Coming off one of the best season’s in program history, Oregon baseball came in at No. 6 on Collegiate Baseball’s Fabulous 40 NCAA Division I preseason poll.
The Ducks were one of four Pac-12 schools in the top ten and come in just behind UCLA at No. 5. Other conference schools included No. 9 Stanford, No. 10 Oregon State and No. 16 Arizona State.
The defending champion Arizona Wildcats came in at No. 18. Other Pac-12 schools receiving votes included USC, Washington, California and Washington State.
Oregon came within one run of the College World Series last year, eventually losing to Kent State 3-2 in Game 3 of the Eugene Super Regional.
The Pac-12′s six representatives tied the SEC for the most of any conference.