The Bradley baseball teams is receiving votes in the preseason national poll by Collegiate Baseball.
The oldest college baseball poll in the country, Bradley is the only school from the state of Illinois and one of three Missouri Valley Conference programs to earn votes in the initial poll – joining No. 32 Dallas Baptist and Indiana State, who was also among the teams receiving votes.
The Braves are coming off a 2021 season where they finished third in the Valley standings with a 12-10 record. BU's 12 league victories are its most since 2007, while Bradley has posted three-straight winning seasons in conference play for the first time since 1967 to 1969.