There were more important series played over the weekend in college baseball, ranked matchups in Tuscaloosa, Austin, Starkville and Tempe, to name a few.

But for pure drama, nothing beat the three-game set played in Nashville between Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The Commodores, who entered the weekend 14-12 overall and 2-4 in the SEC, swept the Vols with three straight walk-off wins — the first two coming in extra innings and the third via a grand slam, while down three runs, in the bottom of the ninth. Here are some of the highlights:

• Friday night was by far the most boring — and that term is relative — of the games, with Vanderbilt winning 3-2 on a Logan Johnstone two-out single in the bottom of the 10th. Two weeks ago, Johnstone hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to walk off LSU.

• On Saturday, the Commodores won 6-5 on a suicide squeeze by Mack Whitcomb in the bottom of the 16th inning in the longest game in the history of Tennessee baseball. Vanderbilt jumped out to a 5-0 lead with five runs in the bottom of the fourth. Tennessee answered with five in the top of the sixth. The teams then went nine innings without a run until Whitcomb’s bunt scored Rustan Rigdon.

• Sunday produced what has to be the wildest game in the 130-year history of this rivalry, a 16-15 Vanderbilt victory decided on a pinch-hit grand slam by Tommy Goodin in the bottom of the ninth inning. Goodin’s blast capped a sixth-run ninth for Vanderbilt, which is in the midst of a remarkable stretch in which seven of its last nine SEC home wins, dating back to last season, have been walk-offs.

OMGGG VANDERBILT WALK OFF GRAND SLAM 🔥🔥

COMMODORES SWEEP TENNESSEE WITH 3 STRAIGHT WALK OFFS pic.twitter.com/kVdsJAxd6v

— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) March 29, 2026

Around the horn

Seven of the eight series in the SEC this past weekend ended in sweeps, after the first two weekends featured only five total sweeps.

The most surprising development was Florida taking three straight from Arkansas in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks had not lost a series at home since May 2022 (Vanderbilt) and had not been swept at Baum-Walker Stadium since 2016 (Alabama). Florida, meanwhile, got swept the previous weekend at Alabama, losing the three games by an average of 5.7 runs.

In addition to Vanderbilt and Arkansas, the other sweepers were Georgia (vs. South Carolina), Texas (vs. Oklahoma), Alabama (vs. Auburn), Mississippi State (at Ole Miss) and Texas A&M (at Missouri). Mississippi State, which is tied with Texas for first place in the SEC standings at 7-2, has won nine of its last 10 series against the Rebels.

LSU vs. Kentucky was the only series that was not a sweep. The Tigers bounced back from a loss on Friday to take two of three in Baton Rouge to record their first SEC series win of the season.

It’s about time to take Boston College seriously. The Eagles are 20-9 overall and 8-4 in the ACC after taking two of three from Virginia at Eddie Pellagrini Diamond in Brighton, Mass. BC won the opener 5-3 on Friday night and then made a loud statement on Saturday with a 17-0 win, shutting down a UVA offense that entered the weekend having scored seven or more runs in seven of its first nine ACC games. Virginia salvaged Game 3, winning 3-1, with John Paone, Lucas Hartman and Tyler Kapa combining for a two-hitter.

Boston College, in Year 3 under Todd Interdonato, leads the ACC in ERA in league games at 3.28. Last year, en route to an 11-19 ACC record, the Eagles’ ERA was 6.22 in ACC play.

Arizona State center fielder Landon Hairston has been on quite a tear. The sophomore from Queen Creek, Ariz., hit a home run to lead off Sunday’s 9-5 loss to West Virginia and now has 12 homers in his last 15 games.

What Landon Hairston is doing right now is absolutely unbelievable.

He just hit his 2nd homerun on the day, 13th on the year and 4TH grand slam. Oh, he’s also hitting over .450 with a strikeout rate under 10%. Silly stuff.

Looking like a very high pick in 2027. pic.twitter.com/EJl8Grv4fd

— The Prospect Porch (@prospect_porch) March 28, 2026

For the season, Hairston is slashing .468/.553/.991 and has 15 home runs and 45 RBIs.

