CORVALLIS, Ore. – There's been a trend for the Oregon State baseball team with a little more than three weeks remaining before the start of the 2017 season.
The trend: top 10 preseason rankings. On Thursday, the fifth preseason ranking was released and the USA Today Coaches Poll has the Beavers at seventh. That joins previous top 10 rankings by Collegiate Baseball (fifth), Perfect Game (seventh), D1Baseball.com (eighth) and Baseball America (ninth).
Oregon State received 561 points from a panel of 31 head coaches from across the country. That trails No. 1 TCU, and No.