TCU Athletics | January 17, 2017 TCU tops D1Baseball.com's preseason poll TCU finished last season with a record of 49-18. Share FORT WORTH – The TCU baseball team has earned D1Baseball.com's preseason No. 1 ranking prior to the start of the 2017 season. RANKING: D1Baseball.com Top 25 TCU has also been the No. 1 team in the Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball poll as well as the Perfect Game poll. It marks the second time in program history (2011) the TCU baseball team will open the season as the No. 1 team in the country. It’s also the eighth straight season that the Frogs will be ranked entering the season. Another poll, another top ranking. @d1baseball ranks us No.heading into 2017! #LuptonMag1c pic.twitter.com/Mo4JJBd5h2 — TCU Baseball (@TCU_Baseball) January 17, 2017 The honors have extended to individuals as well as five Frogs have earned preseason All-American honors from various publications. Luken Baker, Elliott Barzilli, Durbin Feltman, Brian Howard and Evan Skoug have all been honored by various publications. The Frogs are one of two Big 12 schools to be ranked as Texas Tech checks in at No. 14. TCU’s schedule features three other schools ranked in the Top 25 in No. 5 LSU, No. 20 Texas A&M and No. 23 Rice. TCU opens up the 2017 schedule on Feb. 17 when it hosts Penn State for a three game set. 2021 Big 12 baseball preview: Texas trio headlines packed Big 12 The Big 12 could be on the verge of having its best showing since 2017. Here's how the conference's baseball teams stack up. READ MORE TCU baseball looks to mature in 2021 as a team talented enough for Omaha TCU baseball welcomes back a plethora of veterans, including Russell Smith, and has the look of a team that could be in Omaha next June. READ MORE