NEW ORLEANS – University of South Alabama baseball was picked to win the Sun Belt Conference East Division in a preseason poll voted on by the league's coaches.
USA received all 12 first-place votes as the favorite to win the East Division. Coastal Carolina was picked to finish second behind the Jaguars in the East Division, followed by Georgia Southern, Troy, Georgia State and Appalachian State.
Louisiana received nine first-place votes and was picked to win the West Division. UTA received two first-place votes and was predicted to finish second in the West. Texas State, who received one first-place vote, was picked to finish third, followed by Arkansas State, Little Rock and ULM.