Baseball America Ranks Bears No. 37 Preseason
1/4/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Jan. 4, 2007
Rice claimed the nation's top spot, followed by
Eight non-Big 12 opponents on Baylor's 2007 schedule appeared in the rankings. Along with two games against top-ranked Rice, Baylor faces eighth-ranked Vanderbilt once, No. 23 Winthrop twice, No. 24 TCU twice, No. 32 San Francisco twice, No. 33 San Diego State once and No. 34 Oral Roberts three times.
Baylor returns 18 lettermen, including five starters and eight pitchers, from a squad that went 37-26 and reached the NCAA Houston Regional championship game last season. The Bears open the 2007 season Feb. 9-11 at the Astros Minute Maid Park College Classic in
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2007 Baylor opponents in bold
Rank School ('06 Final Record)
1. Rice
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3. Clemson
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8. Vanderbilt
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12. Georgia Tech
13. UCLA
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15. Tulane
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19. Pepperdine
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23. Wintrhop
24. TCU
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26. UC Riverside
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31. Stanford
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34. Oral Roberts
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37. BAYLOR
38. UC Irvine
39. Louisiana-Lafayette
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44. Elon
45. Notre Dame
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