The Florida baseball program started its 2025 Southeastern Conference schedule by winning just one of its first 12 games this spring. However, the tides have turned of late and the Gators are surging back up the standings with one more weekend left in the regular season.
Since that 1-11, Kevin O’Sullivan’s squad has gone 12-3 with series wins against the Texas Longhorns, South Carolina Gamecocks, Arkansas Razorbacks, Mississippi State Bulldogs and Missouri Tigers. The final straw that snapped Florida into action was a three-game sweep in Gainesville at the hands of the Vanderbilt Commodores ahead of that 15-game turnaround.
As a result of the recent success, the Gators are now ranked 13th in Baseball America’s top 25 rankings, put together by Peter Flaherty and Jacob Rudner — up from No. 22 in the previous rankings.
What Baseball America says about Florida
“Florida bounced back from its midweek loss to South Florida with a statement road series win at then-No. 2 Texas in which it bookended the weekend with a pair of victories,” they begin.
“Eight different Gators hitters drove in at least one run, but their pitching was the biggest bright spot this weekend. In Sunday’s series-clinching win, freshman Aidan King was sensational and collected nine strikeouts across seven shutout innings,” they continue.
“After appearing to be dead in the water in early April, Florida is potentially a series win over No. 16 Alabama away from hosting.”
Baseball America’s Top 25 rankings
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Reporting by Adam Dubbin, Gators Wire / Gators Wire
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