He is the son of former big leaguer Scott Hairston, and his grandfather, Jerry, great-grandfather Sam and great-uncle Johnny all played in the MLB.

West Virginia won the series, 2-1, to improve to 19-5 overall and 7-2 in the league. Arizona State is 20-8 and 5-4.

UCF continues to lead the Big 12 with an 8-1 record after sweeping Arizona in Orlando. The Knights visit West Virginia next weekend.

Yale sophomore Jack Ohman, a preseason All-American, has hit a rough patch two months into his sophomore season. In his last two starts, against Dartmouth and Penn, the right-hander from Arizona has given up a combined 13 hits and 14 earned runs over nine innings. For context, Ohman gave up 11 total earned runs in 73 2/3 innings as a freshman.

He was great in his first three starts this season, giving up a total of six hits and four earned runs in 17 2/3 innings. In his third start, at George Washington, he was pulled after 4 1/3 no-hit innings for what was called a precautionary measure. He missed his next scheduled start the following Friday but returned to the rotation against Brown on March 21.

Grand Canyon fired coach Gregg Wallis on Friday, only 26 games into his fourth season. Wallis went 104-73 overall and 58-25 in the WAC with one NCAA Tournament appearance in his first three years, but was 8-18 and 0-3 in the league in 2026. The Antelopes have two other Regional appearances in their 20 years as a Division I program, in 2022 and 2023, the final two seasons of the Andy Stankiewicz era. Nathan Bannister was named interim head coach.

Nebraska is emerging as a dark-horse contender in what is shaping up to be a top-heavy Big Ten. The Cornhuskers are 8-1 in league play, with series wins over Michigan State, Michigan and Indiana. Those teams are a combined 10-23 in the league (9-15 when not playing Nebraska), but credit Will Bolt’s club for taking care of business.

The Huskers host Penn State next weekend before embarking on a huge eight-game stretch that includes league series at Oregon (7-2 Big Ten) and at home against USC (10-2 Big Ten), plus midweek games vs. Creighton and at Kansas.

Nebraska does not play top-ranked UCLA, which is 12-0 in the Big Ten.

Georgia’s power numbers are absurd. The Bulldogs lead the nation with 85 home runs, and no other team is even close. Vanderbilt, with 56 homers, is second.

Four Georgia players have 10-plus home runs — Daniel Jackson (16), Kolby Branch (13), Brennan Hudson (11) and Tre Phelps (10). Seventeen teams don’t have 10 home runs this season.

The 1997 LSU Tigers, who won the national title, hold the single-season record with 188 home runs (2.69 per game). Georgia is averaging 2.93 per game.

And finally

• Mississippi State received good news on pitcher Ryan McPherson, who left his March 20 start against Vanderbilt after four innings. Coach Brian O’Connor said early last week that it was not a UCL injury and that McPherson is expected back at some point this season.

• Two not-so-great injury updates. Wake Forest announced over the weekend that junior left-hander Matthew Dallas, who had been the Deacons’ Saturday starter, will undergo Tommy John surgery. And Vanderbilt announced that sophomore Austin Nye, who is considered a potential 2027 first-round pick, will miss the rest of the season. Nye left his third start of the season, on March 28, after one inning with tightness in his right bicep — an injury at the time that was not considered to be season-ending.

• Great stat from Mark Etheridge of D1Baseball: SEC teams are 6-12 on the road in midweek games. They are 75-14 at home and 6-1 at neutral sites.

• Clemson was 15-1 on March 8 after completing a four-game sweep over La Salle. The Tigers are now 19-10 overall and 2-7 in the ACC, with series losses to Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Miami.

• ECU lefty Ethan Norby delivered an immaculate inning (three strikeouts on nine pitches) in the bottom of the fourth of the Pirates’ 3-0 win at UTSA on Friday. Norby allowed one hit and struck out 12 while walking three in seven innings.

• Coastal Carolina infielder Cruz Harlan is 0 for 8 at the plate this season, yet has a .571 on-base percentage. The sophomore has walked 12 times and scored six runs.

• Murray State, fresh off its surprising run to the 2025 College World Series, is off to a nice start in the Missouri Valley. The Racers are 18-9 overall and 6-0 in the MVC after sweeping Bradley over the weekend.