I like the regional old time matchups. First time in 20 years KU hosts the Border War on its home field. Mizzou leads the series: 58–54–9
Both Missouri and Kansas won their openers over 1AA teams.
Simmons will lead the Tigers to a 28-27 win
Iowa will ride Moulton's rushing production to a win 24-17 win over Iowa St @ Ames IA and win the Cy-Hawk trophy
Iowa leads the series 47-25
San Jose St(MWC) @ EMU(MAC). Luke Weaver led SJSU to some late points in a 42-26 loss to the USC Trojams. EMU beat SAC St. last week. Perhaps a Noah Kim/ Luke Weaver shootout in this one . EMU wins at home 28-27
Wyoming(MWC) will lose on the road to Colorado St(PAC12) 27-23
I'll go with UNM (MWC) to defeat CMU(MAC) 24-21
If I were a betting man, I'd be tempted to take Tulane(AAC) +7.5 @ Duke
Sept 3, 2026
Rough slate tonight for non -power teams. UMass(MAC)/Rutgers , Akron(MAC)/Wake Forest, UAB(AAC)/ Illinois
Sept 4, 2026
W. Watson QB for MASS tossed 3TD passes in a 37-21 upset of Rutgers. Big win for the MAC.
Sept 5, 2026
I was wrong on EMU. Weaver threw for 316 yards and 3TDs for the SJSU victory.
Sept 6, 2026
Not surprised the Lobos beat CMU, but was surprised it was a blowout
Same for the CSU 35-13 W over WYO. H. Hejny(23/33, 214 YDS, 5 TD)
Ray Guy Award 2026 pre-season list:
Dante Atton, Temple, Evan Crenshaw, Troy, Oscar Doyle,Boise State
Bart Edmiston, Wyoming, Ashton Logan, MTSU, & Pierse Stainton, Miami (Ohio)
MTSU is going to really need Logan's leg
These 3 games intrigue me the most for Week Zero non-power teams
Sac St travels to EMU for its first MAC conference game.
North Dakota St(MWC) host Jax St(CUSA)
Memphis flies to Vegas to face UNLV. Is Jackson Arnold, former Oklahoma and Auburn QB, the answer for the Rebels.
July 1, 2026
Wondering who the Sac St starting QB will be? Carson Conklin, a transfer from Fresno State,and Jackson Sharman, a transfer from Idaho State, are competing to be the starting quarterback.
July 11, 2026
Nathan Hayes will likely be the Bison starting QB in its home opener vs Jax St. NDSU has a lot of traveling this season including an MWC game at Hawaii on 11/14
July 15, 2026
MWC Media days: Pre-season pick for Special Teams PoY WR Jackson Williams (NDSU). 🤔 First Bison season in a 1A conference,
Rob Harley , NIU interim HC, got the job when HC Thomas Hammock became the Seattle Seahawks RB coach in February.
I forgot about this.
July 17, 2026
In 2025, Nick Minicucci, Delaware QB, led CUSA in passing yards (3,683) and was second team CUSA. He'll be Arlington TX for Media Day on July 20. Nice to see the kid return for 2026
July 18, 2026
UTSA HC Jeff Traylor hired Rick Bowie from WKU to call the offensive signals for QB Owen McCown. Worth keeping an eye on!
July 19, 2026
Noah Kim (QB,EMU), the MAC's leading passer last season has two solid targets, Nick Devereaux and Joshua Long, for the Eagles bid to surprise some opponents this season.
July 20, 2026
Clay Helton has been decent (27-25)at GASO since 2021. Does he turn the corner and get the Eagles in the SBC title race. Max Johnson, a much traveled QB, is their likely starter
Bynum and Tyson are their top players on D.
They have tough OOC games: at Clemson and hosting Houston.
Kind of wondering what's happened that Evan Crenshaw(Troy) pre-season pick for SBC best punter started his career at CCU.
July 23, 2026
AAC Media Day today: USF hosts FIU in its season opener. Van Buren (who transferred from LSU) has the edge due to better mobility in his battle with Kromenhoek (from Mississippi State) for the starting QB spot vacated by Byrum Brown(who transferred to Auburn).
Hartline's staff hinted they may use both QBs in the right situation.
July 25, 2026
UNLV hosting this year and the return game is set for Memphis in 2029. Stokes is slightly ahead of Air Noland on the Memphis QB depth chart
July 27, 2026
Casey Woods, former SMU OC, is the MOSU HC. Locklear from UTEP and Belin IV from Duke are vying to be the starting QB. WKU is Bears first CUSA opponent. September OOC schedule includes TAMU, SMU, and Marshall.
