Every Diamond Dog fan worth their M-over-S hat wants to get a good early look at Brian O’Connor’s first team. So Mississippi State has scheduled accordingly.

The 2026 Mississippi State schedule opens with a nine-game home stand on Dudy Noble Field to get this new era of Bulldog baseball under way. This first O’Connor club will open up on Valentines’ weekend in fact which fans are bound to love, hosting Hofstra in a three-day series.

O’Connor and staff have set a busy first full week in fact as they host a pair of midweek games with Troy and Alcorn, before Delaware comes in for the weekend. Then it will be a Tuesday tiff with Austin Peay to wrap up an opening home stand of the nine games in just a dozen days before the Bulldogs finally venture from the friendly confines of Polk-Dement Stadium.

That opening trip is to a neutral site as Mississippi State along with SEC cousins Tennessee and Texas A&M participate in the Amergy Bank College Baseball Series. The event is playing at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas where previous Bulldog teams have visited. In fact, the 2021 National Championship team started out there season there.

The other half of the field is drawn from three conferences with Big XII Arizona State, ACC Virginia Tech, and BigTen UCLA taking on these three SEC opponents.

The rest of Mississippi State’s non-conference matchups are spread through the remaining schedule, with nine more home games as well as a trio of popular stops inside the state borders. The Bulldogs are going to Hattiesburg on March 3 to face rival Southern Mississippi, a game that the Eagles will return later in the month.

Before opening SEC season a weekend later Mississippi State returns to Biloxi on March 10 to host Tulane. This event regardless of opponent has drawn capacity crowds to Keesler Park on the Gulf Coast.

And the Governor’s Cup Game continues in 2026, at the same location. The Diamond Dogs meet up with Ole Miss in the headline event on April 28.

The only true road non-conference game this season will be an April 14 trip to Samford in Birmingham.

 

MISSISSIPPI STATE 2026 BASEBALL SCHEDULE

Feb.13-14-15 Hofstra times 4:00, 1:00, 1:00

Feb.17 Troy 4:00

Feb.18 Alcorn State 4:00

Feb.20-21-22 Delaware 4:00, 1:00, 1:00

Feb.24 Austin Peay 4:00

Feb.27 #Arizona State 11:00am Arlington TX

Feb.28 #Virginia Tech 3:00 Arlington TX

Mar.1 #UCLA 2;30 Arlington TX

Mar.3 @Southern Miss tba

Mar.6-7-8 Lipscomb 4:00, 1:00, 1:00

Mar.10 $Tulane Biloxi tba

Mar.13-14-15 @Arkansas tba, tba, tba

Mar.17 Jackson State 6:00

Mar.20-21-22 Vanderbilt tba, tba, tba

Mar.24 Southern Miss 6:00

Mar.27-28-29 @Ole Miss tba, tba, tba

Mar.31 Grambling 6:00

Apr.2-3-4 Georgia tba, tba, tba

Apr.7 UAB 6:00

Apr.10-11-12 Tennessee tba, tba, tba

Apr.14 @Samford tba

Apr.17-18-19 @South Carolina tba, tba, tba

Apr.21 Memphis 6:00

Apr.24-25-26 LSU tba, tba, tba

Apr.28 %Ole Miss tba Pearl

May1-2-3 @Texas tba, tba, tba

May5 Nicholls 6:00

May8-9-10 Auburn tba, tba, tba

May14-15-16 @Texas A&M tba, tba, tba

May19-24 SEC Tournament Hoover

May29-June1 NCAA Regionals

June12-15 NCAA Super Regionals