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Nebraska ranked 39th in Collegiate Baseball Preseason Rankings

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The Nebraska baseball team received the No. 39 ranking in Collegiate Baseball’s Fabulous 40 Preseason Poll, released on Tuesday.

Last season, the Huskers captured the Big Ten regular-season title before qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four years. NU compiled a 35-22-1 mark overall, while going 16-7-1 during Big Ten play.

Nebraska returns three of its four All-Big Ten selections from 2017, including Scott Schreiber, Angelo Altavilla and Jake Hohensee. Schreiber, a two-time first-team all-conference selection, was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 26th Round of the 2017 MLB Draft, but elected to return to Nebraska for the 2018 campaign. Altavilla enters his junior season in 2018 after batting .316 with 67 hits and 39 RBIs in 57 appearances last year. Hohensee went 7-3 with a 4.39 ERA in 2017 en route to third-team accolades from the conference.

On Monday, Collegiate Baseball named senior Luis Alvarado a second-team Preseason All-American. Alvarado made 16 relief appearances last season and earned 10 saves, tying the seventh-most single-season saves in Husker history.

Nebraska is one of two Big Ten teams in the Top 40, along with No. 40 Michigan. Defending national champion Florida received the top spot in Collegiate Baseball’s poll. No. 2 Oregon State, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Texas Tech round out the top five.

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Rank Team (2017 Final Record) Points
1. Florida (52-19) 497
2. Oregon St. (56-6) 494
3. Arkansas (45-19) 493
4. Florida St. (46-23) 489
5. Texas Tech. (45-17) 484
6. Vanderbilt (36-25-1) 482
7. North Carolina (49-14) 479
8. Kentucky (43-23) 477
9. Texas Christian (50-18) 475
10. Louisiana St. (52-20) 471
11. Dallas Baptist (42-21) 470
12. Cal. St. Fullerton (39-24) 469
13. Mississippi St. (40-27) 465
14. UCLA (30-27) 463
15. Clemson (42-21) 460
16. Virginia (43-16) 459
17. South Alabama (40-21) 456
18. Louisiana-Lafayette (35-21-1) 454
19. South Carolina (35-25) 450
20. Miami, Fla. (32-27) 448
21. Louisville (53-12) 446
22. Missouri St. (43-20) 443
23. N.C. State (36-25) 440
24. Stanford (42-16) 437
25. Southern Mississippi (50-16) 435
26. Texas (39-24) 432
27. Oklahoma St. (30-27) 429
28. Winthrop (34-24) 426
29. Georgia Tech. (27-28) 423
30. Houston (42-21) 420
31. San Diego (35-18-1) 417
32. Sam Houston St. (44-23) 414
33. Texas A&M (41-23) 412
34. Kent St. (37-18) 410
35. Auburn (37-26) 407
36. Arizona (38-21) 403
37. Stetson (27-29) 401
38. Mississippi (32-25) 398
39. Nebraska (35-22-1) 394
40. Michigan (42-17) 391

Other Teams Receiving Votes: Coastal Carolina (37-19-1), Long Beach St. (42-20-1), U.C. Santa Barbara (24-32), Oklahoma (35-24), Minnesota (36-21), St. John’s (42-13), California (25-29), Arizona St. (23-29), Southern California (21-34), Tennessee Tech. (41-21), Rice (33-31), Cal. Poly (28-28), Central Florida (40-22), South Florida (42-19), Connecticut (33-25), U.C. Irvine (23-33), Tulane (27-31), East Carolina (32-28), Wichita St. (28-30), Wake Forest (43-20), Duke (30-28), Tennessee (27-25), Alabama (19-34-1), Missouri (36-23), Georgia (25-32), Florida Gulf Coast (43-20), Oregon (30-25), Washington (28-26), Utah (27-24), Washington St. (24-29), Oral Roberts (43-16), San Diego St. (42-21), New Mexico (30-27-1), Fresno St. (35-25), Nevada (19-36), Liberty (32-23), St. Louis (35-22), Morehead St. (36-23), Rhode Island (35-22), Virginia Commonwealth (35-22), Davidson (35-26), Creighton (24-25), Xavier (34-27), Seton Hall (29-24), Butler (31-20), Presbyterian (32-29), High Point (30-23), Iowa (39-22), Maryland (38-23), Indiana (34-34-2), Purdue (29-27), Michigan St. (29-23), West Virginia (36-26), Baylor (34-23), Mercer (39-17), N.C. Greensboro (36-24), Western Carolina (28-28), Southeastern Louisiana (37-22), McNeese St. (37-20), Texas-Arlington (30-25), Brigham Young (38-21), Loyola Marymount (38-18), Gonzaga (33-20), Grand Canyon (29-25), New Mexico St. (35-22), Central Michigan (31-28), Ball St. (30-28), Ohio (31-28), Northeastern (29-25), College of Charleston (28-31), Florida Atlantic (35-21-1), Navy (37-17), Old Dominion (37-21), N.C. Charlotte (34-24), Wright St. (38-21), Yale (34-18), Canisius (35-22), Marist (32-23), Bethune-Cookman (36-25), Florida A&M (27-26), Indiana St. (29-26), Bradley (20-31), Bryant (29-26), Central Connecticut St. (36-22), Jacksonville St. (30-26), Belmont (32-29).
 
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Heard this on KLIN radio in Lincoln. Nice the Huskers are getting some pre-season pub. It's that time of the year to start thinking baseball. (As I sit here in single digit, and below zero temperatures! Yikes!)
 
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Last season, the Huskers captured the Big Ten regular-season title before qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four years.
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Here is to winning the B1G regular and the B1G overall, and a 4th out of 5 years in a row to the NCAA Tourney, and making our way to Omaha. GO BIG RED!!!!
 



Wow, we are the cream of the crop of the B10, so to speak, with Michigan right behind us at 40?

Again, no respect for the B10. Let's show them who's wrong, Huskers!!

PLAY BALL, AND KICK SOME BUTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO BIG RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, anyone know how Stetson got ahead of us, coming off a stellar 27-29 record last year?
More spec on a player they have who will change the world for them? Hmm?
 
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So, I went over to Stetson, and all I could find was this, on our basketball game with them earlier:

LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska took advantage of a Stetson cold spell late in the second half as the Huskers edged the Hatters, 71-62, Friday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. What??? edged? 9 points, idiot!! That is not edging, o.k.? :Taunt:

With both offenses as cold as the Nebraska night air, the Hatters (7-8) and Huskers (10-5) battled through a sluggish, yet entertaining, 40 minutes of basketball. Both teams shot below 40 percent from the field for the game, but a significant late cold spell did in the Hatters.

A new definition of "edge"! 9 pt win! Whew! Wow, that was close!!! LOL
 
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39. Nebraska (35-22-1)
I looked at our schedule and compared that to the ranked teams and see that we play one team that is ranked:

2. Oregon St. (56-6)

and these 12 teams receiving votes:

Washington (28-26), Utah (27-24), Washington St. (24-29),Oral Roberts (43-16),Minnesota (36-21),Wichita St. (28-30), Creighton (24-25), Michigan St. (29-23), Iowa (39-22), Nevada (19-36), Maryland (38-23), Indiana (34-34-2)

B1G Teams we don't play in regular season that are in the above categories are:

40. Michigan (42-17) and Purdue (29-27).

Sooo, if we play up to our ranking and potential, it looks like on paper we should have another 35+ game win season and possibly another B1G championship and Regional NCAA tournament spot.

:Gobigred:
 
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