Baseball Ranked 14th in Baseball Weekly/ESPN Poll
Monday, January 22, 2001 | Baseball
The University of Florida baseball team will begin its 2001 season ranked 14th nationally in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN preseason poll announced Monday. The Baseball Weekly/ESPN coaches poll is voted upon by 41 of the nation's college baseball coaches representing the American Baseball Coaches Association.
The Baseball Weekly/ESPN coaches poll is the last of three preseason college baseball polls to be announced. Florida was ranked No. 13 by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball.
Florida was the third-highest and one of seven Southeastern Conference schools ranked among the poll's top-25. LSU was ranked No. 2, followed by South Carolina at No. 10, Florida (14), Auburn (15), Mississippi State (17), Georgia (18) and Alabama (23). The SEC's seven ranked teams were the most of any conference.
Florida begins its season Saturday, February 3 as it hosts No. 8 Miami at McKethan Stadium at 1 p.m. The game will be televised live on Sunshine Network.
BASEBALL WEEKLY/ESPN PRESEASON COACHES POLL
School (first place votes) Pts. '00 W-L
1. Georgia Tech (24) 987 50-16
2. LSU (8) 949 52-17
3. Southern California (9) 947 44-20
4. Florida State 780 53-19
5. Clemson 770 51-18
6. Arizona State 763 44-15
7. Nebraska 742 51-17
8. Miami, Fla. 706 41-19-1
9. Stanford 680 50-16
10. South Carolina 668 56-10
11. Rice 612 43-23
12. Cal State-Fullerton 483 38-21
13. Notre Dame 482 46-18
14. FLORIDA 477 44-23-1
15. Auburn 405 41-20
16. Baylor 373 45-17
17. Mississippi State 274 41-20
18. Georgia 268 32-26
19. Oklahoma 241 41-23
20. Texas 191 46-21
21. Central Florida 177 43-19
22. Long Beach State 171 31-25
23. Alabama 140 41-24
24. Stetson 115 48-16
25. Tulane 112 38-22-1
Others receiving votes: East Carolina (109), Evansville (70), Pepperdine (68), Louisiana-Lafayette (58), Wichita State (56), Wake Forest (50), Tennessee (46); Minnesota (44), Fresno State (27), Virginia Tech (22), Florida International (21), Penn State (20), New Orleans (19), Texas A&M (19), Oklahoma State (17), UCLA (16), Houston (15), Texas Tech (15), San Jose State (14), Southern Mississippi (13), Purdue (12), North Carolina (11), Illinois (9); Ball State (8), Loyola Marymount (8), South Alabama (8), Rut-gers (7), Creighton (6), Nevada (4), Kentucky (4), Ohio State (4), Florida Atlantic (2), Kent State (2), Arizona (1), Old Dominion (1), Georgia Southern (1), Seton Hall (1), Campbell (1), The Citadel (1), California (1).---UF---
