2001 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

2001 NCAA Division I baseball season
Tournament
DurationMay 25–June 16, 2001
College World Series
DurationJune 8–June 16, 2001
ChampionsMiami (FL) (4th title)
Runners-upStanford
MOPCharlton Jimerson
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →

The following polls make up the 2001 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.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
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

Currently, only the final poll from the 2001 season is available.[1]

Rank Team
1 Miami (FL)
2 Stanford
3 Cal State Fullerton
4 Southern California
5 Tennessee
6 Tulane
7 Nebraska
8 Georgia
9 LSU
10 Florida State
11 East Carolina
12 Rice
13 South Carolina
14 Clemson
15 Notre Dame
16 UCF
17 Mississippi State
18 FIU
19 Wake Forest
20 Pepperdine
21 Georgia Tech
22 Arizona State
23 Texas Tech
24 South Alabama
25 Baylor

Baseball America

Currently, only the final poll from the 2001 season is available.[2]

Rank Team
1 Miami (FL)
2 Stanford
3 Cal State Fullerton
4 Southern California
5 Tulane
6 Nebraska
7 Georgia
8 Tennessee
9 LSU
10 Florida State
11 East Carolina
12 South Carolina
13 Rice
14 UCF
15 Notre Dame
16 Pepperdine
17 Clemson
18 Wake Forest
19 Mississippi State
20 FIU
21 Texas Tech
22 Arizona State
23 South Alabama
24 Winthrop
25 Rutgers

