AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas baseball workforce garnered its fourth preseason top-10 rating Tuesday, touchdown at No. 3 in the USA Today Sports preseason poll.
The Longhorns have been beforehand ranked third by D1Baseball and eighth by each Baseball America and Perfect Game.
Texas is one in all 9 packages from the Southeastern Conference listed in the USA Today’s high 25, alongside No. 1 LSU, No. 5 Arkansas, No. 6 Mississippi State, No. 9 Auburn, No. 13 Georgia, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 16 Florida and No. 18 Vanderbilt.
The Longhorns head into their second marketing campaign beneath the course of Jim Schlossnagle.
Last season, Texas notched its greatest file in 15 years, posting a 44-14 ledger. The Longhorns grew to become the primary workforce to assert the SEC common season title in their first marketing campaign for the reason that league’s first 12 months in 1933.
Despite being picked eighth in the convention’s preseason poll, Texas completed 22-8 in SEC motion and received the league by two video games.
The Longhorns deliver again 16 letterwinners from a 12 months in the past, together with reigning Baseball America National Freshman of the Year Dylan Volantis.
Overall, Texas returns 76 % of its innings pitched. Last season, the Longhorns tallied the second-best WHIP (1.18) and the sixth-best ERA (3.71) nationally.
Offensively, Ethan Mendoza and Adrian Rodriguez — Texas’ high two main hitters in 2025 — are again on The Forty Acres.
Meanwhile, the Longhorns add 24 newcomers, highlighted by Baseball America’s No. 1 recruiting class.
Texas begins its 2026 slate towards UC Davis on Feb. 13. First pitch is ready for six:30 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.