Baseball American Top 25

[CajunJack55]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/colle.season-top-25/

Is it baseball season yet??

1. Virginia 50-12 11
2. Oregon State 52-13 4
3. Indiana 49-16 7
4. Cal State Fullerton 51-10 10
5. North Carolina State 50-16 6
6. Florida State 47-17 12
7. South Carolina 43-20 14
8. Mississippi State 51-20 2
9. Louisiana State 57-11 5
10. Vanderbilt 54-12 9
11. Oregon 48-16 17
12. UCLA 49-17 1
13. Clemson 40-22 NR
14. Louisiana 43-20 NR
15. Rice 44-20 16
16. Miami 37-25 NR
17. North Carolina 59-12 3
18. Texas 27-24 NR
19. Texas Christian 29-28 NR
20. Louisville 51-14 8
21. Alabama 35-28 NR
22. Kansas State 45-19 13
23. Florida 29-30 NR
24. Texas A&M 34-19 NR
25. Arkansas 39-22 18

[CajunDreDog]

This is respect! Even the few times we've been ranked in the other polls, we usually aren't ranked by them.

[CajunJack55]

According to the article, it is our highest preseason ranking ever.

[RedTails]

[CajunJack55]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/colle.-25-teams-1-5/

"60: Above-average. Strong Omaha contender. (Vanderbilt, Oregon, UCLA, Clemson, Louisiana-Lafayette)"

Lot's of respect from Baseball America, which is considered a very reputable site for college baseball.

[CrappDaddy]

Can we pitch better than last year?

[GeauxCajuns]

I go in guarded. Last time we had pre season love we flopped bad, can't wait til opening day

[wcd35]

Can we pitch better than last year?

We should

[MelRock]

Perfect Game does not have us ranked, for what that is worth.
http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/.x?article=9339

[wcd35]

So far:

Baseball America: #14
Collegiate Baseball: #23
Perfect Game: #26 (Next 5 in)
ESPN/USAToday: TBA
NCBWA: TBA

[wcd35]

Perfect Game does not have us ranked, for what that is worth.
http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/.x?article=9339

Next 5 in, so I took that as 26th

[cajunhawk]

With Austin we know we have a Friday night starter, with Baranik hopefully we have that solid #2 guy, and I'm not sure who #3 is but we do return Cody Boutte and Chris Griffit. We also get the tall Texas kid in Bazar. And the only real loss we had was losing Dex Kjerstad but man.this lineup looks stacked. For all that is holy I hope we don't lay an egg but one cannot help but be excited at the possibilities in front of this team.

[STPacronym]

With Austin we know we have a Friday night starter, with Baranik hopefully we have that solid #2 guy, and I'm not sure who #3 is but we do return Cody Boutte and Chris Griffit. We also get the tall Texas kid in Bazar. And the only real loss we had was losing Dex Kjerstad but man.this lineup looks stacked. For all that is holy I hope we don't lay an egg but one cannot help but be excited at the possibilities in front of this team.

Look for Milhorn to be the number 3 guy. Bazar will be a relief guy. He has a mid nineties fastball, which is great, but only one secondary pitch (curveball) that he doesn't throw very well. Guys at this level can turn that mid nineties fastball around in a hurry.

[RaginScotsman]

So who has the definitive ranking? With all of these different polls, do we take the average ranking or is there one poll that you can say "yeah, that's our rank?"

[cajunhawk]

So who has the definitive ranking? With all of these different polls, do we take the average ranking or is there one poll that you can say "yeah, that's our rank?"

I say we do the same thing LSU and their greasy fanbase does.go with the highest ranking.