After a runner-up finish to the 2023 college baseball season, the Florida Gators begin their 2024 season ranked in the same No. 2 spot.
According to the D1Baseball preseason rankings, which were released on Tuesday, the Gators are the second-best team in the country behind Wake Forest, but a lot will change between now and June.
Last year’s College World Series winner, LSU, checks in at No. 4 on the rankings, and Arkansas is expected to take a step forward in the No. 3 spot.
In total, eight SEC teams will start the season ranked. No. 6 Vanderbilt, No. 8 Texas A&M and No. 9 Tennessee make it six top-10 programs for the conference, and No. 19 Alabama has a chance to move up quickly. South Carolina rounds out the list and top-25 in the final ranked spot.
Here is a look at the complete preseason rankings from D1Baseball.
| Rank | Team | 2023 Record | Final 2023 Rank |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 54-12 | 3 |
| 2 | Florida | 54-17 | 2 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 43-18 | 16 |
| 4 | LSU | 54-17 | 1 |
| 5 | TCU | 44-24 | 5 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 42-20 | 19 |
| 7 | Oregon State | 41-20 | 23 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 38-27 | NR |
| 9 | Tennessee | 44-22 | 7 |
| 10 | Clemson | 44-19 | 18 |
| 11 | East Carolina | 47-19 | 24 |
| 12 | Duke | 39-24 | 15 |
| 13 | NC State | 36-21 | NR |
| 14 | Virginia | 50-15 | 6 |
| 15 | North Carolina | 36-24 | NR |
| 16 | Texas | 42-22 | 14 |
| 17 | UC Santa Barbara | 35-20 | NR |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina | 42-21 | 21 |
| 19 | Alabama | 43-21 | 10 |
| 20 | Iowa | 44-16 | NR |
| 21 | Texas Tech | 41-23 | NR |
| 22 | UCLA | 28-24-1 | NR |
| 23 | Northeastern | 44-16 | NR |
| 24 | Kansas State | 35-24 | NR |
| 25 | South Carolina | 42-21 | 13 |
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