2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team

2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball
2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
D1Baseball.com	No. 22
Record	11–5 (0–0 SBC)
Head coach	Christian Ostrander (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Ladd Rhodes (2nd season); Travis Creel (6th season);
Hitting coach	Ben Brewer (4th season)
Pitching coach	Keller Bradford (2nd season)
Home stadium	Pete Taylor Park
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 21 Troy ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	13	–	3	.813
No. 24 Coastal Carolina ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	12	–	4	.750
Georgia State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	12	–	4	.750
No. 22 Southern Miss ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	11	–	5	.688
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	6	.625
Marshall ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	9	–	6	.600
South Alabama ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	9	–	6	.600
Texas State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	8	–	7	.533
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	7	–	8	.467
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	7	–	8	.467
Louisiana ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	7	–	9	.438
Arkansas State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	6	–	9	.400
James Madison ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	5	–	10	.333
Old Dominion ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	3	–	8	.273

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of March 9, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team represents University of Southern Mississippi during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Eagles are coached by second-year head coach, Christian Ostrander, and play their home games at Pete Taylor Park.

Previous season

The 2024 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team entered the season as the defending Sun Belt tournament champions. There, Southern Miss finished with a 43–20 record and a 20–10 record in Sun Belt Conference play. The Golden Eagles finished second to Louisiana in the Sun Belt regular season and earned the number two seed in the 2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament. In the tournament, Southern Miss won the championship, earning their second Sun Belt title, their second-consecutive Sun Belt title, and their seventh overall conference tournament championship. The Golden Eagles earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

In the NCAA tournament, Southern Miss was the number two seed in the Knoxville Regional. Southern Miss went 2–2 in the regional, beating Northern Kentucky and Indiana in the elimination game, and losing to Indiana in the opening game and hosts, Tennessee, in the regional final. Tennessee would ultimately go on to win the College World Series.

Preseason

Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released February 6, 2025, and the Golden Eagles were picked to win the conference.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Coaches Poll
1	Southern Miss	179 (5)
2	Troy	178 (4)
3	Louisiana	174 (3)
4	Coastal Carolina	161 (2)
5	Georgia Southern	125
6	James Madison	106
7	Old Dominion	105
8	Texas State	102
9	App State	94
10	South Alabama	93
11	Georgia State	49
12	Marshall	46
13	ULM	34
14	Arkansas State	24

Game log

2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles game log (11–5)

Regular Season: 11–5 (Home: 9–2; Away: 2–3)

February: 7–3 (Home: 7–1; Away: 0–2)
Date	TV	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SBC
February 14	ESPN+		Lafayette*	Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, Mississippi	W 9–2	Middleton (1–0)	Waterman (0–1)	Allen (1)	5,412	1–0	—
February 15	ESPN+		Lafayette*	Pete Taylor Park	W 7–6¹⁰	Och (1–0)	A. Savedoff (0–1)	None	5,505	2–0	—
February 15	ESPN+		Lafayette*	Pete Taylor Park	W 18–4	Adams (1–0)	Helmick (0–1)	None	5,505	3–0	—
February 16	ESPN+		Lafayette*	Pete Taylor Park	W 5–1	Harris (1–0)	Florio (0–1)	None	5,385	4–0	—
February 18	ESPN+		No. 18 Mississippi State*	Pete Taylor Park	W 3–0	Allen (1–0)	Foster (0–1)	Payne (1)	5,741	5–0	—
February 21	ESPN+		Louisiana Tech*	Pete Taylor Park	W 4–0	Middleton (2–0)	Hubka (1–1)	Och (1)	5,336	6–0	—
February 22	ESPN+		Louisiana Tech*	Pete Taylor Park	W 8–4	Sivley (1–0)	Nichols (0–1)	Allen (1)	5,299	7–0	—
February 23	ESPN+		Louisiana Tech*	Pete Taylor Park	L 2–5	Cooley (2–0)	Adams (1–1)	Hooks (1)	5,534	7–1	—
February 25	SECN+	No. 22	at No. 24 Ole Miss*	Swayze Field Oxford, Mississippi	L 8–15	Jones (1–0)	English (0–1)	None	10,455	7–2	—
February 28	ACCNX	No. 22	at No. 25 TCU*	Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas	L 2–5	Sloan (1–0)	Allen (1–1)	None	5,431	7–3	–

