A blistering start to its Mid-Florida Conference schedule has elevated the Central Florida baseball team to the No. 2 spot in the
FCCAA State Coaches' Poll, released Tuesday. The Patriots are joined in the top 10 by previously-unranked Daytona State, which has emerged as their primary MFC rival. The teams play each other twice this week, on Wednesday at Daytona and Friday at Goodlett Field.
The full rankings:
Rank Team (1st-place votes) Record Pts Pvs
1. Gulf Coast (12) 23-5 129 1t
2. Central Florida (1) 20-9 105 5
3. Palm Beach State 19-7 99 8t
4. State College of Florida (1) 17-7 97 4
5. Miami Dade (1) 20-5 74 1t
6. St. Petersburg 21-12 73 7
7. Chipola 16-13 68 8t
8. Tallahassee 16-9 31 10
9. Pensacola 17-10-1 24 6
10. Daytona State 11-7 23 --
Also receiving votes: Northwest Florida State 17, South Florida 11, Broward 9, St. Johns River 7, Polk State 3.
Dropped out of rankings: No.3 Northwest Florida State.
