Florida, UCLA and TCU are all returning a bunch of regulars from last season and should have no problems reaching the CWS for the second year in a row. Vanderbilt (my pick to win it all) may have the best rotation in the country (Gray, Garvin, Armstrong) and plenty of hitting for a run at it's first CWS appearance. Defending champ S. Carolina lost a bunch of pitching and a return to the CWS will be difficult. Stanford is a team to keep an eye on. They're young and extremely talented and if they mature could make a run at the CWS.


1. Florida
2. UCLA
3. TCU
4. Vanderbilt
5. Oklahoma
6. Texas
7. S. Carolina
8. Cal St Fullerton
9. UConn
10. Clemson
11. ASU
12. Florida St
13. Stanford
14. Oregon
15. Virginia
16. Baylor
17. California
18. Rice
19. Arizona
20. College of Charleston
21. Texas A&M
22. LSU
23. St. John's
24. Miami
25. Tulane

Thanks Keyser, but you forgot to put my Razorbacks in there.

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Next year, Hawger. They have a hell of a freshman class.

2011 BA Preseason All- America Team:

First Team

C Peter O'Brien, Bethune-Cookman Jr.
1B Ricky Oropesa, Southern California Jr.
2B Kolten Wong, Hawaii Jr.
3B Anthony Rendon, Rice Jr. (best player in the country)
SS Kenny Diekroeger, Stanford So.
OF Jackie Bradley, South Carolina Jr.
OF Mikie Mahtook, Louisiana State Jr.
OF George Springer, Connecticut Jr. (future Cub?)
DH Alex Dickerson, Indiana Jr.
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia Jr.

SP Gerrit Cole, UCLA Jr.
SP Sonny Gray, Vanderbilt Jr.
SP Taylor Jungmann, Texas Jr.
SP Matt Purke, Texas Christian So (best pitcher in the country)
RP Tony Zych, Louisville Jr.


Second Team

C Andrew Susac, Oregon State So.
1B Aaron Westlake, Vanderbilt Jr.
2B Zack MacPhee, Arizona State Jr.
3B Jason Esposito, Vanderbilt Jr.
SS Deven Marrero, Arizona State So
OF Jason Coats, Texas Christian Jr
OF Zach Cone, Georgia Jr.
OF Johnny Ruettiger, Arizona State Jr (Joliet Catholic)
DH Preston Tucker, Florida Jr.
UT Mike McGee, Florida State Sr.

SP Matt Barnes, Connecticut Jr.
SP Trevor Bauer, UCLA Jr.
SP Jed Bradley, Georgia Tech Jr.
SP John Stilson, Texas A&M Jr
RP Mark Appel, Stanford So.


Third Team

C C.J. Cron, Utah Jr.
1B Nick Ramirez, Cal State Fullerton Jr.
2B Ryan Wright, Louisville Jr.
3B Harold Martinez, Miami Jr.
SS Levi Michael, North Carolina Jr.
OF Nick Martini, Kansas State Jr
OF Jeff Schaus, Clemson Sr.
OF Austin Wilson, Stanford Fr.
DH Zach Wilson, Arizona State Jr.
UT Brian Johnson, Florida So

SP Tyler Anderson, Oregon Jr.
SP Cole Green, Texas Sr.
SP Anthony Meo, Coastal Carolina Jr.
SP Noe Ramirez, Cal State Fullerton Jr.
RP Matt Price, South Carolina So.

Keyser, I may have to jump on the bandwagon of the Vanderbilt Commodores too, they have a shitload of talent. Thanks for posting this, also cool to see some of top players from small colleges like Bethune-Cookman.

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Unless I missed him or he's in a diffrent division, suprised no Garrett Wittles on those lists, or do his summer issues have something to do with that.

Wittles is a third baseman so there is no way he makes the 1st or 2nd team ahead of Rendon or Esposito. The rape charge may have kept him off the 3rd team but Harold Martinez is no slouch (.295 21 HR's 69 RBI).

