Gators Rank No. 6 in Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 | Baseball
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida baseball team is ranked No. 6 in Collegiate Baseball's NCAA Division I Preseason Poll released on Tuesday.
It marks the 11th-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, No. 6 in 2015, No. 1 in 2016, No. 3 in 2017 and No. 1 last season.
Florida joins eight other Southeastern Conference programs in the poll, including five teams in the top 15. The SEC East figures to be among the nation's best divisions with three teams ranked in the top 15 (Vanderbilt - 2, Florida - 6, Georgia - 13).
Seven of the Gators 2019 opponents are ranked in Collegiate Baseball's preseason poll: at No. 1 LSU (4/18-20), at No. 2 Vanderbilt (3/21-23), vs. No. 10 Florida State (3/12, 3/26, 4/9), at No. 11 Ole Miss (4/5-7), at No. 13 Georgia (5/3-5), vs. No. 27 Mississippi State (3/15-17) and vs. No. 33 Miami (2/22-24).
The Gators open the 2019 season on Feb. 15 against Long Beach State at McKethan Stadium. Season tickets and Flex Passes for the 2019 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.
For all of the latest information on Florida baseball, log on to FloridaGators.com or follow the team's Twitter account @GatorsBB.
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Washington (35-26), South Carolina (37-26), Rice (26-31-2), Virginia (29-25), Oklahoma (38-25), Houston (38-25), California (32-22), Dallas Baptist (42-21), St. John's (40-17), Louisiana Tech. (39-20), Seton Hall (30-20-1), Southern California (26-28), San Diego St. (39-21), Kentucky (34-22), Long Beach St. (27-30), Nevada (29-24), UNLV (35-24), U.C. Santa Barbara (27-28-1), U.C. Irvine (32-24), Cal. Poly (30-27), Purdue (38-21), Fresno St. (30-24), Iowa (33-20), Kent St. (40-18), West Virginia (29-27), Ball St. (32-26), Indiana (40-19), Samford (37-26), Jacksonville (40-21), Central Florida (35-21), Wichita St. (35-21-1), South Florida (36-22-1), Tulane (25-33), Wake Forest (25-32), Kennesaw St. (25-30), Missouri (34-22), Hartford (26-31), Stony Brook (32-25), Ohio St. (36-24), Nebraska (24-28), Tennessee (29-27), Florida Gulf Coast (32-21), Alabama (27-29), St. Louis (38-20), Virginia Commonwealth (34-23), Butler (34-20), Creighton (34-16), Florida Atlantic (43-19-1), Canisius (35-22), Indiana St. (31-24), Bradley (32-19), Bryant (32-23-1), Morehead St. (37-26), Tennessee Tech. (53-12), Army (37-24), Navy (38-16), N.C. Greensboro (39-15), Southeastern Louisiana (37-22), Northwestern St. (38-24), Oral Roberts (38-20), South Alabama (32-25), Troy (42-21), Texas St. (30-28-1), Pepperdine (31-24), Grand Canyon (33-24), Gonzaga (33-24), San Diego (23-32), New Mexico St. (40-22), San Francisco (28-30), Loyola Marymount (25-30), St. Mary's (31-23), Brigham Young (22-28), Yale (22-21), High Point (34-22), Campbell (35-26), Winthrop (25-31), Northeastern (36-21), N.C. Wilmington (39-23), Charleston (36-19), Wright St. (39-17), Wisconsin-Milwaukee (26-28).
Gators' 2019 opponents in Bold Italics
It marks the 11th-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, No. 6 in 2015, No. 1 in 2016, No. 3 in 2017 and No. 1 last season.
Florida joins eight other Southeastern Conference programs in the poll, including five teams in the top 15. The SEC East figures to be among the nation's best divisions with three teams ranked in the top 15 (Vanderbilt - 2, Florida - 6, Georgia - 13).
Seven of the Gators 2019 opponents are ranked in Collegiate Baseball's preseason poll: at No. 1 LSU (4/18-20), at No. 2 Vanderbilt (3/21-23), vs. No. 10 Florida State (3/12, 3/26, 4/9), at No. 11 Ole Miss (4/5-7), at No. 13 Georgia (5/3-5), vs. No. 27 Mississippi State (3/15-17) and vs. No. 33 Miami (2/22-24).
The Gators open the 2019 season on Feb. 15 against Long Beach State at McKethan Stadium. Season tickets and Flex Passes for the 2019 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.
For all of the latest information on Florida baseball, log on to FloridaGators.com or follow the team's Twitter account @GatorsBB.
