Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Baseball Ranked Preseason No. 23
April 09, 2003 | Cowboy Baseball
The Cowboys return four position starters and six pitchers from last year's team which finished 46-21 and advanced to the College World Series for the 19th time.
Stanford is the preseason favorite to win the 2000 College World Series, according to the newspaper's annual preseason survey of NCAA Division I baseball coaches across the country. The Cardinal, which finished third at last year's College World Series, return seven position player starters and three pitchers off a team which finished with a 50-15 overall record and Pac-10 championship.
Six Big 12 schools were ranked in the poll led by Texas at No. 12, followed by Baylor at No. 16, Texas Tech at No. 18, Texas A&M at No. 21, Oklahoma State at No. 23 and Nebraska at No. 39.
Other area teams ranked include Oral Roberts at No. 30 and Arkansas at No. 32.
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Preseason Poll (As of Dec. 15, 1999)
Rank School 1999 Record Points '99 Final Rank 1. Stanford (50-15) 480 3 2. Cal State Fullerton (50-14) 477 6 3. Alabama (53-16) 474 4 4. UCLA (31-31) 470 NR 5. Miami, Fla. (50-13) 469 1 6. Florida State (57-14) 467 2 7. Rice (59-15) 463 5 8. Louisiana State (41-24-1) 460 14 9. Georgia Tech (38-20) 459 NR 10. Houston (40-24) 455 24 11. Clemson (42-27) 452 13 12. Texas (36-26) 450 NR 13. Tulane (48-17) 447 21 14. Wichita State (59-14) 442 16 15. Southern California (36-26) 439 12 16. Baylor (50-15) 438 9 17. Auburn (46-19) 435 15 18. Texas Tech (42-17) 433 22 19. Arizona (33-23) 430 NR 20. North Carolina (41-18) 426 28 21. Texas A&M (52-18) 425 7 22. Long Beach State (35-25) 422 29 23. Oklahoma State (46-21) 419 8 24. Florida (31-25) 415 NR 25. Notre Dame (43-18) 413 NR 26. Pepperdine (46-16) 410 19 27. Minnesota (46-18) 406 25 28. Arizona State (39-21) 403 NR 29. South Alabama (39-20) 398 NR 30. Oral Roberts (46-15) 396 NR 31. Wake Forest (47-16) 394 10 32. Arkansas (42-23) 390 17 33. Nevada (38-20) 388 26 34. South Carolina (35-23) 385 NR 35. Illinois (34-22) 381 NR 36. Florida Atlantic (54-9) 379 20 37. Ohio State (50-14) 373 11 38. California (27-31) 370 NR 39. Nebraska (42-18) 365 NR 40. Mississippi (34-28) 362 NR