July 29, 2026
Rainbows open at Stanford and QB Alejado will be working with new wideouts since Jackson Harris and Brandon White transferred. Tre Griffiths, a transfer from OK St to Hawaii, may help fill that void.
Some folks think Hawaii can finish second in the MWC
July 31, 2026
AAC week 1 tough openers. ECU @ Bama, UAB @ ILL, NTX at IU. OKST travels to Tulsa which could be an interesting intrastate game
Aug 3, 2026
2026 MAC head coaches preseason poll went with WMU as the favorite. MOH visits them on Nov 17 in what could be a key game.
MAC. BGSU HC Eddie George needs a healthy Austyn Dendy at RB for the full season
Aug 6, 2026
UTEP(MWC) @ OK, @ MICH, & hosting the OSU Beavers in September OOC action.
Aug 9, 2026
Keeping my eyes on Juice Vereen(TE) for Colorado St who followed HC Jim Mora there.
Aug 10, 2026
Hartline has a four star center Jordan Harrison in camp who may start for USF. Bulls face Army in week 2, and also have Tulane and Memphis on their schedule this season.
Aug 12, 2026
Patrick Martin is back and practicing with South Bama and will split reps with Keenan Phillips in the Jags backfield.
Aug 15, 2026
Navy won 21 games in the past two seasons which ties them with Boise State and UNLV for the most among non -power schools.
Notre Dame, UTSA, Memphis, & Army look like the toughest games on its 2026 schedule.
Aug 24, 2026
Of the three week zero games that involve power/non power conference matchups. Hawaii has the best chance of an upset. Rainbows plays Stanford.(ACC)
I don't see SJSU beating USC(Big10) or NMSU defeating Florida St(ACC)
Conklin named the starting QB for Sacramento State in MAC opener @EMU on week zero
Aug 27, 2026
Last year WKU won at home against Nevada in the first matchup between those teams. This year WKU plays @ NEV on 9/5
Bryson Rodgers(WR) wasn't used a lot at Ohio St so he followed Coach Hartline to USF. He accelerates well.
Aug 29, 2026
Jackson Arnold will split time with Alex Orji at quarterback for UNLV in its opener against Memphis
Aug 30, 2026
Memphis scored the final 17 points of the game in a win over UNLV. NDSU rolled Jax St
Southern Miss is one of the 16 regional host. UVA , Ark-LR , and Jacksonville St are in the Hattiesburg, MS bracket. Jax St was awesome in the CUSAT and looks strong going into this regional
They didn't have many power conference opponents They beat AUB, lost to Bama, and lost 2 of 3 to Cincy.
Cooper Blauser led the Gamecocks with 53 RBI.
I'm not ignoring the host but Jax St is the hottest team in this bracket.
ECU got hot in the AAC tournament and opens with the Vols in Chapel Hill. Herring knocked in 51 runs for the Pirates this season.
May 30 2026
I caught some of the ECU game. The Pirates bunted home run 3 in the 13th inning, then the Vols tied it at 3.. In the 14th inning ECU outscored them 4-0 for the 7-3 win
Other games. SMS(WCC) beat UCLA. Milwaukee(Horizon) beat AUB. South Carolina Upstate beat OK St.
Little Rock beat USM. Jax St beat USC. TX ST beat USC
Not sure if it a big upset but Tarleton (WAC) beat UCSB.
May 31, 2026
Tennessee, USM, Alabama State, Yale, Lamar, South Dakota State, Rider, UIC, Missouri State, The Citadel, and Virginia Tech
ECU Friday) then UNC (yesterday) knocked the Vols out in Chapel Hill. ECU lost to UNC yesterday. ECU plays VCU today
Ark-LR & Jax St provide the 1-2 punch to USM , the host of Hattiesburg Regional. Baumbach knocked in the 3 runs for Ark-LR in a W over Jax St
Northeastern eliminated MOSU
June 1, 2026
ECU is going home . UNC was too much for them
Wow. Little Rock comes out of Hattiesburg. Brody Bunting pitched 3.1 strong innings to save the the Trojans against Jax St
Liberty stopped by Georgia
SMC beat UCLA then falls to Cal Poly
Troy remains alive in the Gainesville bracket
Milwaukee needs to beat AUB and St Johns need to beat FSU
June 2, 2026
MIL eliminated by AUB, but Troy beat FLA ,and the Johnies beat Florida St. Boroff (2B, HR, 5 RBI) for Troy.
Late to this story: On June 2, 2026, Steve Bieser left Jax St for the head baseball coach job at Grand Canyon University(MWC). 💰
June 6, 2026
Cal Poly fell to WVU and Ark -LR lost to Troy. Same score for each game (12-2). Jabe Boroff knocked in 6 runs for Troy.
