BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-----The Southeastern Conference leads the way with seven teams ranked in the USA Today Preseason Baseball Coaches Poll released Thursday, including four in the top five.
Florida is ranked No. 1, while Vanderbilt is No. 3, Texas A&M is No. 4 and LSU is No. 5. Mississippi State is ranked 17th, Arkansas is 22nd and South Carolina is 23rd.
The SEC leads all conferences with its seven top-25 teams, followed by the ACC with 6, Pac-12 with five and the Big 12 with two. The Big West, Sun Belt, Conference USA and the American Athletic Conference each have one representative.