2011 Florida Gators baseball team

The 2011 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2011 college baseball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan, who was in his fourth season at Florida.

2011 Florida Gators baseball
SEC regular season co-champions
SEC tournament champions
Gainesville Regional champions
Gainesville Super Regional champions
College World Series, runners-up
0–2 in CWS Finals
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
Record53–19 (22–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachCraig Bell (4th year)
Brad Weitzel (4th year)
Home stadiumAlfred A. McKethan Stadium
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  xy 228 .7335514 .797
No. 2 Florida xy 228 .7335319 .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt xy 228 .7335412 .818
Georgia y 1614 .5333332 .508
Kentucky  822 .2672530 .455
Tennessee  723 .2332529 .463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas xy 1515 .5004022 .645
No. 17 Mississippi State y 1416 .4673825 .603
Alabama y 1416 .4673528 .556
Auburn  1416 .4672929 .500
LSU  1317 .4333620 .643
Ole Miss   1317 .4333025 .545
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 28, 2011
Rankings from Baseball America

The Gators began the season looking to improve upon their appearance in the 2010 College World Series, where they were eliminated after their first two games. After winning the SEC tournament, the Gators advanced to the best-of-three 2011 College World Series Finals, where they were defeated by South Carolina in two games.

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