# 2000 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

The following polls make up the 2000 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.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| Italics | Number of first place votes |
| (#-#) | Win–loss record |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll

Currently, only the final poll from the 2000 season is available.
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | LSU |
| 2 | Stanford |
| 3 | Florida State |
| 4 | Southern California |
| 5 | Clemson |
| 6 | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| 7 | Texas |
| 8 | South Carolina |
| 9 | San Jose State |
| 10 | Georgia Tech |
| 11 | Nebraska |
| 12 | Houston |
| 13 | Miami (FL) |
| 14 | Mississippi State |
| 15 | UCLA |
| 16 | Arizona State |
| 17 | Baylor |
| 18 | Penn State |
| 19 | North Carolina |
| 20 | Auburn |
| 21 | Florida |
| 22 | Alabama |
| 23 | Cal State Fullerton |
| 24 | Wake Forest |
| 25 | Loyola Marymount |

## Baseball America

Currently, only the final poll from the 2000 season is available.
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | LSU |
| 2 | Stanford |
| 3 | Florida State |
| 4 | South Carolina |
| 5 | Southern California |
| 6 | Georgia Tech |
| 7 | Clemson |
| 8 | Nebraska |
| 9 | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| 10 | Texas |
| 11 | Houston |
| 12 | Arizona State |
| 13 | Miami (FL) |
| 14 | Baylor |
| 15 | Mississippi State |
| 16 | Loyola Marymount |
| 17 | UCLA |
| 18 | San Jose State |
| 19 | Penn State |
| 20 | Florida |
| 21 | Wake Forest |
| 22 | Cal State Fullerton |
| 23 | Rutgers |
| 24 | Alabama |
| 25 | Auburn |

## Collegiate Baseball

| | Preseason Dec 15 | Week 1 Feb 14 | Week 2 Feb 21 | Week 3 Feb 28 | Week 4 Mar 6 | Week 5 Mar 13 | Week 6 Mar 20 | Week 7 Mar 27 | Week 8 Apr 3 | Week 9 Apr 10 | Week 10 Apr 17 | Week 11 Apr 24 | Week 12 May 1 | Week 13 May 8 | Week 14 May 15 | Week 15 May 22 | Week 16 May 29 | Week 17 June 5 | Week 18 June 19 | |
| 1. | Stanford | Florida State (7–2) | Florida State (9–2) | Florida State (13–2) | Florida State (18–2) | Florida State (23–2) | Clemson (19–3) | Clemson (23–3) | Florida State (31–5) | Florida State (35–5) | South Carolina (36–4) | South Carolina (41–4) | South Carolina (45–4) | South Carolina (46–6) | South Carolina (50–6) | Georgia Tech (47–14) | Georgia Tech (50–14) | Stanford (47–15) | LSU (52–17) | 1. |
| 2. | Cal State Fullerton | UCLA (6–1) | Stanford (7–4) | Stanford (11–4) | North Carolina (16–0) | North Carolina (20–0) | South Carolina (22–1) | Florida State (28–4) | Texas (29–6) | South Carolina (32–4) | Florida State (37–7) | Florida State (39–8) | Florida State (41–9) | Stanford (37–12) | Stanford (39–12) | Stanford (42–13) | South Carolina (55–8) | LSU (48–17) | Stanford (50–16) | 2. |
| 3. | Alabama | Stanford (6–3) | LSU (6–1) | North Carolina (13–0) | Stanford (14–5) | Stanford (14–5) | Florida State (25–4) | Texas (26–5) | South Carolina (28–4) | Texas (32–7) | Arizona State (33–9) | Arizona State (31–10) | Stanford (34–11) | Georgia Tech (38–12) | Georgia Tech (42–14) | South Carolina (52–8) | Stanford (45–14) | Clemson (50–16) | Florida State (53–19) | 3. |
