Baseball Ranked No. 4 In The Nation In Collegiate Baseball Preseason Top 40

Dec. 20, 2016

Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina is ranked No. 4 in the nation in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Top 40 as announced on Tuesday morning. The Gamecocks begin the 2017 season on Friday, Feb. 17 hosting UNCG at Founders Park.

South Carolina is one of six SEC schools to be ranked in the preseason poll. Also ranked is LSU (No. 2), Florida (No. 3), Vanderbilt (No. 6), Texas A&M (No. 20) and Ole Miss (No. 22).

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South Carolina won the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 2010 and 2011 at the College World Series. South Carolina has made 11 College World Series appearances including six times in the last 15 years. In those 11 appearances, the Gamecocks are 32-20 for a .615 winning percentage, that is sixth-best among winning percentage leaders in CWS history. South Carolina is one of three schools in the nation to have reached at least 12 NCAA Super Regionals since 2000 and has the most NCAA Super Regional appearances of the 14 SEC schools since 2000. In addition, the Gamecocks own the second-highest win total in Division I baseball since 2000 (791-332 record) and more conference wins than any SEC team since 2000 (308-198 record). Recently, South Carolina is one of only four schools in the nation to host a NCAA Regional in six of the last seven years.

Rank Team (2016 Record) Points

1. Texas Christian (49-18) 496

2. Louisiana St. (45-21) 494
3. Florida (52-16) 491
4. South Carolina (46-18) 489
5. Oregon St. (35-19) 485

6. Vanderbilt (43-19) 482

7. Arizona (49-24) 480

8. Miami, Fla. (50-14) 478

9. Florida St. (41-22) 475

10. Cal. St. Fullerton (36-23) 472

11. Louisville (50-14) 470

12. Clemson (44-20) 469

13. East Carolina (38-23-1) 465

14. Louisiana-Lafayette (43-21) 463

15. North Carolina (34-21) 460

16. Virginia (38-22) 458

17. Long Beach St. (38-22) 456

18. U.C. Santa Barbara (43-20-1) 454

19. Coastal Carolina (55-18) 450

20. Texas A&M (49-16) 448

21. Washington (33-23) 445

22. Mississippi (43-19) 443

23. Sam Houston St. (42-22) 440

24. Stanford (31-23) 438

25. Arizona St. (36-23) 435

26. Dallas Baptist (44-19) 432

27. Rice (38-24) 429

28. Oklahoma St. (43-22) 426

29. Texas Tech. (47-20) 424

30. Texas (25-32) 420

31. N.C. State (38-22) 417

32. Michigan (36-21) 415

33. Nebraska (37-22) 412

34. Tulane (41-21) 410

35. Houston (36-23) 407

36. Southeastern La. (40-21) 404

37. Gonzaga (36-21) 401

38. Georgia Tech. (38-25) 398

39. Kent St. (44-14) 394

40. Florida Atlantic (39-19) 390

Other Teams Receiving Votes: New Mexico (39-23), West Virginia (36-22), Utah (26-29), Southern Mississippi (41-20), Wake Forest (35-27), Fresno St. (36-22), U.C. Irvine (31-25), Maryland (30-27), Central Florida (26-33), Oklahoma (30-27-1), Cal. Poly (32-25), UCLA (25-31), Nevada (37-24), Nevada-Las Vegas (24-32), San Diego St. (21-38), Oregon (29-25), Southern California (28-28), California (32-21), Washington St. (19-35), Auburn (23-33), Mississippi St. (44-18-1), Kentucky (32-25), Georgia (27-30), Tennessee (29-28), South Alabama (42-22), Alabama (32-26), Arkansas (26-29), Missouri (26-30), Georgia Southern (36-24), Troy (32-26), Arkansas-Little Rock (26-28), Texas St. (31-28), Brigham Young (37-17), San Diego (27-29), Pepperdine (29-24), St. Mary’s (33-25), San Francisco (22-34), New Mexico St. (34-23), Oral Roberts (38-21), Seattle (37-21), Grand Canyon (25-28-1), Michigan St. (36-20), Indiana (32-24), Minnesota (36-22), Ohio St. (44-20-1), Illinois (28-23), Iowa (30-26), Western Michigan (22-34), Central Michigan (24-37), Missouri St. (38-21), Southern Illinois (31-25-1), Ball St. (32-26), Louisiana Tech. (42-20), N.C. Wilmington (41-19), Morehead St. (32-27), Kennesaw St. (28-27), Florida Gulf Coast (27-32), North Florida (39-19), Lipscomb (31-27), Rhode Island (31-27), St. Joseph’s (31-23), Virginia Commonwealth (38-19), Xavier (32-30), Creighton (38-17), Seton Hall (38-20), St. John’s (28-26-1), Gardner-Webb (37-21), High Point (32-24), College of Charleston (31-26-1), William & Mary (31-31), Wright St. (46-17), Princeton (24-21), Dartmouth (18-25), Fairfield (32-27), Miami, Ohio (27-29), Florida A&M (31-21), Alabama St. (38-17), Indiana St. (35-21), Wichita St. (21-37), Bryant (47-12), Southeast Missouri St. (39-21), Austin Peay St. (30-23), Jacksonville St. (34-24), Tennessee Tech. (31-24), Navy (43-16-1), Lehigh (25-29), Mercer (38-23), N.C. Greensboro (38-21), Western Carolina (31-31), Lamar (35-19), McNeese St. (31-25).