Overview
- - The preseason Top 25 released Jan. 12 features 11 SEC teams, with UCLA at No. 1.
- - Coming off a 2025 SEC regular-season title and an Austin Regional exit to UTSA, Texas added D1Baseball’s No. 3 transfer class headlined by Carson Tinney and Aiden Robbins under coach Jim Schlossnagle.
- - Texas A&M missed the 2025 NCAA Tournament but retained Michael Earley, who voiced confidence in a reset supported by an 18th-ranked portal haul featuring Chris Hacopian and MJ Bollinger.
- - Entering 2026, A&M’s staff faces scrutiny after the bullpen lost 45 starts during the offseason.
- - Earley identified Shane Sdao and Weston Moss as frontrunners for starting roles with Clayton Freshcorn, Aiden Sims and Caden McCoy also in contention, as A&M opens Feb. 13 vs. Tennessee Tech and Texas hosts UC Davis.