SEC Baseball Preview 2025: No. 1 Texas A&M Atop Best League
SEC Baseball Preview 2025: No. 1 Texas A&M Atop Best League
Texas A&M Baseball enters the 2025 NCAA Baseball season as the top team in the nation's best conference for baseball
The best conference in college baseball was already the SEC, and somehow it got even better this offseason.
Texas and Oklahoma joined the group, adding teams that won a combined 76 games and made two NCAA appearances in 2024.
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But those two teams along with 14 other programs in the SEC will be looking up at the NCAA runner-up when the season starts as Texas A&M Baseball, despite losing its coach to rival Texas (Jim Schlossnagle) this offseason, is the overwhelming favorite to win the SEC and the National Championship.
The Aggies received 10 first-place votes in the SEC Preseason Coaches Poll. Four players were on the Preseason All-SEC First Team and two more on the second team.
The Aggies are the unanimous preseason No. 1, getting the No. 1 spot in every notable preseason poll, including D1Baseball Top 25.
Jace LaViolette The Top Prospect In The SEC
He could very well go No. 1 and the best player in the American League, Aaron Judge, is probably a good comp, as Texas A&M outfielder Jace LaViolette is the No. 1 prospect in the loaded league.
LaViolette nearly dragged the Aggies to the championship last season and he’s overtaken Ethan Holliday as Baseball America’s top prospect in the 2025 MLB Draft class. He’s FloBaseball’s top prospect in the preseason composite rankings.
SEC Baseball Preseason Rankings
SEC Coaches are picking the Aggies to win the league, but familiar faces are right there, including the defending national champions, Tennessee.
Five schools received first-place votes to win the SEC title. Texas A&M led with 10 votes, followed by Arkansas with three. Tennessee, LSU, and Florida each garnered one first-place vote. Tennessee was picked to finish second, with Arkansas third, LSU fourth and Florida fifth.
The Preseason All-SEC First and Second Teams were selected by the conference’s head coaches, with 12 schools represented on the first team. Tennessee and Texas A&M led all programs with six combined selections. The Aggies had four first-team picks, while the Volunteers secured three.
Here is the coach’s poll:
- Texas A&M (10) – 228
- Tennessee (1) – 215
- Arkansas (3) – 214
- LSU (1) – 204
- Florida (1) – 183
- Georgia – 165
- Vanderbilt – 156
- Texas – 146
- Mississippi State – 112
- Kentucky - 102
- Oklahoma – 101
- Auburn – 100
- Alabama – 98
- South Carolina - 61
- Ole Miss – 60
- Missouri – 31
SEC Sending Teams To The 2025 College Baseball Showdown Each Week
Ole Miss and Texas will head to the Shriners Children’s Baseball Showdown on Feb. 14 and the SEC teams will keep coming after that.
Arkansas will play in Week 2, while LSU will play a mid-week game at Globe Life Stadium in Arlington between Week 2 and Week 3 against Dallas Baptist. Week 3 will include Auburn.
The College Baseball Showdown includes the Shriners Children’s Baseball Showdown, and the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Presented by Kubota Weekend 1 and 2.
All-SEC Baseball Team
SEC First Team
- C: Ike Irish, Auburn
- C: Devin Burkes, Kentucky
- 1B: Jared Jones, LSU
- 1B: Hunter Hines, Mississippi State
- 2B: Cade Kurland, Florida
- 3B: Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
- SS: Justin Lebron* , Alabama
- SS: Dean Curley*, Tennessee
- OF: Jace Laviolette, Texas A&M
- OF: Ethan Petry, South Carolina
- OF: Max Belyeu*, Texas
- OF: Tre Phelps*, Georgia
- DH/Util.: Hayden Schott, Texas A&M
- SP: Ryan Prager, Texas A&M
- SP: Gabe Gaeckle, Arkansas
- SP: Liam Doyle, Tennessee
- SP: Kade Anderson, LSU
- RP: Nate Snead, Tennessee
- RP: Alton Davis II, Georgia
- RP: Gavin Guidry, LSU
SEC Second Team
- C: Rylan Galvan*, Texas
- C: Luke Heyman*, Florida
- 1B: Cooper McMurray Auburn
- 2B: Gavin Kilen Tennessee
- 2B: Wyatt Henseler, Texas A&M
- 2B: Daniel Dickinson*, LSU
- 3B: Andrew Fischer, Tennessee
- 3B: Slate Alford*, Georgia
- SS: Colby Shelton, Florida
- OF: RJ Austin, Vanderbilt
- OF: Hunter Ensley, Tennessee
- OF: Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M
- DH/Util.: Will Hodo, Alabama
- SP: Zane Adams, Alabama
- SP: Landon Beidelschies, Arkansas
- SP: Hunter Elliott*, Ole Miss
- SP: JD Thompson*, Vanderbilt
- SP: Kyson Witherspoon*, Oklahoma
- RP: Christian Foutch, Arkansas
- RP: Miller Green, Vanderbilt
- RP: Robert Hogen, Kentucky
*Unaimous
SEC Baseball Has Won Every NCAA Championship Since 2019
Oregon State Baseball was the last team not from the SEC to win the College Baseball World Series. That happened in 2018. Since then, the SEC has won it every year and what makes it more impressive is that it’s been a different program every season.
