Division Atlantic Division 2016 record 41–22 (16–10 ACC) | Coaches No. 13 | |
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Head coach Mike Martin (37th year) Assistant coach Mike Martin, Jr. (19th year) | ||
The 2016 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Mike Martin, in his 37th season at Florida State. It was the Seminoles' 25th season as a member of the ACC and its 11th in the ACC's Atlantic Division.
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Florida State entered the season as the defending ACC champion and finished the season as ACC runner-up.
The Seminoles reached the post-season for the thirty-ninth straight year (the second longest active streak) and were selected as the sixteenth overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, hosting for the sixth consecutive season.
Previous season
In 2015, the Seminoles finished the season with a record of 44–21, 17–13 in conference play, winning the ACC Tournament. The Seminoles qualified for the NCAA Tournament. They were hosts of the Tallahassee Regional and advanced to the Gainesville Super Regional where they were eliminated by Florida.
Preseason
In the ACC Media Poll, Florida State was picked to finish third in the Atlantic Division.
Schedule
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball; parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
Watchlists
Finalists
Honors
All-Star games
Taylor Walls and Cole Sands were named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.
MLB Draft
One player was selected in the 2016 MLB Draft.