2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team

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2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball
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Conference Sun Belt Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
D1Baseball.comNo. 22
Record11–5 (0–0 SBC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ladd Rhodes (2nd season)
  • Travis Creel (6th season)
Hitting coachBen Brewer (4th season)
Pitching coachKeller Bradford (2nd season)
Home stadium Pete Taylor Park
Seasons
← 2024
2026 →
2025 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 Troy  ‍‍‍0–0 –13–3 .813
No. 24 Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍0–0 –12–4 .750
Georgia State  ‍‍‍0–0 –12–4 .750
No. 22 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍0–0 –11–5 .688
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍0–0 –10–6 .625
Marshall  ‍‍‍0–0 –9–6 .600
South Alabama  ‍‍‍0–0 –9–6 .600
Texas State  ‍‍‍0–0 –8–7 .533
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍0–0 –7–8 .467
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍0–0 –7–8 .467
Louisiana  ‍‍‍0–0 –7–9 .438
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍0–0 –6–9 .400
James Madison  ‍‍‍0–0 –5–10 .333
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍0–0 –3–8 .273
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of March 9, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team represents University of Southern Mississippi during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Eagles are coached by second-year head coach, Christian Ostrander, and play their home games at Pete Taylor Park.

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Previous season

The 2024 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team entered the season as the defending Sun Belt tournament champions. There, Southern Miss finished with a 43–20 record and a 20–10 record in Sun Belt Conference play. The Golden Eagles finished second to Louisiana in the Sun Belt regular season and earned the number two seed in the 2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament. In the tournament, Southern Miss won the championship, earning their second Sun Belt title, their second-consecutive Sun Belt title, and their seventh overall conference tournament championship. The Golden Eagles earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

In the NCAA tournament, Southern Miss was the number two seed in the Knoxville Regional. Southern Miss went 2–2 in the regional, beating Northern Kentucky and Indiana in the elimination game, and losing to Indiana in the opening game and hosts, Tennessee, in the regional final. Tennessee would ultimately go on to win the College World Series.

Preseason

Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released February 6, 2025, and the Golden Eagles were picked to win the conference. [2]

Coaches Poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Southern Miss179 (5)
2Troy178 (4)
3Louisiana174 (3)
4Coastal Carolina161 (2)
5Georgia Southern125
6James Madison106
7Old Dominion105
8Texas State102
9App State94
10South Alabama93
11Georgia State49
12Marshall46
13ULM34
14Arkansas State24

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [3] RVRV*232225
Baseball America [4] ———24—
NCBWA† [5] 2623212422
D1Baseball [6] ——222022
Perfect Game [7] ———25—

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. ↑ "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Sun Belt Announces Baseball Preseason Awards & Poll". sunbeltsports.org. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  5. ↑ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
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