The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Baseball picked fifth in Big 12 preseason poll
01.30.2020 | Baseball
The Longhorns were picked ahead of Baylor, West Virginia, K-State and Kansas.
IRVING, Texas – Texas Baseball has been selected to finish fifth in the Preseason Big 12 Baseball Coaches' Poll, the league announced Thursday. The poll is voted on by the league's head coaches and coaches were not permitted to vote for their own team.
The Longhorns earned a first-place vote to finish fifth in the poll with 38 points. Texas Tech Texas Tech was selected atop the preseason poll with six first-place votes and 62 points. Oklahoma State, who won the 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship and reached the NCAA Super Regionals, earned the No. 2 spot with 52 points. TCU garnered a first-place vote and collected 45 points to finish third in the preseason poll. Oklahoma placed fourth with 40 points
Baylor (35), West Virginia (26), K-State (15) and Kansas (11) rounded out the poll. The Mountaineers also earned a first-place nod.
2020 Big 12 Conference Baseball Preseason Poll
1. Texas Tech (6) 62
2. Oklahoma State 52
3. TCU (1) 45
4. Oklahoma 40
5. Texas (1) 38
6. Baylor 35
7. West Virginia (1) 26
8. K-State 15
9. Kansas 11
(First-place votes in parentheses; coaches not allowed to vote for their own team)