2019 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division I Preseason Poll
| Rank | Team (Final 2018 Record) | Points |
| 1 | LSU (39-27) | 496 |
| 2 | Vanderbilt (35-27) | 495 |
| 3 | UCLA (38-21) | 494 |
| 4 | Texas Tech (45-20) | 491 |
| 5 | Stanford (46-12) | 488 |
| 6 | FLORIDA (49-21) | 487 |
| 7 | Oregon St. (55-12-1) | 485 |
| 8 | North Carolina (44-20) | 482 |
| 9 | Louisville (45-19) | 480 |
| 10 | Florida St. (43-19) | 479 |
| 11 | Ole Miss (48-17) | 476 |
| 12 | Coastal Carolina (43-19) | 473 |
| 13 | Georgia (39-21) | 471 |
| 14 | Texas (42-23) | 468 |
| 15 | Clemson (47-16) | 467 |
| 16 | Oklahoma St. (31-26-1) | 464 |
| 17 | Georgia Tech. (31-21) | 462 |
| 18 | Cal. St. Fullerton (36-25) | 460 |
| 19 | TCU (33-23) | 457 |
| 20 | Duke (45-18) | 453 |
| 21 | Baylor (37-21) | 450 |
| 22 | N.C. State (42-18) | 446 |
| 23 | Auburn (43-23) | 445 |
| 24 | Missouri St. (40-17) | 442 |
| 25 | Arkansas (48-21) | 439 |
| 26 | Arizona (34-22) | 437 |
| 27 | Mississippi St. (39-29) | 434 |
| 28 | Minnesota (44-15) | 430 |
| 29 | Texas A&M (40-22) | 428 |
| 30 | Southern Mississippi (44-18) | 427 |
| 31 | Oregon (26-29) | 422 |
| 32 | Connecticut (37-22-1) | 419 |
| 33 | Miami, Fla. (28-26) | 417 |
| 34 | Illinois (33-20) | 411 |
| 35 | East Carolina (44-18) | 409 |
| 36 | Arizona St. (23-32) | 405 |
| 37 | Stetson (48-13) | 403 |
| 38 | Louisiana-Lafayette (34-25) | 399 |
| 39 | Michigan (33-21) | 396 |
| 40 | Sam Houston St. (39-20) | 393 |
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Washington (35-26), South Carolina (37-26), Rice (26-31-2), Virginia (29-25), Oklahoma (38-25), Houston (38-25), California (32-22), Dallas Baptist (42-21), St. John's (40-17), Louisiana Tech. (39-20), Seton Hall (30-20-1), Southern California (26-28), San Diego St. (39-21), Kentucky (34-22), Long Beach St. (27-30), Nevada (29-24), UNLV (35-24), U.C. Santa Barbara (27-28-1), U.C. Irvine (32-24), Cal. Poly (30-27), Purdue (38-21), Fresno St. (30-24), Iowa (33-20), Kent St. (40-18), West Virginia (29-27), Ball St. (32-26), Indiana (40-19), Samford (37-26), Jacksonville (40-21), Central Florida (35-21), Wichita St. (35-21-1), South Florida (36-22-1), Tulane (25-33), Wake Forest (25-32), Kennesaw St. (25-30), Missouri (34-22), Hartford (26-31), Stony Brook (32-25), Ohio St. (36-24), Nebraska (24-28), Tennessee (29-27), Florida Gulf Coast (32-21), Alabama (27-29), St. Louis (38-20), Virginia Commonwealth (34-23), Butler (34-20), Creighton (34-16), Florida Atlantic (43-19-1), Canisius (35-22), Indiana St. (31-24), Bradley (32-19), Bryant (32-23-1), Morehead St. (37-26), Tennessee Tech. (53-12), Army (37-24), Navy (38-16), N.C. Greensboro (39-15), Southeastern Louisiana (37-22), Northwestern St. (38-24), Oral Roberts (38-20), South Alabama (32-25), Troy (42-21), Texas St. (30-28-1), Pepperdine (31-24), Grand Canyon (33-24), Gonzaga (33-24), San Diego (23-32), New Mexico St. (40-22), San Francisco (28-30), Loyola Marymount (25-30), St. Mary's (31-23), Brigham Young (22-28), Yale (22-21), High Point (34-22), Campbell (35-26), Winthrop (25-31), Northeastern (36-21), N.C. Wilmington (39-23), Charleston (36-19), Wright St. (39-17), Wisconsin-Milwaukee (26-28).
Gators' 2019 opponents in Bold Italics
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