| 4. | UCLA | Alabama (2–1) | North Carolina (9–0) | Texas (13–3) | Texas (16–4) | Clemson (15–2) | Stanford (16–6) | Stanford (19–7) | Louisiana–Lafayette (28–2) | Arizona State (30–9) | Stanford (29–9) | Stanford (31–10) | Georgia Tech (37–11) | Florida State (41–11) | Arizona State (40–12) | Arizona State (42–13) | LSU (46–17) | Florida State (51–17) | Louisiana–Lafayette (49–20) | 4. |
| 5. | Miami (FL) | LSU (3–0) | Texas (9–3) | Houston (11–3) | Southern California (11–3) | South Carolina (19–0) | Texas (22–5) | South Carolina (24–3) | Arizona State (28–8) | Stanford (25–9) | Texas (33–9) | Georgia Tech (34–10) | Arizona State (37–12) | Arizona State (37–12) | Baylor (42–14) | Baylor (45–15) | Clemson (48–16) | Southern California (43–18) | Southern California (44–20) | 5. |
| 6. | Florida State | Cal State Fullerton (2–4) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | Georgia Tech (8–2) | Auburn (18–3) | Texas (19–5) | Houston (19–7) | Louisiana–Lafayette (23–2) | Stanford (21–9) | Clemson (28–7) | Georgia Tech (31–8) | Baylor (34–13) | Baylor (39–13) | Baylor (39–13) | Clemson (42–14) | Nebraska (47–15) | Houston (47–16) | Texas (46–19) | Clemson (51–18) | 6. |
| 7. | Rice | Georgia Tech (2–0) | Cal State Fullerton (5–5) | Cal State Fullerton (5–5) | Cal State Fullerton (7–5) | Alabama (15–6) | North Carolina (21–3) | Auburn (26–6) | North Carolina (27–6) | LSU (26–10) | Clemson (31–9) | Clemson (35–10) | Mississippi State (33–12) | Mississippi State (36–13) | Nebraska (42–14) | LSU (43–17) | Florida State (49–16) | San Jose State (41–22) | Texas (46–21) | 7. |
| 8. | LSU | Texas (7–2) | Alabama (4–3) | Clemson (8–1) | Clemson (11–2) | Long Beach State (14–4) | Louisiana–Lafayette (21–1) | Arizona State (26–7) | Clemson (24–6) | Georgia Tech (26–8) | LSU (29–11) | Texas (34–11) | Texas (37–12) | Clemson (39–12) | Florida State (43–13) | Clemson (45–16) | Miami (FL) (40–17–1) | Louisiana–Lafayette (47–18) | San Jose State (41–24) | 8. |
| 9. | Georgia Tech | North Carolina (6–0) | Clemson (5–1) | Alabama (8–4) | Alabama (12–5) | Houston (15–7) | Arizona State (24–6) | Houston (20–9) | Houston (22–9) | Louisiana–Lafayette (30–4) | Baylor (31–11) | LSU (32–13) | Clemson (37–12) | Texas (38–14) | Houston (39–14) | Houston (44–15) | Nebraska (50–15) | South Carolina (56–10) | South Carolina (56–10) | 9. |
| 10. | Houston | Houston (5–2) | Houston (7–3) | Miami (FL) (11–5) | Miami (FL) (14–6) | Louisiana–Lafayette (18–1) | Auburn (23–6) | Southern California (19–9) | Southern California (22–10) | Houston (24–11) | Wake Forest (32–11–1) | Houston (30–13) | LSU (35–14) | Nebraska (37–13) | LSU (39–17) | Florida State (45–15) | Mississippi State (41–18) | Georgia Tech (50–16) | Georgia Tech (50–16) | 10. |
| 11. | Clemson | Clemson (2–1) | Miami (FL) (8–5) | Southern California (9–3) | South Carolina (15–0) | Arizona State (20–5) | Long Beach State (16–6) | Cal State Fullerton (16–7) | Cal State Fullerton (19–8) | Wake Forest (29–9–1) | Miami (FL) (26–13–1) | Miami (FL) (28–14) | Houston (33–14) | Houston (36–14) | Mississippi State (38–15) | Miami (FL) (37–17–1) | Texas (44–19) | Nebraska (51–17) | Nebraska (51–17) | 11. |
