Jan. 5, 2005
ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech baseball team is ranked No. 13 in the nation in Collegiate Baseball’s preseason Top 25 poll and No. 19 in Baseball America’s preseason Top 25.
The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 44-21 record in 2004, including an 18-5 record and a first-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Tech returns 20 letterwinners from last season.
Junior shortstop Tyler Greene was selected as a second-team preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball.
The Yellow Jackets open the 2005 season on Feb. 11 against Georgia State. Season tickets are available by contacting the Georgia Tech ticket office at (888) TECH-TIX.
Collegiate Baseball Preseason Top 25Rk. School (W-L) Points '04 Rank1. Texas (58-15) 497 22. Miami, Fla. (50-13) 496 53. Cal. St. Fullerton (47-22) 495 14. Tulane (42-21) 493 155. Louisiana St. (46-19) 486 86. Stanford (46-14) 484 97. North Carolina (43-21) 480 278. South Carolina (53-17) 477 39. Georgia (45-23) 475 410. Texas A&M (42-22) 472 1611. Arizona St. (41-18) 468 2312. Arizona (36-27-1) 466 613. Georgia Tech (44-21) 462 1114. Long Beach St. (40-21) 459 1215. Rice (46-14) 458 1016. Mississippi (39-21) 456 2417. Washington (39-20-1) 453 2118. Florida St. (45-23) 451 1419. Mississippi St. (35-24) 447 NR20. Notre Dame (51-12) 445 1921. Clemson (39-26) 442 2622. Florida (43-22) 441 1823. Oklahoma St. (38-24) 437 NR24. Central Florida (48-17) 433 2525. Baylor (29-31) 430 NR
Baseball America Preseason Top 25 Rk. Team W-L `04 Rank 1. Tulane 41-21 19 2. Louisiana State 46-19 7 3. Cal State Fullerton 47-22 1 4. Texas 58-15 2 5. Miami 50-13 4 6. Stanford 46-14 9 7. South Carolina 53-17 3 8. Washington 39-20 21 9. Arizona State 41-18 22 10. Georgia 45-23 5 11. Baylor 29-31 NR 12. Arizona 36-27 12 13. Texas A&M 42-22 20 14. North Carolina 43-21 NR 15. Florida 43-22 16 16. Mississippi 39-21 23 17. Vanderbilt 45-19 17 18. Rice 46-14 11 19. Georgia Tech 44-21 10 20. Notre Dame 51-12 15 21. Texas Christian 39-26 NR 22. Long Beach State 40-21 13 23. Oklahoma State 38-24 NR 24. Oral Roberts 50-11 18 25. Winthrop 37-23 NR
