Where Did Texas Baseball Fall In First Top-25 Rankings?

Texas baseball is just over a month away from its season opener against Louisville at the Shriners Children's College Showdown.

Following a disappointing end to the 2024 season, falling to Louisiana in the Bryan-College Station Regional, the Longhorns are heading into the new year with a completely different looking staff.

Just after Texas A&M lost the College World Series to Tennessee, then-Aggie head coach Jim Schlossnagle announced he would be leaving the program and joining no other than the conference newcomers and arch-rivals Texas. The baseball world went crazy over the news as more information about the move unfolded -- such as Texas Athletic Director Chris Del Conte hiding in a cemetery to meet the coach.

Schlossnagle brought along Max Weiner as the pitching coordinator. The former Seattle Mariners coordinator worked under Schlossnagle for a year in College Station and helped the Aggies to finish fourth nationally with a 3.86 ERA, a nation-leading 12 shutouts, and a school record 715 strikeouts to lead Texas A&M to the national championship game.

Despite losing their head coach, the Aggies seem to be well put together as they stand at No. 1 in the newly released rankings. Texas, on the other hand, sits at No. 19.

Here's the full top 25 per D1Baseball staffers:

1. Texas A&M

2. Virginia

3. LSU

4. Tennessee

5. Arkansas

6. North Carolina

7. Oregon State

8. Georgia

9. Florida State

10. Florida

11. Duke

12. Oregon

13. NC State

14. Wake Forest

15. Clemson

16. Vanderbilt

17. Oklahoma State

18. Mississippi State

19. Texas

20. Dallas Baptist

21. Arizona

22. UC Santa Barbara

23. TCU

24. Nebraska

25. Troy

The Longhorns finished the 2024 season unranked.

Texas will open play against Louisville on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. in Arlington. The first home game will be against Houston four days later, on Feb. 18, game time is still undisclosed.

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