Baseball Ranked As High as No. 15 in Latest Baseball Polls
Hattiesburg, Miss. - After finishing this past week as the NCAA Hattiesburg Regional Tournament runnerup, Southern Miss dropped to No. 15 in Baseball America's Poll, No. 16 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's Poll and No. 25 in Collegiate Baseball's Poll.

Conference USA member Houston, fresh off its regional championship over Texas A&M, is ranked No. 17 in the Writers' Poll, No. 19 in Collegiate Baseball and No. 22 in Baseball America.

Southern Miss finished 47-16 overall and 23-7 in Conference USA, setting the school record for most wins in a season and the conference record for most conference wins in a season. The Golden Eagles won the Conference USA regular-season title, the tournament championship and hosted the NCAA Hattiesburg Regional Tournament this past weekend, finishing second. They also set the school record for the highest ranking (12) by Baseball America. The Golden Eagles led the conference in hitting (.318), RBIs (455), runs (497), hits (712), walks (255), sacrifice flies (34), on-base percentage (.396), slugging percentage (.516), doubles (142), home runs (89), total bases (455), saves (19) and ERA (3.56).