Collegiate Baseball

Preseason
Dec 20[3]		Week 1
Feb 5[4]		Week 2
Feb 12[5]		Week 3
Feb 19[6]		Week 4
Feb 26[7]		Week 5
Mar 5[8]		Week 6
Mar 12[9]		Week 7
Mar 19[10]		Week 8
Mar 26[11]		Week 9
Apr 2[12]		Week 10
Apr 9[13]		Week 11
Apr 16[14]		Week 12
Apr 23[15]		Week 13
Apr 30[16]		Week 14
May 7[17]		Week 15
May 14[18]		Week 16
May 21[19]		Week 17
May 28[20]		Week 18
June 6[21]		Week 19
June 18[22]
1.Georgia TechGeorgia Tech (0–0)Rice (7–0)Rice (10–1)Georgia Tech (7–1)Georgia Tech (12–2)Rice (18–4)Rice (21–5)Stanford (21–5)Rice (28–6)Stanford (27–7)Stanford (31–7)Notre Dame (35–5–1)Notre Dame (40–6–1)Cal State Fullerton (38–11)Southern California (35–16)Miami (FL) (44–12)Miami (FL) (47–12)Miami (FL) (49–12)Miami (FL) (53–12)1.
2.Southern CaliforniaSouthern California (3–0)Georgia Tech (2–1)Georgia Tech (4–1)Rice (13–2)LSU (12–2–1)South Carolina (16–2)Stanford (18–5)Rice (25–6)Stanford (24–6)LSU (24–9–1)Notre Dame (31–5–1)Stanford (32–10)LSU (35–13–1)Notre Dame (43–8–1)Miami (FL) (41–12)Southern California (39–17)Southern California (42–17)Southern California (44–17)Stanford (51–17)2.
3.LSULSU (0–0)Southern California (6–1)Southern California (8–2)LSU (9–2)Rice (15–3)Stanford (18–5)Arizona State (19–5–1)Georgia Tech (20–6)Georgia Tech (23–7)Florida State (31–7)LSU (27–11–1)LSU (30–13–1)Cal State Fullerton (33–11)Southern California (33–16)Notre Dame (45–9–1)Nebraska (45–15)Nebraska (48–14)Nebraska (50–14)Cal State Fullerton (48–18)3.
4.NebraskaNebraska (0–0)LSU (2–1)LSU (5–2)South Carolina (12–0)Southern California (12–4)Arizona State (17–4–1)Georgia Tech (17–5)Arizona State (20–6–1)LSU (21–8–1)Notre Dame (25–5–1)Florida State (33–9)Nebraska (34–9)Southern California (32–16)Miami (FL) (38–12)Stanford (39–14)Stanford (42–14)Stanford (46–15)Stanford (48–16)Tennessee (48–20)4.
5.ClemsonClemson (0–0)Clemson (0–0)South Carolina (9–0)Southern California (9–4)South Carolina (13–1)Nebraska (12–3)Nebraska (16–4)Miami (FL) (25–6)Florida State (27–7)Nebraska (25–8)Nebraska (30–8)Cal State Fullerton (30–11)Miami (FL) (35–11)Nebraska (38–12)Nebraska (41–14)Cal State Fullerton (41–15)Cal State Fullerton (44–16)Cal State Fullerton (46–16)Southern California (45–19)5.
6.Arizona StateArizona State (4–1)Arizona State (8–1)Arizona State (12–2)Arizona State (13–2)Arizona State (13–4–1)Pepperdine (15–4)Miami (FL) (21–6Tennessee (24–3)Notre Dame (21–4–1)Georgia Tech (26–8)Cal State Fullerton (26–10)Southern California (29–14)Stanford (34–12)Stanford (35–13)Cal State Fullerton (39–14)Tulane (50–10)Tulane (53–10)Tulane (55–11)Tulane (56–13)6.
7.RiceRice (3–0)Nebraska (1–2)Auburn (10–0)Auburn (13–0)Miami (FL) (15–3)Georgia Tech (13–5)South Carolina (19–4)South Carolina (22–4)Stetson (25–4)Stetson (29–5)Southern California (26–13)Miami (FL) (33–10)Nebraska (35–12)Florida State (38–14)Florida State (40–15)Florida State (43–17)Florida State (46–17)Georgia (47–20)Nebraska (50–16)7.
8.Florida StateFlorida State (2–0)Miami (FL) (6–2)Miami (FL) (9–2)Miami (FL) (12–3)Auburn (14–1)Notre Dame (8–2)Notre Dame (13–2–1)South Alabama (26–3)Clemson (21–8)Rice (30–9)Rice (34–10)Stetson (36–6)Stetson (40–6)LSU (36–16–1)Tulane (45–9)Notre Dame (46–11–1)Georgia (45–19)Tennessee (46–18)Georgia (47–22)8.
