FOREST, Va. - The Roanoke College baseball squad was selected to finish sixth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) this season as announced by the conference on Monday afternoon. 

RC earned 51 points in the poll, putting them seven points clear of seventh ranked Guilford and 11 points behind fifth ranked Hampden-Sydney. The University of Lynchburg earned nine first place votes to place them atop the preseason poll. The Maroons finished fifth last season under first year head coach Brett Kaminski.  

Roanoke is slated to get their 2026 campaign started on Feb. 18 when they travel to Greensboro. 

Full Preseason Rankings 

1. University of Lynchburg (9) 99 pts. 

2. Randolph-Macon College 84 pts. 

3. Bridgewater College (2) 83 pts. 

4. Shenandoah University 74 pts. 

5. Hampden-Sydney College 62 pts. 

6. Roanoke College 51 pts. 

7. Guilford College 44 pts. 

8. Washington and Lee University 42 pts. 

9. Virginia Wesleyan University 28 pts. 

10. Eastern Mennonite University 17 pts. 

11. Averett University 16 pts.