Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll (SEC heavy) ...

Usual suspects at the top. Vandy is a little top heavy this year and needs some sophomores to step up and fill in the gaps in order to make another CWS run this year.

So, is Tennessee predicted to be last or next to last this year?

Moo State's rep as an up & down program is self built & well deserved. I assume there is some questions out there about your new head coach's lack of experience. What does your pitching staff look like? When is your new ball park supposed to be finished?

You shouldn't be surprised. O'Sullivan has that program running on all cylinders. I just wish he could get the fan support he deserves. It's not like the weather sucks.

I will be rooting for Andy Cannizaro when not playing LSU.

Seems kinda legit

Dores may surprise when it comes to CWS time.

Cats in Top 25 by start of SEC play would not surprise me.

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20. Texas A&M

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Too high.

cue Wild Thang/lestertheghost with a stupid troll comment.

Here's the entire poll ...

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Rank
Team (2016 Record)
Points
  1.
Texas Christian (49-18)
496
  2.
Louisiana St. (45-21)
494
  3.
Florida (52-16)
491
  4.
South Carolina (46-18)
489
  5.
Oregon St. (35-19)
485
  6.
Vanderbilt (43-19)
482
  7.
Arizona (49-24)
480
  8.
Miami, Fla. (50-14)
478
  9.
Florida St. (41-22)
475
10.
Cal. St. Fullerton (36-23)
472
11.
Louisville (50-14)
470
12.
Clemson (44-20)
469
13.
East Carolina (38-23-1)
465
14.
Louisiana-Lafayette (43-21)
463
15.
North Carolina (34-21)
460
16.
Virginia (38-22)
458
17.
Long Beach St. (38-22)
456
18.
U.C. Santa Barbara (43-20-1)
454
19.
Coastal Carolina (55-18)
450
20.
Texas A&M (49-16)
448
21.
Washington (33-23)
445
22.
Mississippi (43-19)
443
23.
Sam Houston St. (42-22)
440
24.
Stanford (31-23)
438
25.
Arizona St. (36-23)
435
26.
Dallas Baptist (44-19)
432
27.
Rice (38-24)
429
28.
Oklahoma St. (43-22)
426
29.
Texas Tech. (47-20)
424
30.
Texas (25-32)
420
31.
N.C. State (38-22)
417
32.
Michigan (36-21)
415
33.
Nebraska (37-22)
412
34.
Tulane (41-21)
410
35.
Houston (36-23)
407
36.
Southeastern La. (40-21)
404
37.
Gonzaga (36-21)
401
38.
Georgia Tech. (38-25)
398
39.
Kent St. (44-14)
394
40.
Florida Atlantic (39-19)
390

Other Teams Receiving Votes: New Mexico (39-23), West Virginia (36-22), Utah (26-29), Southern Mississippi (41-20), Wake Forest  (35-27), Fresno St. (36-22), U.C. Irvine (31-25), Maryland (30-27), Central Florida (26-33), Oklahoma (30-27-1), Cal. Poly (32-25), UCLA (25-31), Nevada (37-24), Nevada-Las Vegas (24-32), San Diego St. (21-38), Oregon (29-25), Southern California (28-28), California (32-21), Washington St. (19-35), Auburn (23-33), Mississippi St. (44-18-1), Kentucky (32-25), Georgia (27-30), Tennessee (29-28), South Alabama (42-22), Alabama (32-26), Arkansas (26-29), Missouri (26-30), Georgia Southern (36-24), Troy (32-26), Arkansas-Little Rock (26-28), Texas St. (31-28), Brigham Young (37-17), San Diego (27-29), Pepperdine (29-24), St. Mary’s (33-25), San Francisco (22-34), New Mexico St. (34-23), Oral Roberts (38-21), Seattle (37-21), Grand Canyon (25-28-1), Michigan St. (36-20), Indiana (32-24), Minnesota (36-22), Ohio St. (44-20-1), Illinois (28-23), Iowa (30-26), Western Michigan (22-34), Central Michigan (24-37), Missouri St. (38-21), Southern Illinois (31-25-1), Ball St. (32-26), Louisiana Tech. (42-20), N.C. Wilmington (41-19), Morehead St. (32-27), Kennesaw St. (28-27), Florida Gulf Coast (27-32), North Florida (39-19), Lipscomb (31-27), Rhode Island (31-27), St. Joseph’s (31-23), Virginia Commonwealth (38-19), Xavier (32-30), Creighton (38-17), Seton Hall (38-20), St. John’s (28-26-1), Gardner-Webb (37-21), High Point (32-24), College of Charleston (31-26-1), William & Mary (31-31), Wright St. (46-17), Princeton (24-21), Dartmouth (18-25), Fairfield (32-27), Miami, Ohio (27-29), Florida A&M (31-21), Alabama St. (38-17), Indiana St. (35-21), Wichita St. (21-37), Bryant (47-12), Southeast Missouri St. (39-21), Austin Peay St. (30-23), Jacksonville St. (34-24), Tennessee Tech. (31-24), Navy (43-16-1), Lehigh (25-29), Mercer (38-23), N.C. Greensboro (38-21), Western Carolina (31-31), Lamar (35-19), McNeese St. (31-25).

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Ranked State a LOT lower then I thought they would have.

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We had like 8 guys drafted but return 4 full time starters on offense and had like 10 guys play in the Cape over the summer. Brent Rooker and Jake Mangum are two of the best in the SEC