9.Miami (FL)Miami (FL) (3–1)South Carolina (6–0)Stanford (9–4)Stanford (11–4)Stanford (14–5)Miami (FL) (17–5)LSU (17–6–1)LSU (19–7–1)Arizona State (21–9–1)Cal State Fullerton (22–10)Miami (FL) (30–10)Florida State (34–12)Ole Miss (34–14–1)East Carolina (42–10)Georgia (40–16)Georgia (41–18)East Carolina (47–11)Florida State (47–19)Florida State (47–19)9.
10.South CarolinaSouth Carolina (2–0)Stanford (7–3)Clemson (2–1)Pepperdine (10–2)Pepperdine (12–3)Clemson (10–4)Clemson (14–5)Stetson (23–3)Nebraska (22–7)Southern California (23–12)Stetson (32–6)Ole Miss (30–13–1)Florida State 935–14)Tulane (42–8)East Carolina (44–11)East Carolina (44–11)LSU (43–20–1)LSU (44–22–1)LSU (44–22–1)10.
11.StanfordAuburn (3–0)Aurburn (6–0)Nebraska (3–3)Notre Dame (5–1)Nebraska (9–3)LSU (13–6–1)Tennessee (20–3)Florida State (23–6)Tennessee (26–6)Miami (FL) (28–9)Georgia Tech (29–10)Rice (36–13)East Carolina (41–10)Georgia (36–15)LSU (37–18–1)LSU (40–19–1)Notre Dame (48–12–1)East Carolina (47–13)East Carolina (47–13)11.
12.Cal State FullertonStanford (4–3)Oklahoma State (6–1)Notre Dame (2–1)Nebraska (6–3)Notre Dame (6–2)Oklahoma State (16–3)Southern California (15–8)Southern California (19–10)South Carolina (24–7)Baylor (27–10)Tennessee (31–9)Clemson (28–15)Tulane (39–8)Rice (38–15)UCF (45–11)UCF (49–12)Clemson (41–20)Notre Dame (48–12–1)Notre Dame (48–12–1)12.
13.FloridaLong Beach State (3–0)Florida State (2–3)Pepperdine (8–1)Clemson (5–3)Clemson (7–4)Southern California (12–8)South Alabama (22–3)Notre Dame (16–4–1)South Alabama (26–6)South Alabama (28–7)Clemson (25–13)Tennessee (33–10)Rice (38–15)Clemson (33–18)Clemson (37–18)Pepperdine (41–16)Tennessee (44–18)Clemson (41–22)Clemson (41–22)13.
14.Notre DameNotre Dame (0–0)Notre Dame (0–0)Oklahoma State (7–2)Oklahoma State (9–2)Oklahoma State (11–3)UCF (17–4)Stetson (20–3)Clemson (17–7)Cal State Fullerton (19–10)Tennessee (28–8)East Carolina (33–9)East Carolina (36–10)Clemson (31–17)Georgia Tech (36–14)Pepperdine (39–15)Clemson (38–20)Mississippi State (39–22)Mississippi State (39–24)Mississippi State (39–24)14.
15.OklahomaCal State Fullerton (1–3)Long Beach State (4–2)Florida State (3–4)UCF (10–4)UCF (12–4)Auburn (16–4)UCF (21–5)Nebraska (17–7)Southern California (20–11)South Carolina (26–9)Ole Miss (27–12–1)Georgia Tech (31–12)Georgia Tech (33–14)Arizona State (31–16–1)Arizona State (33–16–1)Rice (43–17)South Carolina (48–18)South Carolina (49–20)South Carolina (49–20)15.
16.GeorgiaGeorgia (0–0)Georgia (0–0)Georgia (2–0)Stetson (9–1)Stetson (11–2)Stetson (16–2)Florida State (18–6)Ole Miss (21–6–1)Miami (FL) (25–9)Arizona State (22–11–1)Pepperdine (26–12)Pepperdine (31–12)Arizona State (30–15–1)Tennessee (38–14)Rice (40–17)Arizona State (36–18–1)Rice (46–18)Rice (47–20)Rice (47–20)16.
17.BaylorFlorida (0–1)Cal State Fullerton (3–5)Cal State Fullerton (6–6)South Alabama (10–2)South Alabama (13–3)South Alabama (19–3)Oklahoma State (19–5)East Carolina (22–5)Baylor (24–9)Clemson (21–12)Arizona State (24–13–1)Tulane (35–8)Pepperdine (32–14)Pepperdine (35–15)Tennessee (41–15)Wake Forest (41–16)UCF (51–14)UCF (51–14)UCF (51–14)17.
18.AuburnBaylor (2–1)Baylor (4–3)Baylor (8–3)East Carolina (10–0)Florida State (9–5)Florida State (14–5)Pepperdine (16–7)The Citadel (20–6)Texas (24–12)UCF (30–8)Mississippi State (21–14)Mississippi State (26–15)Georgia (31–15)UCF (42–11)Wake Forest (37–15)Tennessee (41–17)Wake Forest (44–18)Wake Forest (44–18)Wake Forest (44–18)18.
