UCLA finishes No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports baseball poll

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Dropped out: No. 23 Mississippi, No. 25 Campbell.

Others receiving votes: Louisiana-Lafayette (43-20) 45; Austin Peay (47-15) 36; Central Arkansas (42-22) 36; Mississippi (38-24) 36; Troy (42-20) 33; Campbell (49-10) 25; San Diego (37-25) 23; Texas A&M (34-29) 20; Liberty (36-29) 16; South Alabama (43-20) 16; Miami (Fla.) (37-25) 11; William & Mary (39-24) 8; New Mexico (37-22) 3; Elon (34-30) 2; Illinois (35-20) 2; Alabama (35-28) 1; East Tennessee State (36-24) 1; Mercer (43-18) 1.

The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2013 season: John Anderson, Minnesota; Ed Blankmeyer, St. John's; Rob Cooper, Wright State; Barry Davis, Rider; Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross; Pete Dunn, Stetson; Nino Giarrantano, San Francisco; Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Carlton Hardy, Savannah State; Rodney Hennon, Georgia Southern; Loren Hibbs, Charlotte; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; George Horton, Oregon; Steve Jaksa, Central Michigan; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Rick Jones, Tulane; Rob McDonald, Murray State; Eric Madsen, Utah Valley; John Musachio, Oakland (Mich.); Bobby Pierce, Troy; David Pierce, Sam Houston State; Gary Powers, Nevada; Mark Scalf, UNC-Wilmington; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Dave Serrano, Tennessee; Ed Servais, Creighton; Doug Smith, UC-Riverside; Steve Smith, Baylor; Rocky Ward, New Mexico State; Bob Whalen, Dartmouth.