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Dec. 22, 2014

COLUMBIA, S.C. –
South Carolina is ranked No. 21 in the nation in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Top 40 as announced on Monday morning. The Gamecocks begin the 2015 season on Friday, Feb. 13 hosting No. 25 College of Charleston at Carolina Stadium.

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. 6) Mississippi State (No. 20), Tennessee (No. 33) and Arkansas (No. 36).

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.

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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. 

COLLEGIATE BASEBALL'S PRESEASON TOP 40
Rank	Team (2014 Record)	Points
  1.	Vanderbilt (51-21)	494
  2.	Texas Christian (48-18)	492
  3.	Virginia (53-16)	489
  4.	Louisiana St. (46-16-1)	487
  5.	Oklahoma St. (48-18)	485
  6.	Florida (40-23)	        483
  7.	Texas (46-21)	        480
  8.	Houston (48-18)	        479
  9.	Texas Tech. (45-21)	477
10.	UCLA (25-30-1)	        473
11.	Florida St. (43-17)	469
12.	Louisville (50-17)	468
13.	Cal. Poly (47-12)	467
14.	Miami, Fla. (44-19)	465
15.	Oregon (44-20)	462
16.	U.C. Santa Barbara (34-17-1)	460
17.	Cal. St. Fullerton (34-24)	458
18.	Stanford (35-26)	457
19.	Arizona St. (33-24)	454
20.	Mississippi St. (39-24)	452
21.	South Carolina (44-18)	449
22.	Rice (42-20)	        446
23.	Liberty (41-18)	        445
24.	North Carolina (35-27)	443
25.	College of Charleston (44-19)	440
26.	Georgia Tech. (37-27)	438
27.	Kennesaw St. (40-24)	436
28.	Clemson (36-25)	        432
29.	St. John's (35-20)	430
30.	Kent St. (36-23)	427
31.	Ball St. (39-18)	425
32.	Wichita St. (31-28)	424
33.	Tennessee (31-23)	421
34.	San Diego (34-20)	419
35.	Loyola Marymount (32-24)417
36.	Arkansas (40-25)	414
37.	Maryland (40-23)	412
38.	Nebraska (41-21)	411
39.	U.C. Irvine (41-25)	409
40.	Illinois (32-21)	405

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