Feb. 18, 2002
COLUMBIA, Mo. - After winning three of four games this past week, the University of Missouri baseball team received one vote in Monday's Baseball Weekly/ESPN/ABCA Coaches Poll. The Tigers picked up votes in the same poll last season after winning series against nationally ranked Pepperdine and Nebraska in back-to-back weekends. Missouri will face No. 9 Notre Dame Friday at 2:30 p.m. in New Orleans.
Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches (Feb. 18) Rank School (Record) Pts Last 1. Florida State (10-3) 971/9 3 2. Stanford (6-3) 970/20 1 3. Louisiana State (6-1) 907/6 2 4. Clemson (0-0) 879 4 5. South Carolina (6-0) 843/1 6 6. Rice (6-1) 798 9 7. Florida (8-0) 715/4 10 8. Arizona State (7-3) 585 5 9. Notre Dame (0-0) 543 11 10. Cal St. Fullerton (6-3) 538 14 11. Georgia Tech (5-0) 521 15 12. Miami, Fla. (5-4) 515 12 13. Tulane (4-2) 486 13 14. Oklahoma State (4-0) 470 16 15. Wichita State (3-0) 444 17 16. Nebraska (1-2) 399 8 17. Texas (7-2) 365 19 18. Mississippi (3-0) 337 18 19. Wake Forest (3-1) 263 22 20. USC (2-5) 236 7 21. Texas A&M (6-1) 233 - 22. Mississippi State (0-0) 214 21 23. Baylor (4-3) 199 - 24. Long Beach State (4-2) 154 23 25. Auburn (6-1) 151 25Others receiving votes: La.-Lafayette (74), Alabama (73), Rutgers (72), East Carolina (58), Florida International (51), Arizona (40), Stetson (37), Washington (21),Texas Tech (20), Georgia (20), Coastal Carolina (18), San Diego (14), Oklahoma (14), Cal State Northridge (13), Virginia Tech (11), Pepperdine (11), Ball State (10), North Carolina (5), Seton Hall (5), Fresno State (4), Ohio State (2), New Orleans (2), Arkansas (2), Houston (2), Cincinnati (2), North Carolina-Greensboro (1), UNC-Wilmington (1), Missouri (1), Southwest Missouri State (1), UCLA (1).