2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team

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2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos wordmark.svg
Tony Gwynn Legacy Series champions
Conference Big West Conference
Record36–18 (16–14 Big West)
Head coach
Associate head coachMatt Fonteno (6th season)
Assistant coachKyle Hunt (1st season)
Pitching coachDylan Jones (6th season)
Home stadium Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
Seasons
 2024
2026 
2025 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 23 UC Irvine  y2460 .80043170 .717
Cal Poly  y2370 .76743190 .694
Cal State Fullerton  19110 .63329270 .518
UC Santa Barbara  16140 .53336180 .667
Hawai'i  16140 .53335210 .625
UC San Diego  15150 .50026250 .510
Long Beach State  15150 .50022310 .415
UC Davis  13170 .43327280 .491
CSUN  10200 .33315340 .306
Cal State Bakersfield  9210 .30018380 .321
UC Riverside  5250 .16716360 .308
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 1, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team represents University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gauchos play their home games at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium as a member of the Big West Conference. They are led by head coach Andrew Checketts, in his fourteenth year as head coach.

Contents

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 7, 2025. UCSB was selected to win the conference. [2]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted
finish
TeamPoints
1UCSB99 (9)
2UC Irvine89 (2)
3Cal Poly79
4Hawaii76
5UC San Diego63
6CSUN50
7UC Davis47
T8Cal State Fullerton36
T8Long Beach State36
10Cal State Bakersfield18
11UC Riverside12

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.No.Player.Year
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH
Weekend Pitching Rotation
DayNo.Player.Year
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Game log

2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball game log (30–16)
Regular season (30–16)
April (3–1)
DateTVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBWC
April 1ESPN+at Loyola Marymount*George C. Page StadiumW 3–1Aceves (2–0)Chavez (0–1)Tryba (2)20618–9
April 4ESPN+ UC Davis Caesar Uyesaka StadiumL 0–1Green (2–2)Bremner (2–3)Lerma (1)46418–105–8
April 5ESPN+UC DavisCaesar Uyesaka StadiumW 5–0Proskey (3–3)Frutchey (1–2)None59319–106–8
April 6ESPN+UC DavisCaesar Uyesaka StadiumW 8–2Flora (2–2)Wood (2–3)None60720–107–8
April 8ESPN+Pepperdine*Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
April 11ESPN+at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex
Riverside, CA
April 12ESPN+at UC RiversideRiverside Sports Complex
April 13ESPN+at UC RiversideRiverside Sports Complex
April 14ESPN+at Cal Baptist* James W. Totman Stadium
El Sobrante, CA
Blue–Green Series
April 17ESPN+ Cal Poly Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
April 18 ESPNU Cal PolyCaesar Uyesaka Stadium
April 19ESPN+Cal PolyCaesar Uyesaka Stadium
April 21ESPN+Cal Baptist*Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
April 25ESPN+at UC San Diego Triton Ballpark
April 26ESPN+at UC San DiegoTriton Ballpark
April 27ESPN+at UC San DiegoTriton Ballpark
April 28ESPN+at San Diego* Fowler Park
San Diego, CA
Postseason (0–0)
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
Bold = UCSB team member   
*Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [4] 2222*19151721RVRVRVRV
Baseball America [5] 2322212524
NCBWA [6] 252018181715RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
D1Baseball [7] 222120161521
Perfect Game [8] 2422222220

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. "Big West Conference 2025 Baseball Standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  2. "UC Santa Barbara Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025 Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll". bigwest.org. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  3. "2025 Baseball Schedule". ucsbgauchos.com. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  4. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  5. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  6. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  7. "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  8. "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.