USA Today/ESPN 2012 College Baseball Preseason Poll

Florida Tops The Coaches’ Poll… Florida is the number one team in the USA Today/ESPN College Baseball 2012 Preseason Poll. The coaches’ poll is the third preseason ranking to be released to date, and Florida has topped all three (Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America are the other two. Two-time defending national champion South Carolina is second, followed by Stanford, North Carolina and Texas in the top five. Texas A&M, Rice, Arkansas, Florida State, and Georgia Tech round out the preseason top 10. Stanford is the only school among the top six in the poll that did not reach the 2011 College World Series. Six SEC and ACC teams are in the top 25, the Pac-12 has five. College Baseball 360 will release our 2012 Preseason Top 50 Composite Poll in the coming weeks. Jan 26, 2012 1. Florida 2. South Carolina 3. Stanford 4. North Carolina 5. Texas 6. Texas A&M 7. Rice 8. Arkansas 9. Florida State 10. Georgia Tech 11. TCU 12. Vanderbilt 13. Miami (Fla) 14. LSU 15. Oklahoma 16. Cal State Fullerton 17. Virginia 18. UCLA 19. Oregon State 20. Arizona 21. St. John’s 22. California 23. Clemson 24. Louisville 25. Georgia Others receiving votes: UC-Irvine [...]

Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/01/26/usa-todayespn-2012-college-baseball-preseason-poll/

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