2021 Florida Gators baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
Record38–22 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Craig Bell
  • Chuck Jeroloman
Home stadiumFlorida Ballpark
2021 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 6 Tennessee  xy 2010 .6675018 .735
No. 2 Vanderbilt  y 1910 .6554918 .731
Florida  y 1713 .5673822 .633
South Carolina  y 1614 .5333423 .596
Georgia   1317 .4333125 .554
Kentucky   1218 .4002923 .558
Missouri   822 .2671536 .294
Western
No. 5 Arkansas  xy 228 .7335013 .794
No. 1 Mississippi State  y 2010 .6675018 .735
No. 13 Ole Miss  y 1812 .6004522 .672
No. 18 LSU  y 1317 .4333825 .603
Alabama  y 1217 .4143226 .552
Auburn   1020 .3332527 .481
Texas A&M   921 .3002927 .518
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2021 college baseball season. Florida competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Home games were played at Florida Ballpark on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, in the first season at the ballpark. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his fourteenth season as Florida's head coach. The Gators entered the season looking to return to the College World Series after an early regional exit from the 2019 NCAA tournament (no tournament held in 2020 due to COVID-19).

Entering the season as the unanimous No. 1 ranked team, the Gators were swiftly eliminated from their own regional after losing 5–3 to South Florida and 19–1 to South Alabama.

Previous season

The Gators finished the abridged 2020 season with a 16–1 record – highlighted by a 16–0 start – and did not play any conference games. They finished ranked No. 1 in all five major polls.

Preseason

SEC media poll

Personnel

By player

By position

Coaching staff

2021 Florida Gators coaching staff[2]
NamePositionSeasons at
Florida
Alma Mater
Kevin O'SullivanHead coach14Virginia (1991)
Craig BellAssistant coach13North Florida (1989)
Chuck JerolomanAssistant coach2Auburn (2005)
Lars DavisVolunteer Assistant Coach7Illinois (2007)

Schedule

Legend
 Florida win
 Florida loss
 Postponement
BoldFlorida team member
2021 Florida Gators baseball game log
Regular season
Postseason
Schedule Source:[10]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

Record vs. conference opponents


Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2021 SEC baseball game results, 2021 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA12–171–22–1..1–21–20–33–00–3.1–23–00–2ALAW53–72–2
ARK22–82–12–13–02–1.2–13–0.2–12–12–12–1.ARKW110–02–0
AUB10–201–21–21–22–10–31–20–32–10–3..2–1.AUBW63–70–3
FLA17–13.0–32–12–12–1..3–02–10–31–23–02–1FLAE37–32–2
UGA13–17.1–21–21–22–1..2–11–21–21–21–22–1UGAE53–70–0
KEN12–182–1.3–01–21–21–20–32–1.0–31–2.1–2KENE63–71–2
LSU13–172–11–22–1..2–11–2.2–11–20–32–10–3LSUW45–50–2
MSU20–103–00–33–0..3–02–11–22–12–1.3–01–2MSUW27–34–1
MIZZ8–220–3.1–20–31–21–2.2–1.1–20–32–10–3MIZZE72–80–4
MISS18–123–01–23–01–22–1.1–21–2.3–0.1–22–1MISSW35–53–0
SCAR16–14.1–2.3–02–13–02–11–22–10–31–2.1–2SCARE45–52–1
TENN20–102–11–2.2–12–12–13–0.3–0.2–12–11–2TENNE18–22–0
TAMU9–210–31–21–20–32–1.1–20–31–22–1.1–2.TAMUW72–80–3
VAN19–102–0..1–21–22–13–02–13–01–22–12–1.VANE27–32–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[11]1 (24)1 (24)*5555 (2)1311151412978131313*13*25
Baseball America[12]17766514101918161098121212*12*19
Collegiate Baseball^[13]133332109141297771212
NCBWA[14]174466131116108881213132525*23
D1Baseball[15]17655515121815141099131414*14*

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

2021 MLB draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Jud Fabian OF 2 40 Boston Red Sox
Tommy Mace RHP B 69 Cleveland Indians
Nathan Hickey C 5 136 Boston Red Sox
Christian Scott RHP 5 142 New York Mets
Jack Leftwich RHP 7 216 Cleveland Indians
Franco Aleman RHP 10 306 Cleveland Indians

Fabian did not sign with the Red Sox and returned to Florida.

References

  1. "2021 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. "Official Baseball Roster". Florida Gators. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. Barney, Justin; Pepper, Cole (January 21, 2021). "Florida, Florida State baseball game in Jacksonville off until 2022". news4jax.com. WJXT News4Jax. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. Dirlam, Zachary (March 30, 2021). "Florida Baseball Against Mercer Tuesday Night is Canceled". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  5. Dirlam, Zachary (March 5, 2021). "Florida Baseball Announces Schedule Change for Florida A&M Series". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  6. Parler, Denver (April 24, 2021). "Weather Postpones Saturday's Baseball Game at Auburn". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  7. "Ole Miss Game 1 Boxscore". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  8. NCAA 2021 and 2022 Baseball Rules Book
  9. Parler, Denver (April 17, 2021). "Gators Down Missouri in Game 1". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  10. floridagators.com
  11. Baseball Coaches Poll
  12. Baseball America College: Top 25
  13. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  14. NCBWA Division I poll
  15. D1 Baseball
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.