March: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–1)
Date	TV	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SBC
March 1	ESPN+	No. 22	at No. 25 TCU*	Lupton Stadium	W 5–3	Sivley (2–0)	Lapour (1–2)	Payne (1)	4,942	8–3	—
March 2	ESPN+	No. 22	at No. 25 TCU*	Lupton Stadium	W 11–3	E. Foley	J. Gillmore	S. Dessart	550	9–3	—
March 5	SECN+	No. 20	at No. 18 Mississippi State*	Dudy Noble Field Starkville, Mississippi	L 3–18⁷	Hungate (1–0)	Best (0–1)	None	8,295	9–4	–
March 7	ESPN+	No. 20	UNCW*	Pete Taylor Park	L 3–6	Taylor (4–0)	Middleton (2–1)	Baker (1)	341	9–5	—
March 8	ESPN+	No. 20	UNCW*	Pete Taylor Park	W 2–1	Allen (2–1)	Smith (0–3)	None	5,365	10–5	—
March 9	ESPN+	No. 20	UNCW*	Pete Taylor Park	W 7–4	Willoughby (1–0)	Murdock (0–1)	Allen (1)	5,259	11–5	—
March 11	ESPN+	No. 22	UTRGV*	Pete Taylor Park							—
March 14	ESPN+	No. 22	Old Dominion	Pete Taylor Park
March 15	ESPN+	No. 22	Old Dominion	Pete Taylor Park
March 16	ESPN+	No. 22	Old Dominion	Pete Taylor Park
March 18	SMSN		vs. Ole Miss*	Trustmark Park Pearl, Mississippi							—
March 21	ESPN+		at ULM	Lou St. Amant Field Monroe, Louisiana
March 22	ESPN+		at ULM	Lou St. Amant Field
March 23	ESPN+		at ULM	Lou St. Amant Field
March 25	SMSM		vs. Nicholls*	Keesler Federal Park Biloxi, Mississippi							—
March 28	ESPN+		South Alabama	Pete Taylor Park
March 29	ESPN+		South Alabama	Pete Taylor Park
March 30	ESPN+		South Alabama	Pete Taylor Park

April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
Date	TV	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SBC
April 1	ESPN+		Tulane*	Pete Taylor Park							—
April 4	ESPN+		at Marshall	Jack Cook Field Huntington, West Virginia
April 5	ESPN+		at Marshall	Jack Cook Field
April 6	ESPN+		at Marshall	Jack Cook Field
April 8	SECN+		at Alabama*	Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama							—
April 11	ACCNX		at Texas State	Bobcat Ballpark San Marcos, Texas
April 12	ESPN+		at Texas State	Bobcat Ballpark
April 13	ESPN+		at Texas State	Bobcat Ballpark
April 15			at Southeastern Louisiana	Pat Kenelly Diamond Hammond, Louisiana
April 17	ESPN+		Georgia State	Pete Taylor Park
April 18	ESPN+		Georgia State	Pete Taylor Park
April 19	ESPN+		Georgia State	Pete Taylor Park
April 22	ESPN+		Tulane*	Pete Taylor Park							—
April 25	ESPN+		at Appalachian State	Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium Boone, North Carolina
April 26	ESPN+		at Appalachian State	Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium
April 27	ESPN+		at Appalachian State	Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium
April 29	ESPN+		New Orleans*	Pete Taylor Park							—

May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
Date	TV	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	SBC
May 2	ESPN+		Arkansas State	Pete Taylor Park
May 3	ESPN+		Arkansas State	Pete Taylor Park
May 4	ESPN+		Arkansas State	Pete Taylor Park
May 9	ESPN+		Louisiana	Pete Taylor Park
May 10	ESPN+		Louisiana	Pete Taylor Park
May 11	ESPN+		Louisiana	Pete Taylor Park
May 15	ESPN+		at Troy	Riddle–Pace Field Troy, Alabama
May 16	ESPN+		at Troy	Riddle–Pace Field
May 17	ESPN+		at Troy	Riddle–Pace Field

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Golden Eagles team member

Rankings from D1 Baseball.
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
* indicates a non-conference game.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[3]	RV	RV*	23	22	25
Baseball America^[4]	—	—	—	24	—
NCBWA†^[5]	26	23	21	24	22
D1Baseball^[6]	—	—	22	20	22
Perfect Game^[7]	—	—	—	25	—

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

^ "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
^ "Sun Belt Announces Baseball Preseason Awards & Poll". sunbeltsports.org. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

External links

Southern Miss baseball

[1] "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.

[poll-2] "Sun Belt Announces Baseball Preseason Awards & Poll". sunbeltsports.org. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[3] "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[4] "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[5] "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[6] "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[perfect_game-7] "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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