2025 Preseason Top 25 Rankings Rank Team Conference 2024 Record 2024 Finish Head Coach 1 Texas A&M SEC 53-15 CWS Finals Michael Earley 2 LSU SEC 43-23 Chapel Hill Regional Jay Johnson 3 Virginia ACC 46-17 CWS Brian O'Connor 4 Georgia SEC 43-17 Athens Super Regional Wes Johnson 5 Tennessee SEC 60-13 National Champions Tony Vitello 6 Florida State ACC 49-17 CWS Link Jarrett 7 Texas SEC 36-24 Bryan-College Station Regional Jim Schlossnagle 8 Clemson ACC 44-16 Clemson Super Regional Erik Bakich 9 Duke ACC 40-20 Norman Regional Chris Pollard 10 Oregon State Independent 45-16 Lexington Super Regional Mitch Canham 11 Florida SEC 36-30 CWS Kevin O'Sullivan 12 Arizona Big 12 36-23 Tucson Regional Chip Hale 13 Arkansas SEC 44-16 Fayetteville Regional Dave Van Horn 14 Oregon Big 10 40-20 Bryan-College Station Super Regional Mark Wasikowski 15 Vanderbilt SEC 38-23 Clemson Regional Tim Corbin 16 Wake Forest ACC 38-22 Greenville Regional Tom Walter 17 Dallas Baptist Conference USA 45-15 Tucson Regional Dan Heefner 18 TCU Big 12 33-21 No Postseason Kirk Saarloos 19 North Carolina ACC 48-16 CWS Scott Forbes 20 Oklahoma SEC 40-21 Norman Regional Skip Johnson 21 West Virginia Big 12 36-24 Chapel Hill Super Regional Steve Sabins 22 Auburn SEC 27-26 No Postseason Butch Thompson 23 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 36-25 Clemson Regional Kevin Schnall 24 UC Santa Barbara Big West 44-14 Santa Barbara Regional Andrew Checketts 25 Oklahoma State Big 12 42-19 Stillwater Regional Josh Holliday 2025 Preseason Top 25 Rankings | Perfect Game USA
Hmm, that's a lot of pressure on the new Aggie coach. Vols be mad, no respect for the defending champs. Miami?
D1Baseball is doing an tenth anniversay series on top college baseball people and events during that period. There was nothing Gator-related in their top player and top events articles, but Gators showed up well in the article about overall excellence. In naming the top coach since 2015, three of the eight writers named Sully, two named Vitello, the other three named one each. For the top program, six named Gators, one Vandy, one vouldn't make up his feeble mind. One example of a comment: MARK ETHERIDGE: Since 2015, there have been nine College World Series and Florida has been a part of six of them, with five final fours, two CWS Finals, and a title. No program has sustained excellence to that degree. Past excellence does not guarantee future excellence, but the trend is nice.
1. Your post looks great to me. 2. 10th in the nation and 6th in the SEC. The SEC dominance is getting a little tiresome.
Don't worry, @wingtee I got this... Let's not get our hopes up until we see if we can win a midweek game. Last year we were barely above .500 and look at how the season ended up. Go GATORS! ,WESGATORS
I'll take a shot at a Wingteeism... We start the year against Air Force so they probably will be flying baseballs out of the stadium every other inning.
I like it when people on here that know the players and practices predict some starters so that I can tell my friends what "I" think and look good.....with that being said, how do we think the weekend starter roles begin and is there a dark horse that may rise as the season plays out? Also, whose going get the first chance to lose 3rd base?
Peterson Coppola Clements Bosler or Lawson at 3B I think Naddeu will spell time all over the infield as well.
Stripling also has a shot at 3rd but Boser has the first chance. Lawson is our best infielder for next year so I agree he might play third. I'm just not sure Sully would hold him more for SS. Nadeau needs to play somewhere but not enough positions to go around.
Nadeau really seems to get on base and is solid defensively....want to see him get some quality innings. I'm hoping this lineup can cut down on the K's we've seen last 3-4 years, although I'm aware that seems to be going the way of the dinosaur
To be specific and maybe you have watched this as well at fall ball, Nadeau has the most relaxed hands on his swing at the plate. Because of that it gives him the best hand eye coordination to put bat on ball. The kid puts the ball in play and can hit it in all directions. It just makes him look more comfortable at the plate and covers all parts of the plate. He might not have much power but if Sully wants someone to drive in a run either from a sacrifice or go oppo, Nadeau gives us the best chance.
