Florida Tops Another Preseason Ranking…
Florida is the No. 1 team in Baseball America‘s 2012 preseason college baseball poll. The Gators, last year’s national runner-up, also topped Collegiate Baseball Newspaper‘s preseason poll.
While two-time defending national champion South Carolina is No. 2 the the CBN rankings, Stanford is second in the BA poll with the Gamecocks ranked third.
Arkansas and Arizona come in fourth and fifth, respectively, with Rice, Texas A&M, LSU, North Carolina, and Vanderbilt rounding out the top 10.
Including top ranked Florida, the SEC boasts seven teams in the BA preseason top 25. The ACC and Pac-12 each have five teams in the rankings.
After more polls are released, College Baseball 360 will release our 2012 Preseason Composite Top 50 Rankings.
BASEBALL AMERICA‘S 2012 PRESEASON POLL
Rank | Team | 2011 Record | Conference |
1 | Florida | 53-19 | SEC |
2 | Stanford | 35-22 | Pac-12 |
3 | South Carolina | 55-14 | SEC |
4 | Arkansas | 40-22 | SEC |
5 | Arizona | 39-21 | Pac-12 |
6 | Rice | 42-21 | Conference USA |
7 | Texas A&M | 47-22 | Big 12 |
8 | LSU | 36-20 | SEC |
9 | North Carolina | 51-16 | ACC |
10 | Vanderbilt | 54-12 | SEC |
11 | Georgia | 33-22 | SEC |
12 | Georgia Tech | 42-21 | ACC |
13 | Texas | 49-19 | Big 12 |
14 | UCLA | 35-24 | Pac-12 |
15 | TCU | 43-19 | Mountain West |
16 | Clemson | 43-20 | ACC |
17 | Arizona State | 43-18 | Pac-12 |
18 | Miami | 38-23 | ACC |
19 | Oklahoma | 41-19 | Big 12 |
20 | Florida State | 46-19 | ACC |
21 | Central Florida | 39-23 | Conference USA |
22 | Mississippi | 30-25 | SEC |
23 | Oregon State | 41-19 | Pac-12 |
24 | Louisville | 32-29 | Big East |
25 | Cal State Fullerton | 41-17 | Big West |