2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
College World Series | |
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| Champions | Coastal Carolina (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Arizona |
| MOP | Andrew Beckwith, Coastal Carolina |
| Seasons | |
The following human polls make up the 2016 NCAA Division I men's baseball rankings. The Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association rank the top 30 teams nationally.
Legend
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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 28 Clemson (11–3) Georgia Tech (15–4) | Missouri State (19–4) | Arkansas (19–9) | Texas Tech (24–9) | BYU (27–7) | Michigan (28–10) | Louisiana-Lafayette (29-16) | Rice (31–14) | Coastal Carolina т (36-15) | UC Santa Barbara (35-16-1) | Tulane (39–19) | Boston College (35–22) | 21. | | |||
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| 22. | Arkansas | Florida Atlantic (9–1) | Georgia Tech (12–3) | UC Santa Barbara (15–3) | Clemson (17–6) | Virginia (18–11) | BYU (25–5) | Virginia (23–18) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Michigan (29-12) | North Carolina (30–17) | Rice т (32-16) | North Carolina (34-21) | Bryant (47–10) | Virginia (38–22) | 22. |
| 23. | South Carolina | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Michigan State (13–1) | UCLA (11–7) | NC State (16–8) | Michigan (20–5) | Kentucky (22–9) | Clemson (24–12) | Missouri State (28–10) | Creighton (30-9) | Coastal Carolina (34–14) | Louisiana–Lafayette (33-19) | Bryant (44-10) | UC Santa Barbara (37–18–1) | Southern Miss (41–20) | 23. |
| 24. | Rice | Louisiana–Lafayette (8–4) | Michigan (11–3) | BYU (18–2) | BYU (20–3) | Georgia Tech (20–7) | South Alabama (25–8) | Louisiana–Lafayette (24–12) | East Carolina (26–14) | Coastal Carolina (31-14) | Clemson (31–16) | Minnesota (33-15) | Southern Miss (36-18) | Cal State Fullerton (35–21) | Tulane (41–21) | 24. |
| 25. | Missouri State | Alabama (10–2) | Arizona State (13–3) | Oklahoma State (13–7) | Houston (16–7) | Oklahoma State (19–9) | Virginia (20–14) | Michigan (25–9) | Georgia Tech (27–13) | Minnesota (27-13) | Georgia Tech (31–15) | Georgia Tech (33-18) | Cal State Fullerton (33-19) | Ohio State (43–18–1) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 28[1] | Week 3 Mar 7[2] | Week 4 Mar 14[3] | Week 5 Mar 21[4] | Week 6 Mar 28[5] | Week 7 Apr 4[6] | Week 8 Apr 11[7] | Week 9 Apr 18[8] | Week 10 Apr 25[9] | Week 11 May 2[10] | Week 12 May 9[11] | Week 13 May 16[12] | Week 14 May 23[13] | Week 15 May 30[14] | Week 18 July 1[15] | ||
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Baseball America
| Preseason Jan 25 College of Charleston (11–4) Michigan (12–5) | Georgia Tech (18–5) | Texas Tech (20–8) | South Alabama (25–8) | Michigan State (25–7) | Louisiana–Lafayette (27–13) | Washington (25–15) | Clemson (31–16) | Clemson (34–18) | Cal State Fullerton (33–19) | Ohio State (43–18) | Florida Atlantic (39-19) | 23. | | |||||
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| 24. | Ole Miss | Mississippi State (2–2) | Mississippi State (6–2) | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Long Beach State (10–5) | UC Santa Barbara (15–3) | Kentucky (17–6) | Houston (17–10) | Tulane (21–10) | Louisiana–Lafayette (24–12) | Minnesota (25–11) | Michigan State (30–11) | UC Santa Barbara (31–12) | Bryant (39–10) | Louisiana–Lafayette (37–19) | Oklahoma State (36–20) | Southern Miss (41-20) | 24. |
