2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

The 2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles play their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Mike Martin, in his 38th season at Florida State.

2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball
ACC Tournament champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
CBNo. 6
Record46–23 (14–14 ACC)
Head coach
  • Mike Martin (38th season)
Assistant coachMike Martin, Jr. (20th season)
Pitching coachMike Bell (6th season)
Home stadiumMike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
2017 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 5 Louisville  xy 236 .7935312 .815
No. 12 Wake Forest  y 1911 .6334320 .683
No. 25 Clemson  y 1713 .5674221 .667
No. 30 NC State  y 1614 .5333625 .590
No. 6 Florida State  y 1414 .5004623 .667
Boston College   1119 .3672528 .472
Notre Dame   1020 .3332632 .448
Coastal
No. 17 North Carolina  xy 237 .7674914 .778
No. 21 Virginia  y 1812 .6004316 .729
Miami (FL)   1613 .5523127 .534
Duke   1218 .4003028 .517
Georgia Tech   1119 .3672728 .491
Pittsburgh   921 .3002330 .434
Virginia Tech   921 .3002332 .418
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Florida State finished the 2016 season with a 41–22 record, winning 16 conference games, and finishing as the runner-up in the ACC tournament. The Seminoles qualified for the NCAA tournament for the thirty-ninth consecutive year, where they won the Tallahassee Regional but were eliminated by Florida in the Gainesville Super Regional. Prior to the start of the season, Florida State was picked to finish first in the Atlantic Division as well as the ACC, while shortstop Taylor Walls, catcher Cal Raleigh, infielder Dylan Busby and outfielder Jackson Lueck were named preseason All-American players.

Despite failing to finish with a winning record in ACC play for the first time, the Seminoles went on to win the ACC tournament to secure a spot in the NCAA tournament as the twelfth overall seed. Eventually advancing to the Super Regionals, Florida State went on to become just the 21st team to ever lose their first game and come back to win four straight to take the regional, going on to make their first appearance at the College World Series in five years. Nine players from the team were selected in the MLB Draft, the most for the school since 1995.

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