Florida Tops
Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
Florida is No. 1 according to Collegiate
Baseball in the first preseason poll prior to the 2016
season.
The Gators went 52-18 a season ago and were the
No. 4 national seed in the NCAA Tournament. Florida reached
the College World Series and finished in a tie for third. The
Gators lost a pair of one-run decisions in three meetings
against eventual national champion Virginia during bracket
play in Omaha.
Florida is one of five SEC schools ranked in
the Top 11. Vanderbilt is No. 3, Texas A&M is No. 5, LSU is
No. 7 and Mississippi State is No. 11. The Commodores won the
national championship in 2014 and finished second in 2015.
Virginia is No. 9 and is one of three ACC teams
in the Top 10. Louisville is No. 2 and Miami (Fla.) is No. 4.
There are four Pac-12 teams in the Top 14.
Oregon State is No. 8, UCLA is No. 10, California is No. 13
and Oregon is No. 14.
UL Lafayette of the Sun Belt is sixth.
The regular season begins on Friday, Feb. 19.
2016 COLLEGIATE
BASEBALL NEWSPAPER PRESEASON POLL
Rank Team
(2015 Final Record)
1. Florida
(52-18)
2.
Louisville (47-18)
3.
Vanderbilt (51-21)
4. Miami
(Fla.) (50-17)
5. Texas A&M
(50-14)
6. UL
Lafayette (42-23)
7. LSU
(54-12)
8. Oregon
State (39-18-1)
9. Virginia
(44-24)
10. UCLA
(45-16)
11.
Mississippi State (24-30)
12. Cal State
Fullerton (39-25)
13. California
(36-21)
14. Oregon
(38-25)
15. TCU
(51-15)
16. Florida
State (44-21)
17. Missouri
State (49-12)
18. Houston
(43-20)
19. Tulane
(35-25)
20. Rice
(37-22)
21. Georgia
Tech (32-23)
22. North
Carolina (34-24)
23. Michigan
(39-25)
24. Arkansas
(40-25)
25. Oklahoma
State (38-20)
26. Stony
Brook (35-16-1)
27. Notre Dame
(37-23)
28. Maryland
(42-24)
29. Kentucky
(30-25)
30. Pepperdine
(32-29)
31. Dallas
Baptist (46-15)
32. College of
Charleston (45-15)
33. Coastal
Carolina (39-21)
34. Missouri
(30-28)
35. South
Carolina (32-25)
36. San Diego
State (41-23)
37. South
Alabama (37-20)
38. Winthrop
(40-19)
39. Texas Tech
(31-24)
40. Texas
(30-27)