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The following polls make up the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.
USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...
and
ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
began publishing the
Coaches' Poll The Coaches Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football, Division I college basketball, and Division I college baseball teams. The football version of the poll has been known officially ...
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 The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) is the world's largest amateur baseball coaching organization. It was founded in 1945 as the American Association of College Baseball Coaches. Now, the ABCA is composed of over 13,000 baseball coac ...
.
Baseball America ''Baseball America'' is a sports enterprise that covers baseball at every level, including MLB, with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in the MiLB, college, high school, and international leagues. It is currently published in the form o ...
began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in
college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In comparison to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional pl ...
in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper ''Collegiate Baseball Newspaper'' (also known as ''Collegiate Baseball Magazine'' and ''Collegiate Baseball'') is an American publication based in Arizona that considers itself the "voice of amateur baseball" which has been published for over 40 ...
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


USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll

''Currently, only the final poll from the 2003 season is available.''


Baseball America

''Currently, only the final poll from the 2003 season is available.''


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


References

{{NCAA college baseball rankings College baseball rankings in the United States