| 25. | Kentucky | Oklahoma (2–2) | East Carolina (6–1) | East Carolina (8–3) | Michigan State (13–1) | Arkansas (15–6) | Florida Atlantic (18–4) | Rice (17–10) | Southern Miss (25–8) | Coastal Carolina (27–10) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Creighton (30–9) | Creighton (32–10) | Long Beach State (31–18) | Rice (32–20) | Dallas Baptist (41–17) | NC State (38-22) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 25[16] | Week 1 Feb 22[17] | Week 2 Feb 29[18] | Week 3 Mar 7[19] | Week 4 Mar 14[20] | Week 5 Mar 21[21] | Week 6 Mar 28[22] | Week 7 Apr 4[23] | Week 8 Apr 11[24] | Week 9 Apr 18[25] | Week 10 Apr 25[26] | Week 11 May 2[27] | Week 12 May 9[28] | Week 13 May 16[29] | Week 14 May 23[30] | Week 15 May 30[31] | Week 18 July 1[32] | ||
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Collegiate Baseball
| Preseason Dec 21 Clemson (8–2) South Carolina (15–2) | California (11–6) | LSU (16–7) | Michigan (20–5) | LSU (21–10) | Virginia (23–15) | California (22–14) | Minnesota (27–13) | Ole Miss (36–13) | Arizona State (31–17) | Cal State Fullerton (33–19) | Utah (25–27) | NC State (38–22) | NC State (38–22) | NC State (38–22) | 20. | | ||||
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| 21. | Georgia Tech | Stanford (2–1) | UCLA (3–4) | South Carolina (10–2) | UC Santa Barbara (12–3) | Georgia Tech (15–4) | Virginia (17–8) | NC State (19–9) | South Alabama (25–8) | North Carolina (25–11) | UC Santa Barbara (25–10–1) | Rice (27–14) | LSU (31–16) | Arizona (32–18) | Arizona State (33–19) | Washington (32–21) | Xavier (32–30) | Xavier (32–30) | Xavier (32–30) | 21. |
| 22. | North Carolina | Cal State Fullerton (1–2) | Alabama (6–1) | UC Santa Barbara (9–3) | Boston College (12–3) | Alabama (13–6) | NC State (16–8) | BYU (23–3) | Coastal Carolina (23–10) | Minnesota (21–11) | Kentucky (24–15) | South Alabama (33–12) | Georgia Tech (31–15) | Louisiana–Lafayette (33–19) | Long Beach State (35–18) | Tulane (39–19) | Washington (33–23) | Washington (33–23) | Washington (33–23) | 22. |
| 23. | Michigan | Arizona (2–1) | Mississippi State (6–2) | UCLA (6–5) | NC State (13–4) | BYU (18–2) | Michigan (16–5) | Coastal Carolina (20–9) | Clemson (23–9) | South Alabama (27–10) | South Alabama (30–11) | Georgia Tech (30–14) | South Alabama (36–14) | South Alabama (37–16) | Florida Atlantic (37–15) | Cal State Fullerton (35–21) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | 23. |
| 24. | Arkansas | Arkansas (3–0) | New Mexico (6–1) | Alabama (10–2) | Michigan (11–3) | Long Beach State (14–6) | BYU (20–3) | Georgia Tech (20–7) | Florida Atlantic (23–6) | Rice (24–11) | Ole Miss (31–10) | Long Beach State (26–16) | Coastal Carolina (34–14) | Rice (32–16) | Arizona (33–20) | Southern Miss (40–18) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | 24. |
| 25. | Oklahoma State | Rice (1–2) | East Carolina (6–1) | Dallas Baptist (8–3) | Georgia Tech (12–3) | UCLA (11–7) | Alabama (15–8) | LSU (18–9) | Lamar (25–7) | Creighton (25–7) | Washington (22–14) | Coastal Carolina (31–14) | Indiana (28–17) | Coastal Carolina (36–15) | South Alabama (38–18) | Arizona State (34–21) | Tulane (41–21) | Tulane (41–21) | Tulane (41–21) | 25. |
| 26. | Stony Brook | California (1–2) | Michigan (5–2) | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Dallas Baptist (11–4) | Michigan (12–5) | Long Beach State (16–7) | Virginia (18–11) | BYU (25–5) | Florida Atlantic (25–8) | Creighton (27–9) | Ole Miss (33–12) | UC Santa Barbara (31–12–1) | Minnesota (33–15) | Kent State (41–12) | Arizona (38–20) | South Alabama (42–22) | South Alabama (42–22) | South Alabama (42–22) | 26. |
