On Tuesday morning, D1Baseball released their preseason baseball rankings. The Gators expectations for the 2024 season begin to ramp up as they were placed at the No. 2 spot.
The Gators ended last season at the exact same spot, No. 2 in the country, after falling to LSU in Game 3 in the College World Series Final. The Gators were 54-17 overall last season with a regular season SEC championship.
Florida once again has high expectations for this season as there is fourteen returning players from last year’s team, including 2023 Golden Spikes Finalist, Jac Caglianone. Following up his outstanding sophomore season, Caglianone has been named as a 2024 preseason first team All-American, as well as the 2024 preseason Two-Way Player of the Year. The Gators also picked up seven transfer players in the portal to add even more depth in their roster.
The rest of the field features Wake Forest at the No. 1 spot. They lost to eventual NCAA champions, LSU, in the College World Series. The SEC showed its continued dominance in baseball with eight teams featured in the top-25: Florida at No. 2, followed by Arkansas at No. 3, who the Gators shared the regular season SEC championship with last season. Last year’s National Champions, LSU, debut at No. 4. Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, and Tennessee also fall in the top ten teams at six, eight, and nine, respectively. South Carolina rounds out the top-25 at No. 25. The SEC led the way with the most teams featured in the top-25 in a conference.
The highly anticipated 2024 season kicks off in less than a month on Friday, February 16th against St. John’s at Condron Family Ballpark.
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