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Updated at 7:52 a.m., Monday, March 31, 2008

UH's next foe, Stanford, ranked No. 20 in USA Today poll

Advertiser Staff and Wire Reports

Having already played the No. 1 team in Arizona State, the University of Hawaii baseball team will take on another nationally ranked team tomorrow in Stanford.

Stanford is ranked No. 20 in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 baseball coaches' poll released today.

Besides Arizona State, UH also has played UC-Irvine (No. 5), Long Beach State (No. 9) and San Diego (No. 25). UH, 9-19 overal and losers of six in a row, plays at Stanford 3 p.m. Hawaii time.

The poll

The USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 baseball coaches' poll, with records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week's poll and first-place votes received:

1. Arizona State (25-1)...775...1...31

2. Miami (Fla.) (21-2)...714...3...0

3. Florida State (23-3)...711...2...0

4. North Carolina (21-5)...636...4...0

5. UC-Irvine (19-3)...588...7...0

6. South Carolina (18-7)...532...9...0

7. Missouri (20-5)...504...6...0

8. Vanderbilt (18-6)...430...13...0

9. Long Beach State (17-7)...429...5...0

10. Nebraska (21-4-1)...415...17...0

11. Wichita State (20-3)...413...11...0

12. California (18-5-1)...385...19...0

13. Florida (20-6)...347...18...0

14. Texas (18-8)...343...10...0

15. Virginia (23-5)...327...15...0

16. Rice (19-9)...314...12...0

17. Kentucky (22-4)...307...14...0

18. Arizona (14-9)...262...8...0

19. Texas A&M (21-6)...226...22...0

20. Stanford (12-7)...186...21...0

21. Georgia Tech (22-5)...163...not ranked...0

22. Coastal Carolina (21-6)...159...20...0

23. (tie)...Cal State Fullerton (15-9)...121...25...0

23. (tie)...Mississippi (16-11)...121...16...0

25. San Diego (19-10)...89...23...0

Dropped out: No. 24 UCLA (12-10).

Others receiving votes: Clemson 84; North Carolina-Wilmington 84; UCLA 73; Pepperdine 48; Oklahoma State 45; Southern Mississippi 42; Charlotte 33; Oregon State 28; Oklahoma 25; Baylor 23; Georgia 19; North Carolina State 13; East Carolina 10; Michigan 9; Santa Clara 7; Tulane 7; San Diego State 6; Oral Roberts 5; Washington State 4; Central Florida 3; Arkansas 2; Auburn 2; Missouri State 2; St. John's 2; Creighton 1; Louisiana-Monroe 1.

The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association.