1996 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

The following polls make up the 1996 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.

1996 NCAA Division I baseball season
Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsLSU
Runners-upMiami (FL)
MOPPat Burrell (Miami (FL))
Seasons

USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll

Currently, only the final poll from the 1996 season is available.[1]

Rank Team
1 LSU
2 Miami (FL)
3 Florida
4 Clemson
5 Florida State
6 Alabama
7 Wichita State
8 Oklahoma State
9 Southern California
10 Cal State Northridge
11 Cal State Fullerton
12 Texas Tech
13 Tennessee
14 Stanford
15 Rice
16 UCLA
17 Virginia
18 South Florida
19 Texas
20 Georgia Tech
21 Georgia Southern
22 UNLV
23 UMass
24 Mississippi State
25 South Alabama

Baseball America

Currently, only the final poll from the 1996 season is available.[2]

Rank Team
1 LSU
2 Miami (FL)
3 Florida
4 Alabama
5 Clemson
6 Florida State
7 Southern California
8 Wichita State
9 Stanford
10 Cal State Northridge
11 Oklahoma State
12 Cal State Fullerton
13 Tennessee
14 Virginia
15 Texas Tech
16 South Florida
17 Rice
18 Texas
19 UMass
20 Tulane
21 UCLA
22 Georgia Tech
23 UNLV
24 Georgia Southern
25 Arizona State

Collegiate Baseball

Currently, only the final poll from the 1996 season is available.[3][4]

Rank Team
1 LSU
2 Miami (FL)
3 Florida
4 Clemson
5 Alabama
6 Florida State
7 Wichita State
8 Oklahoma State
9 Southern California
10 Cal State Northridge
11 Stanford
12 Tennessee
13 Cal State Fullerton
14 Georgia Southern
15 UCLA
16 Texas
17 Texas Tech
18 Georgia Tech
19 Virginia
20 UMass
21 South Florida
22 Stetson
23 South Alabama
24 Tulane
25 Rice
26 UNLV
27 Mississippi State
28 NC State
29 Missouri
30 New Orleans

References
  1. "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 42. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  2. "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 41. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  3. "1996 NCAA DIV I Final Poll". Collegiate Baseball. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  4. "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 40. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
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