The first weekend is in the books. Florida and UCLA stay 1-2 after perfect weekends. Vandy moved up a spot after going 4-0 vs San Diego St and San Diego while TCU dropped a spot after a 2-1 series vs Kansas (tough rankings). #8 Stanford moved up 5 spots after winning a home series (2-1) against #22 Rice. #14 Connecticut dropped 5 spots after going 1-2 in the Big East/Big 10 challenge. Unranked Arkansas took care of business going 3-0 at home against Delaware St. Tulane dropped out of the top 25 and North Carolina (4-0) moved in at #24.


1. Florida
2. UCLA
3. Vanderbilt
4. TCU
5. Oklahoma
6. Texas
7. South Carolina
8. Stanford
9. Arizona State
10. Florida State
11. Clemson
12. Cal State Fullerton
13. Virginia
14. Connecticut
15. Oregon
16. Baylor
17. California
18. Arizona
19. College of Charleston
20. Louisiana State
21. Texas A&M
22. Rice
23. St. John's
24. North Carolina
25. Miami

Who are the favorites in the Big 10 this year?

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I can't believe the Hogs are not rated after sweeping the juggernaut that is Delaware St.

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Minnesota has a chance to be pretty good. I wouldn't be surprised to see them enter the top 25 at some point this season.

Wins are wins, Hawger. I read a couple publications who were high on the Hogs (no pun intended). All the power is in the SEC east this year and if LSU stumbles they can win the SEC west.

Don't tell me some poor soul was tricked into reproducing with that troll Rudy.

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I'm pretty sure they're related somehow (and not the least bit happy about it). Ruettiger's are like Smiths or Johnsons around here. There are hundreds of them.

He was a hobbit, not a troll.

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Any of you guys have recommendations for food/stuff worth catching in Omaha? Heading there for a tournament that wraps up on the first Sunday of the CWS....and well as for Nebraska, I got nothing.

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Why didn't I see this one coming....from you

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#1 Florida continues to dominate and is still on top of the rankings. Vandy moved up to #2 after winning a home series against #9 Stanford. UCLA dropped to #5 after losing a home series to San Jose St and TCU dropped to #8 after losing a home series vs #7 Cal St Fullerton (tough rankings). Oklahoma and S Carolina move into the top 5 after perfect weekends at home. Somehow Texas remains at #6 despite a 5-3 record. The Horns have a tough matchup this weekend at Stanford. #22 UConn dropped 8 spots after losing to Oregon St and Indiana. #24 Fresno St and #25 UC Irvine enter the top 25 while St Johns and Miami fall out. Arkansas remains perfect on the season after sweeping Utah at home.

1. Florida
2. Vanderbilt
3. Oklahoma
4. South Carolina
5. UCLA
6. Texas
7. Cal State Fullerton
8. TCU
9. Stanford
10. Arizona State
11. Florida State
12. Clemson
13. Virginia
14. California
15. Oregon
16. Baylor
17. Arizona
18. College of Charleston
19. Louisiana State
20. Texas A&M
21. Rice
22. Connecticut
23. North Carolina
24. Fresno State
25. UC Irvine

Keyser, I was waiting to see if you posted anything about my Hogs and it was good to see you not dispappoint.

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The Hogs are doing what they're supposed to be doing, Hawger. Racking up wins before they go through the SEC meatgrinder. Utah is no pushover and they beat them with a freshman pitcher starting friday night and sunday. This is going to be a fun year.

If those young kids can pitch, they might be alright. Just a lot to put on a couple of freshman.

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when i was at claudia's in portland last summer, i saw an old man who demanded to get the oregon game (baseball) and i realized there *were* people that watched college baseball.

This is from a Baseball America on line chat with Aaron Fitt. He's one of the writers who compile the top 25 list.

