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College | Story | 1/27/2014

2014 Preseason College Top 25

Kendall Rogers

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The University of Virginia has yet to win a national title in college baseball, but that very well could change if the Cavaliers meet expectations in 2014, as they enter the season as the nation’s top-ranked team in the Perfect Game Preseason College Top 25.

The Cavaliers enter the spring with a strong mix of production and experience. The Hoos have an exceptional outfield with Derek Fisher and Brandon Downes leading the charge, while first baseman Mike Papi and shortstop Branden Cogswell spearhead the infield. On the mound, the Cavaliers will have a stout weekend rotation with rising junior Nick Howard, and talented sophomores Brandon Waddell and Nathan Kirby leading the way, while Josh Sborz, who had a strong fall, is another sophomore arm to watch.

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While the Cavaliers lead the charge in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the league has plenty of representatives in the inaugural 2014 rankings — six to be exact with Florida State (4), North Carolina State (10), North Carolina (13), Clemson (14) and Miami (Fla.) (20).

To no one’s surprise, the Southeastern Conference leads all conferences with seven teams in our rankings — Mississippi State, last year’s national runner-up, as the ringleader at No. 6. South Carolina comes in at No. 7 and is expected to get back to Omaha this season, while other ranked squads include Vanderbilt (11), LSU (12), Florida (15), Texas A&M (19) and Alabama (21).

The conference tally breaks down like this: SEC (7), ACC (6), Pac-12 (4), Big 12 (3), Conference USA (2), American (1), Big West (1) and Big Ten (1).

The Perfect Game College Top 25 is released every Monday morning during the season.

Rk	Team	Final 2013 record	Final 2013 ranking
1	Virginia	50-12	11
2	Cal State Fullerton	51-10	8
3	Oregon State	52-13	4
4	Florida State	47-17	10
5	Indiana	49-16	8
6	Mississippi State	51-20	2
7	South Carolina	43-20	13
8	UCLA	49-17	1
9	Oregon	48-16	17
10	North Carolina State	50-16	7
11	Vanderbilt	54-12	10
12	Louisiana State	57-11	5
13	North Carolina	59-12	3
14	Clemson	40-22	NR
15	Florida	29-30	NR
16	Louisville	51-14	9
17	Rice	44-20	16
18	Arizona State	37-22	21
19	Texas A&M	34-29	NR
20	Miami (Fla.)	37-25	NR
21	Alabama	35-28	NR
22	Kansas State	45-19	14
23	Oklahoma State	41-19	23
24	Florida Atlantic	42-22	20
25	Texas	27-24	NR

Next five: Louisiana-Lafayette, TCU, Cal Poly, East Carolina, Kentucky

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