AUSTIN, Texas – Texas baseball’s 2026 Southeastern Conference schedule was released by the league Tuesday afternoon and the slate is headlined by Longhorns’ head coach Jim Schlossnagle making his long-awaited return to face Texas A&M in College Station.

The full slate sees Texas’ home opponents come in the form of Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi State and Missouri. Texas’ road opponents are Auburn, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and Tennessee.

Schlossnagle sent shockwaves through the college baseball landscape when he left the Aggies for the Longhorns, days after leading Texas A&M one win shy of a College World Series crown in 2024.

“Again, I’m not going to revisit the past, but that my intent wasn’t coming over here. It was about alignment of leadership,” Schlossnagle said prior to Texas A&M coming to Disch-Falk Field in the first meeting between the programs after his departure in April.

“It wasn’t about sticking into one school and going to the other school. Had nothing to do with that at all. I super respect Texas A&M. I loved it there. The 12th man is real. The core values are real. So, I have zero bad experiences during my time.”

Texas and Texas A&M will meet at Blue Bell Park on April 10-12. 

Southeastern Conference play begins on March 13 and concludes on May 18. 

In his first season at the helm of the Longhorns, Schlossnagle guided Texas baseball to a much-improved record, finishing the 2025 campaign with a 44-14 record, which included a 22-8 mark in SEC play and winning the regular-season league crown – before falling in the Austin Regional to UTSA.

The Longhorns’ offseason has seen Schlossnagle retool the roster for the team’s second season in the SEC.

Outfielder Tommy Farmer IV, third baseman/outfielder Sam Richardson, outfielder Matt Scott, outfielder Donovan Jordan, left-handed pitcher Chance Covert, pitcher Ace Whitehead and centerfielder Will Gasparino are amongst several Longhorns who transferred out of the program for the 2026 campaign.

Rising senior Stanford transfer infielder Temo Becerra announced his intention to transfer to Austin earlier in the offseason. Becerra batted .330 with one home run and 37 RBI while playing in 52 games with 51 starts at shortstop (with 13 errors) for a Cardinal team that finished 27-25 in 2025.

Texas baseball has also signed LHP Cal Higgins, 6-4, 245, Western Kentucky, senior; OF Aiden Robbins, 6-2, 185, Seton Hall, junior; INF Josh Livingston, 6-0, 215, Wichita State, senior; INF/OF Kaleb Freeman, 6-0, 203, Georgia State, senior, C Carson Tinney, 6-0, 220, Notre Dame, junior.

The Longhorns also return several key players from last year’s team who won an SEC regular-season crown. Freshman LHP Dylan Volantis was named as a consensus All-American, after an outstanding first season on the Forty Acres and is considered one of the top rising talents in all of college baseball.

Volantis, who garnered first-team All-American honors from most major baseball publications, was one of the top freshmen in the nation, recording a 4-1 record with a 1.94 ERA and 12 saves over 51 innings during his first season on the Forty Acres.

Second baseman Ethan Mendoza, outfielder Jonah Williams and multiple parts of last year’s team are all slated to suit up in burnt orange and white in 2026.