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SEC Baseball Power Rankings after three weeks of non-conference play

SEC Baseball Power Rankings for the 2024 season with teams still finding their identities.

The college baseball season is underway and teams are already beginning to find their identities. When it comes to identifying the contenders in the SEC, you almost always have your usual suspects — Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, LSU, and Texas A&M.

Other programs that have started to find their identities early on in the season are Kentucky, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama.

Then, you have other programs like Missouri, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State that have each struggled to find their footing this season.

Nonetheless, the SEC is unpredictable and consistently changing. Therefore, it is way too early to pencil teams in or out of any kind of postseason play.

Roll Tide Wire provides its first SEC baseball power rankings of the 2024 season.

UGA remains unranked in USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll

Georgia baseball unranked in the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll despite 10-1 start to the year

The Georgia Bulldogs remains unranked after starting the baseball season 10-1. UGA received 27 votes in the March 4 edition of the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll.

Georgia baseball swept Georgia Tech out the weekend. Star infielder/outfielder Charlie Condon continues to look like one of the best players in the country.

Georgia head coach Wes Johnson is off to a strong start in his first season with the Bulldogs. Georgia will have plenty of opportunities to prove itself as the season goes on. The Dawgs face a challenging conference schedule filled with ranked opponents.

The SEC has six of the 10 top teams in the country in LSU, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas, and Texas A&M. The SEC is typically baseball’s toughest conference and that appears to be the case in 2024.

Wake Forest remains the No. 1 team in the country. The ACC has a strong conference in baseball with Clemson, Duke, NC State, UNC and Virginia all ranked in the top 15.

Georgia baseball’s next game is against Georgia Southern in SRP Park in Augusta, South Carolina, at 6:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 5.

Georgia baseball sweeps Georgia Tech with comeback win

UGA baseball sweeps Georgia Tech, moves to 10-1 with dramatic comeback win

Georgia baseball has swept the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Georgia won the final game of the series against Georgia Tech, 11-9, with a clutch ninth inning. The Bulldogs trailed 9-3 against the Yellow Jackets after the sixth inning.

Fernando Gonzalez had a RBI in the ninth inning of Georgia’s win. Star Georgia infielder/outfield Charlie Condon continued his outstanding season. Condon hit a home run and went two of five with two RBIs in Georgia’s victory on Sunday.

Georgia baseball is now 10-1 on the season. Georgia won just two games in the series because the Friday edition of Georgia-Georgia Tech did not finish the fifth inning due to weather. Georgia held a 9-3 lead on Friday.

The Dawgs’ next game is against Georgia Southern in SRP Park in Augusta, South Carolina, at 6:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 5. Let’s take a look at Georgia’s top play against Georgia Tech and social media reactions after the Dawgs pulled off the sweep!

Georgia baseball remains undefeated with walk-off win vs Northern Kentucky

Georgia baseball moves to 7-0 on the season thanks to a walk-off HBP

Georgia baseball is off to a perfect start in the 2024 season, moving to 7-0 with a walk-off victory at home against Northern Kentucky on Sunday. Freshman Tre Phelps was hit by a pitch three times, the third coming with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, giving the Bulldogs a 12-11 win to sweep the three-game series.

It was a career day by Phelps, who also recorded his first-career hit — a home run — to put the Bulldogs up 8-5 in the fifth. That run helped propel Georgia’s 4-run fifth inning, which included homers by Phelps, Logan Jordan and Kolby Branch.

Branch led the Georgia offense, hitting 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and two runs. Charlie Condon had an efficient day at the plate, hitting 4-for-5 with an RBI, two runs and a walk.

The Bulldogs ultimately squandered a 9-5 lead due to inconsistency on the mound. UGA’s pitching staff allowed 16 hits and four walks combined. Starter Leighton Finley gave up five hits, two of which were home runs, for four runs in three innings. Reliever Josh Roberge was pulled after 2.2 innings with eight hits and four more runs.

Despite the play on the mound, the Bulldogs held Northern Kentucky back during the late charge by the Norse. Georgia’s power at the plate was once again on full display. UGA’s 22 home runs in seven games leads the SEC.

Georgia will face tougher tests soon with matchups against Presbyterian and Michigan State before a three-game series with Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs will face their first ranked opponent when No. 18 Iowa makes a trip to Athens on March 15.

Charlie Condon makes highlight catch, UGA baseball moves to 3-0

UGA baseball star Charlie Condon made a leaping catch over the wall in Georgia baseball’s sweep of UNC Asheville

The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team is off to a 3-0 start to the 2024 season. Georgia swept UNC Asheville in a three game series to open the season.

Georgia’s 10-0 win over UNC Asheville on Feb. 18 featured one of the most impressive plays over the weekend. Star Georgia Bulldogs outfielder Charlie Condon showed off his fielding range when he may an acrobatic catch over the wall on a foul ball.

Georgia pitchers Leighton Finley and Josh Roberge gave up just two total hits and had a combined eight strike outs as Georgia dominated UNC Asheville. Georgia outscored UNC Asheville 38-7 over three games.

Georgia baseball’s next game is on Feb. 20 against Georgia State in Atlanta, Georgia. The Bulldogs continue exclusive playing nonconference games through March 15.

Projecting the most impactful transfer for each SEC baseball program for the 2024 season

The SEC has no shortage of talent on the baseball diamond. See the most impactful transfer for every SEC team in 2024.

The SEC has some of the best talent in the country when it comes to baseball. Each year, the conference provides some of the top players in the MLB draft. Not to mention, the SEC is typically well-represented in the College World Series.

Needless to say, it is always interesting to see which players burst onto the scene. Some of the best-of-the-best come from the southeast. It is a baseball hotbed for some of the nation’s top high school prospects and transfers.

