Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Baseball Picked Sixth In Preseason Big 12 Poll
February 01, 2018 | Cowboy Baseball
IRVING, Texas – Oklahoma State was picked to finish sixth in the 2018 Big 12 Conference standings in a preseason poll of the conference's head coaches, it was announced today by the league office.
Texas Tech topped the poll as the conference favorite followed by TCU; those two shared the Big 12 regular season championship last season. Following the Horned Frogs in the top five were Texas, Oklahoma and West Virginia. The Cowboys shared the No. 6 spot with Kansas while Baylor and Kansas State rounded out the poll.
The 2018 season marks OSU's sixth under head coach Josh Holliday, who has guided the Cowboys to a top-two finish in the conference in four of his five seasons at the helm. The Cowboys won their first Big 12 regular season championship in 2014 while finishing second in the league in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
OSU is coming off a 2017 season in which it made its fifth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance and finished 30-27 overall. The Cowboys went 8-14 in conference play a year ago to finish eighth in the standings but made history when they became the first-ever team to win the Big 12 Championship title as a No. 8 seed; OSU swept through the tourney field with a 4-0 mark.
The Cowboys return six position players who started at least 30 games last season, while nine pitchers who combined for 16 wins return to the staff.
Texas Tech topped the poll as the conference favorite followed by TCU; those two shared the Big 12 regular season championship last season. Following the Horned Frogs in the top five were Texas, Oklahoma and West Virginia. The Cowboys shared the No. 6 spot with Kansas while Baylor and Kansas State rounded out the poll.
The 2018 season marks OSU's sixth under head coach Josh Holliday, who has guided the Cowboys to a top-two finish in the conference in four of his five seasons at the helm. The Cowboys won their first Big 12 regular season championship in 2014 while finishing second in the league in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
OSU is coming off a 2017 season in which it made its fifth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance and finished 30-27 overall. The Cowboys went 8-14 in conference play a year ago to finish eighth in the standings but made history when they became the first-ever team to win the Big 12 Championship title as a No. 8 seed; OSU swept through the tourney field with a 4-0 mark.
The Cowboys return six position players who started at least 30 games last season, while nine pitchers who combined for 16 wins return to the staff.
2018 Big 12 Coaches Preseason Poll
| 1. Texas Tech (5) | 61 |
| 2. TCU (4) | 60 |
| 3. Texas | 42 |
| 4. Oklahoma | 40 |
| 5. West Virginia | 38 |
| 6. Oklahoma State | 26 |
| Kansas | 26 |
| 8. Baylor | 22 |
| 9. Kansas State | 9 |
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