2022 Florida Gators baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
CBNo. 27
Record42–24 (15–15 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Craig Bell
  • Chuck Jeroloman
Home stadiumCondron Ballpark[note 1]
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee xy 255 .833579 .864
No. 21 Florida y 1515 .5004224 .636
Georgia y 1515 .5003623 .610
Vanderbilt y 1416 .4673923 .629
South Carolina  1317 .4332728 .491
Kentucky  1218 .4003326 .559
Missouri  1020 .3332823 .549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M xy 1911 .6334420 .688
No. 4 Arkansas y 1812 .6004621 .687
No. 25 LSU y 1713 .5674022 .645
No. 7 Auburn y 1613 .5524322 .662
No. 1 Ole Miss y 1416 .4674223 .646
Alabama  1217 .4143127 .534
Mississippi State  921 .3002630 .464
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2022 college baseball season. Florida competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Home games were played at Condron Ballpark[note 1] on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus, in the second season at the ballpark. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his fifteenth 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 2021 NCAA tournament.

Previous season

The 2021 Gators entered the season as the unanimous No. 1 team, but stumbled to a 17–13 SEC record to enter the SEC tournament as the sixth seed, where they made the semifinals before being eliminated by eventual tournament runner-up Tennessee. The Gators were then selected to host a regional in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament in the Austin Super Regional, but were eliminated in only two games, suffering a 19–1 loss to South Alabama, who scored 10 runs with two outs in the sixth inning.

Personnel

Coaching staff

2022 Florida Gators coaching staff[1]
NamePositionSeasons at
Florida
Alma Mater
Kevin O'SullivanHead coach15Virginia (1991)
Craig BellAssistant coach15North Florida (1989)
Chuck JerolomanAssistant coach3Auburn (2005)
David KoppVolunteer assistant coach1Clemson (2007)
Austin LangworthyStudent assistant coach1Florida (2020)
Shawn BurkeStrength & conditioning coach1Rochester (2014)

Schedule

Legend
 Florida win
 Florida loss
 Postponement
BoldFlorida team member
2022 Florida Gators baseball game log
Regular season
Postseason
Schedule Source:[6]

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

Standings

East Division
Pos Team Pld CW CL CPCT GB W L PCT Qualification
1 y Tennessee 66 25 5 .833 57 9 .864 Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament
2 Georgia 59 15 15 .500 10 36 23 .610 Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
3 Florida 66 15 15 .500 10 42 24 .636
4 Vanderbilt 62 14 16 .467 11 39 23 .629
5 South Carolina 55 13 17 .433 12 27 28 .491 Qualification for the first round
6 Kentucky 59 12 18 .400 13 33 26 .559
7 Missouri 51 10 20 .333 15 28 23 .549
Source: SEC[7]
y Division champion

Results

Home \ Away ALA ARK AUB UF UGA UK LSU MISS MSST MIZZ SC TENN TAMU VAN
Alabama 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1
Arkansas 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–2
Auburn 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1
Florida 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3
Georgia 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2
Kentucky 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
LSU 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–2
Ole Miss 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–2
Mississippi State 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–3
Missouri 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
South Carolina 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Tennessee 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
Texas A&M 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1
Vanderbilt 2–1 0–3 3–0 0–3 1–2
Source: SEC[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[9]1010*16109712т2217RVRVRVRVRVRV2222*22*21
Baseball America[10]6191813139161818*18*22
Collegiate Baseball^[11]61316131313182026282525272727
NCBWA[12]7171610107132320RVRVRVRVRV29202020*22
D1Baseball[13]91514119814231818*18*21

^ 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.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Florida Ballpark was renamed to Condron Ballpark on April 22, 2022.[note 2]
  2. Hall, Graham (April 21, 2022). "UF baseball's Florida Ballpark renamed Condron Ballpark in honor of Gary Condron". gatorsports.com. [gatorsports.com]. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

References

  1. "2022 Florida Gators Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Florida Athletics Communications Department. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  2. Bortner, Sullivan (March 9, 2022). "Wednesday's Game Against Jacksonville Postponed". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  3. Bortner, Sullivan (March 11, 2022). "Florida Baseball Announces Schedule Change for Seton Hall Series". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  4. Bortner, Sullivan (March 15, 2022). "Tuesday Matchup Between Florida and Florida State Postponed". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  5. Bortner, Sullivan (May 25, 2022). "Wednesday Matchup Against Texas A&M Postponed to Thursday". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  6. floridagators.com
  7. "Standings" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  8. "SEC Baseball Weekly Release" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  9. Baseball Coaches Poll
  10. Baseball America College: Top 25
  11. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  12. NCBWA Division I poll
  13. D1 Baseball
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