The Southeastern Conference has proven to be the dominant entity in college baseball in recent memory, boasting each of the last five national champions and three of the last five runners-up.
In the 2024 College World Series alone, the SEC fielded half of the bracket, three of the final four teams and both teams of the championship series, runner-up Texas A&M and eventual champion Tennessee.
Judging by the preseason USA TODAY Sports Baseball Coaches Poll, SEC baseball can expect to be similarly dominant in 2025: A total of 11 SEC teams were named to the preseason Coaches Poll on Tuesday, with the Aggies coming in at No. 1. The SEC also holds four of the top five spots in the preseason top 25.
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Texas A&M, who enter the season with a new head coach after Jim Schlossnagle left for Texas, returns a majority of its roster from last year’s College World Series national runner-up finish. Headlining Texas A&M’s returning players is outfielder Jace LaViolette, who enters the season as the No. 2-ranked draft prospect, per MLB Pipeline.
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Reigning national champion Tennessee came in at No. 2 in the preseason poll, separated by seven fewer first-place votes than Texas A&M. No. 3 LSU and No. 5 Arkansas also received first-place votes.
Here’s where SEC baseball teams rank in the preseason USA TODAY Sports Baseball Coaches Poll:
Preseason USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll
SEC teams are bolded. First-place votes in parentheses.
- 1. Texas A&M (17)
- 2. Tennessee (10)
- 3. LSU (1)
- 4. Virginia (1)
- 5. Arkansas (1)
- 6. Florida State
- 7. Oregon State
- 8. North Carolina
- 9. Georgia
- 10. Florida
- 11. Clemson
- 12. Duke
- 13. Texas
- 14. Oregon
- 15. Wake Forest
- 16. NC State
- 17. Oklahoma State
- 18. Vanderbilt
- 19. Mississippi State
- 20. Arizona
- 21. Dallas Baptist
- 22. UC-Santa Barbara
- 23. TCU
- 24. Kentucky
- T-25. Oklahoma
- T-25. Troy
Others receiving votes: East Carolina 35; Nebraska 30; Auburn 29; UC-Irvine 28; West Virginia 21; Indiana 17; Alabama 14; Coastal Carolina 8; UConn 5; Kansas State 5; Ole Miss 5; College of Charleston 4; Kansas 4; Southern Miss 4; UNC-Wilmington; Georgia Tech 3; UCF 2; Hawaii 2; UCLA 2; USC 1; and VCU 1.
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