UCLA Baseball ranked No. 19 in preseason poll
From UCLA:
TUCSON, Ariz. - UCLA has been ranked No. 19 in Collegiate Baseball's preseason top-40 poll, the weekly newspaper announced on Monday.
The Bruins will play 31 of their 56 regular-season games against preseason top-40 teams in 2012.
UCLA is accompanied in Collegiate Baseball's preseason poll by seven other Pac-12 programs - Stanford (No. 3), Arizona State (No. 17), Arizona (No. 20), California (No. 22), Oregon State (No. 24), Oregon (No. 27) and USC (No. 40).
The Bruins will return six starting position players from last season's ballclub and one weekend starting pitcher, sophomore right-hander Adam Plutko.
The core of UCLA's position players from its last two teams will return in 2012 - Beau Amaral, Trevor Brown, Jeff Gelalich, Cody Keefer and Cody Regis made significant contributions as freshmen in 2010, helping lead the Bruins to the finals of the College World Series that season.
UCLA opens the season with a three-game series at home against Maryland on Friday, Feb. 17. Game time of the season opener is 6 p.m. The Bruins and Terrapins continue their series Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m.
Collegiate Baseball has tabbed Florida as its preseason No. 1 selection and two-time defending national champion South Carolina as its No. 2 preseason team. South Carolina defeated Florida in the best-of-three national championship series last season.
Collegiate Baseball's Preseason Top-40 Poll
Rank School (2011 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
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Coastal Carolina, Oklahoma St., Charlotte, East Carolina, Kent St., Creighton, Oral Roberts, Troy, South Alabama, San Diego, Gonzaga, San Francisco, Fresno St., Hawaii, Dallas Baptist, N.C. State, Mississippi St., Auburn, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Stony Brook, Maine, Connecticut, Seton Hall, Notre Dame, South Florida, Liberty, Winthrop, Purdue, Michigan St., Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas St., Texas Tech., Missouri, Cal Poly, Long Beach St., U.C. Riverside, James Madison, Tulane, Houston, Manhattan, Rider, Central Michigan, Illinois St., New Mexico, San Diego St., Nevada-Las Vegas, Austin Peay St., Samford, Elon, N.C. Greensboro, S.E. Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Louisiana-Lafayette, Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic, San Jose St., New Mexico St., Cal. St. Bakersfield.
Is it too much to ask for consistency? If "U.C. Irvine" and "U.C. Riverside" have periods, then it should be "U.C.L.A." just like the NY Times does it.
they also dont spell out Los Angeles. Deal with it
Fullerton still rules SoCal!
5Dollar, I'm with you!!!!!! Once Fullerton figures out their rotation, which we always have a great rotation, everyone will see that Fullerton is as dangerous as ever.
5Dollar, save your comments for the insidesocal.com/csuf message board.