Hogs at No. 8 in Baseball America Preseason Top 25
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas is ranked No. 8 in Baseball America’s preseason Top 25.
Baseball America released its poll Monday morning. The publication is the fourth of college baseball’s six major polls, also including D1Baseball, Perfect Game, NCBWA, USA Today Coaches and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, to announce its Top 25 ahead of the 2022 season.
Starting the season at No. 8 in @BaseballAmerica's Top 25. pic.twitter.com/DHxsBceGkS
— Arkansas Baseball (@RazorbackBSB) January 24, 2022
The Razorbacks are now in the top 10 in three of the four published preseason polls. Arkansas is ranked No. 2 by D1Baseball and No. 9 by Perfect Game. Collegiate Baseball, meanwhile, has the Hogs at No. 20.
Arkansas is one of six SEC programs in Baseball America’s top 10. The SEC leads all conferences with eight teams in the Top 25 — No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 6 Florida, No. 8 Arkansas, No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 10 LSU and No. 14 Georgia, No. 17 Tennessee. Future SEC member Texas is in the poll’s top spot at No. 1.
Head coach Dave Van Horn and the Hogs, reigning SEC regular season and tournament champion, open the 2022 campaign – their 100th season of competition – against Illinois State on Feb. 18-20 at Baum-Walker Stadium.