With the start of the 2016 Big 12 baseball season less than a month away, three teams have been ranked in the Baseball America preseason poll.

Oklahoma State sits in the top 10 with a No. 8 ranking, while TCU is 18th and Oklahoma is 21st. In addition to the Baseball America rankings, the Cowboys and Horned Frogs are also ranked in the D1Baseball preseason poll and on the Collegiate Baseball preseason top 40 list.

The Cowboys are coming off their second-straight appearance in the Big 12 Championship final and ranked as high as No. 17 at the conclusion of 2015 after their third consecutive NCAA postseason berth. Under the direction of Josh Holliday, who is entering his fourth season, the Cowboys have posted a 127-57 mark.

TCU enters 2016 fresh off a second-straight appearance in the College World Series. The Frogs compiled a 51-15 record, including an 18-5 mark in Big 12 play. Along the way, the Frogs earned TCU’s first-ever outright team Big 12 championship and earned a national seed for the second straight year.

In 2016, the Horned Frogs return 15 letterwinners and welcome 18 newcomers. Mitchell Traver, a preseason All-American headlines the returning corps, while National Gatorade Player of the Year Luken Baker highlights the incoming class.

Oklahoma finished fourth in the conference standings a season ago with a 13-11 conference record and 34-27 overall mark. The Sooners return 13 letterwinners including preseason All-America selections Sheldon Neuse and Alec Hansen.

The 2016 Big 12 baseball season kicks off on Friday, February 19, with conference action underway beginning the weekend of March 18.