June 7, 2026
Cal Poly eliminated by WVU, and Ark-LR eliminated by Troy(SBC), who will make its first visit to the CWS. Tommy Egan 7.1 IP 8 k for the Trojans yesterday.
Also, the Johnnies lost game 1 to Bama.
June 9, 2026
Will Davis: 10 yrs., 283-231 (.551) at Lamar(Southland). He took the Houston Cougars HC job.
June 10, 2026
Kevin Schnall brings Matt Williams over with him from CCU to serve as the Gamecocks(SEC) pitching coach. Big intrastate move in South Carolina
Schnall had a solid two season managing the Chanticleers. 2024-26.
June 12, 2026
Chris Lemonis is the HC of the CCU baseball team. He grew up in Myrtle Beach.. He was the MIss St HC(2019- 2025)
June 13, 2026
Troy made two errors ,and WVU played effective small ball. WVU 7 Troy 5. Trojans face Ole Miss in the loser bracket Sunday
June 15, 2026
Wow, Troy has good 7th and 8th innings to beat Ole Miss 12-8. Sam Darnell knocked in four runs for the Trojans.in the game.
Ole Miss is out
June 17, 2026
Three WV pitchers tossed a four hit shutout to eliminate Troy from the CWS. Also, WV stole 7 bases in a 12-0 win. They play UNC today.
June 18, 2026
Liam Bowen travels around the beltway(695) moving from UMBC(AmericaEast) to Towson(CAA). I can't imagine the $$$ are a whole lot more. CAA is a better baseball conference.
June 19, 2026
Pedro Grifol was named the head coach of FIU(CUSA). He spent a lot of years as a coach. in the KC organization, His stint as MGR of the White Sox (2023-24) was not a good one(89-190)
He was raised in Miami, FLA.
June 26, 2026
Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina CCU, and Jackson Flora, RHP, UCSB are each expected to be selected by pick 20 in the upcoming MLB draft
July 2, 2026
Some chatter on Ben Blair, a RHP for Liberty with three-quarters slot delivery and solid control, may go in rd2
July 12, 2026
Caden Bogenpohl(CF) was drafted by the Phillies in RD2(64th overall) . He broke Ryan Howard's freshman, Missouri St home run record with 20 in 2024.
July 13, 2026
Ethan Norby, an LHP from ECU, went in rd4 to the Reds. Maybe it was the 4.08 ERA that decreased his draft value
July 26, 2026
I missed this one.
Pick 248 overall Yankees: Luke Pettitte, TWP, Dallas Baptist
Theydrafted his dad, Andy Pettite, in the 22nd round in 1990
Ruh only allowed one hit and one walk on 109 pitches in a complete game shutourt. UNCW 5 Monmouth 0 in CAA action.
ULL upset CCU 12-11 in SBCT action. Spalittle 4 RBI for the Cajuns.
DBAP blanked KENN 6-0 in in CUSAT action. Tryon & Rose each had HR and 2RBI
Freddy Rodrguez 4RBI for the MEM in a 13-11 win over CHAR in AACT action
May 22, 2026
CAA: Hofstra lost its final regular season game 23-0 to Stony Brook and just got back to back shutouts from its staff in the CAAT.
SBC:TXST was down to its last out and pulled off a 4-3 win over ULL
CUSA: LIB, Jax St ,and MOSU won last night. DBAP/MOSU is the last game of the day.
AAC: Rice beat WICH and MEM beat UAB.
May 23, 2026
DBAP plays Jax ST while LU plays MOSU in the CUSAT today
WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM BY DREY BARRETT WON it 7-6 for USM over Troy.
Troy faces USA. ULL . ULL plays TXST. USM waits for an opponent today.
NIU, who moves to the Horizon for baseball in 2027, plays the winner of TOL/KENT in the MAC final today.
May 24, 2026
NIU gets the MAC ticket. ECU plays its way on to the bubble by making the AACT final game vs UTSA.
Winner of USM/Troy faces ULL in SBC final
Wazoo/SDSU for MWCT title
Campbell/NE for CAA title
Tarleton beat Sacramento State 21-11 to clinch the WAC ticket . Slade McCloud had a HR and 5RBI for the Texans
May 25, 2026
Titles: ECU edgesd UTSA for the AAC. Wazoo beat SDSU for the MWC. USM over ULL in the SBC
Ryan Gerety's walk-off single to right field in the bottom of the ninth knocked in Tyler Harmony for NE in the win over CAMP in the CAA.
Jax St extinguished the Flames in the CUSA.
Cal Poly, St Johns are among others going to the Tournament.
