While the majority of the offense will be new in 2026, the returning pitching is enough for this to be a year to keep tabs on Wisconsin’s lone Division 1 baseball school, and look for a step forward this year.
Creighton Blue Jays – Big East
2025 Overall record: 46-16
2025 Conference record: 17-4
Creighton is coming off an excellent 2025 campaign where they won the Big East regular season and conference tournament, finishing their season in the Fayetteville regional championship game in their 46-16 season.
The Blue Jays lose five of their eight qualified hitters from 2025, all of whom made 40 or more starts. Most notably, Nolan Sailors, who led the team with a 1.069 OPS, started all 59 games with 18 doubles, four triples, six home runs, and 44 RBI, all while finding his way on-base via the free pass more than he struck out.
On the pitching side, Creighton will be looking to replace Dominic Cancellieri, who made 13 starts with 55 innings with 59 strikeouts to a team-best 2.29 ERA. They will also look to replace some key bullpen arms in Matthew Aukerman and Garrett Langrell, who combined for 52 appearances and 95 ⅓ innings, as Langrell led the club in saves last year with 12.