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Georgia Tech Ranked 12th in Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll

The Jackets return 21 letterwinners from last year's squad

Dec. 29, 2008

ATLANTA - Georgia Tech is ranked 12th in Collegiate Baseball's 2009 preseason poll, and the Yellow Jackets are one of four Atlantic Coast Conference schools to appear in the publication's top-25, as announced earlier this month.

The Yellow Jackets return eight starters in the field and six of their top 10 pitchers from last year's team that went 41-21 and advanced to the finals of the NCAA Athens Regional.

North Carolina is the ACC's highest-ranked team in the preseason listing, appearing at No. 2 in the rankings, while Florida State joins the Tar Heels in the top-10 with a No. 7 ranking. Tech (12) and Miami (18) round out the ACC schools appearing in the top-25 while Clemson, at No. 26, also appears in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's Fabulous 40 preseason NCAA Division I baseball poll.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll
(As of Dec. 22, 2008)
Rank School ('08 Final Record)	Points
1. Louisiana St. (49-19-1)	495
2. North Carolina (54-14)	494
3. Rice (47-15)			489
4. Georgia (45-25-1)		486
5. Stanford (41-24-2)		484
6. Arizona St. (49-13)		482
7. Florida St. (54-14)		479
8. Louisville (41-21)		476
9. Texas A&M (46-19)		473
10. Texas (39-22)		470
11. Mississippi (39-25)		467
12. Georgia Tech. (41-21)	465
13. Cal. St. Fullerton (41-22)	462
14. Oklahoma St. (44-18)	459
15. Baylor (32-26)		457
16. Fresno St. (47-31)		456
17. San Diego (44-17)		453
18. Miami, Fla. (53-11)		451
19. Kentucky (44-19)		448
20. U.C. Irvine (42-18)		445
21. UCLA (33-27)		443
22. Missouri (39-21)		440
23. Pepperdine (38-21)		439
24. Southern California (28-28)	436
25. Florida (34-24)		435
26. Clemson (31-27-1)		432
27. Notre Dame (33-21-1)	430
28. Coastal Carolina (50-14)	428
29. Michigan (46-14)		425
30. U.C. Santa Barbara (35-21)	423
31. East Carolina (42-21)	422
32. Missouri St. (40-17)	420
33. Southern Mississippi (42-22)417
34. Tulane (39-22-1)		415
35. Arizona (42-19)		414
36. Wichita St. (48-17)		410
37. Texas Christian (44-19)	409
38. Oregon St. (28-24)		406
39. California (33-21-2)	402
40. Alabama (35-28)		398

OTHER TEAMS RECEIVING VOTES: Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Arkansas, Auburn, Long Beach St., Oregon, Virginia, North Carolina St., Houston, Kent St., Santa Clara, U.C. Riverside, Oral Roberts, Nebraska, Kennesaw St., Ohio St., Oklahoma, San Diego St., Tennessee, Mississippi St., New Mexico, Jacksonville St., Elon, Western Kentucky, Dallas Baptist, N.C. Charlotte, South Florida, St. John's, Winthrop, Purdue, James Madison, Marshall, Central Florida, Washington, Washington St., Georgia Southern, Northwestern St., Lamar, Texas-San Antonio, Southern, Louisiana-Monroe, New Orleans, Hawaii, San Jose St., San Francisco.