ASU baseball head coach Tracy Smith talks to his players after practice at the Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Jan. 28, 2015. (Daniel Kwon/ The State Press)ASU baseball finished last season 33-24 and is ranked No. 21 in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Top 25 Coaches Poll, which was released early Thursday.
Earlier in the month, the Sun Devils were ranked No. 24 in Dlbaseball.com's preseason top 25 and No. 18 in baseballamerica.com's preseason top 25.
The Pac-12 has three other teams in the top 25 -- UCLA, Oregon and Stanford. UCLA (25-30-1 in 2014) checks in at No. 9 and Oregon is at No. 16.
Stanford (35-26 in 2014) comes in one spot behind the Sun Devils at No. 22 to start off the season.
In addition, two of ASU's first three opponents this year are ranked in the top 10. TCU is ranked No. 3 in the nation and Oklahoma State stands at No. 7. Both Big-12 teams finished 48-18 last year.
Full poll:
1. Vanderbilt 2. Virginia 3. TCU 4. LSU 5. Florida 6. Texas T-7. Oklahoma State T-7. Louisville 9. UCLA 10. South Carolina 11. Houston 12. Florida State 13. Texas Tech 14. Miami (FL) 15. North Carolina 16. Oregon 17. Rice 18. Ole Miss 19. Cal State Fullerton 20. Maryland 21. ASU 22. Stanford 23. Texas A&M 24. Cal Poly 25. Mississippi State
Reach the reporter at Justin.Toscano@asu.edu or on Twitter @justintoscano3
Like State Press Sports on Facebook or follow @statepresssport on Twitter
