The University of Louisville baseball team received its fifth and highest 2018 preseason ranking on Thursday landing at No. 13 in the USA Today Sports Top 25 preseason coaches poll.
Ranked 14th in the Perfect Game Top 25, No. 15 by D1Baseball, No. 19 in the Baseball America Top 25 and 21st in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll, the Cardinals have remained ranked in at least one major national poll every week since the release of the 2012 preseason rankings -- the longest such stretch in school history. The 11 consecutive years (2008-2018) with a preseason national ranking is also a school record streak for Louisville.