Ole Miss returned to the D1Baseball rankings this week, as Mississippi State and Southern Miss held strong in the polls after a good weekend of conference play.
The Rebels (19-6, 3-3 SEC) landed at No. 18 after earning a home series win over then-No. 15 Kentucky. A 1-3 record the week prior – including a midweek loss to Southern Miss and a series loss to Texas – found Mike Bianco’s club dropping out of the rankings. But an immediate bounce back with a Tuesday win over Austin Peay and two victories over the Wildcats earned the red and blue their highest ranking of the 2026 campaign.
In Starkville, the Bulldogs (20-4, 4-2 SEC) held onto their No. 6 spot after going 4-0 over the week. Brian O’Connor’s club mounted a pair of 10-run-rule victories — one being a 17-1 win over Jackson State on Tuesday and the other being a 17-7 win against Vanderbilt on Sunday — and leaned on stalwart pitching in Friday’s and Saturday’s wins over the Commodores. On a pitching note, Bulldog ace Ryan McPherson exited Friday’s game early with an unspecified injury.
The Golden Eagles (19-5, 3-3 Sun Belt) moved up one spot following a solid week. After opening conference play on a low note with a series loss at Arkansas State, Christian Ostrander’s club earned a revenge win over Nicholls, then back-doored Troy with victories on Saturday and Sunday following Friday’s loss.
An intertangled week lies ahead for all three clubs. Mississippi State will host Southern Miss on Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT, then will travel to Oxford to play Ole Miss over the weekend. Ole Miss will travel to Memphis on Tuesday for a midweek outing beginning at 6 p.m. CT before hosting the Bulldogs. Southern Miss will welcome Appalachian State to Pete Taylor Park over the weekend after playing Mississippi State in the midweek.
The full top 25, featuring 10 SEC teams, can be found below:
- UCLA
- Texas
- Georgia Tech
- Arkansas
- Auburn
- Mississippi State
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- Virginia
- Florida State
- Southern Miss
- USC
- North Carolina
- NC State
- Coastal Carolina
- Oregon State
- West Virginia
- Ole Miss
- Kentucky
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Arizona State
- Notre Dame
- Nebraska
- Texas A&M