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 Baseballs 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 Horns squad was 39-22 last season and finished second in the Southeastern Conferences Western Division. Van Horn has six starters returning from 2006, including infielder Danny Hamblin, who hit 17 home runs; pitcher Nick Schmidt, the SECs 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. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper`s NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 22, 2006) www.baseballnews.com Rank School (06 Final Record) Points Final 06 Rank 1. Rice (57-13) 497 3 2. Clemson (53-16) 492 5 3. South Carolina (41-25) 490 12 4. Arkansas (39-21) 488 25 5. North Carolina (54-15) 487 2 6. Miami, Fla. (42-24) 483 6 7. Texas (41-21) 482 17 8. Vanderbilt (38-27) 479 - 9. Nebraska (42-17) 477 22 10. Virginia (47-15) 474 20 11. Georgia Tech. (50-18) 472 8 12. Cal. St. Fullerton (50-15) 469 4 13. Florida St. (42-21) 467 24 14. Arizona St. (37-21) 464 - 15. Texas Christian (39-23) 462 - 16. Tulane (43-21) 459 27 17. Wichita St. (46-22) 456 - 18. Tennessee (31-24) 453 - 19. Pepperdine (42-21) 450 30 20. Mississippi (44-22) 448 11 21. Baylor (37-26) 447 26 22. Georgia (47-23) 444 7 23. Stanford (33-27) 441 15 24. Oklahoma St. (41-20) 438 23 25. Southern California (25-33) 435 -