SEC releases preseason baseball predicted order of finish

With SEC baseball season just over a week away, the Southeastern Conference on Thursday released its annual SEC Coaches Poll, which includes the predicted order of finish for all 14 programs, as well as first and second team preseason All-SEC honorees.

Six different schools received first-place votes to win the SEC Championship: Ole Miss, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and LSU. Ole Miss received the most first-place votes to win the SEC title, with four, followed by Arkansas with three, Florida, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt with two, and LSU with one.

Arkansas was predicted to win the SEC West, while Vanderbilt was picked to win the SEC East. Here’s a look at the full 2022 SEC baseball preseason coaches poll.

2022 SEC Baseball preseason coaches poll

Parenthesis indicates number of first-place votes.

Eastern Division

1. Vanderbilt (9) – 87

2. Florida (3) – 77

3. Georgia (2) – 68

4. Tennessee – 63

5. South Carolina – 43

6. Kentucky – 34

7. Missouri – 20

Western Division

1. Arkansas (5) – 80

T2. Ole Miss (4) – 77

T2. Mississippi State (4) – 77

4. LSU (1) – 62

5. Alabama – 38

6. Texas A&M – 36

7. Auburn – 22

SEC Champion: Ole Miss (4), Arkansas (3), Florida (2), Mississippi State (2), Vanderbilt (2), LSU (1)

2022 Preseason All-SEC Team

First Team:

C: Logan Tanner, Mississippi State

1B: Tre’ Morgan, LSU

2B: Robert Moore, Arkansas

3B: Jacob Berry, LSU

SS: Jacob Gonzalez, Ole Miss

OF: Dylan Crews, LSU

OF: Enrique Bradfield Jr., Vanderbilt

OF: Jud Fabian, Florida

DH/UTL: Dominic Keegan, Vanderbilt

SP: Landon Sims, Mississippi State

SP: Hunter Barco, Florida

RP: Nick Maldonado, Vanderbilt

Second Team:

C: Hayden Dunhurst, Ole Miss

1B: Tim Elko, Ole Miss

2B: Peyton Chatagnier, Ole Miss

3B: Cayden Wallace, Arkansas

SS: Ryan Ritter, Kentucky

OF: Jordan Beck, Tennessee

OF: Drew Gilbert, Tennessee

OF: Brady Slavens, Arkansas*

OF: Kevin Graham, Ole Miss*

DH/UTL: Luke Hancock, Mississippi State

SP: Jonathan Cannon, Georgia

SP: Will Sanders, South Carolina

RP: Jaden Woods, Georgia