Three Big 12 baseball squads are ranked in Baseball America's preseason top 25 poll. Texas A&M leads the trio with a No. 7 ranking, while Texas is No. 13 and Oklahoma earned the No. 19 spot.

The Aggies ended the season at 47-22, while the Longhorns finished 2011 with a 49-19 record. The two teams posted identical 19-8 conference marks, sharing the regular season crown. Both teams were eliminated from the CWS after two games. It marked the Longhorns' 34th appearance overall, sixth as a member of the Big 12 and first since 2009. The Aggies advanced for the fifth time overall, second as a Big 12 representative and first since 1999. UT closed out 2011 with a No. 6 Baseball America ranking, while TAMU finished at No. 7.

TAMU welcomes back reigning Big 12 Player of the Year Tyler Naquin, who led the nation in hits last season, as well as starting pitchers Ross Stripling and Michael Wacha. The Longhorns return 16 lettermen, including five positional starters and two starting pitchers. Big 12 Freshman of the Year Erich Weiss and NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year and Stopper of the Year award winner Corey Knebel enter 2012 as sophomores.

Oklahoma finished last season with a 41-19 mark and a third-place Big 12 finish. The Sooners concluded their 2011 with an RPI ranking of 22 and were ranked in at least one of the four major polls for 18 of the 19 weeks. Oklahoma returns 11 letterwinners, including four position starters and four pitchers.

All three teams are also ranked in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll for 2012 - Texas (5th), Texas A&M (6th) and Oklahoma (16th).

The 2012 Big 12 baseball season begins on Friday, Feb. 17 with conference play kicking off the weekend of March 16.