No. 24 ASU is just behind No. 22 Oregon in D1Baseball.com's 2015 preseason poll. (Photo by State Press Staff)The ASU baseball team opens this season as one of three Pac-12 teams in DIbaseball.com's preseason Top 25, checking in at No. 24, just ahead of Tennessee.
Prior to the 2014 season, The Sun Devils were ranked No. 19 in the ESPN/USA TODAY Coaches' poll.
ASU finished its final season at Packard Stadium with a 33-24 overall record, falling to Sacramento State in the San Luis Obispo regional. ASU's last appearance in a top 25 ranking was at No. 18 Collegiate Baseball's Top 30 on May 26.
The Oregon Ducks, ending conference play a game behind ASU in the Pac-12 standings and going 44-20 overall, checked in at No. 22.
UCLA, the 2013 national champion, jumped all the way to No. 4 despite a 25-30 record and a ninth-place finish in conference.
Final Pac-12 Standings (2014)
1. Oregon State (45-14, 23-7 Pac-12)
2. Washington (41-17, 21-9 Pac-12)
3. ASU (33-24, 19-11 Pac-12)
4. Oregon (44-20, 18-12 Pac-12)
5. Stanford (35-26, 16-14 Pac-12)
6. USC (29-24, 16-14 Pac-12)
7. Washington State (24-30, 14-16 Pac-12)
8. California (26-27, 13-17 Pac-12)
9. UCLA (25-30, 12-18 Pac-12)
10. UA (22-33, 9-21 Pac-12)
11. Utah (16-36, 4-26 Pac-12)
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