Baseball Picked Fourth In Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
December 19, 2001 | Baseball
Dec. 19, 2001
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The USC baseball team was selected fourth in the Fabulous 40 Preseason Poll, released today by Collegiate Baseball. The Trojans are behind top-ranked Stanford, Florida State and Tulane.
USC finished 45-19 overall last year and won the Pac-10 Conference championship with an 18-6 mark. The Trojans made its 21st appearance at the College World Series, going 1-2 in Omaha. It was the first time that the Trojans made back-to-back trips to Omaha since 1973 and 1974.
Collegiate Baseball also named junior pitcher Anthony Reyes as a first team preseason All-American selection while junior catcher Alberto Concepcion earned third team honors.
The 2002 schedule will begin on Feb. 8 with a three-game series at Long Beach State, beginning at 6:05 p.m.
Rank School 1. Stanford (51-17) 2. Florida State (47-19) 3. Tulane (56-13) 4. Southern California (45-19) 5. Louisiana State (44-22-1) 6. Clemson (41-22) 7. Miami, Fla. (53-12) 8. South Carolina (49-20) 9. Wichita State (42-24) 10. Oklahoma State (42-22) 11. Fresno St. (41-25) 12. Rice (47-20) 13. Nebraska (50-16) 14. Mississippi (39-23-1) 15. Texas (36-26) 16. Wake Forest (44-18) 17. Cal. State Fullerton (48-18) 18. Baylor (37-24) 19. Notre Dame (49-13-1) 20. Arizona State (37-20-1) 21. Florida (35-27) 22. Georgia Tech. (41-20) 23. Mississippi State (39-24) 24. Ohio State (43-18) 25. Rutgers (42-17) 26. Texas Tech. (43-20-1) 27. Purdue (32-24) 28. Ball State (34-23) 29. East Carolina (47-13) 30. Texas A&M (33-27) 31. Oral Roberts (48-13) 32. Georgia Southern (42-20) 33. Cal. State Northridge (34-22) 34. Louisiana-Lafayette (28-28) 35. Nevada-Reno (30-26) 36. Winthrop (48-16) 37. Long Beach State (35-23) 38. California (34-25) 39. Stetson (43-17) 40. Central Florida (51-14)
