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Tyler Bak delivers in the clutch!!

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@GamecockBSB Heck of a throw from Lecroy there

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1 Hitter to do serious damage
1. Ace Reese goes off Opening Weekend

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2026 College Baseball Week One: 5-4-3-2-1

5 Opening Weekend series to watch:
1. Kentucky @ UNC-Greensboro (Prediction, Kentucky 2-1)
2. James Madison @ Florida State (Prediction, Florida State 3-0)
3. Indiana @ North Carolina (Prediction, North Carolina 2-1)

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2 Storylines to Follow
1. How does Tennessee fair in their first games in the post-Vitello era?
2. How does Gabe Gaeckle's first start back go?

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SWAC
1. Bethune-Cookman
2. Jackson State
3. Alabama State
4. Florida A&M
5. Southern U.

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Burn the Ships Sports 2026 Preseason Conference Projections. Every D1 conference. Top 5 for each.

SEC
1. LSU
2. Tennessee
3. Arkansas
4. Mississippi State
5. Georgia

ACC
1. Georgia Tech
2. Florida State
3. Clemson
4. Wake Forest
5. Louisville

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Patriot
1. Holy Cross
2. Navy
3. Army
4. Lehigh
5. Lafayette

MAAC
1. Fairfield
2. Mount St. Mary's
3. Niagara
4. Iona
5. Quinnipiac

Northeast
1. Central Conn. St.
2. Stonehill
3. Le Moyne
4. Wagner
5. LIU

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OVC
1. SEMO
2. Tennessee Tech
3. Eastern Illinois
4. Lindenwood
5. Little Rock

MAC
1. Kent State
2. Ball State
3. NIU
4. Miami (OH)
5. Toledo

Ivy League
1. Yale
2. Penn
3. Columbia
4. Harvard
5. Cornell

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WCC
1. San Diego
2. Saint Mary's
3. Portland
4. LMU
5. San Francisco

America East
1. Bryant
2. Binghamton
3. Maine
4. NJIT
5. UMass Lowell

Horizon
1. Wright State
2. Northern Kentucky
3. Youngstown State
4. Oakland
5. Milwaukee

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Big South
1. High Point
2. USC Upstate
3. Charleston Southern
4. Presbyterian
5. Longwood

Atlantic Sun
1. Austin Peay
2. Stetson
3. FGCU
4. North Florida
5. Jacksonville

WAC
1. Utah Valley
2. Sacramento State
3. Cal Baptist
4. Abilene Christian
5. Tarleton State

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Mountain West
1. New Mexico
2. Fresno State
3. Nevada
4. Grand Canyon
5. UNLV

SoCon
1. ETSU
2. Mercer
3. Western Carolina
4. Wofford
5. Samford

Summit
1. Oral Roberts
2. St. Thomas
3. NDSU
4. Northern Colorado
5. Omaha

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Atlantic 10
1. Richmond
2. Davidson
3. George Mason
4. Rhode Island
5. Dayton

Conference USA
1. DBU
2. Missouri State
3. Western Kentucky
4. FIU
5. Kennesaw State

Big West
1. UC Irvine
2. UCSB
3. UC San Diego
4. Cal Poly
5. Cal St. Fullerton

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Colonial
1. Northeastern
2. UNCW
3. Charleston
4. Elon
5. William & Mary

MVC
1. Southern Illinois
2. Illinois State
3. Murray State
4. Indiana State
5. Evansville

Southland
1. SE Louisiana
2. Lamar
3. McNeese
4. Northwestern St.
5. New Orleans

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Big 12
1. Arizona State
2. Oklahoma State
3. TCU
4. Arizona
5. West Virginia

Big Ten
1. UCLA
2. Oregon
3. Iowa
4. Michigan
5. Maryland

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