SEC Baseball 2024 Predictions And Preview
SEC Baseball 2024 Predictions And Preview
Arkansas Baseball enters the season as conference preseason favorite, with 8 ranked teams, SEC Baseball has not shortage of NCAA Tournament favorites.
According to most 2024 preseason college baseball rankings, the SEC is, unsurprisingly, the best conference in college baseball.
While ACC power Wake Forest Baseball is the consensus No.1, the top 10 includes eight teams from the SEC, including Arkansas, the SEC favorite according to coaches, and LSU, the defending NCAA champion, which are both ranked No.2 in polls.
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The SEC has long been the top conference in college baseball. The league has won nine national championships since 2009 including the last four-- and all by four different programs in LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt.
Every team ranked in the top 10 (there are six) has a chance to win it all in Omaha. That includes Tennessee Baseball, which is ranked as high as No. 8, who opens the season against Texas Tech at the College Baseball Showdown on Feb.16.
Here is what to know about the SEC entering the season.
Who Will Win The SEC Baseball Title In 2024? Arkansas Baseball The Favorite
Defending NCAA champion LSU is picked to finish second in the SEC West and boot rival Arkansas is picked to win the league.
Arkansas, which plays in the second weekend of the College Baseball Showdown, received 9 first-place votes from coaches to win the league.
Florida was picked to win the East, beating out Tennessee, who opens the season against Texas Tech on Feb. 16 at the College Baseball Showdown.
Here are the predictions.
SEC Preseason Poll
Eastern Division
- Florida (11) - 88
- Tennessee (2) - 75
- Vanderbilt (1) - 73
- South Carolina - 50
- Kentucky - 44
- Georgia - 36
- Missouri - 19
Western Division
- Arkansas (9) - 87
- LSU (5) - 82
- Texas A&M - 68
- Alabama - 47
- Auburn - 46
- Ole Miss - 32
- Mississippi State - 23
2024 SEC Baseball Coaches Preseason All-SEC Team
First Team
- C: Cole Messina, South Carolina
- 1B: Jac Caglianone, Florida
- 2B: Cade Kurland, Florida
- 3B: Tommy White, LSU
- SS: Colby Shelton, Florida
- OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M
- OF: Ethan Petry, South Carolina
- OF: Kendall Diggs, Arkansas
- DH/UTL: Ike Irish, Auburn
- SP: Hagen Smith, Arkansas
- SP: Drew Beam, Tennessee
- RP: Brandon Neely, Florida
Second Team
- C: Devin Burkes, Kentucky
- 1B: Charlie Condon, Georgia
- 2B: Christian Moore, Tennessee
- 3B: Billy Amick, Tennessee
- SS: Jonathan Vastine, Vanderbilt
- OF: Braden Montgomery, Texas A&M
- OF: Dakota Jordan, Mississippi State
- OF: Bobby Peirce, Auburn
- DH/UTL: Hayden Travinski, LSU
- SP: Jac Caglianone, Florida
- SP: Carter Holton, Vanderbilt
- RP: Alton Davis II, Alabama
How To Watch The SEC Baseball On FloBaseball
Many of teams will be streaming on FloBaseball, including Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas A&M at the College Baseball Showdown.
Check out the FloBaseball broadcast schedule for more games.
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What College Baseball Tournaments Are Streaming On FloBaseball?
These tournaments will stream on FloBaseball and the FloSports app in February and March:
- 2024 Snowbird Baseball
- 2024 Shriners Children's College Showdown
- 2024 Sanderson Ford College Classic
- 2024 Kleberg Bank College Classic
How To Stream The 2024 College Baseball Showdown?
The first weekend of competition at the Shriners Children's College Showdown is Feb. 16-18 at Globe Life Field. It is streaming on FloBaseball and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
How To Watch The Kubota College Baseball Series - Weekend 2
The second weekend, Feb. 23-25, at Globe Life Field is called the 2024 Kubota College Baseball Series. It is streaming on FloBaseball and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
How To Watch Kubota College Baseball Series - Weekend 3
The final weekend of action, known as the Kubota College Baseball Series, at Globe Life Field is March 1-3. It is streaming on FloBaseball and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
What Teams Are Playing In the 2024 College Baseball Showdown?
Here are the teams:
- University of Oklahoma
- Texas Tech University
- Baylor University
- University of Tennessee
- University of Nebraska
- University of Oregon
- University of Arkansas
- Oklahoma State University
- University of Michigan
- Oregon State University
- TCU
- Texas A&M
- University of Southern California
- Arizona State University
2024 Shriners Children's College Showdown Schedule
All times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 16
- 12 p.m. – Nebraska vs. Baylor
- 4 p.m. – Oregon vs. Oklahoma
- 8 p.m. – Tennessee vs. Texas Tech
Saturday, Feb. 17
- 12 p.m. – Baylor vs. Oregon
- 4 p.m. – Texas Tech vs. Nebraska
- 8 p.m. – Oklahoma vs. Tennessee
Sunday, Feb. 18
- 11:30 a.m. – Nebraska vs. Oklahoma
- 3:30 p.m. – Oregon vs. Texas Tech
- 7:30 p.m. – Tennessee vs. Baylor
2024 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 2 Schedule
All times Eastern
Friday, February 23
- 4 p.m. – Michigan vs. Oklahoma State
- 8 p.m. – Oregon State vs. Arkansas
Saturday, February 24
- 4 p.m. – Michigan vs. Oregon State
- 8 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State
Sunday, February 25
- 2 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Michigan
- 6 p.m. – Oklahoma State vs. Oregon State
2024 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 3 Schedule
All times Eastern
Friday, March 1
- 3 p.m. – USC vs. TCU
- 7 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Texas A&M
Saturday, March 2
- 3 p.m. – Texas A&M vs. USC
- 7 p.m. – TCU vs. Arizona State
Sunday, March 3
- 12 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Texas A&M
- 4 p.m. – USC vs. TCU
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