J (Arkansas): I know Arkansas hasn't really played anybody yet, but the freshmen look really good so far. The pitching, though young, seems deeper than the past couple years. How good can this team be by the end of the year?

Aaron Fitt: Very talented young team — I'm looking forward to getting a look at them out here in SoCal in two weeks, especially Ryne Stanek. If the youngsters hold up, that team has a chance to win the SEC West and make a nice postseason run.


We're a small but very dedicated group, Zack.

This is from a Baseball America on line chat with Aaron Fitt. He's one of the writers who compile the top 25 list.

J (Arkansas): I know Arkansas hasn't really played anybody yet, but the freshmen look really good so far. The pitching, though young, seems deeper than the past couple years. How good can this team be by the end of the year?

Aaron Fitt: Very talented young team — I'm looking forward to getting a look at them out here in SoCal in two weeks, especially Ryne Stanek. If the youngsters hold up, that team has a chance to win the SEC West and make a nice postseason run.

Very cool and yes Zach we are a very small but dedicated group, want to join?

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And they lose to McNeese St. today.

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You usually don't worry too much about losing a weekday game but that one was started by Jr. Geoffrey Davenport who us supposed to be one of the weekend starters if not the friday night starter. Hopefully it was just a blip on the radar.

Tuesday was a weird day in college baseball. Not only did Arkansas lose to McNeese St, TCU lost to Dallas Baptist (??), Oregon lost to Portland, Miami lost to S. Florida, Baylor lost to Texas St. and #1 Florida lost to Florida St.

It must have J.V. day.

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Third straight week for #1 Florida. The rest of the top 4 stayed the same with Texas moving up to #5 after a series win over #12 Stanford. UCLA dropped 8 spots to #13 after losing 2 straight series at home. Previously #15 Oregon dropped out of the top 25 after a 1-4 week and new #15 North Carolina jumped up 8 spots after a 5-0 week. #19 UConn righted the ship after a 2-0 week including a win at #20 California. #24 Tulane and #25 Georgia Tech entered the top 25 for the first time after winning a series at Mississippi and sweeping a home series against Rutgers respectively. Oregon and UC Irvine dropped out of the top 25. Unranked Arkansas went 4-1 this week with a 2 game split against McNeese St and a sweep of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

1. Florida
2. Vanderbilt
3. Oklahoma
4. South Carolina
5. Texas
6. Cal State Fullerton
7. TCU
8. Florida State
9. Arizona State
10. Clemson
11. Virginia
12. Stanford
13. UCLA
14. Arizona
15. North Carolina
16. Louisiana State
17. Baylor
18. Rice
19. Connecticut
20. California
21. College of Charleston
22. Texas A&M
23. Fresno State
24. Tulane
25. Georgia Tech

Update on Johnny Ruettiger through 11 games. The 2nd team All-American is hitting leadoff and playing centerfield for #9 ASU.

.417 BA
13 runs scored
8 RBI
.463 OBP
.521 Slugg
11 SB

5 straight weeks for Florida at #1. The rest of the top 5 remained the same as all teams took care of business this weekend. #7 Virginia and #8 LSU move into the top 10 after sweeping #16 Clemson and #13 Cal St Fullerton respectively. Preseason #2 UCLA dropped all the way to #24 after losing it's 3rd straight weekend series. Hard to believe considering they were CWS finalists last season and returned two of the top starting pitchers in the country in Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer. No new teams entered the top 25. Unranked Arkansas won its weekend series 3-1 at San Diego St.


1. Florida
2. Vanderbilt
3. Oklahoma
4. South Carolina
5. Texas
6. Florida State
7. Virginia
8. Louisiana State
9. Arizona State
10. TCU
11. Arizona
12. Stanford
13. Cal State Fullerton
14. Baylor
15. California
16. Clemson
17. Fresno State
18. North Carolina
19. Connecticut
20. College of Charleston
21. Texas A&M
22. Tulane
23. Georgia Tech
24. UCLA
25. Rice