Jan. 20, 2015

COLUMBIA, S.C. –
South Carolina is ranked No. 14 in the nation in the Perfect Game Preseason Top 25 released on Tuesday 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), Florida (No. 4), LSU (No. 7), Arkansas (No. 16), Mississippi State (No. 23), and Texas A&M (No. 25).

The Gamecocks return six position starters, 11 pitchers and 25 letterwinners from last year’s Regional team. Carolina also features a solid group of newcomers that were ranked the No. 5 recruiting class in the nation earlier this fall by Baseball America.

Rank – Team (2014 Record) – Conference 

1. Vanderbilt (51-21) SEC
2. Virginia (51-21) ACC
3. TCU (48-18) Big 12
4. Florida (40-23) SEC
5. UCLA (25-30-1) Pac-12
6. Texas (46-12) Big 12
7. LSU (46-16-1) SEC
8. Houston (48-18) American
9. Louisville (50-17) ACC
10. Miami (44-19) ACC
11. Florida State (43-17) ACC
12. Texas Tech (45-21) Big 12
13. Oklahoma State (48-18) Big 12
14. South Carolina (44-18) SEC
15. Oregon (44-20) Pac-12
16. Arkansas (40-25) SEC
17. North Carolina (35-27) ACC
18. UC Santa Barbara (34-17-1) Big West
19. Cal State Fullerton (34-24) Big West
20. Arizona State (33-24) Pac-12
21. Rice (42-20) C-USA
22. Stanford (35-26) Pac-12
23. Mississippi State (39-24) SEC
24. Kennesaw State (40-24) Atlantic Sun
25. Texas A&M (44-19) SEC