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Collegiate Baseball Pre-season poll

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http://www.baseballnews.com/polls/index.html

Collegiate Baseball's pre-season poll is out. Not that I put much weight into an early poll but fun to discuss.

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NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 19, 2011)

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Rank School (’11 Final Record) Points
1. Florida (53-19) 497
2. South Carolina (55-14) 494
3. Stanford (35-22) 490
4. North Carolina (51-16) 488
5. Texas (49-19) 485
6. Texas A&M (47-22) 484
7. Rice (42-21) 482
8. Arkansas (40-22) 479
9. Georgia Tech. (42-21) 476
10. Texas Christian (43-19) 474
11. St. John's (36-22) 470
12. Louisiana St. (36-20) 468
13. Florida St. (46-19) 465
14. Miami, Fla. (38-23) 464
15. Louisville (32-29) 460
16. Oklahoma (41-19) 458
17. Arizona St. (43-18) 457
18. Georgia (33-32) 455
19. UCLA (35-24) 454
20. Arizona (39-21) 452
21. Cal. St. Fullerton (41-17) 449
22. California (38-23) 447
23. Vanderbilt (54-12) 445
24. Oregon St. (41-19) 443
25. Clemson (43-20) 437
26. Stetson (43-20) 435
27. Oregon (33-26-1) 432
28. Baylor (31-28) 430
29. U.C. Irvine (43-18) 425
30. Southern Miss. (39-19) 422
31. Missouri St. (33-23) 419
32. College of Charleston (39-22) 417
33. Virginia (56-12) 413
34. Georgia Southern (36-26) 412
35. Texas St. (41-23) 408
36. Central Florida (39-23) 406
37. Wichita St. (39-26) 403
38. Jacksonville (37-24) 400
39. Florida International (40-20-1) 397
40. Southern California (25-31) 395

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NCAA Div. II Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 20)

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Rank School Name ’11 Final Record Point Totals
1. West Florida 52-9 640
2. Francis Marion 41-16 618
3. Central Missouri 49-10 606
4. Grand Valley St. 52-5 590
5. Mount Olive 47-10 586
6. Tampa 36-17 546
7. Millersville 44-12 532
8. Emporia St. 43-12 530
9. Southern Conn. St. 45-9-1 518
10. Florida Southern 32-15 514
11. St. Mary's (TX) 47-10 472
12. St. Cloud St. 43-11 464
13. Franklin Pierce 40-14 454
14. Winona St. 42-18 414
15. Columbus St. 32-19 406
Cal. St. Chico 30-20 406
17. Mercyhurst 41-12 392
18. Catawba 41-15 386
19. N.C. Pembroke 44-12 340
20. Minnesota St.-Mankato 40-12 326
21. Southern Indiana 37-19 310
22. Southern Arkansas 36-16 306
23. Georgia College 35-17 292
24. Le Moyne 23-30 278
25. Armstrong Atlantic St. 35-17 264
26. Incarnate Word 37-18 248
27. Barry 40-17 230
28. Harding 42-13 216
29. Cal Poly Pomona 36-23 208
30. U.C. San Diego 42-15 188
31. Wayne St. (MI) 35-21 120
32. Delta St. 30-19 110
33. Western Oregon 37-15 108
34. Mesa St. 35-21 102
35. North Georgia 34-20 98
36. S.E. Oklahoma St. 35-19 92
37. Massachusetts-Lowell 37-14 88
38. North Alabama 37-14 58
39. California (PA) 30-18 34
40. Ashland 30-21 28

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NCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 20)

