Pac-10 rival Stanford is BA's preseason choice to win the national title. Three of the magazine's top six teams (No. 1 Stanford, No. 4 UCLA, No. 6 Houston) appear on the Cats' schedule this season. This is the Cats' highest preseason ranking in Baseball America since 1993, when they were voted No. 2 behind LSU.

Arizona, which returns seven starters from last year's squad which qualified for NCAA play for the first time in six seasons, was voted fourth in the Pac-10's preseason vote of the coaches.

Arizona opens its 2000 campaign at home against St. Mary's on Jan. 21 at 3 p.m.

    
  Team                    W-L    Final 1999 Rank
  1. Stanford             50-15  3
  2. Cal State Fullerton  50-14  6
  3. Alabama              53-16  4
  4. UCLA                 31-31  NR
  5. Miami                50-13  1
  6. Houston              40-24  24
  7. Florida State        57-14  2
  8. Louisiana State      41-24  16
  9. Georgia Tech         38-20  NR
  10. Baylor              50-15  8
  11. Southern California 36-26  10
  12. Auburn              46-19  13
  13. Wichita State       59-14  14
  14. Rice                59-15  5
  15. Texas               36-26  NR
  16. Tulane              48-17  15
  17. Loyola Marymount    33-28  NR
  18. Florida             31-25  NR
  19. Arizona             33-23  NR
  20. Notre Dame          43-18  NR
  21. Wake Forest         46-16  11
  22. Arizona State       39-21  NR
  23. Central Florida     38-21  NR
  24. Clemson             42-27  17
  25. South Carolina      35-23  NR