Another preseason ranking, another top-10 spot for Texas baseball, as Baseball America names the Longhorns as the eighth-best team in the nation heading into the 2026 season.
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BA joins Perfect Game in ranking the Longhorns eighth, while D1 Baseball has them all the way up at No. 3.
Texas is one of 11 SEC schools in BA’s ranking, with No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 5 Auburn and No. 6 Georgia ranking ahead, while No. 10 Arkansas, No. 13 Tennessee, No. 17 Vanderbilt, No. 19 Oklahoma and No. 22 Florida fill up another six spots in the ranking. Texas projects to be one of the five best in the conference according to each ranking.
Texas ended the season at 44-14, ranking as the No. 17 team in the final 2025 rank from D1 Baseball. There were long stretches of the year where Texas was the No. 1 overall seed in the nation, going 22-8 in conference play, but the season ended in disappointment. The Longhorns lost their first SEC Tournament game and went home early after losing their own regional to UTSA.
Now, the Longhorns are reloaded and primed for another strong season in head coach Jim Schlossnagle’s second season in charge.
Texas returns star pitcher Dylan Volantis, who BA tabbed as the National Freshman of the Year in 2025, as well as hitters Ethan Mendoza and Adrian Rodriguez, who were first and third on the team in hits in 2025.
Texas also welcomes 24 newcomers, 10 of whom were transfers. Baseball America tabbed Texas with the best recruiting class in the nation, and two of the team’s transfers, Carson Tinney and Aiden Robbins, joined Volantis on Perfect Game’s preseason All-American team.
Texas will begin 2026 play on Feb. 13, squaring off against UC Davis at UFCU Dich-Falk Field.