19.UCFOklahoma State (3–0)UCF (5–1)UCF (7–3)Florida State (4–5)East Carolina (13–1)East Carolina (16–2)Ole Miss (18–5–1)UCF (24–7)UCF (27–7)Alabama (23–12)South Carolina (29–11)Arizona State (26–14–1)Tennessee (34–13)Stetson (41–10)Georgia Tech (39–16)Mississippi State (36–22)FIU (42–18)FIU (42–20)FIU (42–20)19.
20.StetsonStetson (0–0)Pepperdine (6–0)Alabama (7–1)Southern Miss (9–3)Southern Miss (10–4)Tennessee (16–2)East Carolina (18–5)Pepperdine (18–9)Ole Miss (23–8–1)Texas (26–14)Texas (28–16)Baylor (30–15)South Carolina (34–14)Ole Miss (35–17–1)UC Santa Barbara (37–13)Georgia Tech (41–18)Pepperdine (42–18)Pepperdine (42–18)Pepperdine (42–18)20.
21.Mississippi StateMississippi State (0–0)Mississippi State (0–0)Long Beach State (4–4)Arkansas (8–2)Baylor (14–5)Mississippi State (9–5)The Citadel (20–6)Baylor (21–8)East Carolina (25–7)East Carolina (29–8)Baylor (27–14)Texas (30–18)Baylor (33–17)South Carolina (39–14)Texas Tech (39–16–1)UC Santa Barbara (39–15)Texas Tech (43–20–1)Texas Tech (42–20–1)Texas Tech (43–20–1)21.
22.Long Beach StateOklahoma (1–1)Florida (1–3)Stetson (5–1)Tennessee (9–1)UCLA (11–5)Tulane (17–3)Middle Tennessee (15–2)Texas (20–12)Ohio State (20–5)Ole Miss (25–10–1)South Alabama (30–10)Wake Forest (31–12)UCF (39–11)Baylor (33–18)Mississippi State (32–21)Texas Tech (40–18)Baylor (37–23)Baylor (37–23)Baylor (37–23)22.
23.EvansvilleUCF (1–1)Stetson (1–1)South Alabama (8–1)Baylor (11–4)Tennessee (12–2)Georgia (11–3)Baylor (18–7)Tulane (22–5)The Citadel (22–9)Florida (25–13)Tulane (31–8)Auburn (29–12)Mississippi State (28–18)UC Santa Barbara (35–12)Ole Miss (36–19–1)Ole Miss (38–21–1)Arizona State (37–20–1)Arizona State (37–20–1)Arizona State (37–20–1)23.
24.AlabamaEvansville (0–0)Alabama (3–0)Louisiana–Monroe (7–0)UCLA (10–4)Tulane (13–3)Southern Miss (12–6)Wake Forest (17–4)Ohio State (16–4)Alabama (20–11)Pepperdine (23–12)UCF (32–10)South Carolina (31–13)South Alabama (36–12)Wake Forest (36–15)South Carolina (41–15)South Carolina (44–17)VCU (41–19)VCU (41–19)VCU (41–19)24.
25.TennesseeAlabama (0–0)Tennessee (3–0)Wichita State (3–0)Tulane (10–3)Georgia (6–2)Rutgers (9–3)Texas (16–12)Oklahoma State (22–7)Pepperdine (20–11)Tulane (28–7)Oral Roberts (28–6)UCF (36–10)Ohio State (34–11)Texas Tech (37–15–1)Baylor (35–20)Oral Roberts (48–11)Rutgers (42–17)Rutgers (42–17)Rutgers (42–17)25.
26.TexasTennessee (0–0)Evansville (2–1)East Carolina (6–0)Long Beach State (5–4)North Carolina (11–3)Baylor (15–6)Alabama (16–7)Georgia (17–6)Tulane (24–7)Ohio State (23–7)Ohio State (27–8)South Alabama (32–11)Auburn (31–14)South Alabama (38–13)California (33–23)California (33–23)UC Santa Barbara (40–17)UC Santa Barbara (40–17)UC Santa Barbara (40–17)26.
27.The CitadelPepperdine (4–0)Tulane (7–0)Tulane (9–2)Georgia (3–2)Alabama (11–4)UCLA (13–7)Tulane (18–5)Jacksonville (19–7)Rutgers (21–7)Winthrop (30–5–1)Long Beach State (25–11)Long Beach State (27–13)FIU (37–13)Ohio State (37–13)Ohio State (41–14)South Alabama (44–17)Georgia Tech (41–20)Georgia Tech (41–20)Georgia Tech (41–20)27.
