Updated USA Today baseball coaches poll released: SEC claims half of the top 10

The new USA Today baseball coaches poll is out and Vanderbilt remains No. 1 in the nation.

Not far behind the Commodores are No. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 Ole Miss, No. 6 Tennessee and No. 7 Mississippi State — giving the SEC half of the top 10 teams in the nation this week.

Here is the updated USA Today Sports baseball coaches poll:

#1 Vanderbilt
#2 Arkansas
#3 Ole Miss

#4 Texas Tech
#5 Louisville

#6 Tennessee

#7 Mississippi State

#8 Texas

#9 UCLA

#10 Georgia Tech

#11 TCU

#12 ECU

#13 Florida

#14 Notre Dame

#15 South Carolina

#16 Oklahoma State

#17 Oregon State

#18 Miami

#19 Louisiana Tech

#20 Oregon

#21 Arizona

#22 Florida State
#23 Michigan
#24 Stanford

#25 LSU

Others receiving votes:

Arizona State 59; Virginia Tech 57; Pittsburgh 43; North Carolina 38; UC Santa Barbara 31; Southern Illinois 29; Georgia 26; San Diego 20; Old Dominion 17; Indiana 13; Virginia 10; Kentucky 8; Alabama 8; UC Irvine 7; Liberty 5; Indiana State 4; Western Carolina 3; Texas A&M 2; San Diego State 1; Baylor 1.

Michael Wayne Bratton

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com