One month to college baseball starts

[shawn555]

http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2013-schedules/2013-division-1-college-baseball-schedules/

 

[shawn555]

DURHAM, N.C?North Carolina is No. 1 in Baseball America's preseason Top 25 rankings for the first time in program history. The Tar Heels, who have made five trips to the College World Series in the last seven years, return three weekend starters who posted sub-2.00 ERAs last year, headlining one of the nation's deepest pitching staffs.

Southeastern Conference teams occupy three of the next four spots, and five of the top 10. Eight SEC teams appear in the Top 25, leading all conferences. No. 2 Vanderbilt and No. 3 Arkansas each earn their highest preseason rankings ever, as do No. 4 Louisville, No. 6 Oregon State and No. 8 North Carolina State. Fifth-ranked Mississippi State enters the season with its highest ranking since it topped the 1989 preseason Top 25.

New Mexico, which checks in at No. 21, earns a preseason ranking for the first time in program history. The Lobos last appeared in the BA Top 25 on March 30, 2009.

Defending national champion Arizona enters the season ranked 24th after losing a slew of key players, while runner-up South Carolina is ranked seventh.

The Pacific-12 Conference landed the second-most teams in the rankings with five, followed by the Atlantic Coast Conference (four). The only other conferences to produce multiple ranked teams were the Big 12 and Conference USA, which each placed two teams in the rankings.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Last year's records do not include ties.

Rk. Team 2012
Record Final
2012 Ranking
1. North Carolina 46-16 17
2. Vanderbilt 35-28 NR
3. Arkansas 46-22 6
4. Louisville 41-22 NR
5. Mississippi State 40-24 22
6. Oregon State 40-20 24
7. South Carolina 49-20 2
8. North Carolina State 43-20 12
9. Stanford 41-18 13
10. Louisiana State 47-18 9
11. Kentucky 45-18 20
12. UCLA 48-16 5
13. Mississippi 37-26 NR
14. Texas Christian 40-22 16
15. Oregon 46-19 11
16. Georgia Tech 38-26 NR
17. Florida 47-20 3
18. Rice 41-19 18
19. Oklahoma 42-25 14
20. Florida State 50-17 4
21. New Mexico 37-24 NR
22. Cal State Fullerton 36-21 21
23. Southern Mississippi 32-24 NR
24. Arizona 48-17 1
25. San Diego 40-17 NR

 

[Mr. Poon]

keep checking Eric Sorenson's collegebaseballtoday.com site to see when he puts up his previews. Should be another week or so as I see last year's are dated Feb. 6th. Not sure if you check out his site but the previews are a must as you won't get as much info on every D1 team in the country. Amazing the amount of time he puts into it.

 

[WildBillPicks7]

DURHAM, N.C?North Carolina is No. 1 in Baseball America's preseason Top 25 rankings for the first time in program history. The Tar Heels, who have made five trips to the College World Series in the last seven years, return three weekend starters who posted sub-2.00 ERAs last year, headlining one of the nation's deepest pitching staffs.

Southeastern Conference teams occupy three of the next four spots, and five of the top 10. Eight SEC teams appear in the Top 25, leading all conferences. No. 2 Vanderbilt and No. 3 Arkansas each earn their highest preseason rankings ever, as do No. 4 Louisville, No. 6 Oregon State and No. 8 North Carolina State. Fifth-ranked Mississippi State enters the season with its highest ranking since it topped the 1989 preseason Top 25.

New Mexico, which checks in at No. 21, earns a preseason ranking for the first time in program history. The Lobos last appeared in the BA Top 25 on March 30, 2009.

Defending national champion Arizona enters the season ranked 24th after losing a slew of key players, while runner-up South Carolina is ranked seventh.

The Pacific-12 Conference landed the second-most teams in the rankings with five, followed by the Atlantic Coast Conference (four). The only other conferences to produce multiple ranked teams were the Big 12 and Conference USA, which each placed two teams in the rankings.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Last year's records do not include ties.

Rk. Team 2012
Record Final
2012 Ranking
1. North Carolina 46-16 17
2. Vanderbilt 35-28 NR
3. Arkansas 46-22 6
4. Louisville 41-22 NR
5. Mississippi State 40-24 22
6. Oregon State 40-20 24
7. South Carolina 49-20 2
8. North Carolina State 43-20 12
9. Stanford 41-18 13
10. Louisiana State 47-18 9
11. Kentucky 45-18 20
12. UCLA 48-16 5
13. Mississippi 37-26 NR
14. Texas Christian 40-22 16
15. Oregon 46-19 11
16. Georgia Tech 38-26 NR
17. Florida 47-20 3
18. Rice 41-19 18
19. Oklahoma 42-25 14
20. Florida State 50-17 4
21. New Mexico 37-24 NR
22. Cal State Fullerton 36-21 21
23. Southern Mississippi 32-24 NR
24. Arizona 48-17 1
25. San Diego 40-17 NR

UNC won't stay there!!

I scout them every year, they have two early round MLB Draft guys in Emmanuel, lefty with decent stuff and 3b, lefty hitter - most of pitching staff returns with some good young arms coming in in Cherry - Stanford and Oregon St are going to be tough to beat imho - ACC will be a toss up, but we shall see!

Good stuff Shawn!! Thanks!

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[Mr. Poon]

Rich Hill's San Diego team always seems to have some talent but usually injuries or something else trips them up. I could see this year being the season they make some noise on the national scene.

 

[WildBillPicks7]

Rich Hill's San Diego team always seems to have some talent but usually injuries or something else trips them up. I could see this year being the season they make some noise on the national scene.

Yeah SD always gets jinxed!!

They do have some good pitchers, Covey is one I've seen a few times before in Cary @ USA complex about 3 yrs ago.

Florida will be loaded too!!

 

[Mr. Poon]

Here is a good link/list of the tv schedule for major schools:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2013/02/college-baseball-tv-schedule/