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2022 Florida Gators baseball team

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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]
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee xy 25 5   .833 57 9   .864
No. 21 Florida ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 42 24   .636
Georgia ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 36 23   .610
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 39 23   .629
South Carolina ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 27 28   .491
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 33 26   .559
Missouri ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 28 23   .549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M x‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 44 20   .688
No. 4 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 46 21   .687
No. 25 LSU ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 40 22   .645
No. 7 Auburn ‍‍‍y 16 13   .552 43 22   .662
No. 1 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 42 23   .646
Alabama ‍‍‍ 12 17   .414 31 27   .534
Mississippi State ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 26 30   .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

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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

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Coaching staff

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2022 Florida Gators coaching staff[1]
Name Position Seasons at
Florida
Alma Mater
Kevin O'Sullivan Head coach 15 Virginia (1991)
Craig Bell Assistant coach 15 North Florida (1989)
Chuck Jeroloman Assistant coach 3 Auburn (2005)
David Kopp Volunteer assistant coach 1 Clemson (2007)
Austin Langworthy Student assistant coach 1 Florida (2020)
Shawn Burke Strength & conditioning coach 1 Rochester (2014)

Schedule

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Legend
  Florida win
  Florida loss
  Postponement
Bold Florida 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

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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

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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

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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 ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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

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  1. ^ a b c Florida Ballpark was renamed to Condron Ballpark on April 22, 2022.[14]

References

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  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
  14. ^ 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.