Gamecock coach Ray Tanner and the boys celebrating their national championship.

Say it ain’t so. the 2012 Collegiate Baseball Preseason Top 40 was announced on Monday and South Carolina somehow came in at No. 2 in the nation. Lest we remind you of the back to back national championships in NCAA Division 1 Baseball and hold the honor of having Collegiate Baseball’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class. But, no. We’re not the best in the nation. What the whaaa?!

Instead, the team we beat in this year’s College World Series, Florida, was ranked number one.

Whatever.

In other news about the ranking is that the SEC represented in full force earning six rankings in the preseason poll.

The rest of the top ten shakes out like this:

1. Florida (53-19) 497
2. South Carolina (55-14) 494
3. Stanford (35-22) 490
4. North Carolina (51-16) 488
5. Texas (49-19) 485
6. Texas A&M (47-22) 484
7. Rice (42-21) 482
8. Arkansas (40-22) 479
9. Georgia Tech. (42-21) 476
10. Texas Christian (43-19) 474

The Gamecocks open the 2012 season on Friday, Feb. 17 hosting a three-game series with VMI at Carolina Stadium.

The other SEC teams include LSU at No. 12, Georgia at No. 18 and Vanderbilt at No. 23.