Gators No. 3 in Baseball America Preseason Poll

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Gators were ranked No. 3 in Baseball America's Preseason Poll released on Monday. Previously, UF had been tabbed No. 2 by D1Baseball.com, No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 4 by Perfect Game.

Florida has been ranked in Baseball America's Preseason Top 25 for eight straight years under head coach Kevin O'Sullivan, including six times in the Top 10.

The Gators are one of four Southeastern Conference schools in the top 11, joining No. 4 LSU, No. 5 South Carolina and No. 11 Vanderbilt.

The Gators open the 2017 season on Feb. 17 against William and Mary at McKethan Stadium. Season tickets and Mini Plans for the 2017 Gator Baseball season are on sale now 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.

Last season, UF went 52-16 and ranked fifth in the final Baseball America Top 25 poll. After losing eight players to the 2016 MLB Draft, the Gators squad is bolstered this spring by 13 newcomers.

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2017 Baseball America Preseason Top 25

Rank	Team	2016 Record	Final Rank
1	Texas Christian	49-18	3
2	Florida State	41-22	13
3	FLORIDA	52-16	5
4	LSU	45-21	12
5	South Carolina	46-18	14
6	East Carolina	38-23	15
7	Louisville	50-14	11
8	Cal State Fullerton	36-23	NR
9	Oregon State	35-19	NR
10	Clemson	44-20	17
11	Vanderbilt	43-19	20
12	Washington	33-23	NR
13	Louisiana-Lafayette	43-21	22
14	NC State	38-22	25
15	Coastal Carolina	55-18	1
16	Virginia	38-22	21
17	North Carolina	34-21	NR
18	Oklahoma State	43-22	4
19	UC Santa Barbara	43-20	9
20	Long Beach State	38-22	NR
21	Georgia Tech	38-25	NR
22	Arizona	49-24	2
23	Stanford	31-23	NR
24	Maryland	30-27	NR
25	Texas Tech	47-20	7

Gators' 2017 opponents in Bold Italics

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