CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State baseball team will enter the 2017 season as the No. 7 team in the country per the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), which announced its top 35 teams on Tuesday.
The Beavers, with the ranking, enter the season as a unanimous top 10 club. All six preseason polls have slated Oregon State in the top 10. Collegiate Baseball has OSU at No. 5, with Perfect Game, USA Today and the NCBWA slotting the club at No. 7. D1Baseball.com has Oregon State at No. 8, with Baseball America placing the Beavers ninth.