Last season, Tennessee made history, securing their first-ever national championship with a dominant performance. As defending champions, the Volunteers enter the new season with just as high expectations and a target on their backs.

Staff report SALISBURY — Catawba’s season-opening trip to Florida as the nation’s third-ranked baseball team provided four competitive contests at four different schools. Three games could have gone either way.

National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association reveals its preseason poll with 11 SEC squads making the top 30.

Five of the top six teams come from the SEC, including the defending national champions, the Tennessee Volunteers, at No. 5.

The national college baseball website unveiled rankings of the nation’s top 150 starting pitchers and all three pieces of Oregon State’s presumed weekend rotation landed on the list, stretching from No. 47 to No. 145. Who made the list? Scan below for details:

Year in and year out, college baseball is full of talented players. The talented player pool seems to be getting larger and larger, giving us fans some of the most fun games to watch each year.