Tucson, Ariz.--Five Western Athletic Conference teams were represented in College Baseball newspaper's NCAA Division I preseason baseball poll that was released today. Fresno State and Hawai‘i led the list of WAC schools, ranked 29th and 38th respectively. San Jose State, Nevada and New Mexico State were among the schools who also received votes in the poll.
Last year, Fresno State won the 2010 regular season WAC Championship and played in the WAC Tournament title game. The Dogs finished the season 38-25. The Bulldogs have won five-consecutive WAC titles dating back to 2006 and in 2008 won the National Title.
UH finished last season with a No. 30 national ranking, the first time the ’Bows were ranked all season, and the first time UH finished a season in the poll since being ranked No. 11 in the final poll in 1992. Hawai‘i finished the season with a record of 35-28, advancing to the NCAA Tempe Regional championship round. UH won the WAC Tournament for the first time since 1992 and advanced to its first NCAA Regional since 2006.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll
(As of Dec. 20, 2010)
| 1 |
Texas Christian |
495 |
| 2 |
Florida |
494 |
| 3 |
UCLA |
493 |
| 4 |
Clemson |
489 |
| 5 |
Vanderbilt |
486 |
| 6 |
Oklahoma |
483 |
| 7 |
Texas |
481 |
| 8 |
Texas A&M |
480 |
| 9 |
Oregon |
479 |
| 10 |
Stanford |
474 |
| 11 |
Arizona State |
473 |
| 12 |
Cal State Fullerton |
470 |
| 13 |
Florida State |
469 |
| 14 |
South Carolina |
467 |
| 15 |
Louisiana State |
465 |
| 16 |
Connecticut |
462 |
| 17 |
Virginia |
457 |
| 18 |
Miami |
455 |
| 19 |
Georgia |
454 |
| 20 |
Louisville |
451 |
| 21 |
Rice |
450 |
| 22 |
Arizona |
445 |
| 23 |
Wichita State |
443 |
| 24 |
Coastal Carolina |
440 |
| 25 |
Auburn |
437 |
| 26 |
St. John's |
435 |
| 27 |
North Carolina |
434 |
| 28 |
San Diego |
427 |
| 29 |
Fresno State |
426 |
| 30 |
Pittsburgh |
425 |
| 31 |
Washington State |
422 |
| 32 |
Arkansas |
418 |
| 33 |
California |
417 |
| 34 |
UC Irvine |
414 |
| 35 |
College of Charleston |
412 |
| 36 |
Florida Atlantic |
409 |
| 37 |
Kansas State |
407 |
| 38 |
Hawai‘i |
402 |
| 39 |
Baylor |
401 |
| 40 |
Kent State |
398 |
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Florida International, U.C. Riverside, N.C. State, Oregon St., Mississippi, Kentucky, Southern California, Washington, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi St., Oklahoma St., Missouri, South Florida, Nebraska, Cal Poly, Long Beach St., U.C. Santa Barbara, Florida Gulf Coast, Liberty, Minnesota, Michigan, James Madison, Southern Mississippi, East Carolina, Central Florida, Central Michigan, Bethune-Cookman, Illinois St., San Diego St., Tennessee Tech., The Citadel, Texas St., Northwestern St., Oral Roberts, Louisiana Lafayette, Western Kentucky, Lamar, Portland, Pepperdine, Gonzaga,
Nevada, New Mexico St., San Jose St., Charlotte, Mercer, East Tennessee St., Jacksonville, Georgia St., Tulane, Utah Valley St., New Mexico, Stony Brook, Iowa, Wisc.-Milwaukee, Canisius, Bryant, Jacksonville St., Dallas Baptist, Le Moyne.