The Great American Conference released their preseason poll for the 2024 season on Thursday. Leading the way for the Oklahoma contingent was Oklahoma Baptist University coming in at #4.
The Bison received 92 points. The regular season and conference champions of 2023, Southern Arkansas came in at #1 (120 points) with 10 1st place votes. Arkansas Tech (100 points, 1 – 1st place), and Ouachita Baptist (98, 1 – 1st place) came in at #2 and #3 respectively.
OBU finished 6th in the regular season in 2023 with a conference record of 18-15 (32-23 overall). The Bison upset the #3 seed Arkansas Tech in their first round series. They made the finals of the conference tournament before losing to Southern Arkansas. OBU finished the season going 18-9 in their last 27 games.
Among others, the Bison return Alex Schroeder who led the GAC with 23 home runs and Brek Galbreath who led the conference with 9 wins on the bump.
Southeastern Oklahoma State came in at #8 in the poll followed by Southwestern Oklahoma State, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Southern Nazarene, and East Central respectively. All 5 of these schools finished in these spots in the 2023 regular season.
The write up from the GAC can be found here.
OBU’s release can be found here.
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