Final 2000 Division I Top 25 College Baseball Teams
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
Final 2000 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 2000 postseason); preseason ranking and rank before start of CWS.
| Record | Pct | CWS Recap | Head Coach | Preseason Rank |
Rank before CWS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana St. | 52-17 | .754 | 4-0 | Skip Bertman (17 yrs: 826-308-2) | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Stanford | 50-16 | .758 | 3-1 (LSU) | Mark Marquess (24 yrs: 995-498-5) | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Florida St. | 53-19 | .736 | 2-2 (LSU) | Mike Martin (21 yrs: 1132-383-3) | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 56-10 | .848 | DNP | Ray Tanner (13 yrs: 563-248-3) | 25 | 6 |
| 5 | Southern California | 44-20 | .688 | 1-2 (Fla. St.) | Mike Gillespie (14 yrs: 563-313-2) | 11 | 4 |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 50-16 | .758 | DNP | Danny Hall (13 yrs: 511-253-0) | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Clemson | 51-18 | .739 | 1-2 (La.-Laf.) | Jack Leggett (21 yrs: 716-420) | 24 | 3 |
| 8 | Nebraska | 51-17 | .750 | DNP | Dave Van Horn (6 yrs: 223-120) | NR | 8 |
| 9 | UL-Lafayette | 49-20 | .710 | 2-2 (Stanford) | Tony Robichaux (13 yrs: 462-289) | NR | 11 |
| 10 | Texas | 46-21 | .687 | 0-2 (Fla. St.) | Augie Garrido (32 yrs: 1284-622-8) | 15 | 9 |
| 11 | Houston | 48-18 | .727 | DNP | Rayner Noble (6 yrs: 217-147) | 6 | 10 |
| 12 | Arizona St. | 44-15 | .746 | DNP | Pat Murphy (13 yrs: 550-239-1) | 22 | 14 |
| 13 | Miami-FL | 41-19-1 | .683 | DNP | Jim Morris (19 yrs: 844-351-2) | 5 | 13 |
| 14 | Baylor | 45-17 | .726 | DNP | Steve Smith (6 yrs: 225-129-1) | 10 | 15 |
| 15 | Mississippi St. | 41-20 | .672 | DNP | Pat McMahon (8 yrs: 314-150) | NR | 16 |
| 16 | Loyola Marymount | 40-19 | .678 | DNP | Frank Cruz (4 yrs: 128-109-1) | 17 | 17 |
| 17 | UCLA | 38-26 | .594 | DNP | Gary Adams (26 yrs: 866-700-7) | 4 | 18 |
| 18 | San Jose St. | 41-24 | .631 | 0-2 (La.-Laf.) | Sam Piraro (15 yrs: 454-345-3) | NR | 12 |
| 19 | Penn St. | 45-19 | .703 | DNP | Joe Hindelang (18 yrs: 438-391-3) | NR | 19 |
| 20 | Florida | 43-23 | .652 | DNP | Andy Lopez (12 yrs: 483-239-3) | 18 | 20 |
| 21 | Wake Forest | 41-20 | .672 | DNP | George Greer (19 yrs: 577-416-6) | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | CS-Fullerton | 38-21 | .644 | DNP | George Horton (4 yrs: 174-76-1) | 2 | 22 |
| 23 | Rutgers | 40-18 | .690 | DNP | Fred Hill (17 yrs: 540-333-5) | NR | 23 |
| 24 | Alabama | 41-24 | .631 | DNP | Jim Wells (11 yrs: 480-203) | 3 | 24 |
| 25 | Auburn | 41-20 | .672 | DNP | Hal Baird (21 yrs: 779-394) | 12 | 25 |
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