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A&M Tabbed 17th in D1Baseball.com Preseason RankingA&M Tabbed 17th in D1Baseball.com Preseason Ranking
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A&M Tabbed 17th in D1Baseball.com Preseason Ranking

The Texas A&M Aggies were tabbed 17th in the inaugural D1Baseball.com Preseason Top 25 released by the entity on Monday.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M Aggies were tabbed 17th in the inaugural D1Baseball.com Preseason Top 25 released by the entity on Monday.

Texas A&M was ranked fifth among SEC schools and the league had eight teams listed in the Top 25.

The Aggies are set to return 22 letterwinners from last season's 36-win squad. The seven returning starters include seniors Blake Allemand, Patrick McLendon, Mitchell Nau and Logan Nottebrok. The Maroon and White also welcome back Preseason All-America Nick Banks who garnered All-SEC Second Team as a freshman last year.

Head coach Rob Childress enters his 10th season in College Station and he has guided the Maroon and White to a school-record eight consecutive NCAA Championship appearances.

D1Baseball.com is emerging as a college baseball news and editorial content site in 2015 and released their first-ever ranking.