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Dec. 20, 2012

2013 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Fabulous 40 Pre-Season Poll Final 2012 record listed in parenthesis 1. Arkansas (46-22), 496 points 2. North Carolina (46-16), 495 points 3. Vanderbilt (35-28), 494 points 4. Louisiana St. (47-18), 487 points 5. UCLA (48-16), 484 points 6. Oregon (46-19), 482 points 7. South Carolina (49-20), 481 points 8. Kentucky (45-18), 478 points 9. Stanford (41-18), 476 points 10. Oregon St. (40-20), 473 points 11. N.C. State (43-20), 470 points 12. San Diego (40-17), 467 points 13. Mississippi St. (40-24), 464 points 14. Oklahoma (42-25), 462 points 15. TCU (40-22), 460 points 16. Arizona State (36-20), 458 points 17. Georgia Tech (38-26), 456 points 18. Arizona (48-17), 454 points 19. Florida St. (50-17), 452 points 20. Rice (41-19), 450 points 21. Texas (30-22), 448 points 22. Louisville (41-22), 446 points 23. Cal St. Fullerton (36-21), 445 points 24. Florida (47-20), 443 points 25. Mississippi (37-26), 437 points 26. Texas A&M (43-18), 434 points 27. Clemson (35-28), 429 points 28. Miami, Fla. (36-23), 427 points 29. Georgia (31-26), 423 points 30. U.C. Irvine (31-25), 420 points 31. Missouri St. (40-22), 418 32. Wichita St. (35-25), 415 points 33. New Mexico (37-24), 413 points 34. Kent St. (47-20), 411 points 35. Virginia (39-19-1), 408 points 36. Southern Mississippi (32-24), 405 points 37. East Carolina (36-24-1), 403 points 38. Coastal Carolina (42-19), 400 points 39. Dallas Baptist (41-19), 397 points 40. Pepperdine (36-23), 395 points

NORMAN, Okla. -- The University of Oklahoma baseball team enters the 2013 campaign ranked No. 14 in the nation, according to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Fabulous 40 Pre-Season Poll announced Thursday.

The Sooners begin 2013 as the Big 12 Conference's top-ranked squad. TCU enters at No. 15 while Texas is ranked at No. 21. Oklahoma will also face No. 1 Arkansas, No. 5 UCLA, No. 33 New Mexico, No. 39 Dallas Baptist and No. 40 Pepperdine in non-conference action in 2013.

The ranking marks the fifth straight season that OU appeared in a preseason poll.

The Sooners are seeking to make another run at the NCAA Men's College World Series in 2013 under head coach Sunny Golloway's watch. Oklahoma posted a 42-25 mark last season and reached its third Super Regional in program history. OU is looking to make its sixth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament and 36th overall appearance. The Sooners have reached the CWS on 10 previous occasions, winning national championships in 1951 and 1994.

Oklahoma's pitching staff is anchored by a pair of junior aces in southpaw Dillon Overton, a 2012 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention pick, and right-hander Jonathan Gray. Senior outfielder Max White, an All-Region Second Team pick by the American Baseball Coaches Association in 2012, leads the offensive attack alongside senior infielder Jack Mayfield, an All-Big 12 Tournament Team and NCAA Charlottesville All-Regional Team selection last season.

Oklahoma begins the season with a four-game set against Hofstra Feb. 15-17 at L. Dale Mitchell Park. The Sooners will host 31 games in 2013, highlighted by a non-conference matchup against Oklahoma State (April 2) as Oklahoma welcomes the Cowboys to Norman for only the third time in the last 17 years for the first of four Bedlam Series battles in 2013. OU will also serve as the host for the Bedlam Series conference matchups against OSU, with game one set for May 10 in Tulsa at ONEOK Field and the final two games of the series slated for May 11 and 12 at the Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.

Big 12 home series at L. Dale Mitchell Park feature TCU (March 22-24), Kansas (March 28-30) and Texas Tech (April 26-28) while other non-conference home games feature Arkansas Pine Bluff (Feb. 19-20), Pepperdine (March 1-3), New Mexico State (March 12-13), Northwestern State (March 15-17), Oral Roberts (March 19-20), Arkansas Little Rock (April 16), New Orleans (April 19-21) and Dallas Baptist (May 14).

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