2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team

The 2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team represents the University of California, Santa Barbara in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gauchos played their home games at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, on campus in Santa Barbara, California. Andrew Checketts was in his fifth season as Gauchos baseball head coach.

2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball
Louisville Super Regional Champions Nashville Regional Champions
Conference	Big West Conference
2016 record	38–18–1 (13–11 Big West)
Head coach	Andrew Checketts (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Neil Walton (4th season) Eddie Cornejo (5th season) Matt Harvey (2nd season)
Home stadium	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium

2016 Big West Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#28 Cal State Fullerton †^y  ‍‍‍	17	–	7	–	0		.708			36	–	22	–	0		.621
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			37	–	21	–	0		.638
No. 6 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			38	–	18	–	1		.675
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Hawaii  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			23	–	30	–	0		.434
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			26	–	29	–	0		.473
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			33	–	22	–	0		.600
UC Davis  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			17	–	36	–	0		.321
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 5, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[2]	NR	NR*	NR*	NR	NR	22	19	20	19	14	19	14	18	NR	21	23	23*	23*	7
Baseball America[3]	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	18	12	13	9	17	15	24	NR	NR	NR	NR*	NR*	9
Collegiate Baseball^[4]	NR	NR	19	22	21	17	11	12	13	11	21	13	26	NR	NR	NR	14	8	6
NCBWA†[5]	NR	NR	NR	NR	30	26	22	23	20	14	16	13	16	20	19	21	13	13*	7
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^ 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.

References

1. "Big West Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
2. Baseball Coaches Poll
3. Baseball America College: Top 25
4. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
5. NCBWA Division I poll