SEC College Baseball Preview 2026. Here's What To Know
SEC College Baseball Preview 2026. Here's What To Know
Here’s what to know about SEC baseball in 2026 as LSU defends its 2025 national title and 11 teams enter the season ranked in the preseason Top 25.

For the better part of 30 years, SEC baseball has been the gold standard of college baseball conferences.
Since 1990, seven different SEC teams have won College World Series titles, and three have won multiples.
LSU won the national championship in 2025, adding their eighth title all-time, it was also their second CWS win in three years. In spite of that title, LSU wasn't the regular season champion (Texas), nor the SEC tournament champion (Vanderbilt), which demonstrates the kind of parity the Southeastern Conference provides.
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With another NCAA baseball season comes renewed hope for every SEC program, with 11 appearing in the D1 Baseball Top 25, including Texas, LSU, and Mississippi State appearing at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.
Miss State made the move of the offseason, prying Brian O'Connor from Virginia after 20+ years of success, including 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, seven CWS appearances and the 2015 national championship.
Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas A&M will all appear throughout the three weekends of the College Baseball Series.
Here's everything to know about SEC baseball ahead of the 2026 season.
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2026 SEC Baseball Season Overview
- Teams: 16
- Teams ranked in Preseason Top 25: 11
- Programs with at least one preseason All-American: 9
- Defending regular-season champion: Texas (2025)
- Defending SEC Tournament champion: Vanderbilt (2025)
2025 SEC Baseball Final Standings
- Texas — 22–8 SEC | 44–14 overall
- Arkansas — 20–10 SEC | 50–15 overall
- LSU — 19–11 SEC | 53–15 overall
- Vanderbilt — 19–11 SEC | 43–18 overall
- Georgia — 18–12 SEC | 43–17 overall
- Auburn — 17–13 SEC | 41–20 overall
- Ole Miss — 16–14 SEC | 43–21 overall
- Tennessee — 16–14 SEC | 46–19 overall
- Alabama — 16–14 SEC | 41–18 overall
- Florida — 15–15 SEC | 39–22 overall
- Mississippi State — 15–15 SEC | 36–23 overall
- Oklahoma — 14–16 SEC | 38–22 overall
- Kentucky — 13–17 SEC | 31–26 overall
- Texas A&M — 11–19 SEC | 30–26 overall
- South Carolina — 6–24 SEC | 28–29 overall
- Missouri — 3–27 SEC | 16–39 overall
SEC Teams Ranked In D1Baseball Preseason Top 25
- No. 2 LSU
- No. 3 Texas
- No. 4 Mississippi State
- No. 7 Arkansas
- No. 9 Auburn
- No. 13 Florida
- No. 14 Tennessee
- No. 15 Georgia
- No. 18 Kentucky
- No. 23 Vanderbilt
- No. 25 Texas A&M
2026 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans (SEC Players)
First Team
- Ryder Helfrick, C — Arkansas
- Christopher Rembert, 2B — Auburn
- Derek Curiel, OF — LSU
- Hunter Elliott, SP — Ole Miss
Second Team
- Ace Reese, 3B — Mississippi State
- Justin Lebron, SS — Alabama
- Chris Hacopian, DH — Texas A&M
- Casan Evans, SP — LSU
- Aidan King, SP — Florida
- Dylan Volantis, SP — Texas
Third Team
- Carson Tinney, C — Texas
- Tyler Bell, SS — Kentucky
- Caden Sorrell, OF — Texas A&M
- Henry Ford, DH — Tennessee
- Connor Fennell, SP — Vanderbilt
- Brady Frederick, RP — Tennessee
SEC Baseball Regular-Season Champions
- 2025: Texas
- 2024: Kentucky, Tennessee
- 2023: Arkansas, Florida
- 2022: Tennessee
- 2021: Arkansas
- 2020: No champion (shortened season)
- 2019: Vanderbilt
- 2018: Florida
- 2017: Florida, LSU
- 2016: Mississippi State
- 2015: LSU
- 2014: Florida
- 2013: Vanderbilt
- 2012: LSU
- 2011: Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
SEC Baseball Tournament Champions
- 2025: Vanderbilt
- 2024: Tennessee
- 2023: Vanderbilt
- 2022: Tennessee
- 2021: Arkansas
- 2020: No tournament (shortened season)
- 2019: Vanderbilt
- 2018: Ole Miss
- 2017: LSU
- 2016: Texas A&M
- 2015: Florida
- 2014: LSU
- 2013: LSU
- 2012: Mississippi State
- 2011: Florida
College Baseball Series At Globe Life Field Schedule 2026
Shriners Children's College Showdown
Feb. 13, 2026
- 12:00 p.m. ET: Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech
- 4:00 p.m. ET: TCU vs. Vanderbilt
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Oklahoma St vs. Arkansas
Feb. 14, 2026
- 12:00 p.m. ET: Texas Tech vs. Vanderbilt
- 4:00 p.m. ET: Oklahoma St vs. Oklahoma
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Arkansas vs. TCU
Feb. 15, 2026
- 11:30 a.m. ET: Vanderbilt vs. Oklahoma St
- 3:30 p.m. ET: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas
- 7:30 p.m. ET: TCU vs. Oklahoma
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Weekend 2
Feb. 20, 2026
- 12:00 p.m. ET: Michigan vs. Florida St
- 4:00 p.m. ET: Nebraska vs. Louisville
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Auburn vs. Kansas St
Feb. 21, 2026
- 12:00 p.m. ET: Louisville vs. Michigan
- 4:00 p.m. ET: Florida St vs. Auburn
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Kansas St vs. Nebraska
Feb. 22, 2026
- 11:30 a.m. ET: Auburn vs. Louisville
- 3:30 p.m. ET: Nebraska vs. Florida St
- 7:30 p.m. ET: Michigan vs. Kansas St
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Weekend 3
Feb. 27, 2026
- 12:00 p.m. ET: Arizona St vs. Mississippi St
- 4:00 p.m. ET: UCLA vs. Tennessee
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Virginia Tech vs. Texas A&M
Feb. 28, 2026
- 12:00 p.m. ET: Tennessee vs. Arizona St
- 4:00 p.m. ET: Mississippi St vs. Virginia Tech
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Texas A&M vs. UCLA
Mar. 1, 2026
- 11:30 a.m. ET: Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
- 3:30 p.m. ET: UCLA vs. Mississippi St
- 7:30 p.m. ET: Arizona St vs. Texas A&M
2026 D1Baseball Preseason Top 25 Rankings
- UCLA (48-18)
- LSU (53-15)
- Texas (44-14)
- Mississippi State (36-23)
- Georgia Tech (41-19)
- Coastal Carolina (56-13)
- Arkansas (50-15)
- Louisville (42-24)
- Auburn (41-20)
- TCU (39-20)
- North Carolina (46-15)
- Oregon State (48-16-1)
- Florida (39-22)
- Tennessee (46-19)
- Georgia (43-17)
- Florida State (42-16)
- NC State (35-21)
- Kentucky (31-26)
- Clemson (45-18)
- Southern Miss (47-16)
- Wake Forest (39-22)
- Miami (35-27)
- Vanderbilt (43-18)
- Arizona (44-21)
- Texas A&M (30-26)
Teams At Globe Life Field College Baseball Series
- Oklahoma
- Texas Tech
- TCU
- Vanderbilt
- Oklahoma State
- Arkansas
- Michigan
- Florida State
- Nebraska
- Louisville
- Auburn
- Kansas State
- Arizona State
- Mississippi State
- UCLA
- Tennessee
- Virginia Tech
- Texas A&M
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