1997 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

1997 NCAA Division I baseball season
Tournament
College World Series
Champions LSU
Runners-up Alabama
MOP Brandon Larson (LSU)
Seasons

 1996

1998 

The following polls make up the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.

USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll

Currently, only the final poll from the 1997 season is available.[1]

Rank Team
1 LSU
2 Alabama
3 Miami (FL)
4 Stanford
5 Auburn
6 Mississippi State
7 UCLA
8 Rice
9 Florida State
10 Southern California
11 Georgia Tech
12 Oklahoma State
13 Arizona State
14 Texas Tech
15 Washington
16 South Alabama
17 Wichita State
18 Florida
19 Tennessee
20 NC State
21 Oklahoma
22 Texas A&M
23 Fresno State
24 Clemson
25 Long Beach State

Baseball America

Currently, only the final poll from the 1997 season is available.[2]

Rank Team
1 LSU
2 Alabama
3 Miami (FL)
4 Stanford
5 UCLA
6 Auburn
7 Mississippi State
8 Rice
9 Florida State
10 Southern California
11 Arizona State
12 Texas Tech
13 Washington
14 Oklahoma State
15 South Alabama
16 Florida
17 Georgia Tech
18 Long Beach State
19 Oklahoma
20 Southwestern Louisiana
21 NC State
22 Santa Clara
23 Fresno State
24 Cal State Fullerton
25 Tennessee

Collegiate Baseball

Currently, only the final poll from the 1997 season is available.[3][4]

Rank Team
1 LSU
2 Alabama
3 Miami (FL)
4 Stanford
5 Auburn
6 Mississippi State
7 Rice
8 UCLA
9 Florida State
10 Georgia Tech
11 Texas Tech
12 Oklahoma State
13 Southern California
14 Arizona State
15 Washington
16 South Alabama
17 Oklahoma
18 Fresno State
19 Santa Clara
20 Florida
21 Cal State Fullerton
22 Tennessee
23 NC State
24 Long Beach State
25 Wichita State
26 Texas A&M
27 Harvard
28 UNC Greensboro
29 Southwestern Louisiana
30 Ohio State

References

  1. "Division I Baseball Records". NCAA. p. 42. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  2. "Division I Baseball Records". NCAA. p. 41. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  3. "1997 NCAA DIV I Final Poll". Collegiate Baseball. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  4. "Division I Baseball Records". NCAA. p. 40. Retrieved 2012-07-26.