Virginia Baseball Ranked 27th In Collegiate Baseball's Top-40 Preseason Poll

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Dec. 30, 2004

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Virginia baseball team was ranked 27th in the country in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s 2005 NCAA Division I Preseason Top-40 Poll. UVa was one of six schools from the Atlantic Coast conference to appear in the poll and was the only school from the Commonwealth of Virginia ranked in the Top-40 spots.

UVa returns a solid core of its position players and pitchers from last year’s team that finished 44-15 overall, 18-6 in the ACC in 2004. Last season, Virginia was ranked as high as #7 in the country by Collegiate Baseball – which was the highest baseball ranking in school-history at UVa. The Cavaliers eventually finished the 2004 season ranked #20th in the final Collegiate Baseball poll following the Cavaliers’ appearance in the 2004 NCAA Regionals.

Here is a look at Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s 2005 NCAA Division I Preseason Poll:

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s 2005 NCAA Division I Preseason Poll

Rank School ('04 Final Record)	Points		Final '04 Rank1. Texas (58-15)			497		22. Miami, Fla. (50-13)		496		53. Cal. St. Fullerton (47-22)		495		14. Tulane (42-21)			493		155. Louisiana St. (46-19)		486		86. Stanford (46-14)		484		97. North Carolina (43-21)		480		278. South Carolina (53-17)		477		39. Georgia (45-23)		475		410. Texas A&M (42-22)		472		1611. Arizona St. (41-18)		468		2312. Arizona (36-27-1)		466		613. Georgia Tech. (44-21)		462		1114. Long Beach St. (40-21)		459		1215. Rice (46-14)			458		1016. Mississippi (39-21)		456		2417. Washington (39-20-1)		453		2118. Florida St. (45-23)		451		1419. Mississippi St. (35-24)		447		NR20. Notre Dame (51-12)		445		1921. Clemson (39-26)		442		2622. Florida (43-22)		441		1823. Oklahoma St. (38-24)		437		NR24. Central Florida (48-17)		433		2525. Baylor (29-31)			430		NR26. Wichita St. (49-16)		425		2827. Virginia (44-15)		423		2028. Winthrop (37-23)		420		NR29. Pepperdine (30-32)		416		NR30. Florida Atlantic (47-17)		413		3031. Nebraska (36-23)		409		NR32. East Carolina (51-13)		407		1333. Arkansas (45-24)		403		734. Coastal Carolina (40-23)	399		NR35. Michigan (34-26)		395		NR36. U.C. Irvine (34-21-1)		394		NR37. Texas Christian (39-26)		390		NR38. Vanderbilt (45-19)		387		1739. Stetson (36-23)		383		NR40. Tennessee (38-24)		382		NR

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