Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports
By Chris Marler
It was SEC baseball’s version of cupcake week. Things ended up not being so sweet for a lot of teams around the league though. We lost an hour of sunlight, and nearly half the league lost games in the final weekend of non-conference play. Here’s everything you may have missed this weekend in SEC baseball.
High Point Drains the Swamp
Florida began this season with an opening day loss. After that wake up call, the Gators won 13 straight games. Almost no one was hotter heading into the final weekend of the non-conference schedule than Florida. That came to a crashing halt against High Point.
The Gators lost 7-2 Friday and 6-2 Saturday. On Sunday, they trailed 11-7 heading into the eighth inning. Luckily for Kevin O’Sullivan’s squad, High Point walked five batters in the final inning and lost 12-11 after walking in the winning run.
High Point has SOILED it with a 9th inning collapse Gators have scored 4 unanswered to tie it. pic.twitter.com/vJmuEoi8ma
— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) March 8, 2026
SEC struggles on full display again
Florida wasn’t the only one who struggled with lesser opponents this week. LSU lost three games, Vanderbilt lost to Central Arkansas, and Georgia lost to Western Carolina. That continued on the weekend. Before the two Sunday night games, SEC teams were 57-11 on the week.
It’s not just the wins and losses that stand out. Missouri was down 12-1 to UIC. I didn’t know that was a school–I thought that was a health thing that my stepdad takes a pill for. Tennessee struggled against Wright State, but won the series 2-1. Both wins were by one run and the Vols scored just nine runs across the three games.
The way the schedule lined up for most of the teams in the conference felt very similar to cupcake week during football season. This did not have the same success rate as that weekend in late November usually does.
Final from The Hawk pic.twitter.com/uGyHebEJsh
— Vanderbilt Baseball (@VandyBoys) March 8, 2026
Texas continues to roll
Texas remains one of only two Power Four conference teams that is unbeaten. The Longhorns swept USC-Upstate and are now 15-0 on the season. The pitching staff continues to steal the show. They lead the SEC in ERA at 2.30, and they have held opponents to two runs or less in 11 of their 15 games.
This weekend the pitching wasn’t the story though. The Longhorns scored double-digit runs in every game over the weekend and five straight games dating back to last Saturday. Through 15 games they’re +111 in run differential and continue to be one of the best pitching staffs in the country.
TEXAS STAYS UNDEFEATED 15-0 🔥🔥🔥
Horns walk off run rule to sweep USC Upstate. Texas has Texas State Tuesday and Ole Miss next weekend. pic.twitter.com/DFhrZSo3Tp
— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) March 8, 2026
The Dogs are barking
Dealer’s choice on which dogs you even want to apply this to.
Mississippi State put up 43 runs on the weekend against Lipscomb including a 26-0 win in the series finale. It took four weeks for Mississippi State to go from having the worst offense in the league to the best. They’ve raised their team batting average 120 points to .356 over the last three weeks. The Bulldogs are 14-2 on the season with both losses coming by two combined runs to top ten teams.
Georgia continues to hit the long ball better than anyone else in the country. They’ve hit 61 home runs, 19 more than the next closest team in the conference. They Bulldogs have scored 205 runs–32 more than the next closest team–and are one of the three SEC teams with a slugging percentage over .600.
DJACK GRAND SLAM FOR THE GAME‼️
B7 | UGA 14, QU 3#GoDawgs | @Djackson2100 pic.twitter.com/G6K8jEy8yC
— Georgia Baseball (@BaseballUGA) March 8, 2026
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