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2016 South Carolina Baseball Season Preview: Preseason Rankings and Expectations

Opening Day for South Carolina is this Friday and it's time to preview the 2016 season and get excited about Gamecock baseball! We're starting out with a look at the preseason rankings and expectations for the Gamecocks. Below are the top 25 rankings for each of the five biggest college baseball polls. South Carolina's opponents are italicized.

D1 Baseball Baseball America USA Today Coaches Poll Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball
1 Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida
2 Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville
3 Vanderbilt Texas A&M Vanderbilt Texas A&M Vanderbilt
4 Texas A&M Virginia Texas A&M Vanderbilt Miami
5 Oregon State Oregon State LSU LSU Texas A&M
6 Miami Miami Miami Oregon State Louisiana-Lafayette
7 LSU Vanderbilt Virginia Oklahoma State LSU
8 Oklahoma State California Oregon State California Oregon State
9 California Oklahoma State UCLA Virginia Virginia
10 NC State UCLA Oklahoma State Louisiana-Lafayette UCLA
11 UCLA LSU TCU Miami Mississippi State
12 Southern California Houston California Oregon Cal State Fullerton
13 Virginia Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Lafayette NC State California
14 Oregon Oregon Florida State UCLA Oregon
15 Mississippi State Michigan Oregon Missouri TCU
16 North Carolina Southern California Cal State Fullerton Houston Florida State
17 South Carolina Florida State Mississippi State Mississippi State Missouri State
18 Louisiana-Lafayette TCU Houston TCU Houston
19 TCU NC State NC State Oklahoma Tulane
20 Florida State Mississippi State Southern California Florida State Rice
21 Cal State Fullerton Oklahoma North Carolina Coastal Carolina Georgia Tech
22 Houston Cal State Fullerton Arkansas North Carolina North Carolina
23 Texas Coastal Carolina South Carolina Michigan Michigan
24 Coastal Carolina Ole Miss Rice Notre Dame Arkansas
25 Arkansas Kentucky Missouri State Texas Tech Oklahoma State

It's no surprise that after last year's massive letdown, nobody is very high on the Gamecocks heading into the 2016 season.