Final Baseball America Top 25

Final 1998 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 1998 postseason); preseason ranking and rank before start of CWS.

		Record	Pct	CWS Recap	Head Coach	Preseason Rank	Rank before CWS
1	USC	50-17	.746	5-1	Mike Gillespie (12 yrs: 484-267-2)	5	4
2	Arizona St.	41-23	.641	3-1 (USC)	Pat Murphy (14 yrs: 522-258-3)	6	7
3	Miami-FL	51-12	.810	1-2 (Long Beach)	Jim Morris (17 yrs: 753-319-1)	2	1
4	Louisiana St.	48-19	.716	2-2 (USC)	Skip Bertman (15 yrs: 733-267-1)	3	2
5	Florida	46-18	.719	0-2 (USC)	Andy Lopez (16 yrs: 577-343-5)	4	3
6	Stanford	42-14	.750	DNP	Mark Marquess (22 yrs: 895-467-4)	1	6
7	Florida St.	52-20	.722	0-2 (Long Beach)	Mike Martin (19 yrs: 1021-350-3)	25	5
8	Wichita St.	56-7	.889	DNP	Gene Stephenson (21 yrs: 1165-346-3)	19	8
9	Auburn	46-18	.719	DNP	Hal Baird (19 yrs: 692-355)	11	9
10	Long Beach St.	43-23	.652	2-2 (Ariz. St.)	Dave Snow (14 yrs: 572-298-4)	NR	11
11	Texas A&M	46-18	.719	DNP	Mark Johnson (14 yrs: 616-259-2)	NR	10
12	Alabama	46-18	.719	DNP	Jim Wells (9 yrs: 386-163)	7	12
13	CS-Fullerton	47-17	.734	DNP	Augie Garrido (30 yrs: 1228-563-7)	NR	13
14	Mississippi St.	42-23	.646	1-2 (USC)	Pat McMahon (6 yrs: 231-109)	21	14
15	Rice	46-17	.730	DNP	Wayne Graham (7 yrs: 277-140)	10	15
16	South Carolina	44-18	.710	DNP	Ray Tanner (10 yrs: 472-215-3)	15	16
17	Washington	41-17	.707	DNP	Ken Knutson (6 yrs: 226-132)	12	17
18	South Alabama	46-18	.689	DNP	Steve Kittrell (15 yrs: 603-321-1)	23	18
19	Georgia Tech	41-22	.651	DNP	Danny Hall (11 yrs: 423-217)	14	19
20	Tulane	48-15	.762	DNP	Rick Jones (10 yrs: 480-201-1)	NR	20
21	Clemson	43-16	.729	DNP	Jack Leggett (19 yrs: 623-375)	NR	21
22	Baylor	41-20	.672	DNP	Steve Smith (4 yrs: 130-98-1)	13	22
23	Illinois	41-21	.661	DNP	Richard Jones (32 yrs: 1022-578-5)	NR	23
24	North Carolina	42-23	.646	DNP	Mike Roberts (21 yrs: 780-428-3)	NR	24
25	Texas Tech	44-20	.688	DNP	Larry Hays (28 yrs: 1157-623-2)	8	25

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