2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team will represent Mississippi State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs will play their home games at Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium.

2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
CBNo. 12
2020 record12–4 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Foxhall
  • Jake Gautreau
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium
2020 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  16–1 .941
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  15–2 .882
No. 3 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  14–4 .778
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  12–4 .750
No. 6 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  13–5 .722
Missouri •  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  11–5 .688
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  11–6 .647
Western
No. 8 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  16–1 .941
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  16–1 .941
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  15–3 .833
No. 17 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  11–4 .733
No. 18 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  13–5 .722
No. 19 LSU  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  12–5 .706
No. 14 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  11–5 .688
‡ – Tournament champion
  • – ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctions
    As of January 24, 2021[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished 52–15 overall, and 20–10 in the conference. They participated in the 2019 College World Series

Preseason

SEC Coaches poll

The SEC coaches poll was released on February 6, 2020 with the Tigers predicted to finish tied for third in the Western Division.[2]

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Arkansas82 (5)
2Mississippi State73 (4)
T–3Auburn67 (2)
T–3LSU67 (3)
5Texas A&M44
6Ole Miss38
7Alabama21

Schedule and results
2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (12–4)
Post-Season
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Cancelled
Bold = Mississippi State team member
Schedule Source:[3]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings
Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
Coaches'[4] 6 6* 6* 19 17  
Baseball America[5] 9 9 4 12 13  
Collegiate Baseball^[6] 6 6 6 12 10  
NCBWA†[7] 9 7 6 13  
D1Baseball[8] 10 10 8 18 17

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * 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
  1. "2020 Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. "Vanderbilt picked to win 2020 SEC Baseball Championship". Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. "Baseball Announces 2020 Schedule" (Press release). Mississippi State University Athletics. October 16, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  4. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  5. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  6. "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  7. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  8. "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
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