December 26, 2014

 

Vanderbilt Sits Atop Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll

 

Defending national champion Vanderbilt is first in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll.

 

TCU was second and national runner-up Virginia took third. LSU came in fourth and Oklahoma State rounded out the Top 5.

 

There are seven teams from both the SEC and ACC in the Top 40. The Big 12, Big West and Pac-12 each have four teams in the poll.

 

Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Preseason Poll

Rank

Team (2014 Record)

Points

  1.

Vanderbilt (51-21)

494

  2.

TCU (48-18)

492

  3.

Virginia (53-16)

489

  4.

LSU (46-16-1)

487

  5.

Oklahoma State (48-18)

485

  6.

Florida (40-23)

483

  7.

Texas (46-21)

480

  8.

Houston (48-18)

479

  9.

Texas Tech (45-21)

477

10.

UCLA (25-30-1)

473

11.

Florida State (43-17)

469

12.

Louisville (50-17)

468

13.

Cal Poly (47-12)

467

14.

Miami (Fla.) (44-19)

465

15.

Oregon (44-20)

462

16.

UC Santa Barbara (34-17-1)

460

17.

Cal State Fullerton (34-24)

458

18.

Stanford (35-26)

457

19.

Arizona State (33-24)

454

20.

Mississippi State (39-24)

452

21.

South Carolina (44-18)

449

22.

Rice (42-20)

446

23.

Liberty (41-18)

445

24.

North Carolina (35-27)

443

25.

College of Charleston (44-19)

440

26.

Georgia Tech (37-27)

438

27.

Kennesaw State (40-24)

436

28.

Clemson (36-25)

432

29.

St. John’s (35-20)

430

30.

Kent State (36-23)

427

31.

Ball State (39-18)

425

32.

Wichita State (31-28)

424

33.

Tennessee (31-23)

421

34.

San Diego (34-20)

419

35.

Loyola Marymount (32-24)

417

36.

Arkansas (40-25)

414

37.

Maryland (40-23)

412

38.

Nebraska (41-21)

411

39.

UC Irvine (41-25)

409

40.

Illinois (32-21)

405

Other Teams Receiving Votes: Oregon State (49-15), San Diego State (42-21), Louisiana-Lafayette (58-10), Kentucky (37-25), Washington (41-17-1), Mississippi (48-21), Southern California (29-24), Alabama (37-24), Texas A&M (36-26), Arizona (22-33), New Mexico (37-20), UNLV (36-25), Dallas Baptist (40-21), Indiana State (35-18), Sacramento State (40-24), Troy (25-32), Texas State (30-28), Pepperdine (43-18), Grand Canyon (30-23), Miami (Ohio) (30-27), Southern Mississippi (35-25), FIU (36-20), Indiana (44-15), Sam Houston State (43-19), Michigan (30-29-1), UCF (36-23), FGCU (39-22), Stony Brook (35-18), Saint Louis (34-21-1), Seton Hall (39-15), Creighton (32-17-1), Campbell (41-21), South Alabama (22-33), Winthrop (27-30), Coastal Carolina (24-33), William & Mary (34-22), Wright State (35-22), Central Michigan (35-23), Bryant (42-16), Southeast Missouri (37-20), Tennessee Tech. (40-19), Mercer (38-17), Samford (35-25), Western Carolina (37-18), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (31-27), Southeastern Louisiana (38-25).

Source: Collegiate Baseball