Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Picked To Finish Second In Big 12 Baseball Race
January 29, 2007 | Cowboy Baseball
Coach Frank Anderson's Cowboys received 70 points from the conference's coaches, including a pair of first-place votes. Each coach ranked the conference's teams 1-9 and was not allowed to vote for their own team.
OSU is coming off a second-place finish in the Big 12 standings in 2006, which marks their highest-ever finish in the league. The Cowboys were 18-9 in league play last season.
Texas, which finished atop the standings in 2006, was the choice to repeat as champions. The Longhorns were 19-7 in league play a year ago and received seven of the 10 first-place votes by the league coaches.
OSU opens the season Friday when it hosts Hofstra at 3 p.m. at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.
The 2007 Big 12 Baseball preseason coaches' poll voting is as follows:
School (First Place Votes) Points
1. Texas (7) 79
2. Oklahoma State (2) 70
3. Nebraska 64
4. Baylor 57
5. Oklahoma 46
6. Texas Tech 37
7. Texas A&M (1) 34
8. Missouri 29
9. Kansas 22
10. Kansas State 12
(Points are based on nine for first place, eight for second, etc.)
