College Baseball Newspaper Preseason Top 40 (12/18)

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Link: http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-12-18-18/

College Baseball Newspaper Preseason Poll (12/18)
1. LSU (39-27)
2. Vanderbilt (35-27)
3. UCLA (38-21)
4. Texas Tech (45-20)
5. Stanford (46-12)
6. Florida (49-21)
7. Oregon State (55-12-1)
8. North Carolina (44-20)
9. Louisville (45-19)
10. Florida State (43-19)
11. Mississippi (48-17)
12. Coastal Carolina (43-19)
13. Georgia (39-21)
14. Texas (42-23)
15. Clemson (47-16)
16. Oklahoma State (31-26-1)
17. Georgia Tech (31-21)
18. Cal State-Fullerton (36-25)
19. TCU (33-23)
20. Duke (45-18)
21. Baylor (37-21)
22. North Carolina State (42-18)
23. Auburn (43-23)
24. Missouri State (40-17)
25. Arkansas (48-21)
26. Arizona (34-22)
27. Mississippi State (39-29)
28. Minnesota (44-15)
29. Texas A&M (40-22)
30. Southern Mississippi (44-18)
31. Oregon (26-29)
32. Connecticut (37-22-1)
33. Miami (FL) (28-26)
34. Illinois (33-20)
35. East Carolina (44-18)
36. Arizona State (23-32)
37. Stetson (48-13)
38. Louisiana-Lafayette (34-25)
39. Michigan (33-21)
40. Sam Houston State (39-20)

Others Receiving Votes
Washington, South Carolina, Rice, Virginia, Oklahoma, Houston, California, Dallas Baptist, St. John's, Louisiana Tech, Seton Hall, USC, San Diego State, Kentucky, Long Beach State, Nevada, UNLV, UC-Santa Barbara, UC-Irvine, Cal Poly, Purdue, Fresno State, Iowa, Kent State, West Virginia, Ball State, Indiana, Samford, Jacksonville, Central Florida, Wichita State, South Florida, Tulane, Wake Forest, Kennesaw State, Missouri, Hartford, Stony Brook, Ohio State, Nebraska, Tennessee, Florida Gulf Coast, Alabama, St. Louis, Virginia Commonwealth, Butler, Creighton, Florida Atlantic, Canisius, Indiana State, Bradley, Bryant, Morehead State, Tennessee Tech, Army, Navy, North Carolina-Greensboro, Southeastern Louisiana, Northwestern State, Oral Roberts, South Alabama, Troy, Texas State, Pepperdine, Grand Canyon, Gonzaga, San Diego, New Mexico State, San Francisco, Loyola Marymount, St. Mary's, BYU, Yale, High Point, Campbell, Winthrop, Northeastern, North Carolina-Wilmington, Charleston, Wright State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 

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Here are the ranked opponents for this season based on the above poll (22 games):

21-24 Feb: vs. #7 Oregon State in Surprise, Ariz.
01 Mar: vs. #4 Texas Tech in Frisco, Texas
02 Mar: vs. #40 Sam Houston State in Frisco, Texas
03 Mar: vs. #27 Mississippi State in Frisco, Texas
08-10 Mar: vs. #21 Baylor
29-31 Mar: at #28 Minnesota
26-28 Apr: vs. #34 Illinois
10-12 May: vs. #36 Arizona State
16-18 May: vs. #39 Michigan

Others Receiving Votes (12 games):

15-17 Mar: vs. New Mexico State
26 Mar, 09/23 Apr: at/vs./at Creighton
05-07 Mar: vs. Purdue
19-21 Apr: at Iowa

22 games will be against teams that are neither ranked nor receiving votes in this poll.