| 12. | Texas | Miami (FL) (4–5) | Tulane (5–2) | Auburn (14–3) | Baylor (15–3) | Southern California (12–6) | Georgia (15–6) | Long Beach State (19–7) | LSU (21–10) | Cal State Fullerton 921–10) | Auburn (34–10) | Auburn (36–11) | Miami (FL) (30–15–1) | LSU (37–16) | Miami (FL) (34–17–1) | Mississippi State (38–17) | Arizona State (44–15) | Arizona State (44–15) | Arizona State (44–15) | 12. |
| 13. | Tulane | Tulane (2–1) | Auburn (10–2) | Wichita State (3–0) | Wichita State (4–1) | Auburn (19–6) | Southern California (14–9) | North Carolina (24–5) | Auburn (28–8) | Baylor (28–11) | North Carolina (33–9) | Mississippi State (29–11) | Nebraska (36–12) | Miami (FL) (36–6) | Texas (39–16) | Texas (40–18) | Southern California (41–18) | Houston (48–18) | Houston (48–18) | 13. |
| 14. | Wichita State | Wichita State (0–0) | Wichita State (0–0) | South Carolina (12–0) | Long Beach State (11–4) | Cal State Fullerton (9–7) | Cal State Fullerton (13–7) | Alabama (19–10) | Miami (FL) (24–9–1) | North Carolina (28–9) | Houston (26–13) | Loyola Marymount (28–15) | Loyola Marymount (32–15) | Loyola Marymount (35–15) | Wake Forest (38–16–1) | Wake Forest (39–18–1) | UCLA (38–24) | Miami (FL) (41–19–1) | Miami (FL) (41–19–1) | 14. |
| 15. | Southern California | Auburn (7–0) | UCLA (6–5) | LSU (6–5) | Arizona State (18–4) | Miami (FL) (16–8) | Alabama (16–9) | Creighton (21–4) | Georgia Tech (23–8) | UCLA (22–13) | Mississippi State (26–9) | Rutgers (30–11) | Auburn (37–13) | Wake Forest (34–14–1) | North Carolina (43–13) | North Carolina (44–15) | San Jose State (39–21) | Mississippi State (41–20) | Mississippi State (41–20) | 15. |
| 16. | Baylor | Texas Tech (6–2) | Southern California (6–3) | Baylor (11–3) | LSU (10–6) | Baylor (18–5) | Georgia Tech (15–6) | Miami (FL) (22–9–1) | East Carolina (28–5) | Southern California (23–13) | Long Beach State (25–13) | Wake Forest (34–14–1) | Wake Forest (34–14–1) | North Carolina (42–11) | Cal State Fullerton (34–17) | Southern California (38–18) | Florida (44–23–1) | UCLA (38–26) | UCLA (38–26) | 16. |
| 17. | Auburn | Southern California (5–3) | Baylor (8–2) | Long Beach State (9–3) | Houston (12–6) | East Carolina (17–3) | Miami (FL) (19–8–1) | LSU (18–9) | Mississippi State (21–5) | Auburn (30–10) | Loyola Marymount (26–14) | Cal State Fullerton (24–14–1) | Cal State Fullerton (27–15) | Cal State Fullerton (30–16) | Auburn (40–16) | Cal State Fulleton (36–19) | Baylor (45–17) | Florida (44–23–1) | Florida (44–23–1) | 17. |
| 18. | Texas Tech | Baylor (4–2) | South Carolina (8–0) | Arizona State (15–4) | Georgia Tech (8–5) | Fresno State (19–5) | Creighton (18–2) | East Carolina (24–5) | Baylor (24–10) | Mississippi State (24–8) | Cal State Fullerton (22–13) | North Carolina (36–11) | North Carolina (39–11) | Alabama (35–18) | Southern California (35–18) | Florida (41–21–1) | Penn State (45–17) | Baylor (45–17) | Baylor (45–17) | 18. |
