Razorback Baseball Team Ranked No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball's Pre-Season Poll
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
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
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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
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