The Oklahoma Sooners finished the 2022 season with much to be proud of. They won the Big 12 Tournament, made it to the Men’s College World Series, and were two wins away from being national champions.
For this amazing season, they were rewarded with the No. 2 ranking in D1Baseball’s final Top 25 of the 2022 season. That’s a jump up of seven spots from D1Baseball’s previous ranking.
The first-time national champion Ole Miss Rebels will finish the season atop the rankings after a magical run of their own to Omaha. All of the top eight are teams that made it to the MCWS.
The Big 12 is well-represented, with Texas at No. 8, Oklahoma State at No. 17, TCU at No. 23 and Texas Tech at No. 24.
Meanwhile, from the SEC, Ole Miss leads the way at No. 1 with Texas A&M at No. 2, Arkansas No. 3, Auburn at No. 7, Tennessee at No. 9 (more on that later), Florida at No. 21 and LSU bringing up the rear at No. 25.
So in both OU’s current and future conferences, there is a lot of stiff competition.
As for Tennessee, they had an extremely disappointing tournament after being the best team in the country for most of if not the entire regular season. The Volunteers went 57-9 and won their regional, but ended up losing to Notre Dame in three games in Super Regionals.
The future for OU Baseball is without a doubt very bright. However, the Sooners will have to deal with something they have not in a long time next season.
Expectations.
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