2021 Florida Gators baseball team

The 2021 Florida Gators baseball team represents 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 will be played at Florida Ballpark on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, in the first season at the ballpark. The team is coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his fourteenth season as Florida's head coach. The Gators enter 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).

2021 Florida Gators baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
CBNo. 1
2021 record0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Craig Bell
  • Chuck Jeroloman
Home stadiumFlorida Ballpark
2021 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 18 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 19 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 4 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
Western
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 8 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 23 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 12 LSU  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 7 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 6 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
‡ – Tournament champion
As of January 19, 2021[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

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

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
Schedule Source:[4]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings
Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball 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'[5] 1 1* 1*  
Baseball America[6] 1  
Collegiate Baseball^[7] 1  
NCBWA†[8] 1  
D1Baseball[9] 1

^ 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. "2021 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved January 19, 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. floridagators.com
  5. Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. NCBWA Division I poll
  9. D1 Baseball
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