–4) т | East Carolina (12–4) | Florida Gulf Coast (18–3) | Auburn (20–6) | Florida Gulf Coast (24–5) | Michigan (25–7) | Wake Forest (28-10) | Michigan (31-9) | Texas A&M (32-13) | Michigan (35-11) | Southern Mississippi (40-12) | Arizona (36-17) | Florida State (39-20) | Stanford (42–16) | 17. |
| 18. | Virginia | East Carolina (8–3) т | Stanford (11–5) | Baylor (16–4) | Oklahoma (23–5) | Virginia (21–8) | Southern Miss (26–7) | South Carolina (22-13) | St. John's (29-5) | Michigan (33-10) | Arizona (31-15) | Wake Forest (35-16) | Cal State Fullerton (33-19) | Mississippi State (36-24) | Arkansas (45–19) | 18. |
| 19. | Texas Tech | Oklahoma (13–1) | Ole Miss (11–5) | Oklahoma (21–3) | Kentucky (18–7) | Florida State (18–11) | Stanford (17–10) | Long Beach State (22-12) | Wake Forest (29-13) | Arizona (27-15) | Texas A&M (34-15) | Arizona (33-17) | Mississippi State (34-22) | Cal State Fullerton (34-21) | Sam Houston State (44–23) | 19. |
| 20. | Texas A&M | Ole Miss (7–4) | Louisiana–Lafayette (9–4) | Missouri (19–1) | Arkansas (20–5) | Southern Miss (24–5) | St. John's (22–5) | St. John's (26-5) | Stanford (23-12) | Wake Forest (30-13) | Wake Forest (32-14) | St. John's (37-8) | St. John's (40-9) | Houston (40-19) | Southern Miss (50–16) | 20. |
| 21. | Stanford | Louisiana–Lafayette (6–4) | Oklahoma (17–2) | Michigan (15–4) | Baylor (18–6) | Michigan (22–6) | Mississippi State (22–12) | Southern Mississippi (28-9) | South Carolina (24-15) | St. John's (31-7) | Southern Mississippi (37-12) | Missouri State (36-14) | Missouri State (37-15) | Michigan (42-15) | Virginia (43–16) | 21. |
| 22. | Oklahoma State | Coastal Carolina (9–5) | Michigan (12–3) | Louisiana–Lafayette (11–6) | Ole Miss (15–9) | Wake Forest (21–8) | Wake Forest (23–10) | Oklahoma (27-12) | Texas A&M (28-13) | Southern Mississippi (34-12) | St. John's (34-8) | Texas A&M (35-17) | UCF (38-18) | Missouri State (40-17) | Clemson (42–21) | 22. |
| 23. | UC Santa Barbara | Georgia Tech (9–2) | Vanderbilt (11–6) | Texas A&M (14–7) | Missouri (21–3) | Stanford (14–9) | Houston (23–8) | Houston (25-10) | Houston (27-12) | South Florida (34-10) | South Florida (37-10) | Auburn (32-21) | Nebraska (34-18-1) | St. John's (42-11) | Davidson (35–26) | 23. |
| 24. | Ole Miss | Louisiana Tech (11–1) т | Louisiana Tech (13–2) | Auburn (17–5) | Louisiana–Lafayette (13–9) | San Diego (19–6) | Long Beach State (20–11) | San Diego (25-9) | Maryland (28-11) | Missouri State (30-13) | Missouri State (33-14) | Oklahoma (34-18) | Auburn (34-22) | UCF (40-20) | Houston (42–21) | 24. |
| 25. | Rice | Vanderbilt (7–5) т | Missouri (15–1) | Kentucky (15–6) | Houston (18–5) | Mississippi State (19–10) | Florida State (21–13) | West Virginia (21-13) | Southern Mississippi (30-12) | Maryland (29-13) | Florida State (31-18) | South Florida (39-12) | Texas A&M (36-20) | Texas (37-22) | Texas (39–24) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 26[16] | Week 3 Mar 6[17] | Week 4 Mar 13[18] | Week 5 Mar 20[19] | Week 6 Mar 27[20] | Week 7 Apr 3[21] | Week 8 Apr 10[22] | Week 9 Apr 17[23] | Week 10 Apr 24[24] | Week 11 May 1[25] | Week 12 May 8[26] | Week 13 May 15[27] | Week 14 May 22[28] | Week 15 May 29[29] | Final Jun 28[30] | ||
| Dropped: 14. NC State 17. Miami (FL) 22. Oklahoma State 23. UC Santa Barbara 25. Rice | Dropped: 22. Coastal Carolina 23. Georgia Tech | Dropped: 17. East Carolina 23. Vanderbilt 24. Louisiana Tech | Dropped: 21. Michigan 23. Texas A&M | Dropped: 21. Baylor 22. Ole Miss 23. Missouri 24. Louisiana–Lafayette 25. Houston | Dropped: 17. Florida Gulf Coast 24. San Diego | Dropped: 19. Stanford 25. Florida State | Dropped: 22. Oklahoma 24. San Diego 25. West Virginia | Dropped: 21. South Carolina 23. Houston | Dropped: 25. Maryland | Dropped: 25. Florida State | Dropped: 24. Oklahoma 25. South Florida | Dropped: 23. Nebraska 24. Auburn 25. Texas A&M | Dropped:
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Baseball America
| Preseason Jan 23[31] | Week 1 Feb 20[32] | Week 2 Feb 27[33] | Week 3 Mar 6[34] | Week 4 Mar 13[35] | Week 5 Mar 20[36] | Week 6 Mar 27[37] | Week 7 Apr 3[38] | Week 8 Apr 10[39] | Week 9 Apr 17[40] | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final Jun 28[41] | ||
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| 1. | TCU | TCU (3–0) | TCU (6–1) | TCU (10–1) | Louisville (15–0) | Louisville (19–0) | Oregon State (20–1) | Oregon State (24–1) | Oregon State (28–1) | Oregon State (30–2) | Florida (52-19) | 1. | ||||||
| 2. | Florida State | Florida State (2–1) | Florida State (5–2) | Florida State (9–2) | Florida State (13–3) | Oregon State (17–1) | Louisville (21–2) | Louisville (24–3) | Louisville (27–4) | Louisville (31–4) | Louisiana State (52-20) | 2. | ||||||
| 3. | Florida | Florida (3–0) | Florida (6–1) | Florida (10–2) | TCU (12–3) | TCU (14–5 | TCU (17–5) | TCU (22–5) | TCU (26–5) | North Carolina (29–7) | Oregon State (56-6) | 3. | ||||||
| 4. | LSU | LSU (3–0) | LSU (7–1) | Louisville (11–0) | Oregon State (14–1) | LSU (17–5) | Texas Tech (22–4) | North Carolina (22–6) | North Carolina (26–6) | Texas Tech (31–8) | TCU (50-18) | 4. | ||||||
| 5. | South Carolina | South Carolina (2–1) | South Carolina (5–3) | Oregon State (10–1) | Florida (12–5) | Cal State Fullerton (14–5) | Clemson (20–4) | Clemson (24–5) | Clemson (28–5) | Clemson (30–6) | Louisville (53-12) | 5. | ||||||
| 6. | East Carolina | Louisville (3–0) | Louisville (7–0) | LSU (9–3) | LSU (12–4) | Clemson (16–4) | South Carolina (17–6) | Texas Tech (25–6) | Texas Tech (28–7) | Arizona (26–9) | Florida State (46-23) | 6. | ||||||
| 7. | Louisville | Cal State Fullerton (2–1) | Cal State Fullerton (4–3) | Cal State Fullerton (5–4) | Cal State Fullerton (9–5) | South Carolina (14–5) | North Carolina (18–6) | Auburn (23–7) | Arizona (23–8) | TCU (26–5) | Cal State Fullerton (39-24) | 7. | ||||||
| 8. | Cal State Fullerton | Oregon State (3–0) | Oregon State (7–1) | East Carolina (8–3) | East Carolina (12–4) | Texas Tech (17–4) | Florida (16–9) | Florida (20–9) | Cal State Fullerton (21–10) | Cal State Fullerton (23–11) | Long Beach State (42-20) | 8. | ||||||
| 9. | Oregon State | Vanderbilt (2–1) | East Carolina (4–3) | Clemson (8–3) | Clemson (12–3) | Arizona (15–4) | LSU (18–7) | Oklahoma (25–6) | LSU (22–11) | LSU (25–12) | Kentucky (43-23) | 9. | ||||||
| 10. | Clemson | Washington (2–1) | NC State (4–2) | South Carolina (7–5) | South Carolina (11–5) | North Carolina (15–5) | Cal State Fullerton (15–8) | Arizona (20–7) | Auburn (24–10) | Auburn (27–11) | Texas A&M (41-23) | 10. | ||||||
| 11. | Vanderbilt | East Carolina (0–3) | Washington (4–3) | Arizona (10–1) | Texas Tech (14–3) | Ole Miss (14–6) | Florida Gulf Coast (22–3) | South Carolina (19–8) | Oklahoma (27–8) | Mississippi State (25–13) | North Carolina (49-14) | 11. | ||||||
| 12. | Washington | NC State (2–1) | Virginia (7–0) | Washington (7–4) | Arizona (13–2) | Florida Gulf Coast (18–3) | Florida State (18–7) | Cal State Fullerton (17–10) | Long Beach State (20–11) | Long Beach State (20–11) | Texas Tech (45-17) | 12. | ||||||
| 13. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Virginia (3–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | Virginia (11–1) | North Carolina (12–4) | Florida (13–8) | Arizona (16–7) | Kentucky (21–8) | Mississippi State (22–12) | Virginia (29–9) | Wake Forest (43-20) | 13. | ||||||
