2024 UCF Knights baseball team

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2024 UCF Knights baseball
UCF Knights logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record37–21 (14–15 Big 12)
Head coach
  • Rich Wallace (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Norberto Lopez
  • Drew Thomas
  • Ted Tom
Home stadium John Euliano Park
Seasons
 2023
2025 
2024 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Oklahoma  y237 .7673719 .661
No. 16 Oklahoma State  y199 .6794017 .702
Texas  y2010 .6673522 .614
West Virginia  y1911 .6333322 .600
Cincinnati  1713 .5673225 .561
Kansas State  y1515 .5003224 .571
Kansas  1515 .5003123 .574
UCF  y1415 .4833519 .648
TCU  1416 .4673321 .611
Texas Tech  1217 .4143326 .559
Baylor  1020 .3332231 .415
Houston  721 .2502628 .481
BYU  723 .2332131 .404
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2024 UCF Knights baseball team represented the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the sport of baseball during the 2024 college baseball season. This was the Knights' first season as members of the Big 12 Conference. Home games were played at John Euliano Park on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The team was coached by Rich Wallace in his first season as UCF's head coach.

Contents

Preseason

Big 12 coaches poll

The Big 12 Conference preseason poll was released on January 25, 2024, with the Knights predicted to finish in tenth place. [2]

Coaches Poll
RankSchool (1st Place Votes)Total
1TCU (11)143
2Texas (2)131
3Oklahoma State119
4Texas Tech107
5Kansas State98
T6Oklahoma85
T6West Virginia85
8Kansas67
9Houston56
10UCF45
11Baylor36
T12BYU21
T12Cincinnati21

Schedule

Legend
 UCF win
 UCF loss
 Postponement
BoldUCF team member
2024 UCF Knights Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season
Schedule Source: [5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [6] —*RVRVRVRV19RVRV
Baseball America [7] 19
NCBWA [8] RVRVRVRVRVRV16RVRVRVRV
D1Baseball [9] 2517
Perfect Game [10] RVRV2017RV

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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References

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  2. "TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll".
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  5. Baseball Schedule
  6. Baseball Coaches Poll
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  8. NCBWA Division I poll
  9. D1 Baseball
  10. Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings