2022 Florida Gators baseball team

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 Florida Ballpark 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.

2022 Florida Gators baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2022 record0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Craig Bell
  • Chuck Jeroloman
Home stadiumFlorida Ballpark
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
Florida ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Western
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
LSU  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –0–0 –
‡ – Tournament champion
As of October 18, 2021[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

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.

Preseason

SEC media poll

Personnel

Coaching Staff
2021 Florida Gators coaching staff[2]
NamePositionSeasons at
Florida		Alma Mater
Kevin O'SullivanHead Coach15Virginia (1991)
Craig BellAssistant Coach15North Florida (1989)
Chuck JerolomanAssistant Coach3Auburn (2005)
Lars DavisVolunteer Assistant Coach8Illinois (2007)

Schedule
Legend
 Florida win
 Florida loss
 Postponement
BoldFlorida team member
2022 Florida Gators Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Schedule Source:[3]

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

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches'[4] *  
Baseball America[5]  
Collegiate Baseball^[6]  
NCBWA†[7]  
D1Baseball[8]

^ 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.

References
  1. "2022 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  2. "Official Baseball Roster". Florida Gators. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. floridagators.com
  4. Baseball Coaches Poll
  5. Baseball America College: Top 25
  6. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  7. NCBWA Division I poll
  8. D1 Baseball
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