Florida Ranked No. 6 in Collegiate Baseball's Preseason Poll
Monday, December 20, 2021 | Baseball
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida baseball program came in at No. 6 in the country in Collegiate Baseball's Fabulous 50 NCAA Division I preseason poll, as announced on Monday morning.
The Southeastern Conference led all leagues with four teams in the top 10 and 10 teams in the top 50. Six of those programs broke the top 25: Vanderbilt (No. 2), LSU (No. 3), Florida (No. 6), Mississippi State (No. 9), Ole Miss (No. 19) and Arkansas (No. 20). Of those SEC teams, Florida will play four of them during the regular season, as all but Ole Miss fall on the Gators' 2022 schedule. With Florida State (No. 12) and Miami (No. 23) making the cut as well, the Orange & Blue stand to face a grand total of six CB preseason top-25 teams in 2022.
This is the 10th time in the last-13 seasons that the Gators have been ranked inside the top 10 and the 14th-consecutive season in which Florida has cracked Collegiate Baseball's preseason top 25. That includes breaking the top-six nationally in seven of the last-eight sets of preseason rankings.
2022: No. 6
2021: No. 1
2020: No. 14
2019: No. 6
2018: No. 1
2017: No. 3
2016: No. 1
2015: No. 6
2014: No. 16
2013: No. 24
2012: No. 1
2011: No. 2
2010: No. 9
2009: No. 25
The Gators return 19 players including six positional starters from the 2021 campaign after going 38-22 (17-13 SEC) a season ago. Ranked as the No. 1 recruiting class in the country by Perfect Game, 17 newcomers join that group of returning talent to compose the 2022 squad, featuring 16 freshmen and one four-year college transfer.
Florida is set to open the 2022 season at home the weekend of Feb. 18-20 in the form of a three-game series against Liberty of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
About the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1959 college baseball season.
Below is the complete list of Collegiate Baseball's preseason top-25 rankings.
*Denotes 2022 opponent
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The Southeastern Conference led all leagues with four teams in the top 10 and 10 teams in the top 50. Six of those programs broke the top 25: Vanderbilt (No. 2), LSU (No. 3), Florida (No. 6), Mississippi State (No. 9), Ole Miss (No. 19) and Arkansas (No. 20). Of those SEC teams, Florida will play four of them during the regular season, as all but Ole Miss fall on the Gators' 2022 schedule. With Florida State (No. 12) and Miami (No. 23) making the cut as well, the Orange & Blue stand to face a grand total of six CB preseason top-25 teams in 2022.
This is the 10th time in the last-13 seasons that the Gators have been ranked inside the top 10 and the 14th-consecutive season in which Florida has cracked Collegiate Baseball's preseason top 25. That includes breaking the top-six nationally in seven of the last-eight sets of preseason rankings.
2022: No. 6
2021: No. 1
2020: No. 14
2019: No. 6
2018: No. 1
2017: No. 3
2016: No. 1
2015: No. 6
2014: No. 16
2013: No. 24
2012: No. 1
2011: No. 2
2010: No. 9
2009: No. 25
The Gators return 19 players including six positional starters from the 2021 campaign after going 38-22 (17-13 SEC) a season ago. Ranked as the No. 1 recruiting class in the country by Perfect Game, 17 newcomers join that group of returning talent to compose the 2022 squad, featuring 16 freshmen and one four-year college transfer.
Florida is set to open the 2022 season at home the weekend of Feb. 18-20 in the form of a three-game series against Liberty of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
About the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1959 college baseball season.
Below is the complete list of Collegiate Baseball's preseason top-25 rankings.
| Rank | Team (2021 Final Record) | Points |
| 1. | Texas (50-17) | 498 |
| 2. | Vanderbilt (49-18)* | 494 |
| 3. | Louisiana St. (38-25)* | 491 |
| 4. | Texas Tech. (39-17) | 487 |
| 5. | Stanford (39-17) | 484 |
| 6. | Florida (38-22) | 481 |
| 7. | Oklahoma St. (36-19-1) | 480 |
| 8. | East Carolina (44-17) | 476 |
| 9. | Mississippi St. (50-18)* | 474 |
| 10. | Notre Dame (34-13) | 473 |
| 11. | Georgia Tech. (31-25) | 470 |
| 12. | Florida St. (31-24)* | 468 |
| 13. | Texas Christian (41-19) | 464 |
| 14. | U.C. Irvine (43-18) | 462 |
| 15. | Louisiana Tech. (42-20) | 461 |
| 16. | Central Michigan (42-18) | 458 |
| 17. | U.C. Santa Barbara (41-20) | 454 |
| 18. | UCLA (37-20) | 453 |
| 19. | Mississippi (45-22) | 451 |
| 20. | Arkansas (50-13)* | 448 |
| 21. | Oregon (39-16) | 447 |
| 22. | Arizona (45-18) | 445 |
| 23. | Miami, Fla. (33-21)* | 441 |
| 24. | Virginia (36-27) | 438 |
| 25. | North Carolina (28-27) | 435 |
*Denotes 2022 opponent
Season Ticket Information
Season tickets are currently on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online or by contacting the Gator Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683. Season ticket prices and availability can be accessed directly here.
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