2017 Florida Gators baseball team

2017 Florida Gators baseball
2017 Florida Gators baseball
National champions; SEC regular season co-champions; Gainesville Regional champions; Gainesville Super Regional champions
College World Series champions ; 2–0 in CWS Finals
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
CB	No. 1
Record	52–19 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach	Kevin O'Sullivan (10th year);
Assistant coach	Craig Bell (10th year); Brad Weitzel (10th year)
Home stadium	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium

The 2017 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2017 college baseball season. The Gators competed in 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 in his tenth season as Florida head coach. The Gators entered the season hoping to build upon their performance in the 2016 NCAA tournament, where they finished seventh at the 2016 College World Series after losses to eventual national champion Coastal Carolina and Texas Tech. In the 2017 season, the Gators won their first baseball national championship by defeating LSU two games to none in the championship series.

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	52	–	19	–	0	.732
No. 10 Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	43	–	23	–	0	.652
No. 15 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	15	–	13	–	1	.534	36	–	25	–	1	.589
Missouri ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	36	–	23	–	0	.610
South Carolina ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	35	–	25	–	0	.583
Georgia ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	25	–	32	–	0	.439
Tennessee ‍‍‍	7	–	21	–	0	.250	27	–	25	–	0	.519
Western
No. 2 LSU ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	52	–	20	–	0	.722
No. 22 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11	–	0	.621	45	–	19	–	0	.703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0	.567	40	–	27	–	0	.597
No. 8 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	41	–	23	–	0	.641
No. 29 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	37	–	26	–	0	.587
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	32	–	25	–	0	.561
Alabama ‍‍‍	5	–	24	–	1	.183	19	–	34	–	1	.361

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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