Roll Tide Wire takes a look at 14 incoming transfers that have the potential to have a breakout season in 2024.

LSU director of baseball operations to join Wes Johnson at Georgia

After serving as LSU’s director of baseball operations for a little over a year, Josh Simpson is on to his next venture.

After serving as LSU’s director of baseball operations for a little over a year, [autotag]Josh Simpson[/autotag] is on to his next venture. He will be joining former LSU pitching coach [autotag]Wes Johnson[/autotag] in Georgia as the recruiting coordinator.

Simpson came to LSU after working as a scout for the Texas Rangers in the MLB. There’s no better way to exit a program than to go out on top and that’s what the Tigers did in Simpson’s only season on the Bayou.

We will be keeping an eye on who LSU will hire as their new director of baseball operations. The Tigers recently hired Nate Yeskie to fill Wes Johnson’s position as the new pitching coach. There is no timeline on how long it will take to hire a new director of baseball operations.

I’m sure there will be no shortage of applicants trying to join a team that just won the 2023 national championship.

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LSU survives extra innings against Georgia to take Game 1

LSU got a much-needed win in Game 1 and will look to clinch the series against the Bulldogs on Friday.

LSU has lost two conference series in a row and they are at risk of losing their super regional hosting rights. A good showing this weekend would prevent that, and LSU took care of business in Game 1 with an 8-5 win over Georgia, though it took 12 innings to get there.

[autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] got the party started in the top of the second inning when he hit a two-run blast over the scoreboard in right field to give LSU a 2-0 lead.

With [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] on the mound, a two-run lead is usually enough to win the game. Not this time. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Georgia tied the game with a solo homer and an RBI single to tie the game 2-2 as we headed into the sixth inning.

In the top of the eighth inning, [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] broke the tie with a solo homer and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] followed that up with a solo shot of his own to make it 4-2 LSU heading into the bottom of the inning.

[autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] took over for Skenes on the mound to start the bottom of the eighth. Skenes finished the game after pitching seven innings and allowing two runs on four hits, a walk and 12 strikeouts.

Cooper walked the first batter he faced and he was pulled for [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag]. Hurd struck out the first batter he faced, walked the next one and got out No. 2 on a fielder’s choice. Hurd got the next batter to pop up to short, but Thompson dropped the ball and a run scored to make it 4-3.

Hurd got the next hitter to pop up for out No. 3.

[autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit his first “Crews Missile” in a while to extend the LSU lead to 5-3 as we headed to the bottom of the ninth.

The first batter in the bottom of the ninth hit a solo shot, and just like that, it was a one-run game again. Hurd would stay in the game to try and finish the job. He got the next two hitters out quickly, but with only one out remaining, Georgia hit a solo shot to tie the game 5-5. The next hitter grounded out and we headed to extra innings.

Neither team could score a run in the top of the 10th so we headed to the 11th. Jobert was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] advanced him with a sacrifice bunt. [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] came in to pinch-hit for [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag], and he drew a walk to put runners on first and second with only one out.

The bases were loaded for Crews and White, but the Tigers failed to score after Crews struck out and White grounded into a fielder’s choice. Hurd retired all three Georgia hitters in short order and we headed to the 12th inning.

Travinski started the 12th inning with a double and then advanced to third on a wild pitch. [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] then hit a two-run homer to give the Tigers a 7-5 lead. Thompson followed that with a homer of his own to make it 8-5 as we headed to the bottom of the 12th.

Hurd retired all three batters he faced in the bottom of the 12th and LSU survived Game 1 against Georgia with an 8-5 win. The Tigers will go for the series win at 5 p.m. CT on Friday.

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Alabama Baseball opens SEC Tournament with Georgia

How to watch, stream, and listen to Alabama’s opening game in the SEC Tournament with Georgia

The Alabama Crimson Tide looks to keep the momentum they built in the final SEC series of the season with Arkansas going on Tuesday morning, as they face Georgia in the opening round of the SEC Tournament at the Hoover Met.

Alabama surprised the Razorbacks last weekend in Tuscaloosa by taking two of three games from Arkansas, with one of those games being an 18-5 shelling.

For Georgia, they ended the season on a high note by defeating Missouri, 11-10 last Saturday. But, they ultimately lost the series to the Tigers, who grabbed two wins in the series by scores of 11-3 and 10-3 respectively.

Georgia holds a 2-1 advantage over Alabama on the season. The Bulldogs won the series played April 22-24 in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide’s win over Georgia in the series finale snapped a five-game losing streak, and they are currently 5-8 since that game.

The no. 11 Crimson Tide squares off with the no. 6 Bulldogs in the first game of the SEC Tournament on Tuesday in Hoover. The winner will face no. 3 Arkansas on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. CDT.

Watch: Georgia baseball’s walk-off win over Florida

The No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs walked-off with two outs in the ninth inning to defeat the No. 14 Florida Gators

The No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs walked-off to defeat the No. 14 Florida Gators in a nationally televised game on ESPN2 on March 31. Georgia baseball is now 20-6 and 4-3 in SEC play. The Gators fall to 18-8 and 3-4 in SEC play.

Georgia’s dramatic 7-6 win over Florida should help the Bulldogs move up in the baseball rankings.

Georgia third baseman Josh McAllister was the hero of the night. McAllister had three hits to lead the Bulldogs including a clutch walk-off hit with Georgia trailing 5-6. The Dawgs entered the ninth inning trailing 4-6.

Here’s a look at McAllister’s two-out walk-off hit:

Georgia baseball has two more games in the series against Florida. The Bulldogs play the Gators on April 1 and 2. Georgia’s win over Florida is the Bulldogs’ third walk-off win of the season.

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