The Gators are No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball's Preseason Poll.
Gators No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
Monday, December 21, 2015 | Baseball
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida was ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball's Fabulous 40 NCAA Division I Preseason Poll released on Monday. It marks the eighth-straight season that head coach Kevin O'Sullivan's club has been ranked during the preseason in the nation's oldest college baseball poll, which began in 1959. The Gators were No. 25 in 2009, No. 9 in 2010, No. 2 in 2011, No. 1 in 2012, No. 24 in 2013, No. 16 in 2014 and No. 6 last season.
Florida headlines the publication's top five, followed by Louisville, Vanderbilt, Miami (FL) and Texas A&M. The Orange and Blue will begin the 2016 campaign on Feb. 19 at McKethan Stadium, when Florida Gulf Coast visits for the opener of a three-game series.
Last season, UF went 52-18 and ranked third in the final polls after becoming the only program in the country to earn a top-eight national seed for NCAA play for the sixth time in seven years. The Gators also swept through the Gainesville Regionals and Super Regionals held at McKethan Stadium. The incoming class has been ranked No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball, the program's seventh consecutive time in the top eight classes in the country.
Florida joins all of other SEC programs in the poll, as every team is either ranked (Vanderbilt, 3rd; Texas A&M, 5th; LSU, 7th; Mississippi State, 11th; Arkansas, 24th; Kentucky, 29th; Missouri, 34th; South Carolina, 35th) or receiving votes (Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia).
The contest with the Eagles begins the 33-game home schedule at McKethan Stadium, where the Gators boast a 231-69 (.770) mark in O'Sullivan's tenure.
2016 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Division I Preseason Poll
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Southern California (39-21), Southeastern Louisiana (42-17), Arizona State (35-23), Florida Atlantic (42-19), Arizona (31-24), Oklahoma (34-27), Stanford (24-32), Auburn (36-26), Ole Miss (30-28), Tennessee (24-26), Alabama (32-28), Georgia (26-28), San Diego (33-22), Iowa (41-18), Clemson (32-29), UC Irvine (33-23), Long Beach State (28-26), UC Santa Barbara (40-17-1), Kent State (31-22), Creighton (32-19), North Florida (45-16), Southern Miss (36-18-1), Nevada (41-15), Illinois (50-10-1), East Carolina (40-22), Wichita State (26-33), New Mexico (32-27), Grand Canyon (32-22), Gonzaga (24-28), Loyola Marymount (33-21-1), Troy (30-25), Texas State (24-32-1), Oral Roberts (41-16), Sam Houston State (31-28), Wofford (39-22), Mercer (35-22), Samford (32-26), UCF (31-27), USF (34-26-1), Southeast Missouri (36-23), Bryant (29-25), Fresno State (31-28), Central Michigan (35-22), Ball State (33-25), Wright State (43-17), UNC Wilmington (41-18), Indiana (35-24), Radford (45-16), Liberty (33-23), St. John's (41-16), Seton Hall (25-25), St. Louis (35-21), Stetson (29-30), Florida Gulf Coast (30-26-1), Lipscomb (39-20), Wake Forest (27-26), NC State (36-23), Connecticut (35-25).
Gators' 2016 opponents in Bold Italics
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Florida headlines the publication's top five, followed by Louisville, Vanderbilt, Miami (FL) and Texas A&M. The Orange and Blue will begin the 2016 campaign on Feb. 19 at McKethan Stadium, when Florida Gulf Coast visits for the opener of a three-game series.
Last season, UF went 52-18 and ranked third in the final polls after becoming the only program in the country to earn a top-eight national seed for NCAA play for the sixth time in seven years. The Gators also swept through the Gainesville Regionals and Super Regionals held at McKethan Stadium. The incoming class has been ranked No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball, the program's seventh consecutive time in the top eight classes in the country.
Florida joins all of other SEC programs in the poll, as every team is either ranked (Vanderbilt, 3rd; Texas A&M, 5th; LSU, 7th; Mississippi State, 11th; Arkansas, 24th; Kentucky, 29th; Missouri, 34th; South Carolina, 35th) or receiving votes (Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia).