| 19. | Arizona | Arizona State (11–2) | Arizona State (12–4) | East Carolina (9–2) | Louisiana–Lafayette (15–1) | Wichita State (5–3) | Mississippi State (18–2) | Mississippi State (20–4) | Georgia (19–10) | Miami (FL) (24–12–1) | UCLA (24–15) | Nebraska (31–11) | Alabama (33–17) | Auburn (38–15) | Alabama (36–20) | Auburn (40–18) | Wake Forest (41–20–1) | Penn State (45–19) | Penn State (45–19) | 19. |
| 20. | North Carolina | Florida (5–3) | East Carolina (6–1) | Fresno State (11–3) | Kentucky (13–0) | Kentucky (16–2) | Wichita State (9–4) | Baylor (20–9) | Long Beach State (20–10) | Long Beach State (23–11) | Rutgers (27–11) | Oklahoma (31–15) | Southern California (30–18) | Southern California (31–18) | Loyola Marymount (37–17) | Loyola Marymount (39–17) | North Carolina (46–17) | Wake Forest (41–20–1) | Wake Forest (41–20–1) | 20. |
| 21. | Texas A&M | South Carolina (5–0) | Rice (6–5) | Kentucky (10–0) | East Carolina (12–3) | Creighton (15–2) | Baylor (18–8) | Notre Dame (15–4) | Fresno State (25–8) | East Carolina (29–8) | East Carolina (32–10) | Long Beach State (25–16) | Rutgers (32–13) | Rutgers (34–13) | Florida (38–20–1) | Alabama (38–22) | Cal State Fullerton (38–21) | North Carolina (46–17) | North Carolina (46–17) | 21. |
| 22. | Long Beach State | Rice (3–4) | Long Beach State (6–3) | Loyola Marymount (8–3) | Fresno State (14–4) | Georgia (12–4) | East Carolina (20–5) | Georgia Tech (18–8) | Creighton (23–6) | Creigthon (26–7) | Southern California (25–15) | Georgia (28–16) | Florida (33–18–1) | San Jose State (34–16) | UCLA (33–22) | UCLA (35–24) | Louisiana–Lafayette (45–17) | Cal State Fullerton (38–21) | Cal State Fullerton (38–21) | 22. |
| 23. | Oklahoma State | East Carolina (3–1) | Fresno State (8–2) | Mississippi State (7–0) | Illinois (5–1) | LSU (12–8) | LSU (15–8) | Fresno State (23–8) | UCF (26–9) | Fresno State (27–10) | UCF (31–12) | Southern California (27–17) | Louisiana–Lafayette (37–11) | Louisiana–Lafayette (39–12) | UCF (41–15) | Nevada (37–17) | Stetson (48–16) | Stetson (48–16) | Stetson (48–16) | 23. |
| 24. | Florida | Long Beach State (3–3) | Oklahoma State (6–3) | UCLA (7–7) | Florida Atlantic (12–5) | Georgia Tech (10–6) | Notre Dame (12–3) | Stetson (25–5) | Wake Forest (24–9) | Notre Dame (22–7) | Fresno State (29–11) | Fresno State (32–12) | San Jose State (32–16) | Florida (34–20–1) | Nevada (34–17) | Rice (40–21) | Loyola Marymount (40–19) | Loyola Marymount (40–19) | Loyola Marymount (40–19) | 24. |
| 25. | Notre Dame | Notre Dame (0–0) | Notre Dame (0–0) | Florida Atlantic (9–4) | Tennessee (16–4) | Florida Atlantic (17–5) | Wake Forest (17–7) | UCF (22–9) | UCLA (20–11) | Stetson (29–8) | Nebraska (26–11) | UCF (33–14) | Nevada (30–15) | Minnesota (35–17) | Rice (35–20) | Rutgers (39–16) | Auburn (41–20) | Auburn (41–20) | Auburn (41–20) | 25. |
| 26. | Pepperdine | Fresno State (5–2) | Texas Tech (6–6) | Wake Forest (7–2) | Mississippi State (9–2) | Mississippi State (14–2) | Fresno State (20–7) | Georgia (16–10) | Notre Dame (18–6) | Loyola Marymount (23–13) | Notre Dame (26–9) | Notre Dame (32–9) | UCF (35–15) | UCF (38–15) | Wichita State (38–18) | Wichita State (42–19) | Rice (43–23) | Rice (43–23) | Rice (43–23) | 26. |
