DURHAM, N.C. – The Oregon State University Beavers came in No. 6 in a new top 25 preseason Baseball America poll. The Oregon Ducks baseball team ranked No. 15 in “Baseball America’s” preseason poll.
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UO Ducks coverageThe Ducks were ranked No. 6 in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll in December. Seven starters return, including four pitching staff starters and an All-American reliever, the team said.
OSU was also No. 8 by Perfect Game and 10th by Collegiate Baseball.
The Beavers open 2013 on Feb. 15 in Palm Springs, Calif. OSU taking on Utah Valley before a four-game series the following weekend at San Diego State. The Beavs then return home for a Goss Stadium opener March 1.
The Ducks open their season Feb. 15 against Hawaii in Honolulu. The first home game at PK Park is Friday, Feb. 22.
Rankings:
- 1. North Carolina 46-16 17
- 2. Vanderbilt 35-28 --
- 3. Arkansas 46-22 6
- 4. Louisville 41-22 --
- 5. Mississippi State 40-24 22
- 6. Oregon State 40-20 24
- 7. South Carolina 49-20 2
- 8. N.C. State 43-20 12
- 9. Stanford 41-18 13
- 10. LSU 47-18 9
- 11. Kentucky 45-18 20
- 12. UCLA 48-16 5
- 13. Mississippi 37-26 --
- 14. TCU 40-22 16
- 15. Oregon 46-19 11
- 16. Georgia Tech 38-26 --
- 17. Florida 47-20 3
- 18. Rice 41-19 18
- 19. Oklahoma 42-25 14
- 20. Florida State 50-17 4
- 21. New Mexico 37-24 --
- 22. Cal State Fullerton 36-21 21
- 23. Southern Miss. 32-24 --
- 24. Arizona 48-17 1
- 25. San Diego 40-17 --
