2022 College Preseason Top 25

Texas, coming off a season that saw it win the Big 12 title and reach the bracket finals of the College World Series, opens the 2022 season ranked No. 1 in the Baseball America Top 25. Texas went 50-17 in 2021 and went 3-2 in Omaha, losing a pair of one-run games to eventual national champion Mississippi State.

The Longhorns return much of that team, combining impressive talent and experience around the diamond. Texas enters the season as the top-ranked team in the country for the first time since 2010. It is the seventh time in the 42-year history of BA Top 25 that the Longhorns rank No. 1 in the preseason.

Vanderbilt and Mississippi State, who met in last year’s CWS finals, follow Texas at Nos. 2 and 3. Notre Dame and Virginia round out the top five. It is the Fighting Irish’s highest-ever appearance in the Preseason Top 25, while the Cavaliers enter the season ranked No. 5 for the second year in a row.

Led by Vanderbilt and Mississippi State, the SEC has eight teams in the Preseason Top 25, the most of any conference. The ACC follows with six ranked teams.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings:

1. Texas – Big 12
2. Vanderbilt – SEC
3. Mississippi State – SEC
4. Notre Dame – ACC
5. Virginia – ACC
6. Florida – SEC
7. Stanford – Pac-12
8. Arkansas – SEC
9. Mississippi – SEC
10. Louisiana State – SEC
11. Oregon State – Pac-12
12. Florida State – ACC
13. Arizona – Pac-12
14. Georgia – SEC
15. East Carolina – AAC
16. North Carolina State – ACC
17. Tennessee – SEC
18. UC Irvine – Big West
19. Oklahoma State – Big 12
20. Nebraska – Big Ten
21. Georgia Tech – ACC
22. UCLA – Pac-12
23. Texas Tech – Big 12
24. Old Dominion – Conference USA
25. Miami – ACC

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