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2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Mississippi State Bulldogs.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division West
Ranking
Coaches No. 2
2013 record 51–20 (16–14 SEC)
Head coach John Cohen (5th season)
Assistant coach Butch Thompson (5th season)
Assistant coach Nick Mingione (1st season)
Home stadium Dudy Noble Field
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
#9 Vanderbilt xy 26 3   .897     54 12   .818
#13 South Carolina y 17 12   .586     43 20   .683
Florida y 14 16   .467     29 30   .492
Kentucky 11 19   .367     30 25   .545
Missouri 10 20   .333     18 32   .360
Tennessee 9 19   .321     22 30   .423
Georgia 7 20   .259     21 32   .396
Western
#7 LSU xy 23 7   .767     57 11   .838
#18 Arkansas y 18 11   .621     39 22   .639
#2 Mississippi State y 16 14   .533     51 20   .718
Ole Miss y 15 15   .500     38 24   .613
Alabama y 14 15   .483     35 28   .556
Texas A&M y 13 16   .448     34 29   .540
Auburn 13 17   .433     33 23   .589
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of June 26, 2013; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents Mississippi State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team is coached by John Cohen, in his 14th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 5th at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field, and compete in the Southeastern Conference's West Division.

After the 2012 season, Assistant Coach Lane Burroughs leaves Mississippi State to become the head coach at Northwestern State. Nick Mingione becomes the assistant coach for the 2013 season, replacing Lane Burroughs.

After a third-place finish in the SEC West and a semifinal appearance in the 2013 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament, the Bulldogs advanced through the NCAA Tournament's Starkville Regional, Charlottesville Super Regional, and College World Series bracket to reach the College World Series final with an 8–1 record in the tournament.

^ 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.

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