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Rank School Name ’11 Final Record Point Totals
1. Marietta, OH 47-4 270
2. Chapman, CA 37-13 261
3. Kean, NJ 42-11 259
4. Christopher Newport, VA 39-7 255
5. SUNY-Cortland, NY 36-10 252
6. Linfield, OR 33-11 249
7. Wisc.-Whitewater 37-13 245
8. Buena Vista, IA 34-18 242
9. Eastern Connecticut St. 34-13 240
10. Alvernia, PA 38-9 237
11. Western New England, MA 42-11 236
12. Wisc.-Stevens Point 34-10 234
13. Thomas More, KY 29-9 230
14. Heidelberg, OH 36-13 228
15. Redlands, CA 30-13 225
16. Wheaton, MA 32-12 222
17. Salisbury, MD 34-14 219
18. St. Scholastica, MN 37-7 218
19. Carthage, WI 32-12 214
20. Tufts, MA 27-9-1 211
21. Southern Maine 22-19 208
22. Johns Hopkins, MD 27-15 205
23. Birmingham-Southern, AL 30-9 203
24. Piedmont, GA 32-15 200
25. Coe, IA 32-12 195
26. Adrian, MI 31-11 193
27. Rowan, NJ 31-13-1 190
28. Texas-Tyler 33-8 188
29. St. Thomas, MN 28-17 186
30. Illinois Wesleyan 28-18 183

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NAIA Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 20)

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Rank School Name '11 Final Record Point Totals
1. Oklahoma City, OK 47-12 481
2. Concordia, CA 43-19 465
3. Lee, TN 51-14 457
4. Lubbock Christian, TX 50-14 448
5. Embry-Riddle, FL 51-11 447
6. LSU-Shreveport, LA 47-15 426
7. Cumberland, TN 46-16 390
8. Faulkner, AL 48-15 383
9. Oklahoma Baptist, OK 46-14 362
10. Biola, CA 38-22 331
11. Lewis-Clark St., ID 38-17 327
12. Union, KY 48-12 323
13. Auburn-Montgomery, AL 42-19 296
14. Union, TN 38-17 244
15. Missouri Baptist, MO 38-13 234
Belhaven, MS 45-18 234
17. Fresno Pacific, CA 32-21 221
18. Tennessee Wesleyan, TN 40-21 190
19. Rogers St., OK 45-15 186
20. British Columbia, Canada 31-17 181
21. Southern Poly, GA 41-17 154
22. York, NE 39-14 151
23. Madonna, MI 32-14 127
24. Northwood, TX 39-18 99
25. Taylor, IN 35-14 94
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J HJ H5,000+ posts
I am very happy to see St. Johns so high. I have a bunch of friends on that team and they are all very talented. Hopefully they have a good year.

On another note, I don't put ANY thought into the DIII poll. There are some teams on that list that have no business being in the Top 100, and there are some teams not on that list that have no business being outside of the Top 10.

As you said though BOF, still fun to discuss during the dead period of the offseason
infielddadinfielddad10,000+ posts
Stanford, ranked #3 pre-season, has 6 players BA has ranked in the top 100 for the 2012 draft, with 3 first rounders, including the #1 projected pick in pitcher Mark Appel.
The only reason they don't have more is they are likely to start 3 sophomores who are not draft eligible until 2013, when 2 of 3 are likely to project as 1st rounders and the other a possible 2nd/3rd rounder.
The starting left fielder, Tyler Gaffney, is not only projected to be a high pick for baseball, he is one of their top running backs on the 4th ranked football team.
Gaffney brings a football mentality to the baseball field. He makes a big difference.
Said more succinctly, Stanford is loaded with talent!
Of course they also have a 56 game schedule considered one of the very toughest. Weekend series, at home, against Texas, Rice and Vanderbilt to start the season. Nice to have season tickets this year. Roll Eyes
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YoungGunDadYoungGunDadHSBaseballWeb member since 2005
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Originally posted by infielddad:

The starting left fielder, Tyler Gaffney, is not only projected to be a high pick for baseball, he is one of their top running backs on the 4th ranked football team.
Gaffney brings a football mentality to the baseball field. He makes a big difference.



Didn't Stanford have someone like this just recently on the team? I want to say they always have baseball players who are studs on the gridiron playing.
justbaseballjustbaseball10,000+ posts
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Originally posted by like2rake:
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Originally posted by YoungGunDad:
Didn't Stanford have someone like this just recently on the team? I want to say they always have baseball players who are studs on the gridiron playing.


Yeah, I believe Toby Gerhart played outfield for Stanford as well as starting running back.


You would be correct! Also the last time Stanford made it to Omaha where Toby hit a home run in Game 1...and I got to take this picture of the swing! Smile

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