College Baseball's 1998 Season: Final Baseball America Top 25
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Final 1998 Division I Top 25, voted on by the editors of Baseball America and released after the NCAA College World Series. Given are final records (excluding ties) and winning percentage (including all postseason games); records in College World Series and team eliminated by (DNP indicates team did not play in tourney); head coach (career years and Division I record including 1998 postseason); preseason ranking and rank before start of CWS.
| Record | Pct | CWS Recap | Head Coach | Preseason Rank | Rank before CWS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USC | 50-17 | .746 | 5-1 | Mike Gillespie (12 yrs: 484-267-2) | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | Arizona St. | 41-23 | .641 | 3-1 (USC) | Pat Murphy (14 yrs: 522-258-3) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami-FL | 51-12 | .810 | 1-2 (Long Beach) | Jim Morris (17 yrs: 753-319-1) | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Louisiana St. | 48-19 | .716 | 2-2 (USC) | Skip Bertman (15 yrs: 733-267-1) | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Florida | 46-18 | .719 | 0-2 (USC) | Andy Lopez (16 yrs: 577-343-5) | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Stanford | 42-14 | .750 | DNP | Mark Marquess (22 yrs: 895-467-4) | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Florida St. | 52-20 | .722 | 0-2 (Long Beach) | Mike Martin (19 yrs: 1021-350-3) | 25 | 5 |
| 8 | Wichita St. | 56-7 | .889 | DNP | Gene Stephenson (21 yrs: 1165-346-3) | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | Auburn | 46-18 | .719 | DNP | Hal Baird (19 yrs: 692-355) | 11 | 9 |
| 10 | Long Beach St. | 43-23 | .652 | 2-2 (Ariz. St.) | Dave Snow (14 yrs: 572-298-4) | NR | 11 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 46-18 | .719 | DNP | Mark Johnson (14 yrs: 616-259-2) | NR | 10 |
| 12 | Alabama | 46-18 | .719 | DNP | Jim Wells (9 yrs: 386-163) | 7 | 12 |
| 13 | CS-Fullerton | 47-17 | .734 | DNP | Augie Garrido (30 yrs: 1228-563-7) | NR | 13 |
| 14 | Mississippi St. | 42-23 | .646 | 1-2 (USC) | Pat McMahon (6 yrs: 231-109) | 21 | 14 |
| 15 | Rice | 46-17 | .730 | DNP | Wayne Graham (7 yrs: 277-140) | 10 | 15 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 44-18 | .710 | DNP | Ray Tanner (10 yrs: 472-215-3) | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | Washington | 41-17 | .707 | DNP | Ken Knutson (6 yrs: 226-132) | 12 | 17 |
| 18 | South Alabama | 46-18 | .689 | DNP | Steve Kittrell (15 yrs: 603-321-1) | 23 | 18 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | 41-22 | .651 | DNP | Danny Hall (11 yrs: 423-217) | 14 | 19 |
| 20 | Tulane | 48-15 | .762 | DNP | Rick Jones (10 yrs: 480-201-1) | NR | 20 |
| 21 | Clemson | 43-16 | .729 | DNP | Jack Leggett (19 yrs: 623-375) | NR | 21 |
| 22 | Baylor | 41-20 | .672 | DNP | Steve Smith (4 yrs: 130-98-1) | 13 | 22 |
| 23 | Illinois | 41-21 | .661 | DNP | Richard Jones (32 yrs: 1022-578-5) | NR | 23 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 42-23 | .646 | DNP | Mike Roberts (21 yrs: 780-428-3) | NR | 24 |
| 25 | Texas Tech | 44-20 | .688 | DNP | Larry Hays (28 yrs: 1157-623-2) | 8 | 25 |
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