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. 14
D1Baseball.comNo. 12
Record47–16 (24–6 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. 11 Coastal Carolina  y264 .8675111 .823
No. 12 Southern Miss  y246 .8004716 .746
Troy  1812 .6003921 .650
Marshall  1614 .5333326 .559
Louisiana  1614 .5332731 .466
Old Dominion  1515 .5002231 .415
Arkansas State  1416 .4672628 .481
Texas State  1416 .4672731 .466
Georgia Southern  1317 .4332831 .475
Appalachian State  1317 .4332331 .426
South Alabama  1218 .4002328 .451
Georgia State  1119 .3672630 .464
James Madison  1020 .3331738 .309
Louisiana–Monroe  822 .2672233 .400
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 1, 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.

Contents

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

Game log

2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles game log (47–16)
Regular Season: 41–13 (Home: 26–5; Away: 14–7; Neutral: 1–1)
Postseason (6–3)
Hattiesburg Regional (3–2)
DateTVRankOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallNCAA Tournament
May 30ESPN+No. 16 (1)(4) Columbia Pete Taylor ParkL 4–11Sotiropoulos (5–3)Adams (6–3)None5,32944–150–1
May 31 ESPN2 No. 16 (1)(2) No. 23 AlabamaPete Taylor ParkW 6–5Allen (7–4)Ozmer (4–2)None5,32945–151–1
June 1ESPN+No. 16 (1)(4) ColumbiaPete Taylor ParkW 8–1Harris (5–3)Sheets (3–4)Payne (5)5,32946–152–1
June 1ESPN+No. 16 (1)(3) Miami Pete Taylor ParkW 17–6Sunstrom (3–0)DeRias (2–3)None5,32947–153–1
June 2 ESPNU No. 16 (1)(3) MiamiPete Taylor ParkL 4–5Smith (3–0)Adams (6–4)Walters (10)5,32947–163–2
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Golden Eagles team member
  • Rankings from D1 Baseball.
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  • * indicates a non-conference game.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [3] RVRV*23222523161624RV242321191414
Baseball America [4] 242324241717*
NCBWA [5] 262321242221151625RV242423191813
D1Baseball [6] 2220221913132323222221191212
Perfect Game [7] 25211515*

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.