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Diamond Rebels ranked in preseason poll
By: David Collier
David Collier is a junior broadcast journalism major in the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at Ole Miss.
Email him at dlcollie@go.olemiss.edu
Baseball is right around the corner, and on Thursday, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper released their preseason top-40 poll, which had Ole Miss ranked No. 25.
The Rebels return two of the best arms in the Southeastern Conference in junior right-handers Bobby Wahl and Mike Mayers, but there a lot of question marks throughout a lineup that lost Alex Yarbrough and Matt Snyder from a year ago.
Ole Miss was one of 10 ranked teams from the SEC.
Arkansas was named preseason No. 1. The other notable rankings are No. 3 Vanderbilt, No. 4 LSU, No. 7 South Carolina, No. 8 Kentucky, No. 13 Mississippi State, No. 24 Florida, No. 26 Texas A&M, No. 29 Georgia and No. 33 Southern Mississippi.
The Rebels open the 2013 season on Feb. 15 with a three-game series against No. 15 TCU, who defeated Ole Miss two games in the College Station Regional last year to end the Rebels’ season.
For the entire poll, click here.
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| Sat, Aug 31 |  | vs Furman | W, 76-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | L, 24-17 |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | W, 26-14 |
| Thu, Jan 2 |  | vs Duke (Gator Bowl) | 6:30 PM • ESPN |