Razorback Baseball Team Ranked No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball?s Pre-Season Poll
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas is ranked No. 4 in the nation in Collegiate Baseball’s 2007 pre-season poll, which was released on Friday.
The Razorbacks are behind only Rice, Clemson and South Carolina in the rankings. The rest of the top 10 includes North Carolina, Miami (Fla.), Texas, Vanderbilt, Nebraska and Virginia.
Head coach Dave Van Horn’s squad was 39-22 last season and finished second in the Southeastern Conference’s Western Division. Van Horn has six starters returning from 2006, including infielder Danny Hamblin, who hit 17 home runs; pitcher Nick Schmidt, the SEC’s Pitcher of the Year after going 9-3 with 145 strikeouts; and pitcher Shaun Seibert, who was 4-0 with a 2.79 earned run average.
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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s |
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NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 22, 2006) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (’06 Final Record) |
Points |
Final ’06 Rank |
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1. Rice (57-13) |
497 |
3 |
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2. Clemson (53-16) |
492 |
5 |
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3. South Carolina (41-25) |
490 |
12 |
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4. Arkansas (39-21) |
488 |
25 |
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5. North Carolina (54-15) |
487 |
2 |
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6. Miami, Fla. (42-24) |
483 |
6 |
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7. Texas (41-21) |
482 |
17 |
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8. Vanderbilt (38-27) |
479 |
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9. Nebraska (42-17) |
477 |
22 |
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10. Virginia (47-15) |
474 |
20 |
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11. Georgia Tech. (50-18) |
472 |
8 |
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12. Cal. St. Fullerton (50-15) |
469 |
4 |
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13. Florida St. (42-21) |
467 |
24 |
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14. Arizona St. (37-21) |
464 |
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15. Texas Christian (39-23) |
462 |
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16. Tulane (43-21) |
459 |
27 |
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17. Wichita St. (46-22) |
456 |
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18. Tennessee (31-24) |
453 |
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19. Pepperdine (42-21) |
450 |
30 |
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20. Mississippi (44-22) |
448 |
11 |
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21. Baylor (37-26) |
447 |
26 |
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22. Georgia (47-23) |
444 |
7 |
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23. Stanford (33-27) |
441 |
15 |
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24. Oklahoma St. (41-20) |
438 |
23 |
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25. Southern California (25-33) |
435 |
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