SBC 5 (CCU, ULL USM, TX ST, Troy), that's one more than the Big 10
CUSA 3 (Jacksonville St, Liberty, Missouri St)
Big West 2 (Cal Poly, UCSB)
In the top 25: CCU beat Wake Forest on April 7. Rex Watson season stats: (11HR, 39RBI.6SB)
USM : Kyle Morrison (10HR, 31RBI)
April 12, 2026
DBAP rolled SHSU in CUSA action and trails Jax St, who lost its first conference game yesterday, by 3 games. Jared Schaeffer is now(4-0) for the Patriots
Liberty 7 Jax St 6: first CUSA loss for Jax St
April 13, 2026
LU beat Jax St again while Missouri St completed a sweep of DEL to move within a game of first place in the CUSA. Curry Sutherland went 3-3 for the Bears,
April 15, 2026
I did a double-take on these scores yesterday
Bethune Cookman(SWAC) 13 FLA 7. D. Lee HR, 3 RBI & A.Martinez HR, 4RBI for BCUBB
Jacksonville(ASUN) 5 UCF 4
April 18, 2026
Blake Primrose (13HR, 41RBI) and the JOES (14-2 A10) sit atop the A-10 after a 5-4 W over Dayton yesterday.
I'm a little surprised to see UTSA and UAB, each 9-5 and a game up on ECU in AAC.
April 20, 2026
Gonzaga Overall 23-14 (12-3 WCC). Meffert (7HR, 31RBI, 8SB) for the top team in the WCC. Biggest OOC win is over Oklahoma.
April 22, 2026
T. Carpenter (2HR, 4RBI) leads Maine(American East) to an upset of BC, who's in the top 25
UAB(AAC) rides a 7 run first inning to an 11-2 upset of Bama
April 27, 2026
ECU, ,UTSA, and UAB are tied for first in the AAC at 12-6. ECU is on a 4 game winning streak. Jack Herring (7HR 38RBI, .359AVG) this season
SBC: CCU has a four game lead over USM and Appy in the SBC. APPY is on 7 game winning streak. Gage Peteson is 6-0 with 82 Ks this season.
April 30, 2026
Bit surprised to see UTRGV(Southland) upset Oregon St 9-7. Raygoza and Ramirez each had a HR & 2RBI.
May 2, 2026
Beavers(Independent) lose again ,this time to CSUN who scored two in the 10th inning for the win. V, Coleman (4hits, 3rbi.( CSUN(Big West) 10 Oreg St 8
Wright St beat Oakland and is 13-3 atop the Horizon. Milwaukee is 4GB
May 4, 2026
GASO, the last place team in the SBC, upset CCU yesterday.
Pagano and Dickinson each had 3RBI for JOES in a 14-9 rout of the Bonnies in A10 baseball.JOES sit atop the A10.
May 6, 2026
Liberty is on a 5 game winning streak and sits 2GB behind first place Jax St in the CUSA
Nick Barone has 10HR 50RBI 16SB this season for the Flames
MAC: Kent St is hanging on to a one game lead over MOH and NIU. Brody Williams (8HR, 46RBI, .328AVG)
May10, 2026
Rice has won 5 straight and moved into 3rd in the AAC. Paul Smith (11HR,44rbi) this season
May11, 2026
USM is on a six game winning streak in conference, only 1GB of CCU in the SBC.
Grayden Harris is 7-1 for the Golden Eagles.
CCU lost 2 of 3 to ODU this weekend
thx to Robert Ash for alerting me to how VT how got to to weasel out of a forfeit to the Herd:
Somehow not a technical forfeit, but cancellations can have a negative impact on a team's evaluation by the NCAA Tournament selection committee.
May 13 2026
CUSA (3), Sun Belt (3), AAC(2). are what folks are guessing will be the non-power invites.
Eli Stephens(3HR,6RBI) for Mercer in a 12-9 W over GTech. Bears are tied for first with WCU in the SOCON.
May 15, 2026
Does DBAP have a late season run in gear in the CUSA. Chayton Krauss(18HR, 62RBI) .
USM &CCU are tied for first in the SBC
May 17,2026
Since CAA is probably a one bid conference, Campbell will need to keep up this pace in the CAAT
Wow, on Jett Music's slugging in a series for Campbell in a sweep of UNCW, and he's the second best RBI
man on the team after Joey Morton who has 71.
May 18, 2026
Jackson Flora, RHP from UCSB , if ofen evaluated as solid strike-thrower who maintains his velocity,
which should guarantee he a top ten pick in the upcoming MLB draft.
I like the regional old time matchups. First time in 20 years KU hosts the Border War on its home field. Mizzou leads the series: 58–54–...