| 27. | Notre Dame | Arizona State (4–0) | Tulane (4–3) | Michigan (7–3) | Arizona State (13–3) | Oregon (9–7) | Tulane (17–7) | Tulane (19–8) | Georgia Tech (23–8) | Washington (19–12) | Arizona State (23–14) | LSU (28–16) | Minnesota (30–15) | Indiana (30–18) | Dallas Baptist (37–17) | Florida Atlantic (38–17) | Southern Mississippi (41–20) | Southern Mississippi (41–20) | Southern Miss (41–20) | 27. |
| 28. | Maryland | Dallas Baptist (3–0) | Stanford (5–3) | East Carolina (8–3) | Tulane (11–5) | Kentucky (14–5) | Creighton (16–4) | South Alabama (21–7) | New Mexico (23–9) | Cal State Fullerton (21–13) | Cal State Fullerton (24–14) | Kentucky (27–17) | Arizona State (28–16) | Kent State (39–11) | Clemson (38–18) | Bryant (47–10) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | 28. |
| 29. | Kentucky | Ole Miss (3–0) | Cal State Fullerton (4–2) | Tulane (7–4) | Long Beach State (10–5) | Dallas Baptist (13–6) | Texas Tech (16–7) | Creighton (18–6) | Stanford (17–9) | Notre Dame (21–12) | Rice (25–13) | Creighton (30–9) | Michigan (34–12) | Dallas Baptist (34–16) | Bryant (44–10) | Long Beach State (36–20) | Arizona State (36–23) | Arizona State (36–23) | Arizona State (36–23) | 29. |
| 30. | Pepperdine | Alabama (2–1) | California (5–2) | Long Beach State (7–4) | UCLA (8–7) | Tulane (13–7) | Arizona (16–7) | Utah (10–14) | Creighton (20–7) | BYU (27–7) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Arizona State (26–15) | Creighton (32–10) | Clemson (34–18) | Nebraska (37–18) | Ohio State (43–18–1) | Rice (38–24) | Rice (38–24) | Rice (38–24) | 30. |
| Preseason Dec 21[33] | Week 1 Feb 22[34] | Week 2 Feb 29[35] | Week 3 Mar 7[36] | Week 4 Mar 14[37] | Week 5 Mar 21[38] | Week 6 Mar 28[39] | Week 7 Apr 4[40] | Week 8 Apr 11[41] | Week 9 Apr 18[42] | Week 10 Apr 25[43] | Week 11 May 2[44] | Week 12 May 9[45] | Week 13 May 16[46] | Week 14 May 23[47] | Week 15 May 30[48] | Week 16 June 8[49] | Week 17 June 14[50] | Week 18 July 1[51] | ||
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The Preseason poll ranked the top 40 teams in the nation. Teams not listed above are: 31. Missouri; 35. South Carolina; 36. San Diego State; 37. South Alabama; 38. Winthrop; 39 Texas Tech; 40. Texas.
NCBWA
| Preseason Feb 1 Clemson (8–2) BYU (15–1) | Louisiana–Lafayette (12–8) | UCLA (12–9) | East Carolina (19-9) | South Alabama (25–8) | Kentucky (23–12) | Cal Poly (25–13) | Arizona (28–16) | Tulane (31–14) | Arizona (32–18) | Long Beach State (35–18) | Arizona (38–20) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | 29. | | ||||
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| 30. | Oklahoma | Stanford (2–1) | Southern California (4–3) | Alabama (10–2) | UC Santa Barbara (12–3) | Alabama (13–6) | Oregon (11–9) | College of Charleston (20-8) | Houston (19–12) | Michigan State (25–7) | BYU (28–9) | Michigan State (30–11) | Washington (27–16) | Arizona State (31–17) | BYU (37–15) | Georgia Tech (36–23) | Georgia Tech (38–25) | Georgia Tech (38–25) | 30. |
| Preseason Feb 1[52] | Week 1 Feb 22[53] | Week 2 Feb 29[54] | Week 3 Mar 7[55] | Week 4 Mar 14[56] | Week 5 Mar 21[57] | Week 6 Mar 28[58] | Week 7 Apr 4[59] | Week 8 Apr 11[60] | Week 9 Apr 18[61] | Week 10 Apr 25[62] | Week 11 May 2[63] | Week 12 May 9[64] | Week 13 May 16[65] | Week 14 May 23[66] | Week 15 May 30[67] | Week 16 June 8[68] | Week 18 June 30[69] | ||
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The Preseason poll ranked the top 35 teams in the nation. Teams not listed above are: 31. College of Charleston; 35. Tulane.
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