The 2013 Preseason College Baseball Coach’s Poll has been released with some of the major power conferences dominating.
The SEC placed 8 teams in the top 25 including 4 in the top 10. The Pac-12 followed with 4 in the top 10 and 6 total in the top 25.
The top 10 is made up of only 3 different conferences as the ACC picked up the last 2 spots not held by the SEC or Pac-12.
Rank…Team…First Pl. Votes…2012 Record
1. Arkansas (10) (46-22)
2. UCLA (4) (48-16)
3. LSU (3) (47-18)
4. North Carolina (4) (46-16)
5. South Carolina (49-20)
6. Oregon (46-19)
7. Stanford (1) 41-18
8. Vanderbilt (3) (35-28)
9. Florida St. (2) (50-17)
10. Arizona (3) (48-17)
11. North Carolina St. (43-20)
12. TCU (40-22)
13. Florida (1) (47-20)
14. Oregon St. (40-20)
15. Kentucky (45-18)
16. Oklahoma (42-25)
17. Rice (41-19)
18. T- Mississippi St. (40-24)
18. T- San Diego (40-17)
20. Arizona St. (36-20)
21. Georgia Tech (38-26)
22. Cal State Fullerton (36-21)
23. Baylor (49-17)
24. Texas A&M (43-18)
25. T- Virginia (40-18-1)
25. T – Louisville (41-22)
Others receiving votes: Mississippi (37-26) 92; Texas (30-22) 84; Kent State (47-20) 68; Clemson (35-28) 63; Miami (Fla.) (36-23) 61; St. John’s (40-23) 58; Stony Brook (52-15) 28; Central Florida (45-17) 27; Purdue (45-14) 26; Tulane (38-20) 19; UC-Irvine (31-25) 13; Pepperdine (36-23) 9; Missouri State (40-22) 8; California (29-25) 6; Oklahoma State (32-25) 6; Georgia (31-26) 5; New Mexico (37-24) 5; Southern Mississippi (32-24) 5; North Carolina-Wilmington (39-23) 3; Sam Houston State (40-22) 3; Cal Poly (36-20) 2; Coastal Carolina (42-19) 2; Dallas Baptist (41-19) 2; Fresno State (31-28) 2; Notre Dame (31-27) 1; Virginia Tech (34-21) 1; Wichita State (35-25) 1.
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