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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
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Coaches | No. 21 |
CB | No. 27 |
Record | 42–24 (15–15 SEC) |
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Home stadium | Condron Ballpark [note 1] |
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No. 9 Tennessee x†‡y | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | 57 | – | 9 | .864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Florida y | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 42 | – | 24 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia y | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 36 | – | 23 | .610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt y | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 39 | – | 23 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 27 | – | 28 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 33 | – | 26 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | 28 | – | 23 | .549 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 3 Texas A&M xy | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 44 | – | 20 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Arkansas y | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | 46 | – | 21 | .687 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 LSU y | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 40 | – | 22 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Auburn y | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | 43 | – | 22 | .662 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Ole Miss y | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 42 | – | 23 | .646 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | 31 | – | 27 | .534 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 26 | – | 30 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2022 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2022 college baseball season. Florida competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Home games were played at Condron Ballpark [note 1] on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus, in the second season at the ballpark. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his fifteenth season as Florida's head coach. The Gators entered the season looking to return to the College World Series after an early regional exit from the 2021 NCAA tournament.
The 2021 Gators entered the season as the unanimous No. 1 team, but stumbled to a 17–13 SEC record to enter the SEC tournament as the sixth seed, where they made the semifinals before being eliminated by eventual tournament runner-up Tennessee. The Gators were then selected to host a regional in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament in the Austin Super Regional, but were eliminated in only two games, suffering a 19–1 loss to South Alabama, who scored 10 runs with two outs in the sixth inning.
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Kevin O'Sullivan | Head coach | 15 | Virginia (1991) | |||||
Craig Bell | Assistant coach | 15 | North Florida (1989) | |||||
Chuck Jeroloman | Assistant coach | 3 | Auburn (2005) | |||||
David Kopp | Volunteer assistant coach | 1 | Clemson (2007) | |||||
Austin Langworthy | Student assistant coach | 1 | Florida (2020) | |||||
Shawn Burke | Strength & conditioning coach | 1 | Rochester (2014) |
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1 | y – Tennessee | 66 | 25 | 5 | .833 | — | 57 | 9 | .864 | Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament |
2 | Georgia | 59 | 15 | 15 | .500 | 10 | 36 | 23 | .610 | Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament |
3 | Florida | 66 | 15 | 15 | .500 | 10 | 42 | 24 | .636 | |
4 | Vanderbilt | 62 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 11 | 39 | 23 | .629 | |
5 | South Carolina | 55 | 13 | 17 | .433 | 12 | 27 | 28 | .491 | Qualification for the first round |
6 | Kentucky | 59 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 13 | 33 | 26 | .559 | |
7 | Missouri | 51 | 10 | 20 | .333 | 15 | 28 | 23 | .549 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
Coaches' [9] | 10 | 10* | 16 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 12т | 22 | 17 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 22* | 22* | 21 |
Baseball America [10] | 6 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 18* | 18* | 22 |
Collegiate Baseball^ [11] | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | — | 20 | — | — | — | 26 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
NCBWA† [12] | 7 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 29 | 20 | 20 | 20* | 22 |
D1Baseball [13] | 9 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 14 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 18* | 18* | 21 |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
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