The first of the three most respected college baseball rankings was released today with D1Baseball dropping their Preseason Top 25. The defending SEC champions start the season at #2, just behind preseason #1 Texas. The Hogs open their season on February 18 at home against Illinois State.
Aaron Fitt is high on the Hogs, arguing that this team may be deeper and more talented top to bottom than the 2021 Hogs.
If the unproven commodities on the mound can live up to their prodigious talent, this might wind up being the best Arkansas team ever, because the offense and defense will be elite once again.
SEC brethren Vanderbilt, defending National Champions Mississippi State, and Ole Miss round out the preseason Top 5. Arkansas has 16 games scheduled against ranked teams, the first of which will be against #6 Stanford in the Karbach Round Rock Classic on Saturday, February 26 at 6:00pm. The Cardinal are coming off a trip to Omaha last year.
Neither the Baseball America nor the USA Today Coaches Poll have been released.