Tuesday, April 14, 2015

College Baseball Update

Well, it's time to start checking in with the world of college baseball.  The Navy/Lafayette game was just the beginning.  Here is the current top 20, according to Baseball America (defending national champions in bold).  The SEC (home of the defending champion Vanderbilt Commodores) appears to be pretty formidable:

1.  Texas A & M:  33-3
2.  Louisiana St:  31-6
3.  UCLA:  25-7
4.  Louisville:  27-8
5.  Vanderbilt:  28-9
6.  Texas Christian:  26-8
7.  Arizona St:  23-9
8.  Florida:  28-9
9.  Miami (Fla.):  28-9
10.  So. California:  26-9
11.  UC-Santa Barbara:  26-8
12.  Illinois:  28-6
13.  Florida St:  26-12
14.  Missouri:  24-12
15.  Missouri St:  24-8
16.  Dallas Baptist:  26-7
17.  Oklahoma St:  24-11
18.  Coastal Carolina:  25-9
19.  Cent. Florida:  25-12
20.  Iowa:  23-9

Kentucky is 19-15 overall, but only 5-9 in the rugged SEC.  Western is 16-16 overall, and 7-8 in Conference USA.  And the OVC standings (conference games only) look like this:

SE Missouri St:  13-5
SIU-Edwardsville:  12-6
Austin Peay:  11-7
Belmont:  9-5
Murray St:  9-6
Morehead St:  8-7
Jacksonville St:  7-8
Tennessee Tech:  8-10
E. Kentucky:  5-9
UT-Martin:  5-13
E. Illinois:  2-13

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