Dec. 20, 2013

 

Titans Top Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll

 

Cal State Fullerton is the top team in the nation in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll.

 

The Titans finished 51-10 a season ago, falling in the Fullerton Super Regional to eventual national champion UCLA.

 

National runner-up Mississippi State was second in the poll, followed by LSU, Oregon State, Florida State, Oregon, Indiana, Louisville, Vanderbilt and NC State.

 

There are eight teams in the Top 40 from the SEC, six from the ACC and Pac-12, five from the Big 12, three from the Big West, two from the Big South and Conference USA, and one from the American, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Ohio Valley, Southern, Sun Belt and West Coast.

 

The 2014 regular season begins eight weeks from today on Friday, Feb. 14.

 

Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Poll
(As of Dec. 20, 2013)
www.baseballnews.com

Rank

Team (2013 Record)

Points

  1.

Cal. St.Fullerton (51-10)

495

  2.

Mississippi St. (51-20)

493

  3.

Louisiana St. (57-11)

491

  4.

Oregon St. (52-13)

487

  5.

Florida St. (47-17)

485

  6.

Oregon (48-16)

483

  7.

Indiana (49-16)

481

  8.

Louisville (51-14)

479

  9.

Vanderbilt (54-12)

477

10.

N.C.State (50-16)

474

11.

North Carolina (59-12)

471

12.

Virginia (50-12)

468

13.

Miami, Fla. (37-25)

465

14.

South Carolina (43-20)

463

15.

UCLA (49-17)

460

16.

Florida (29-30)

457

17.

Rice (44-20)

455

18.

Oklahoma St. (41-19)

454

19.

Texas Christian (29-28)

451

20.

Texas (27-24)

450

21.

Clemson (40-22)

447

22.

Arizona St. (37-22-1)

445

23.

La.-Lafayette (43-10)

443

24.

Arizona (34-21)

441

25.

Texas A&M (34-29)

437

26.

Stanford (32-22)

435

27.

Cal. Poly (40-19)

432

28.

Kansas St. (45-19)

430

29.

Alabama (35-28)

423

30.

Mississippi (38-24)

421

31.

Western Carolina (39-20)

419

32.

Oklahoma (43-21)

417

33.

San Diego (37-25)

414

34.

Wichita St. (39-28)

411

35.

Liberty (36-29)

409

36.

Tennessee Tech. (40-17)

404

37.

New Mexico (37-22)

403

38.

East Carolina (31-26)

400

39.

U.C. Santa Barbara (34-23)

396

40.

Coastal Carolina (37-23)

395

Other Teams Receiving Votes: Arkansas, UNLV, Auburn, San Diego St., Fresno St., Southern California, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, South Alabama, San Francisco, Loyola Marymount, Brigham Young, Seton Hall, Georgia Tech., Mercer, U.C. Irvine, Missouri St., Pepperdine, Troy, Sam Houston St., Austin Peay St., Bryant, Florida Atlantic, N.C. Wilmington, Houston, Central Florida, St. Louis, Creighton, Campbell, Nebraska, Gonzaga, Sacramento St., New Mexico St., St. John’s, Cal. St. Bakersfield, Ohio St., Michigan, Southern Mississippi, Kent St., Illinois St., Appalachian St., The Citadel, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Southeastern Louisiana, California, Washington, Washington St., West Virginia, Baylor, Minnesota, Stony Brook, Dallas Baptist, UT Arlington, Texas St., Maine, South Florida, Connecticut, Virginia Tech., Pittsburgh, Missouri, Notre Dame, North Florida, East Tennessee St., Florida Gulf Coast, Virginia Commonwealth, Rhode Island, Charlotte.

 (photo by Matt Brown)