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