| 14. | NC State | North Carolina (3–0) | Vanderilt (2–2) | Texas Tech (11–2) | Louisiana–Lafayette (9–4) | Florida State (14–7) | St. John's (18–2) | St. John's (21–2) | Virginia (26–8) | Kentucky (25–12) | Mississippi Statte (40-27) | 14. | ||||||
| 15. | Coastal Carolina | Clemson (1–2) | Clemson (5–2) | Louisiana–Lafayette (6–4) | Virginia (13–3) | Louisiana–Lafayette (11–6) | Stanford (13–6) | LSU (19–10) | Kentucky (22–11) | Florida (24–12) | Stanford (42-16) | 15. | ||||||
| 16. | Virginia | Louisiana–Lafayette (1–1) | Louisiana–Lafayette (3–3) | Stanford (9–3) | Baylor (14–2) | St. John's (14–2) | Kentucky (18–7) | Arkansas (22–6) | Florida (21–11) | Arkansas (29–8) | Southern Mississippi (50-16) | 16. | ||||||
| 17. | North Carolina | Georgia Tech (3–0) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | North Carolina (9–3) | Stanford (11–5) | Stanford (11–5) | Oklahoma (23–5) | Wake Forest (21–8) | South Carolina (21–10) | Wake Forest (28–10) | Missouri State (43-20) | 17. | ||||||
| 18. | Oklahoma State | Coastal Carolina (1–2) | Coastal Carolina (4–4) | Coastal Carolina (9–5) | Ole Miss (11–5) | Missouri (19–1) | Auburn (20–6) | Florida Gulf Coast (24–5) | Stanford (17–10) | Michigan (29–7) | Vanderbilt (36-25) | 18. | ||||||
| 19. | UC Santa Barbara | Arizona (3–0) | Arizona (8–0) | Georgia Tech (9–2) | St. John's (12–2) | Virginia (15–5) | Virginia (19–6) | Long Beach State (16–11) | Arkansas (25–8) | Oklahoma (27–12) | Arkansas (45-19) | 19. | ||||||
| 20. | Long Beach State | Oklahoma State (1–1) | Ole Miss (7–0) | NC State (6–5) | Coastal Carolina (11–7) | Baylor (16–) | Ole Miss (15–9) | Stanford (14–9) | Wake Forest (23–10) | Southern Miss (28–9) | Sam Houston State (44-23) | 20. | ||||||
| 21. | Georgia Tech | Texas Tech (3–1) | Texas Tech (8–1) | Ole Miss (7–4) | Florida Gulf Coast (14–3) | Oklahoma State (14–6) | Arkansas (20–5) | Southern Miss (24–5) | Southern Miss (26–7) | West Virginia (21–13) | Virginia (43-16) | 21. | ||||||
| 22. | Arizona | Ole Miss (3–0) | Stanford (5–2) | St. John's (10–1) | Texas A&M (14–3) | Washington (12–6) | Baylor (18–6) | Mississippi State (19–10) | Oregon (21–8) | St. John's (26–5) | Houston (42-21) | 22. | ||||||
| 23. | Stanford | Stanford (1–2) | UC Santa Barbara (4–3) | Oklahoma State (6–5) | Oklahoma State (9–6) | Michigan (15–4) | Houston (18–5) | Virginia (21–8) | Michigan (25–7) | Texas A&M (26–11) | Clemson (42-21) | 23. | ||||||
| 24. | Maryland | UC Santa Barbara (1–2) | Oklahoma State (4–3) | Baylor (11–1) | Michigan (12–3) | Oklahoma (21–3) | Wake Forest (18–7) | Florida State (18–11) | St. John's (22–5) | Houston (25–10) | Texas (39-24) | 24. | ||||||
| 25. | Texas Tech | Wright State (2–1) | Texas A&M (6–1) | Texas A&M (9–3) | Washington (9–6) | East Carolina (13–7) | East Carolina (17–8) | Maryland (18–8) | Connecticut (19–10) | Oregon (23–10) | Auburn (37-26) | 25. | ||||||
| Preseason Jan 23[42] | Week 1 Feb 20[43] | Week 2 Feb 27[44] | Week 3 Mar 6[45] | Week 4 Mar 13[46] | Week 5 Mar 20[47] | Week 6 Mar 27[48] | Week 7 Apr 3[49] | Week 8 Apr 10[50] | Week 9 Apr 17[51] | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final Jun 28[52] | ||
| Dropped: 20. Long Beach State 24. Maryland | Dropped: 25. Wright State | Dropped: 14. Vanderbilt 23. UC Santa Barbara | Dropped: 19. Georgia Tech 20. NC State | Dropped: 20. Coastal Carolina 22. Texas A&M | Dropped: 15. Louisiana–Lafayette 18. Missouri 21. Oklahoma State 22. Washington 23. Michigan | Dropped: 20. Ole Miss 22. Baylor 23. Houston 25. East Carolina | Dropped: 18. Florida Gulf Coast 24. Florida State 25. Maryland | Dropped: 17. South Carolina 18. Stanford 25. Connecticut | None | None | None | None | None | None | Dropped: Arizona Central Florida Florida Gulf Coast Nebraska |