The 2nd of our 30 conference previews for the 2026 NCAA Baseball season focuses on the Big South Conference.

This series is meant to serve as a primer for the 2027 college baseball season and to keep everyone entertained and informed as we lead up to opening weekend. Each article in this series consists of All-Conference projections, standings projections, top newcomers, and expectations for every team in every conference.

In case you missed it, the last conference preview was on the Pac-12, and you can find that right here!

2027 Pac 12 Conference Preview

Jake Bargery kicks off his yearly NCAA Conference Preview series with the newly revived Pac-12!

2026 StandingsHigh PointWinthropUSC Upstate *Charleston SouthernRadfordLongwood ^Gardner-WebbUNC AshevillePresbyterian

* Conference Tournament Champion

^ Conference Tournament Runner-Up

Top Transfers

OF Foster Apple, Stetson -> USC Upstate

OF Vinny Davis, Delaware -> Winthrop

RHP Easton Miller, Air Force -> USC Upstate

RHP Devin Costa, Morehead State -> Winthrop

1B Alex Kean, Morehead State -> UNC Asheville

3B Brandon Sanchez, Northern Colorad0 -> Gardner-Webb

C Garrett McGovern, Merrimack -> Longwood

OF Anthony Belisario, UCONN -> Gardner-Webb

OF Nico Rijo-Berger, Nicholls -> Gardner-Webb

Team-By-TeamCharleston Southern Buccaneers

Charleston Southern had a pretty good season last year going 30-23 overall and finishing tied for 3rd in the regular season Big South standings. They picked up a win versus Radford in the conference tournament but lost the next two, ending their season. While the Buccaners led the Big South in runs scored by a decent margin, they were just a middle-of-the-pack pitching staff and that was what eventually held them back in the end. In the offseason, they had a few losses with OF Alex Marot transferring to Maryland, and a pair of relievers in Drew Dawson and Corbin Payne transferring to North Florida and Omaha, respectively. Besides those three and the graduates, everyone else is coming back.

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