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Tyler Bak delivers in the clutch!!

@GamecockBSB Heck of a throw from Lecroy there

Fire us up, Josh!!

1 Hitter to do serious damage 1. Ace Reese goes off Opening Weekend

2 Storylines to Follow 1. How does Tennessee fair in their first games in the post-Vitello era? 2. How does Gabe Gaeckle's first start back go?

2026 College Baseball Week One: 5-4-3-2-1   5 Opening Weekend series to watch: 1. Kentucky @ UNC-Greensboro (Prediction, Kentucky 2-1) 2. James Madison @ Florida State (Prediction, Florida State 3-0) 3. Indiana @ North Carolina (Prediction, North Carolina 2-1)

SWAC 1. Bethune-Cookman 2. Jackson State 3. Alabama State 4. Florida A&M 5. Southern U.

Burn the Ships Sports 2026 Preseason Conference Projections. Every D1 conference. Top 5 for each. SEC 1. LSU 2. Tennessee 3. Arkansas 4. Mississippi State 5. Georgia ACC 1. Georgia Tech 2. Florida State 3. Clemson 4. Wake Forest 5. Louisville

Patriot 1. Holy Cross 2. Navy 3. Army 4. Lehigh 5. Lafayette MAAC 1. Fairfield 2. Mount St. Mary's 3. Niagara 4. Iona 5. Quinnipiac Northeast 1. Central Conn. St. 2. Stonehill 3. Le Moyne 4. Wagner 5. LIU

OVC 1. SEMO 2. Tennessee Tech 3. Eastern Illinois 4. Lindenwood 5. Little Rock MAC 1. Kent State 2. Ball State 3. NIU 4. Miami (OH) 5. Toledo Ivy League 1. Yale 2. Penn 3. Columbia 4. Harvard 5. Cornell

WCC 1. San Diego 2. Saint Mary's 3. Portland 4. LMU 5. San Francisco America East 1. Bryant 2. Binghamton 3. Maine 4. NJIT 5. UMass Lowell Horizon 1. Wright State 2. Northern Kentucky 3. Youngstown State 4. Oakland 5. Milwaukee

Big South 1. High Point 2. USC Upstate 3. Charleston Southern 4. Presbyterian 5. Longwood Atlantic Sun 1. Austin Peay 2. Stetson 3. FGCU 4. North Florida 5. Jacksonville WAC 1. Utah Valley 2. Sacramento State 3. Cal Baptist 4. Abilene Christian 5. Tarleton State

Mountain West 1. New Mexico 2. Fresno State 3. Nevada 4. Grand Canyon 5. UNLV SoCon 1. ETSU 2. Mercer 3. Western Carolina 4. Wofford 5. Samford Summit 1. Oral Roberts 2. St. Thomas 3. NDSU 4. Northern Colorado 5. Omaha

Atlantic 10 1. Richmond 2. Davidson 3. George Mason 4. Rhode Island 5. Dayton Conference USA 1. DBU 2. Missouri State 3. Western Kentucky 4. FIU 5. Kennesaw State Big West 1. UC Irvine 2. UCSB 3. UC San Diego 4. Cal Poly 5. Cal St. Fullerton

Colonial 1. Northeastern 2. UNCW 3. Charleston 4. Elon 5. William & Mary MVC 1. Southern Illinois 2. Illinois State 3. Murray State 4. Indiana State 5. Evansville Southland 1. SE Louisiana 2. Lamar 3. McNeese 4. Northwestern St. 5. New Orleans

Big 12 1. Arizona State 2. Oklahoma State 3. TCU 4. Arizona 5. West Virginia Big Ten 1. UCLA 2. Oregon 3. Iowa 4. Michigan 5. Maryland

Burn the Ships Sports Preseason Player/Pitcher of the Year Watchlists