28.Wake ForestWake Forest (0–0)Wake Forest (3–0)Tennessee (5–1)Cal State Fullerton (6–7)Wake Forest (10–2)Cal State Fullerton (11–8)UCLA (15–7)UCLA (16–7)Winthrop (25–5–1)FIU (32–9)Winthrop (33–7–1)Georgia (26–15)Delaware (33–11)Delaware (37–12)Delaware (41–13)Delaware (44–13)Texas (36–26)Texas (36–26)Texas (36–26)28.
29.Wichita StateWichita State (0–0)Wichita State (0–0)Florida (4–4)North Carolina (9–2)Ole Miss (12–3)North Carolina (14–4)Cal State Fullerton (13–9)Cal State Fullerton (15–10)VCU (24–6)Oral Roberts (24–6)Georgia (24–13)Purdue (23–16)San Diego (32–16)California (30–22)Middle Tennessee (38–14)Baylor (35–22)Winthrop (48–16–1)Winthrop (48–16–1)Winthrop (48–16–1)29.
30.East CarolinaEast Carolina (0–0)East Carolina (3–0)Mississippi State (0–2)Alabama (8–4)Rutgers (7–2)Wake Forest (13–3)VCU (18–5)VCU (21–6)FIU (30–8)Long Beach State (21–11)Texas Tech (30–14)FIU (35–12)Oral Roberts (35–9)Florida (31–21)Rutgers (40–13)Ohio State (43–16)Auburn (37–21)Auburn (37–21)Auburn (37–21)30.
Preseason
Dec 20[3]		Week 1
Feb 5[4]		Week 2
Feb 12[5]		Week 3
Feb 19[6]		Week 4
Feb 26[7]		Week 5
Mar 5[8]		Week 6
Mar 12[9]		Week 7
Mar 19[10]		Week 8
Mar 26[11]		Week 9
Apr 2[12]		Week 10
Apr 9[13]		Week 11
Apr 16[14]		Week 12
Apr 23[15]		Week 13
Apr 30[16]		Week 14
May 7[17]		Week 15
May 14[18]		Week 16
May 21[19]		Week 17
May 28[20]		Week 18
June 6[21]		Week 19
June 18[22]
Dropped:
  • 26 Texas
  • 27 The Citadel
Dropped:
22 Oklahoma		Dropped:
  • 26 Evansville
  • 28 Wake Forest
Dropped:
  • 24 Louisiana–Monroe
  • 25 Wichita State
  • 29 Florida
  • 30 Mississippi State
Dropped:
  • 21 Arkansas
  • 26 Long Beach State
  • 28 Cal State Fullerton
Dropped:
  • 29 Ole Miss
  • 30 Rutgers
Dropped:
  • 21 Mississippi State
  • 23 Georgia
  • 24 Southern Miss
  • 25 Rutgers
  • 29 North Carolina
  • 30 Wake Forest
Dropped:
  • 22 Middle Tennessee
  • 24 Wake Forest
  • 26 Alabama
Dropped:
  • 25 Oklahoma State
  • 26 Georgia
  • 27 Jacksonville
  • 28 UCLA
Dropped:
  • 23 The Citadel
  • 27 Rutgers
  • 29 VCU
Dropped:
  • 19 Alabama
  • 23 Florida
  • 28 FIU
Dropped:
  • 25 Oral Roberts
  • 26 Ohio State
  • 28 Winthrop
  • 30 Texas Tech
Dropped:
  • 21 Texas
  • 22 Wake Forest
  • 27 Long Beach State
  • 29 Purdue
Dropped:
  • 23 Mississippi State
  • 26 Auburn
  • 27 FIU
  • 29 San Diego
  • 30 Oral Roberts
Dropped:
  • 19 Stetson
  • 26 South Alabama
  • 30 Florida
Dropped:
  • 29 Middle Tennessee
  • 30 Rutgers
Dropped:
  • 23 Ole Miss
  • 25 Oral Roberts
  • 26 California
  • 27 South Alabama
  • 28 Delaware
  • 30 Ohio State
NoneNone

The pre-season poll ranked the top 40 teams. Those not listed in the table above were: 31. FIU 32. Southern Miss 33. Tulane 34. Texas A&M 35. Oklahoma State 36. Fresno State 37. Pepperdine 38. Virginia Tech 39. Minnesota 40. Penn State.

NCBWA

Currently, only the final poll from the 2001 season is available.[23]

Rank Team
1 Miami (FL)
2 Stanford
3 Cal State Fullerton
4 Tennessee
5 Southern California
6 Tulane
7 Georgia
8 Nebraska
9 LSU
10 Florida State
11 Rice
12 East Carolina
13 South Carolina
14 Clemson
15 Mississippi State
16 FIU
17 UCF
18 Pepperdine
19 Georgia Tech
20 Wake Forest
21 South Alabama
22 Texas Tech
23 Winthrop
24 Oklahoma State
25 Ole Miss
26 Middle Tennessee
27 California
28 Rutgers
29 Delaware
30 Ohio State
31 Arizona State
32 Baylor
33 Wichita State
34 Texas
35 VCU

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