2020 Florida Gators baseball team

2020 Florida Gators baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
CBNo. 1
Record16–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Craig Bell (13th year)
  • Chuck Jeroloman (1st year)
Home stadiumAlfred A. McKethan Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  ‍‍‍ 0 0   16 1   .941
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0 0   15 2   .882
No. 3 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 0 0   14 4   .778
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0 0   12 4   .750
No. 6 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0 0   13 5   .722
Missouri •  ‍‍‍ 0 0   11 5   .688
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0 0   11 6   .647
Western
No. 8 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0 0   16 1   .941
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 0 0   16 1   .941
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 0 0   15 3   .833
No. 17 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0 0   12 4   .750
No. 18 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0 0   13 5   .722
No. 19 LSU  ‍‍‍ 0 0   12 5   .706
No. 14 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 0 0   11 5   .688
‡ – Tournament champion
  • – ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctions
    As of March 12, 2020[1]
    Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2020 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2020 college baseball season. Florida competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Home games were played at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, in the final season at the ballpark. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his thirteenth season as Florida's head coach. The Gators entered the season looking to return to the College World Series after an early regional exit in last year's Lubbock Regional.

The season was cut short in stages by March 17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The Gators finished with a 16–1 record, tied for the best in the country, and ranked No. 1 in all major polls. A tightly contested road sweep of the Miami Hurricanes helped propel Florida to the top spot in the rankings. Not knowing at the time it would be their final game, the Gators saw their 11-game winning streak over Florida State come to an end in the last game played at McKethan Stadium.

  1. ^ "2020 Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Coronavirus UF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).