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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) |