USA Today/ESPN finish the Preseason rankings today with as they release their Top 25 which is led by Texas coming in at number 1 receiving 18 out of 31 first place votes. Texas finished last season with a second place finish in the College World Series. LSU defeated the Longhorns in the College World Series to bring home the title and come in at number 2 in the poll. Cal-State Fullerton checks in at number 3 while Virginia and Florida State round out the Top 25. You can check out the full poll below.
| Rank | School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Final 2009 rank |
| 1 | Texas (18) | 50-16-1 | 760 | 2 |
| 2 | LSU (10) | 56-17 | 721 | 1 |
| 3 | Cal State-Fullerton (2) | 47-16 | 671 | 7 |
| 4 | Virginia (1) | 49-15-1 | 665 | 5 |
| 5 | Florida State | 45-18 | 575 | 10 |
| 6 | Rice | 43-18 | 547 | 9 |
| 7 | UC Irvine | 45-15 | 534 | 16 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 51-14 | 497 | 3 |
| 9 | Florida | 42-22 | 489 | 13 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | 38-19-1 | 484 | 18 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 48-18 | 456 | 4 |
| 12 | TCU | 40-18 | 367 | 12 |
| 13 | Miami (Fla.) | 38-22 | 355 | 20 |
| 14 | Oregon State | 37-19 | 350 | NR |
| 15 | Clemson | 44-22 | 334 | 14 |
| 16 | Arkansas | 41-24 | 289 | 6 |
| 17 | Mississippi | 44-20 | 249 | 11 |
| 18 | East Carolina | 46-20 | 224 | 15 |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina | 47-16 | 203 | 23 |
| 20 | Louisville | 47-18 | 192 | 17 |
| 21 | Ohio State | 42-19 | 131 | NR |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 43-20 | 127 | 19 |
| 23 | San Diego | 29-25 | 95 | NR |
| 24 | Southern Mississippi | 40-26 | 94 | 8 |
| 25 | Stanford | 30-25 | 79 | NR |
Others receiving votes: South Carolina (40-23) 75; Vanderbilt (37-27) 75; UCLA (27-29) 73; Texas A&M (37-24) 51; Georgia (38-24) 48; Minnesota (40-19) 48; Arizona (30-25) 33; Kansas (39-24) 24; Kansas State (43-18-1) 19; Wichita State (30-27) 19; Oral Roberts (33-15) 18; Pepperdine (31-23) 15; Middle Tennessee (44-18) 13; Fresno State (32-30) 9; Missouri (35-27) 9; Oklahoma State (34-24) 9; Alabama (37-21) 6; North Carolina-Wilmington (31-23) 6; Boston College (34-26) 5; Florida Gulf Coast (36-18) 5; James Madison (30-24) 5; Kentucky (28-26) 4; Long Beach State (25-29) 4; Cal Poly (37-21) 3; Gonzaga (36-18) 3; St. John’s (30-22) 3; Florida International (34-23) 2; Jacksonville (37-22) 1; Nebraska (25-28) 1; Western Kentucky (42-20) 1.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association.
The 2010 board: The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2010 season: Terry Alexander, Jacksonville; John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Sherman Corbett, Texas-San Antonio; Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt; David Eldredge, Southern Utah; Mike Gaski, North Carolina-Greensboro; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Keith Guttin, Missouri State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Daniel Heefner, Dallas Baptist; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; Steve Kittrell, South Alabama; Paul Kostacopoulos, Navy; Kevin Leighton, Manhattan; Gary McClure, Austin Peay; Mervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, North Carolina-Wilmington; Jim Schlossnagle, TCU; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.
