April 2, 2001

As a result of the Tigers' recent success over ranked teams, Missouri received 14 votes in this week's Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Poll. The 14 votes put the Tigers in 33rd place nationally, tied with Texas Tech and UCLA. Missouri received eight votes in last week's edition.

Missouri's last appearance in the polls came in the 1997 season when the Tigers were ranked 21st by Collegiate Baseball and 25th by Baseball America. MU was ranked 19th in the 1997 preseason poll by Collegiate Baseball after advancing to NCAA regional competition in 1996. Missouri is ranked 34th in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll. It is MU's first-ever appearance in that poll.

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Rank/School 1. Rice (28-6)
2. Stanford (24-6)
3. Louisiana State (21-8-1)
4. Georgia Tech (28-6)
5. Florida State (22-7)
6. Notre Dame (21-4-1)
7. Nebraska (22-7)
8. Stetson (25-4)
9. Arizona State (21-9-1)
10. Clemson (21-8)
11. South Carolina (24-7)
12. South Alabama (26-6)
13. Central Florida (27-7)
14. Baylor (24-9)
15. Miami, Fla. (25-9)
16. Florida International (30-8)
17. Tulane (24-7)
18. Georgia (19-9)
19. Cal State Fullerton (19-10)
20. East Carolina (25-7)
21. Mississippi (23-8)
22. Southern California (20-11)
23. Pepperdine (20-11)
24. Texas (24-12)
25. Ohio State (20-5)
26. Virginia Commonwealth (24-6)
27. Winthrop (25-5)
28. The Citadel (22-9)
29. Alabama (20-11)
30. Rutgers (21-7)
31. Oregon State (19-12)
32. Oklahoma State (23-9)
33. George Washington (17-10)
34. MISSOURI (19-11-1)
35. Mississippi State (16-10)

Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches
(Records are complete through April 1)

Rank School (Record) Last Points
1. Rice (28-6) 1 1,013
2. Stanford (24-6) 2 992
3. Georgia Tech (23-7) 5 909
4. Louisiana State (21-8-1) 7 831
5. Florida State (27-7) 11 771
6. Arizona State (21-9-1) 4 743
7. South Carolina (24-7) 3 721
8. Notre Dame (21-4-1) 13 640
9. Baylor (24-9) 14 597
10. Miami, Fla. (25-9) 6 581
11. Southern California (20-11) 10 578
12. Clemson (21-8) 12 573
13. Nebraska (22-7) 15 559
14. Tennessee (26-6) 8 489
15. South Alabama (26-6) 9 395
16. Mississippi (23-8-1) 17 344
17. Stetson (25-4) 18 341
18. Central Florida (27-7) 21 322
19. Cal State Fullerton (19-10) -- 279
20. East Carolina (25-7) 20 234
21. Florida International (30-8) -- 195
22. Oklahoma State (23-9) 16 171
23. Texas (24-12) 25 156
24. Tulane (24-7) 19 137
25. Pepperdine (20-11) 22 131

Dropped out: #23 Georgia, #24 Wake Forest

Others receiving votes: Ohio State (103), Alabama (101), Georgia (84), Rutgers (67), Auburn (63), Winthrop (50), Long Beach State (43), MISSOURI (14), Texas Tech (14), UCLA (14), Virginia Commonwealth (12), Wake Forest (10), Oregon State (9), Mississippi State (8), Florida (5), Middle Tennessee State (4), Jacksonville (4), The Citadel (4), Oral Roberts (3), Campbell (3), Evansville (2), Arizona (2).