Jan. 29, 2015

COLUMBIA, S.C. –
South Carolina is ranked No. 10 in the nation in the USA TODAY Sports Preseason Coaches Poll released on Thursday afternoon. The Gamecocks begin the 2015 season on Friday, Feb. 13 hosting College of Charleston at Carolina Stadium in the first of a three-game series.

South Carolina is one of seven SEC schools to be ranked in the preseason poll. Also ranked is Vanderbilt (No. 1), LSU (No. 4), Florida (No. 5), Ole Miss (No. 18), Texas A&M (No. 23) and Mississippi State (No. 25).

Rank – Team (2014 Record)
1. Vanderbilt (51-21)
2. Virginia (53-16)
3. TCU (48-18)
4. LSU (46-16)
5. Florida (40-23)
6. Texas (46-21)
7. Louisville (50-17)
8. Oklahoma State (48-18)
9. UCLA (25-30-1)
10. South Carolina (44-18)
11. Houston (48-18)
12. Florida State (43-17)
13. Texas Tech (45-21)
14. Miami (Fla.) (44-19)
15. North Carolina (35-27)
16. Oregon (44-20)
17. Rice (42-20)
18. Ole Miss (48-21)
19. Cal State Fullerton (34-24)
20. Maryland (40-23)
21. Arizona State (33-24)
22. Stanford (35-26)
23. Texas A&M (36-26)
24. Cal Poly (47-12)
25. Mississippi State (39-24)

The Gamecocks have also been ranked No. 5 (D1 Baseball), No. 13 (Baseball America) No. 14 (Perfect Game) and No. 21 (Collegiate Baseball) in the nation in previous rankings released.

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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 11 College World Series appearances, including six in the last 13 years. The Gamecocks own the second-highest win total in the nation in the last 15 years (2000 to the present) with a 713-289 record. South Carolina is one of five schools to appear in the NCAA Regional every season in the last 15 years, including 11 NCAA Super Regional appearances in that span, one of only two schools to accomplish the feat.