Diamond Dogs No. 19 in Final Baseball Coaches Poll
May 25, 2016 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State is ranked 19th in the final Sports
Weekly/ESPN baseball coaches poll.
The Diamond Dogs, who captured the 2005 SEC Baseball Tournament championship
and concluded the year with a 42-22 record, garnered a pair of top 25
rankings and were included in three of the four season-ending national
polls.
In addition to the No. 19 placement in the coaches poll, State was ranked
22nd by Baseball America and 33rd by the National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association. Seven teams from the Southeastern Conference, led by
second-ranked Florida, were included in the final top 25 baseball coaches
poll for 2005.
The Bulldogs, playing in their 28th NCAA postseason competition and their
21st NCAA regional tournament, advanced to the championship round of the
2005 NCAA Coral Gables Regional.
State finished the year with top five league ranking in all three major team
statistical categories ?€? tied for fifth with a .297 batting average, second
with a 3.51 team earned run average, and tied for fourth with a .969 team
fielding percentage.
SPORTS WEEKLY/ESPN TOP 25 COACHES¹ POLL
 The final 2005 Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Coaches¹ Poll as selected
by 40 Division I coaches representing the American Baseball Coaches
Association.
Rank   School (record)
   1.   Texas (56-16)
   2.    Florida(48-23)                                                Â
   3.    Tulane(56-12)                                                Â
   4.   Baylor(46-24)                     Â
   5.   Arizona State(42-25)                           Â
     6.   Nebraska(57-15)                                      Â
     7.   Oregon State (46-12)
     8.   Cal State Fullerton (46-18)
     9.   Tennessee (46-21)
 10.    Georgia Tech (45-19)
   11.   Rice (45-19)
   12.   Mississippi (48-20)
   13.   Miami (Fla.) (41-19-1)
   14.   Florida State (53-20)
    15.   Southern California (41-22)
   16.   Clemson (43-23)
   17.   Arizona (39-21)
   18.   Louisiana State (40-22)
   19.   Mississippi State (42-22)
   20.   Long Beach State (37-22)
    21.   South Carolina (41-23)
   22.   North Carolina (41-19-1)
   23.   Louisiana-Lafayette (48-19)
   24.   Alabama (40-23)
   25.   College of Charleston (48-15)
