No. 8 Georgia Baseball couldn't find its footing in Sunday afternoon's match against UNC Wilmington, allowing all six of UNCW's runs in the first inning alone.

The Bulldog's starting pitcher, Zach Brown, had a rough first inning. He faced eight different batters, resulting in five runs with a single out before being replaced by Eric Hammond. The Seahawks would cash in one more run in the first inning, quickly taking a 6-0 lead.

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Despite UNCW not scoring the rest of the game, Georgia could only scrape together two runs in the eighth inning, resulting in an early-season loss, 6-2.

The Bulldogs come off a 43-17 overall season in 2024, where they made their way to the NCAA Super Regional round, before ultimately ending their season with a loss to NC State University.

UNCW comes off a successful season of its own in 2024, going 40-21 overall. The Seahawks were able to advance to the NCAA Regional round, where their postseason was cut short in a loss to Georgia Tech.

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NCAA Baseball Rankings

Here is the D1Baseball Top 25: 

1. Texas A&M - 53-15 - Previous: 2
2. Virginia - 46-17 - Previous: 7
3. LSU - 43-23 - Previous: NR
4. Tennessee - 60-13 - Previous: 1
5. Arkansas - 44-16 - Previous: 17
6. North Carolina - 48-16 - Previous: 5
7. Oregon State - 45-16 - Previous: 10
8. Georgia - 43-17 - Previous: 11
9. Florida State - 49-17 - Previous: 4
10. Florida - 36-30 - Previous: 8
11. Duke - 40-20 - Previous: 24
12. Oregon - 40-20 - Previous: 12
13. NC State - 38-23 - Previous: 6
14. Wake Forest - 38-22 - Previous: NR
15. Clemson - 44-16 - Previous: 9
16. Vanderbilt - 38-23 - Previous: NR
17. Oklahoma State - 42-19 - Previous: 21
18. Mississippi State - 40-23 - Previous: 22
19. Texas - 36-24 - Previous: NR
20. Dallas Baptist - 45-15 - Previous: NR
21. Arizona - 36-23 - Previous: 25
22. UC Santa Barbara - 44-14 - Previous: 19
23. TCU - 33-21 - Previous: NR
24. Nebraska - 40-22 - Previous: NR
25. Troy - 37-22 - Previous: NR

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

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

*Unanimous

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