March 11, 2003
Bowling Green, Ky. - For the second straight week, the Western Kentucky baseball team received nine points in the Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 Baseball Coaches Poll. With nine points, the Hilltoppers are ranked 42nd - up one spot from last week.
Western (7-4) is the highest ranked Sun Belt team in the poll. Florida International received seven points in the poll and New Orleans two. Future opponent Vanderbilt also received a point in the poll. The poll is selected by 41 Division I head coaches represent the American Baseball Coaches Association.
The Hilltoppers travel to Louisville today at 2 p.m. CST before hosting Belmont on Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll
The Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Baseball Coaches Poll as selected by 41 Division I head coaches representing the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). Records through March 9.
Rank School Record Points LW 1. Arizona State (15) 28-1 990 3 2. Florida State (18) 19-2 982 1 3. Georgia Tech (7) 14-0 939 4 4. Rice (1) 15-1 901 5 5. Cal State Fullerton 16-3 833 2 6. Stanford 14-7 724 8 7. South Carolina 13-3 721 7 8. Long Beach State 13-6 694 10 9. Baylor 14-5 692 6 10. Texas 15-6 673 9 11. Auburn 16-3 633 11 12. Nebraska 9-2 502 12 13. Mississippi State 9-1-1 468 13 14. Miami 12-3 434 17 15. Richmond 10-1 428 16 16. Florida 13-3 417 15 17. Wake Forest 9-4 381 14 18. Clemson 8-3 356 18 19. Alabama 12-3 216 24 20. Texas Tech 15-6 197 21 21. Kansas 16-4 162 25 22. Wichita State 12-3 160 19 23. Texas A&M 15-4 105 NR 24. Notre Dame 4-4 90 23 25. LSU 11-6 78 NRDropped out: No. 20 Southern California (9-10, 2-2 last week), No. 22 Tennessee (10-5, 1-4 last week).
Others receiving votes: Tulane (60), Arkansas (59), Southern California (57), North Carolina-Greensboro (45), Oklahoma (44), Florida Atlantic (39), Arizona (31), Coastal Carolina (26), Alabama-Birmingham (23), Houston (22), Tennessee (21), UNLV (21), Mississippi (13), Southwest Missouri State (12), Southern Mississippi (11), Oklahoma State (10), Western Kentucky (9), Pepperdine (8), Florida International (7), UCLA (5), Minnesota (5), South Florida (5), Illinois (5), Northwestern State (3), North Carolina-Wilmington (3), New Orleans (2), Virginia Commonwealth (2), Vanderbilt (1).
