2022 Florida Gators baseball team

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2022 Florida Gators baseball
Florida Gators alternate logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
CB No. 27
Record42–24 (15–15 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Craig Bell
  • Chuck Jeroloman
Home stadium Condron Ballpark [note 1]
Seasons
←  2021
2023  →
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee  x‍†‍‡‍y25–5 .83357–9 .864
No. 21 Florida  ‍‍‍y15–15 .50042–24 .636
Georgia  ‍‍‍y15–15 .50036–23 .610
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y14–16 .46739–23 .629
South Carolina  ‍‍‍13–17 .43327–28 .491
Kentucky  ‍‍‍12–18 .40033–26 .559
Missouri  ‍‍‍10–20 .33328–23 .549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M  x‍‍‍y19–11 .63344–20 .688
No. 4 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y18–12 .60046–21 .687
No. 25 LSU  ‍‍‍y17–13 .56740–22 .645
No. 7 Auburn  ‍‍‍y16–13 .55243–22 .662
No. 1 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y14–16 .46742–23 .646
Alabama  ‍‍‍12–17 .41431–27 .534
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍9–21 .30026–30 .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.

Contents

Previous season

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.

Personnel

Coaching staff

2022 Florida Gators coaching staff [1]
NamePositionSeasons at
Florida		Alma Mater
Kevin O'Sullivan Head coach15 Virginia (1991)
Craig BellAssistant coach15 North Florida (1989)
Chuck JerolomanAssistant coach3 Auburn (2005)
David KoppVolunteer assistant coach1 Clemson (2007)
Austin LangworthyStudent assistant coach1 Florida (2020)
Shawn BurkeStrength & conditioning coach1 Rochester (2014)

Schedule

Legend
 Florida win
 Florida loss
 Postponement
BoldFlorida team member
2022 Florida Gators Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Postseason
Schedule Source: [6]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

Standings

East Division
PosTeam
PldCWCLCPCTGBWLPCTQualification
1y – Tennessee 66255.833—579.864Qualification for the Second round & NCAA tournament
2 Georgia 591515.500103623.610Qualification for the First round & NCAA tournament
3 Florida 661515.500104224.636
4 Vanderbilt 621416.467113923.629
5 South Carolina 551317.433122728.491Qualification for the First round
6 Kentucky 591218.400133326.559
7 Missouri 511020.333152823.549
Source: SEC [7]
y – Division champion

Results

Home \ Away		 ALA ARK AUB UF UGA UK LSU MISS MSST MIZZ SC TENN TAMU VAN
Alabama 2–11–21–21–22–1
Arkansas 3–03–02–12–11–2
Auburn 2–01–21–23–02–1
Florida 2–12–11–22–10–3
Georgia 3–02–11–21–21–2
Kentucky 2–12–11–22–11–2
LSU 1–22–10–33–01–2
Ole Miss 0–31–23–00–31–2
Mississippi State 2–12–10–30–30–3
Missouri 1–21–22–12–12–1
South Carolina 3–01–22–12–12–1
Tennessee 2–12–12–13–03–0
Texas A&M 1–21–22–13–02–1
Vanderbilt 2–10–33–00–31–2
Source: SEC [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [9] 1010*16109712т2217RVRVRVRVRVRV2222*22*21
Baseball America [10] 619181313916————————1818*18*22
Collegiate Baseball^ [11] 6131613131318—20———26282525272727
NCBWA† [12] 7171610107132320RVRVRVRVRV29202020*22
D1Baseball [13] 91514119814—23——————1818*18*21

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Florida Ballpark was renamed to Condron Ballpark on April 22, 2022. [note 2]
  2. Hall, Graham (April 21, 2022). "UF baseball's Florida Ballpark renamed Condron Ballpark in honor of Gary Condron". gatorsports.com. [gatorsports.com]. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

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  12. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
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