1. Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M: LaViolette, a first-team All-American in 2024, is a projected top-three pick in the MLB Draft this summer and is the leader of the top-ranked team in the preseason. He checks a lot of boxes for a Golden Spikes Award winner.

Here's where every SEC baseball team was ranked in the preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, which was released on Tuesday:

One of the most improved hitters in the nation last year, Godbout’s average jumped from .286 as a freshman to .372 as a sophomore. His 1.117 OPS ranked third among power-conference second basemen, behind Tennessee’s Christian Moore and Oregon State’s Travis Bazzana.

Year in and year out, college baseball is full of talented players. The talented player pool seems to be getting larger and larger, giving us fans some of the most fun games to watch each year.