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As the first month of the season comes to a close and the Northern teams of the Big 12 conference return from their warm weather opening weekends, Texas is off to a perfect start. On February 28th, the Longhorns head to Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, to compete in the Shriner’s Hospital for Children College Classic. Questions about this years team will be answered by March 1st, as they face #11 LSU, Arkansas and Missouri during that 3 game stretch. With a schedule that includes Arizona and a weekend series that sees Cal State Fullerton coming to town, look for unranked Texas to make a huge leap in the standings if they can get out of the next two weeks with only a few scratches.



D1baseball.com left a powerful Texas Tech squad in the top 10 after they were upset by Tennessee in Round Rock, Texas last weekend. The Red Raiders, who are averaging 11 runs a game thanks to back to back 20 run blowouts, moved up 1 spot to #5 in the rankings, while previously unranked Tennessee comes in at #24.



TCU fails to get a nod despite a strong 6-1 start. The first week of March sees them out to Southern California where they will face #2 Vanderbilt, #10 UCLA and a consistently tough USC team. Look for TCU to turn some heads if they can win 2+ games during that trip.



Oklahoma moves up one spot to #22 despite a loss to Virginia and Illinois State. They will join their arch-rival Longhorns in Houston this weekend and could easily be 7-5 if their tough SEC opponents play to their expectations. Any win in Houston will likely keep the Sooners in or close to next weeks rankings.



Oklahoma State and West Virginia were able to stay above .500 after last weekend as both squads get ready for the heart of their schedules. Oklahoma State will have a tough test in Frisco as they take on #10 UCLA, Illinois and #18 Texas A&M while West Virginia heads to their neighboring state of Virginia for a few tests before they open conference play against #5 Texas Tech in a few weeks.



Baylor and Kansas are both off to 4-3 starts after Baylor took an unexpected series loss to Oral Roberts, while Kansas is struggling to find consistent run support as they have scored a combined 1 run in their 3 losses. Both teams hit the road this weekend as Baylor follows Texas and Oklahoma to the gauntlet that is Houston, Texas and KU travels to South Carolina for a warm weekend series, before they head back to the chilly Midwest/Big 12 country for the remainder of the year.



K-State is on a 2 game skid after a big win against former conference foe Missouri. The Wildcats will look to get back on track as they travel to Wichita State for a midweek before heading to Stanford for a 4 game series.

Preseason Coaches Poll

1. Texas Tech (6)

2. Baylor (2)

3. TCU (1)

4. Texas

5. Oklahoma State

6. West Virginia

7. Oklahoma

8. Kansas

9. Kansas State

Standings as of 2/25 –

1. Texas

2. TCU

3. Texas Tech

4. Oklahoma

5. Oklahoma State

6. West Virginia

7. Baylor

8. Kansas

9. Kansas State

Statistical Leaders –

Average – (.609) Max Hewitt – OSU

Home Runs – (5) Nate Rombach – TTU

Wins – (2) Parker Scott – OSU

Strikeouts – (18) Everhett Hazelwood – KU