TCU Baseball Earns Second No. 1 Preseason Ranking

Horned Frogs also preseason favorite in Collegiate Baseball poll

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Jan. 31, 2011


FORT WORTH, Texas - The preseason accolades continue to roll in for TCU, as the Horned Frogs were listed at No. 1 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's preseason poll, released Monday.  This marks the second No. 1 preseason ranking for the Frogs, who also garnered the top spot in the Collegiate Baseball's preseason poll. TCU also earned a No. 3 preseason listing by Baseball America.


The Frogs are the first Mountain West team to earn a No. 1 preseason ranking in the 12-year history of the Conference.


Under the direction of 2010 NCBWA Coach of the Year Jim Schlossnagle, TCU returns its entire starting rotation and seven starting position players from from a year ago.  The Frogs captured both the Mountain West Conference regular-season and tournament titles before advancing to the semifinals of the 2010 College World Series. All three members of the Horned Frogs' rotation (Matt Purke, Steven Maxwell and Kyle Winkler) have earned preseason All-American accolades, while Jason Coats represents the hitters as a preseason All-American.

The Frogs finished the 2010 season ranked No. 3 after an historic run through the postseason that saw them come within a win of the championship series.

The 2011 season gets underway on Friday, Feb. 18.





2011 Preseason National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Poll




Rank
Team
2010 Record




1.
TCU
54-14




2.
UCLA
51-17




3.
Florida
47-17




4.
Vanderbilt
46-20




5.
Oklahoma
50-18




6.
Texas
50-13




7.
Clemson
45-25




8.
South Carolina
54-16




9.
Cal State Fullerton
46-18




10.
Florida State
48-20




11.
Arizona State
52-10




12.
Oregon
40-24




13.
Virginia
51-14




14.
Stanford
31-25




15.
Rice
40-23




16.
Texas A&M
43-21-1




17.
Connecticut
48-16




18.
Coastal Carolina
55-10




19.
LSU
41-2




20.
Miami (FL)
43-20




21.
Georgia Tech
47-15




22.
Louisville
50-14




23.
Auburn
43-21




24.
Arkansas
43-21




25.
Arizona
34-24




26.
College of Charleston
44-19




27.
UC Irvine
39-21




28.
Alabama
42-25




29.
North Carolina
38-22




30.
California
29-25




31.
St. John's
43-20




32.
Baylor
36-24




33.
Wichita State
41-19




34.
Washington State
37-22




35.
Fresno State
38-25














 




 
























      		

        		
	
	
			

        		              
        

    
 
			
	

		

			

    
    

	
	 
 
 

 

 
    
 
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