Sept. 27, 2007

Mizzou Baseball's incoming recruiting class has been ranked the 19th best by Collegiate Baseball, as released by the publication. Missouri has 16 newcomers on its roster and also returns 16 of its 21 letterwinners from last year's team that went 42-18 and hosted a NCAA Regional for the first time in school history.

See below for the complete rankings or visit the Collegiate Baseball website at baseballnews.com for more information.

The Tigers will hold their annual fall Black & Gold Game at 4 p.m. on Oct. 5 at Taylor Stadium. The Fall World Series will be played later in the month, with game one set for 6 p.m. on Oct. 18. For a complete fall schedule, visit the baseball page on mutigers.com.

Collegiate Baseball's Top 40 Recruiting Classes
1. Louisiana St.
2. Florida St.
3. Oregon St.
4. Notre Dame
5. UCLA
6. Cal. St. Fullerton
7. North Carolina
8. Arizona St.
9. San Diego
10. Texas
11. Washington
12. Auburn
13. Virginia
14. Oklahoma St.
15. Vanderbilt
16. Georgia
17. Rice
18. South Carolina
19. Missouri
20. Miami, Fla.
21. Clemson
22. Stanford
23. Georgia Tech.
24. Arizona
25. Mississippi
26. Mississippi St.
27. Florida
28. Louisville
29. U.C. Irvine
30. Tulane
31. Kentucky
32. Southern California
33. Arkansas
34. Wichita St.
35. Oklahoma
36. Pepperdine
37. Alabama
38. U.C. Riverside
39. Baylor
40. Jacksonville
Central Florida

Other Top Recruiting Classes: Texas Christian, South Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas St., U.C. Santa Barbara, Texas A&M, San Diego St., Long Beach St., Florida Atlantic, Southeastern La., Kansas, North Carolina St., Richmond, James Madison, UNLV, Nebraska, East Carolina, San Francisco, Michigan, California, Fresno St., Minnesota, Connecticut, Maine, Oral Roberts, Iowa, Seton Hall, Houston, Ohio St., Central Michigan, Cal. St. Northridge, Michigan St., Marshall, Samford, West Virginia, Western Kentucky, Coll. of Charleston, Stetson, Villanova, Texas Tech., Wake Forest, Southern Mississippi, Ohio, Louisiana-Lafayette, San Jose St., Nevada, Illinois St., Illinois, East Tenn. St., S.E. Missouri St., Middle Tenn. St., Rutgers, Memphis, Miami (Ohio), N.C. Greensboro, Lamar, Santa Clara, Southern, W. Illinois.