By Staff Reports.

The Tigers were ranked No. 24 in the nation in Baseball America’s 2015 preseason ranking, released Monday. Vanderbilt was atop the Baseball America ranking, followed by No. 2 Louisiana State, No. 3 Houston, No. 4 Virginia and No. 5 Texas Tech.

Other ACC teams joining Clemson and Virginia in the top 25 include No. 9 Miami (Fla.), No. 12 Louisville, No. 17 North Carolina and No. 21 Florida State. The ACC had the most top-25 teams with six, followed by the SEC (5) and Big 12 Conference (4).

Clemson, who had a 36-25 overall record in 2014, opens the 2015 season against West Virginia at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on February 13 at 4 p.m.