Vanderbilt won the title in 2019 and two years later Mississippi State won in 2021. That was followed by Ole Miss, LSU and Tennessee. The SEC has won the last six of seven CWS titles, with 2020 being canceled and Florida winning it all in 2017.
The Best SEC Baseball Prospects On the FloBaseball Top 100
Here are the highest ranked prospects from SEC in the FloBaseball Top 100
- Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M (1)
- Ike Irish, C, Auburn (14)
- Ethan Petry, OF/1B, South Carolina (23)
- Max Belyeu, OF/1B, Texas (24)
- Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Arkansas (27)
- Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma (31)
- Tre Phelps, OF/3B, Georgia (32)
- Gavin Kilen, 2B, Tennessee (38)
- Dean Curley, OF, Tennessee (40)
- Chase Shores, RHP, Louisiana State (45)
- Andrew Fischer, 3B, Tennessee (46)
- Daniel Dickinson, 2B, Louisiana State (47)
- A.J. Russell, RHP, Tennessee (61)
- Kade Anderson, LHP, Louisiana State (62)
- J.D. Thompson, LHP, Vanderbilt (63)
- RJ Austin, 2B/OF, Vanderbilt (64)
- Nate Snead, RHP, Tennessee (69)
- Ryan Prager, LHP, Texas A&M (73)
- Landon Beidelschies, LHP/1B, Arkansas (76)
- Kolten Smith, RHP, Georgia (79)
- Cade Fisher, LHP, Auburn (93)
- Zach Root, LHP, Arkansas (97)
- Conner Ware, LHP, Louisiana State (98)
- Zane Adams, LHP, Alabama (99)
How To Watch The College Baseball Showdown
The College Baseball Showdown, or the Shriners Children's Baseball Showdown and the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Week 1 and Week 2, are streaming on FloBaseball and the FloCollege platforms.
Where Is The 2025 College Baseball Showdown?
The Shriners Children’s College Showdown and two-weekend Amegy Bank College Baseball Series presented by Kubota will take place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and feature some of the top teams in the nation.
The 2025 season will mark the fifth consecutive year of college baseball at Globe Life Field – home of the world champion Texas Rangers – and the second straight year the action will span three weekends.
When Is The College Baseball Showdown?
The first weekend of the festivities, the Shriners Children’s College Showdown, will begin on Friday, Feb. 14 and will run through Feb. 16.
The following two weeks of action, the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series, will take place Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 28-March 2.
To keep the momentum going between the weekends, the series also will include four midweek games at Globe Life Field. Those contests will take place Feb. 18, Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and March 5.
All three weekends of games will be streamed live on FloCollege and FloBaseball. View the teams and schedule below.
What Teams Are Playing In the 2025 College Baseball Showdown?
Here’s a list of every team headed to Globe Life Field:
Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown
- Arizona
- Clemson
- Louisville
- Oklahoma State
- Ole Miss
- Texas
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2
- Arkansas
- Kanas State
- TCU
- Michigan
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3
- Auburn University
- Baylor University
- Ohio State University
- Oregon State University
Midweek Games
- *Texas State vs. Oklahoma State (Feb. 18)
- *Oklahoma vs. UT Arlington (Feb. 19)
- LSU vs. Dallas Baptist (Feb. 26)
- *Wichita State vs. Abilene Christian (March 5)
*Will not be broadcast live by FloSports.
Complete 2025 College Baseball Showdown Schedule
All Times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 14
Saturday, Feb. 15
Sunday, Feb. 16
- 11:30 a.m. - Louisville vs. Arizona
- 3:30 p.m. - Ole Miss vs. Clemson
- 7:30 p.m. - Oklahoma State vs. Texas
Friday, Feb. 21
Saturday, Feb. 22
Sunday, Feb. 23
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Friday, Feb. 28
Saturday, March 1
Sunday, March 2
How To Stream The 2025 Shriners Children’s College Showdown
The Shriners Children’s College Showdown is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 14-16. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
How To Watch The 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2
The 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2 is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 21-23. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
How To Watch The 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3
The 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3 is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 28-March 2. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
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