Three Conference USA teams are ranked in Baseball America's preseason poll, released by the publication on Wednesday. Defending C-USA tournament champion Rice is ranked fifth, while defending regular season champ East Carolina is 18th and 2009 College World Series participant Southern Miss is listed at No. 21.
2010 Baseball America Preseason Poll
1. Texas (50-16-1)
2. Virginia (49-15-1)
3. Louisiana State (56-17)
4. Cal. St. Fullerton (47-16)
5. Rice (43-18)
6. Georgia Tech (38-19-1)
7. Florida (42-22)
8. U.C. Irvine (45-15)
9. Florida State (45-18)
10. South Carolina (40-23)
11. TCU (40-18)
12. Coastal Carolina (47-16)
13. Louisville (47-18)
14. Arizona State (51-14)
15. Clemson (44-22)
16. Miami, Fla. (38-22)
17. Arkansas (41-24)
18. East Carolina (46-20)
19. San Diego (29-25)
20. North Carolina (48-18)
21. Southern Miss (40-26)
22. Georgia (38-22)
23. UCLA (27-29)
24. Mississippi (44-20)
25. Oregon State (37-19)