| 27. | Minnesota | Minnesota (1–0) | Florida (5–5) | Oklahoma State (7–5) | Loyola Marymount (11–5) | Notre Dame (8–2) | Stetson (21–4) | Kentucky (21–5) | Stetson (27–7) | Florida Atlantic (30–8) | Wichita State (25–10) | Florida (21–17–1) | UCLA (28–20) | Nevada (31–17) | Rutgers (35–15) | UCF (41–17) | Alabama (41–24) | Alabama (41–24) | Alabama (41–24) | 27. |
| 28. | Arizona State | Nevada (6–4) | FIU (12–0) | Louisiana–Lafayette (11–1) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Illinois (7–2) | Kentucky (18–4) | Pepperdine (18–10) | Kentucky (24–6) | Illinois (23–) | Illinois (27–11) | UCLA (25–18) | Penn State (35–9) | Fresno State (37–15) | Fresno State (39–17) | Stetson (46–14) | Wichita State (44–21) | Wichita State (44–21) | Wichita State (44–21) | 28. |
| 29. | South Alabama | South Alabama (0–0) | Louisiana–Monroe (10–1) | Notre Dame (2–1) | Wake Forest (10–3) | Loyola Marymount (14–5) | Nevada (18–8) | Oral Roberts (17–6) | Illinois (19–7) | Florida (26–14–1) | Tulane (26–14–1) | Old Dominion (27–16–1) | Minnesota (30–17) | UCLA (30–22) | New Orleans (35–21) | Oklahoma (39–21) | East Carolina (46–18) | East Carolina (46–18) | East Carolina (46–18) | 29. |
| 30. | Oral Roberts | Loyola Marymount (3–1) | VCU (8–1) | Tennessee (12–4) | FIU (18–2) | Oral Roberts (12–4) | New Orleans (13–5) | Nebraska (17–8) | Florida Atlantic (27–8) | San Jose State (25–11) | Florida Atlantic (33–10) | Minnesota (26–16) | Texas Tech (30–20) | Texas Tech (32–20) | Florida Atlantic (41–15) | Oral Roberts (48–13) | UCF (43–19) | UCF (43–19) | UCF (43–19) | 30. |
| | Preseason Dec 15 | Week 1 Feb 14 | Week 2 Feb 21 | Week 3 Feb 28 | Week 4 Mar 6 | Week 5 Mar 13 | Week 6 Mar 20 | Week 7 Mar 27 | Week 8 Apr 3 | Week 9 Apr 10 | Week 10 Apr 17 | Week 11 Apr 24 | Week 12 May 1 | Week 13 May 8 | Week 14 May 15 | Week 15 May 22 | Week 16 May 29 | Week 17 June 5 | Week 18 June 19 | |
| | | Dropped: 19 Arizona21 Texas A&M23 Oklahoma State26 Pepperdine30 Oral Roberts | Dropped: 27 Minnesota28 Nevada29 South Alabama30 Loyola Marymount | Dropped: 21 Rice22 Long Beach State26 Texas Tech27 Florida28 FIU29 Louisiana–Monroe30 VCU | Dropped: 24 UCLA27 Oklahoma State | Dropped: 29 Wake Forest30 FIU | Dropped: 25 Florida Atlantic28 Illinois29 Loyola Marymount30 Oral Roberts | Dropped: 20 Wichita State25 Wake Forest29 Nevada30 New Orleans | Dropped: 14 Alabama28 Pepperdine29 Oral Roberts30 Nebraska | Dropped: 19 Georgia23 UCF28 Kentucky | Dropped: 9 Louisiana–Lafayette22 Creighton25 Stetson29 Florida30 San Jose State | Dropped: 21 East Carolina27 Wichita State28 Illinois29 Tulane30 Florida Atlantic | Dropped: 20 Oklahoma21 Long Beach State22 Georgia24 Fresno State26 Notre Dame29 Old Dominion | Dropped: 28 Penn State | Dropped: 22 San Jose State23 Louisiana–Lafayette25 Minnesota30 Texas Tech | Dropped: 28 Fresno State29 New Orleans30 Florida Atlantic | Dropped: 25 Rutgers29 Oklahoma30 Oral Roberts | None | None | |
The pre-season poll ranked the top 40 teams. Those not listed in the table above were: 31. Wake Forest; 32. Arkansas; 33. Nevada; 34. South Carolina; 35. Illinois; 36. Florida Atlantic; 37. Ohio State; 38. California; 39. Nebraska; 40. Ole Miss