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The 2022 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2022 college baseball season. Florida competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Home games were played at Condron Ballpark[note 1] on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus, in the second season at the ballpark. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his fifteenth season as Florida's head coach. The Gators entered the season looking to return to the College World Series after an early regional exit from the 2021 NCAA tournament.

DivisionEastern Division
CoachesNo. 21
CBNo. 27
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2022 Florida Gators baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
CBNo. 27
Record42–24 (15–15 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Craig Bell
  • Chuck Jeroloman
Home stadiumCondron Ballpark[note 1]
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
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2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee x‍†‍‡‍y 25–5 .83357–9 .864
No. 21 Florida ‍‍‍y 15–15 .50042–24 .636
Georgia ‍‍‍y 15–15 .50036–23 .610
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 14–16 .46739–23 .629
South Carolina ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43327–28 .491
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 12–18 .40033–26 .559
Missouri ‍‍‍ 10–20 .33328–23 .549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M x‍‍‍y 19–11 .63344–20 .688
No. 4 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 18–12 .60046–21 .687
No. 25 LSU ‍‍‍y 17–13 .56740–22 .645
No. 7 Auburn ‍‍‍y 16–13 .55243–22 .662
No. 1 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 14–16 .46742–23 .646
Alabama ‍‍‍ 12–17 .41431–27 .534
Mississippi State ‍‍‍ 9–21 .30026–30 .464
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from D1Baseball
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Previous season

The 2021 Gators entered the season as the unanimous No. 1 team, but stumbled to a 17–13 SEC record to enter the SEC tournament as the sixth seed, where they made the semifinals before being eliminated by eventual tournament runner-up Tennessee. The Gators were then selected to host a regional in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament in the Austin Super Regional, but were eliminated in only two games, suffering a 19–1 loss to South Alabama, who scored 10 runs with two outs in the sixth inning.

Personnel

Coaching staff

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2022 Florida Gators coaching staff[1]
NamePositionSeasons at
Florida
Alma mater
Kevin O'SullivanHead coach15Virginia (1991)
Craig BellAssistant coach15North Florida (1989)
Chuck JerolomanAssistant coach3Auburn (2005)
David KoppVolunteer assistant coach1Clemson (2007)
Austin LangworthyStudent assistant coach1Florida (2020)
Shawn BurkeStrength & conditioning coach1Rochester (2014)
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Schedule

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Legend
 Florida win
 Florida loss
 Postponement
BoldFlorida team member
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2022 Florida Gators baseball game log
Regular season
Postseason
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Schedule source:[6]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[7]1010*16109712т2217RVRVRVRVRVRV2222*22*21
Baseball America[8]619181313916————————1818*18*22
Collegiate Baseball^[9]6131613131318—20———26282525272727
NCBWA†[10]7171610107132320RVRVRVRVRV29202020*22
D1Baseball[11]91514119814—23——————1818*18*21
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Notes

  1. Florida Ballpark was renamed to Condron Ballpark on April 22, 2022.[12]

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