Mississippi State announces 2025 baseball schedule
Fall ball practices haven’t yet begun for Mississippi State, but the Diamond Dawgs can start prepping for their 2025 season.
The league office announced the 2025 SEC baseball slate on Thursday afternoon as the Bulldogs will have 10 challenges on the way. This year’s schedule avoids playing traditional league powers like National Champion Tennessee, Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M, but the Diamond Dawgs still have an exciting slate on the way.
MSU will play seven SEC squads that made the NCAA Tournament last year. Two of those are newcomers to the league as Texas and Oklahoma add even more competition to the league.
The Longhorns will come to Dudy Noble Field to start the SEC slate on March 14-16 as Jim Schlossnagle begins his journey with Texas. Schlossnagle led Texas A&M to the national championship series before falling to the Volunteers of Tennessee. The coach left for rival Texas the next day.
Oklahoma will host the Diamond Dawgs the next weekend as State travels to a program that played in its own national championship series in 2022 against Ole Miss. The 2023 National Champions of LSU will play host to the Diamond Dawgs in week three on March 28-30. State is looking to win three-straight series against LSU since 1988-90.
State will also play home series against South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky and Ole Miss while going on the road to Alabama, Auburn and Missouri this season.
The rest of the schedule was also set on Thursday as State announced the non-conference schedule as well.
That schedule is headlined by the Diamond Dawgs traveling to Houston to take on Rice, Arizona and Oklahoma State at the College Classic at Minute Maid Park.
State will also play at Southern Miss in a midweek ball game on February 18 while hosting the Golden Eagles on March 4. State will play on the road at Memphis for a midweek game for a second-straight season with an April 1 meeting. The Diamond Dawgs will host the Tigers on April 29.
The Diamond Dawgs enter the season having to replace 11 drafted players as State had a load of talent taken this season. State does return one of the school’s most productive home run hitters in first baseman Hunter Hines as well as rising weekend starter LHP Pico Kohn.
MSU landed some impact players out of the transfer portal to help as well with pitchers Jacob Pruitt from Indiana State and Chase Hungate from Virginia. Houston OF Ace Reese headlines State’s transfer portal haul at the plate.
Full 2025 Slate:
Vs. Manhattan (February 14-16)
At Southern Miss (February 18)
Vs. Missouri State (February 21-23)
Vs. Troy (February 25)
College Classic at Houston, Texas vs. Rice, Arizona and Oklahoma State (Feb. 28-March2)
Vs. Southern Miss (March 4)
Vs. Queens (March 7-9)
Hancock Whitney Classic at Biloxi vs. Old Dominion and Nichols State (March 11-12)
Vs. Texas (March 14-16)
Vs. Jackson State (March 18)
At Oklahoma (March 21-23)
Vs. Samford (March 25)
At LSU (March 28-30)
At Memphis (April 1)
Vs. South Carolina (April 4-6)
At UAB (April 8)
At Alabama (April 11-13)
Vs. Southern (April 15)
Vs. Florida (April 18-20)
Governor’s Cup at Pearl vs. Ole Miss (April 22)
At Auburn (April 25-27)
Vs. Memphis (April 29)
Vs. Kentucky (May 2-4)
Vs. Ole Miss (May 9-11)
Vs. North Alabama (May 13)
At Missouri (May 15-17)
