April 13, 1999
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team earned the 25th spot in this week’s Baseball America poll. The Irish (25-8), who have won 21 of their last 23, also are ranked 28th by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and received the 27th-most votes in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll:
Baseball America
Team W-L Last Prev. 1. Florida State 36-4 3-1 1 2. Stanford 25-9 2-1 2 3. Rice 35-8 3-1 3 4. Auburn 32-6 4-0 4 5. Texas A&M 32-8 4-0 6 6. Pepperdine 31-4 1-1 5 7. Baylor 33-7 4-1 8 8. Cal State Fullerton 29-7 2-1 7 9. Mississippi State 28-7 4-1 10 10. Miami 26-8 2-1 9 11. Texas Tech 32-8 4-0 12 12. Florida Atlantic 39-1 3-0 13 13. Wichita State 31-8 6-0 15 14. Arizona State 32-12 3-0 19 15. Arkansas 26-12 3-2 14 16. Texas 26-15 1-3 11 17. Georgia Tech 27-9 3-1 16 18. North Carolina 28-8 3-1 17 19. Alabama 27-11 2-2 18 20. Tulane 27-8 3-1 21 21. East Carolina 30-7 2-1 20 22. Ohio State 22-7 4-1 NR 23. Louisiana State 24-13 3-1 24 24. Southern California 22-17 2-1 NR 25. Notre Dame 25-8 4-1 NR Dropped Out: Virginia Commonwealth (No. 22), Oklahoma State (No. 23), Washington (No. 25).
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
Team (Record) Points Previous 1. Florida State (36-4) 495 1 2. Stanford (25-9) 475 2 3. Pepperdine (31-4) 470 3 4. Cal State Fullerton (29-7) 465 4 5. Miami, Fla. (26-8) 463 5 6. Auburn (32-6) 460 8 7. Mississippi St. (28-7) 459 7 8. Baylor (33-7) 457 10 9. Rice (35-8) 456 6 10. Florida Atlantic (39-1) 455 11 11. Georgia Tech. (27-9) 453 9 12. Texas A&M (32-8) 452 12 13. Wichita State (31-8) 449 14 14. Arkansas (26-12) 447 17 15. North Carolina (28-8) 442 15 16. Arizona State (32-12) 439 18 17. Texas Tech (32-8) 437 20 18. Alabama (27-11) 434 16 19. Nebraska (23-10) 427 28 20. Texas (26-15) 426 13 21. Minnesota (24-7) 425 - 22. Southern California (22-17) 423 22 23. Ohio State (22-7) 420 - 24. East Carolina (30-7) 418 21 25. Tulane (27-8) 416 29 26. S.W. Missouri State (25-7) 413 - 27. South Carolina (24-11) 410 24 28. Notre Dame (25-8) 407 - 29. Oklahoma State (25-10) 405 25 30. North Carolina St. (27-12) 403 27
USA TODAY/ESPN College Baseball Coaches Poll
Team (Record) Prev. Points (1st) 1. Florida State (36-4) 1 999 (39) 2. Stanford (25-9) 2 920 3. Auburn (32-6) 5 867 (1) 4. Rice (35-8) 3 859 5. Pepperdine (31-4) 4 823 6. Texas A&M (32-8) 8 762 7. Miami (26-8) 6 750 8. Cal State Fullerton (29-7) 7 727 9. Mississippi State (28-7) 9 676 10. Baylor (33-7) 10 673 11. Wichita State (31-8) 12 579 12. Texas Tech (32-8) 14 533 13. Florida Atlantic (39-1) 13 522 14. Arizona State (32-12) 15 464 15. North Carolina (28-8) 16 374 16. Georgia Tech (27-9) 19 346 17. Texas (26-15) 11 312 18. Alabama (27-11) 17 301 19. Louisiana State (24-13) 18 286 20. Arkansas (26-12) 20 251 21. Tulane (27-8) 23 166 22. East Carolina (30-7) NR 119 23. Minnesota (24-7) NR 83 24. North Carolina St. (27-12) 24 78 25. Florida Internat'l (31-9) 22 64 Others receiving votes: Ohio State (55), Notre Dame (50), Southern California (42), Southwest Missouri State (39), Nebraska (37), Wake Forest (29), Florida (27), South Carolina (20), Southern Mississippi (19), Washington (19), Southwestern Louisiana (18), Arizona (17), Oklahoma State (16), Virginia Commonwealth (16), Creighton (15), Nevada (14), Long Beach State (6), Jacksonville (6), Oral Roberts (5), South Alabama (4), Houston (4), Texas Christian (2), Mississippi (2), Ball St. (1), Clemson (1), Coastal Carolina (1),Winthrop (1).