The contest with the Eagles begins the 33-game home schedule at McKethan Stadium, where the Gators boast a 231-69 (.770) mark in O'Sullivan's tenure.
2016 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Division I Preseason Poll
| Rank | School ('15 Final Record) | Points |
| 1. | FLORIDA (52-18) | 495 |
| 2. | Louisville (47-18) | 492 |
| 3. | Vanderbilt (51-21) | 489 |
| 4. | Miami (FL) (50-17) | 487 |
| 5. | Texas A&M (50-14) | 484 |
| 6. | UL-Lafayette (42-23) | 483 |
| 7. | LSU (54-12) | 481 |
| 8. | Oregon State (39-18-1) | 480 |
| 9. | Virginia (44-24) | 475 |
| 10. | UCLA (45-16) | 473 |
| 11. | Mississippi State (24-30) | 469 |
| 12. | Cal State Fullerton (39-25) | 467 |
| 13. | California (36-21) | 466 |
| 14. | Oregon (38-25) | 463 |
| 15. | TCU (51-15) | 461 |
| 16. | Florida State (44-21) | 460 |
| 17. | Missouri State (49-12) | 457 |
| 18. | Houston (43-20) | 455 |
| 19. | Tulane (35-25) | 453 |
| 20. | Rice (37-22) | 451 |
| 21. | Georgia Tech (32-23) | 449 |
| 22. | North Carolina (34-24) | 446 |
| 23. | Michigan (39-25) | 444 |
| 24. | Arkansas (40-25) | 443 |
| 25. | Oklahoma State (38-20) | 438 |
| 26. | Stony Brook (35-16-1) | 436 |
| 27. | Notre Dame (37-23) | 434 |
| 28. | Maryland (42-24) | 432 |
| 29. | Kentucky (30-25) | 430 |
| 30. | Pepperdine (32-29) | 427 |
| 31. | Dallas Baptist (46-15) | 425 |
| 32. | College of Charleston (45-15) | 423 |
| 33. | Coastal Carolina (39-21) | 421 |
| 34. | Missouri (30-28) | 419 |
| 35. | South Carolina (32-25) | 417 |
| 36. | San Diego State (41-23) | 414 |
| 37. | South Alabama (37-20) | 411 |
| 38. | Winthrop (40-19) | 409 |
| 39. | Texas Tech (31-24) | 407 |
| 40. | Texas (30-27) | 405 |
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Southern California (39-21), Southeastern Louisiana (42-17), Arizona State (35-23), Florida Atlantic (42-19), Arizona (31-24), Oklahoma (34-27), Stanford (24-32), Auburn (36-26), Ole Miss (30-28), Tennessee (24-26), Alabama (32-28), Georgia (26-28), San Diego (33-22), Iowa (41-18), Clemson (32-29), UC Irvine (33-23), Long Beach State (28-26), UC Santa Barbara (40-17-1), Kent State (31-22), Creighton (32-19), North Florida (45-16), Southern Miss (36-18-1), Nevada (41-15), Illinois (50-10-1), East Carolina (40-22), Wichita State (26-33), New Mexico (32-27), Grand Canyon (32-22), Gonzaga (24-28), Loyola Marymount (33-21-1), Troy (30-25), Texas State (24-32-1), Oral Roberts (41-16), Sam Houston State (31-28), Wofford (39-22), Mercer (35-22), Samford (32-26), UCF (31-27), USF (34-26-1), Southeast Missouri (36-23), Bryant (29-25), Fresno State (31-28), Central Michigan (35-22), Ball State (33-25), Wright State (43-17), UNC Wilmington (41-18), Indiana (35-24), Radford (45-16), Liberty (33-23), St. John's (41-16), Seton Hall (25-25), St. Louis (35-21), Stetson (29-30), Florida Gulf Coast (30-26-1), Lipscomb (39-20), Wake Forest (27-26), NC State (36-23), Connecticut (35-25).
Gators' 2016 opponents in Bold Italics
Season tickets for the 2016 Gator Baseball season are on sale and can be purchased online through FloridaGators.com or by calling the Gator Ticket Office at 1-800-34-GATOR from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For all of the latest information on Florida baseball, log on to FloridaGators.com or follow the team's Twitter account @GatorsBB.
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