Derek Terry is the founder of Bat Cats Central, a leading source for Kentucky baseball coverage. Before leaving full-time sportswriting, Derek worked for The Cats' Pause (2017-22) and Cats Illustrated (2015-17), and interned with D1baseball.com.
With the college baseball season starting in just over three weeks, many publications that cover the sport have begun releasing preseason top 25 polls.
With possibly its best weekend rotation on paper since 2018, Kentucky could buck an interesting trend that has emerged throughout the last half-decade.