The following polls make up the 2004 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
Baseball America Currently, only the final poll from the 2004 season is available. RankTeam1Cal State Fullerton2Texas3South Carolina4Miami (FL)56Arkansas7LSU89101112Arizona13141516Florida171819202122232425
Collegiate Baseball
The preseason poll ranked the top 40. Teams not listed above were: 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
NCBWA
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