2015 Preseason Fab 40

[TripleCrown9]

For myself and the 4 other college baseball fans here, the Top 40 is out.


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)

[dansaint]

We're #40....We're #40....We're # 40....doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

[TripleCrown9]

Hey, you're still ranked. That's something that 258 other teams can't say going into the season.

[Thrash13]

I think we're ranked a little high at 5, but I didn't think we'd make a run to the Supers last season either. Josh Holliday has done an amazing job at Oklahoma State already, so I'm sure we'll be in the thick of the Big 12 race again.

I'll be ready to see what Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt put together at D1 Baseball (the completely revamped D1 Baseball) next week. Those two guys are the best in the college baseball game, so their rankings will hold more weight in my opinion. It's still great to see some college baseball stuff start filtering in. The season starts one month from tomorrow!

[Watson]

4 seems a little high, but I can't come up with a valid reason as to why it's not deserving.

PSA: As soon as Baseball America drops their Top 25, the Week 1 thread will go up. So contain your excitement.

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by Thrash13

I think we're ranked a little high at 5, but I didn't think we'd make a run to the Supers last season either. Josh Holliday has done an amazing job at Oklahoma State already, so I'm sure we'll be in the thick of the Big 12 race again. I'll be ready to see what Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt put together at D1 Baseball (the completely revamped D1 Baseball) next week. Those two guys are the best in the college baseball game, so their rankings will hold more weight in my opinion. It's still great to see some college baseball stuff start filtering in. The season starts one month from tomorrow!

So this is what they threw together lol

Mark Etheridge (South/SEC)
Eric Sorenson (West/General Coverage)
Dustin McComas (Southwest/Big 12)
Michael Baumann (North/Big Ten)
Shotgun Spratling (West/Pac 12)

Basically a who's who of college baseball coverage. I'm guessing Baumann and Etheridge will split the East Coast, but they do have more announcements coming Monday.

[Watson]

Fitt is from Mass, he may take a position based in there covering the ACC/AAC

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by Watson

Fitt is from Mass, he may take a position based in there covering the ACC/AAC

That's a great point. For some reason it didn't occur to me that Fitt and Rodgers would still cover games/conferences.