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Florida Gators baseball ranked No. 4 by Perfect Game

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Baseball America released its annual preseason top-25 rankings on Monday morning, with Florida opening the year at No. 4 on the list.
 
Baseball America becomes the fourth publication to rank the Gators inside the top five this preseason, following D1Baseball (No. 2), College Baseball Central (No. 2) and Perfect Game (No. 4). Florida was one of eight SEC programs to make the cut, which was the most of any conference: No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Florida, No. 7 Vanderbilt, No. 8 Tennessee, No. 11 Texas A&M, No. 12 South Carolina and No. 23 Auburn.
 
Below is a complete breakdown of D1Baseball’s preseason top 25 with Florida’s 2024 opponents in bold.
 
1. Wake Forest
2. LSU
3. Arkansas
4. FLORIDA
5. Oregon State
6. TCU
7. Vanderbilt
8. Tennessee
9. Clemson
10. Virginia
11. Texas A&M
12. South Carolina
13. Texas
14. East Carolina
15. Stanford
16. Duke
17. North Carolina
18. Texas Tech
19. Coastal Carolina
20. Iowa
21. Oklahoma State
22. NC State
23. Auburn
24. Northeastern
25. UC Irvine
 
Outlets with preseason rankings yet to be released are Baseball the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and USA Today Coaches Poll.
 
Florida returns 14 players from its 2023 NCAA Runner-Up squad including positional starters Jac Caglianone, Cade Kurland, Luke Heyman, Tyler Shelnut, Ty Evans and Michael Robertson. They also return regular contributor Dale Thomas, who is slated to start at third base this season. On the mound, the Gators return All-American Brandon Neely and Freshman All-American Cade Fisher. Fisher is on pace to earn the Friday night role for the Gators this season. Caglianone slots back in on Sundays and into a talented pitching staff that welcomes the returns of Ryan Slater, Blake Purnell and Fisher Jameson. A deep class of 22 newcomers bolsters the 2024 roster, anchored by seven transfers as the Gators look to make a repeat trip to the College World Series.

2024 Florida Gators baseball schedule

DateOpponentLocation
February 16St. John’sGainesville
February 17St. John’sGainesville
February 18St. John’sGainesville
February 20North FloridaJacksonville
February 21North FloridaGainesville
February 23ColumbiaGainesville
February 24ColumbiaGainesville
February 25ColumbiaGainesville
February 27StetsonDeland
February 28Bethune-CookmanGainesville
March 1MiamiCoral Gables
March 2MiamiCoral Gables
March 3MiamiCoral Gables
March 5Florida AtlanticGainesville
March 6UCFGainesville
March 8St. Mary’sGainesville
March 9St. Mary’sGainesville
March 10St. Mary’sGainesville
March 12Florida StateGainesville
March 15Texas A&MGainesville
March 16Texas A&MGainesville
March 17Texas A&MGainesville
March 19JacksonvilleGainesville
March 22LSUBaton Rouge
March 23LSUBaton Rouge
March 24LSUBaton Rouge
March 26Florida StateJacksonville
March 29Mississippi StateGainesville
March 30Mississippi StateGainesville
March 31Mississippi StateGainesville
April 2FAMUGainesville
April 5MissouriColumbia
April 6MissouriColumbia
April 7MissouriColumbia
April 9Florida StateTallahassee
April 12South CarolinaGainesville
April 13South CarolinaGainesville
April 14South CarolinaGainesville
April 16JacksonvilleGainesville
April 19VanderbiltNashville
April 20VanderbiltNashville
April 21VanderbiltNashville
April 23StetsonGainesville
April 26ArkansasFayetteville
April 27ArkansasFayetteville
April 28ArkansasFayetteville
May 3TennesseeGainesville
May 4TennesseeGainesville
May 5TennesseeGainesville
May 7South FloridaGainesville
May 10KentuckyGainesville
May 11KentuckyGainesville
May 12KentuckyGainesville
May 16GeorgiaAthens
May 17GeorgiaAthens
May 18GeorgiaAthens
May 21-26SEC TOURNAMENTHOOVER

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