Where Missouri Baseball was Picked to Finish in Preseason SEC Coaches Poll

The Preseason SEC Coaches poll has the Tigers chosen to in the bottom of the SEC

Amber Winkler | Feb 5, 2025

Missouri baseball head coach Kerrick Jackson during a NCAA baseball game at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Tennessee won 10-1 against Missouri. / Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK

Missouri Tigers Baseball is headed into year two under head coach Kerrick Jackson. They have a lot of new players and changes have been made for the upcoming season, but one thing remains the same.

On Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Southeastern Conference released their Preseason Coaches Poll and Preseason All-SEC teams. The Tigers were once again predicted to finish at the bottom of the Southeastern Conference. Missouri also did not have a player make the Preseason All-SEC team for the second year in a row.

This season sees two more teams in the conference than there have been in the past, with Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC. The addition of these two strong teams pushed Missouri to 16th in their conference in the preseason polls.

This isn't surprising and is a actually quite a familiar spot for Missouri. At the end of the 2024 season, they just avoided last place in the SEC, sitting just one game above Auburn. The Tigers finished with just nine wins in conference play.

The season tends to not play out the way that the preseason polls expect. But what is guaranteed is that SEC play will be a tough battle for the Tigers, and will be even harder this year.

2025 SEC baseball coaches poll

Here’s a full look at the SEC coaches’ poll along with vote totals (and 1st-place votes in parentheses):

Texas A&M (10) – 228
Tennessee (1) – 215
Arkansas (3) – 214
LSU (1) – 204
Florida (1) – 183
Georgia – 165
Vanderbilt – 156
Texas – 146
Mississippi State – 112
Kentucky – 102
Oklahoma – 101
Auburn – 100
Alabama – 98
South Carolina – 61
Ole Miss – 60
Missouri – 31

Preseason First-Team All-SEC

Here’s a look at the preseason All-SEC teams, which were also voted on by the league’s coaches:

C: Ike Irish, Auburn
C: Devin Burkes, Kentucky
1B: Jared Jones, LSU
1B: Hunter Hines, Mississippi State
2B: Cade Kurland, Florida
3B: Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama
SS: Dean Curley, Tennessee
OF: Jace Laviolette, Texas A&M
OF: Ethan Petry, South Carolina
OF: Max Belyeu, Texas
OF: Tre Phelps, Georgia
DH/Util: Hayden Schott, Texas A&M
SP: Ryan Prager, Texas A&M
SP: Gabe Gaeckle, Arkansas
SP: Liam Doyle, Tennessee
SP: Kade Anderson, LSU
RP: Nate Snead, Arkansas
RP: Alton Davis II, Georgia
RP: Gavin Guidry, LSU

Preseason Second-Team All-SEC

C: Rylan Galvan, Texas
C: Luke Heyman, Florida
1B: Cooper McMurray, Auburn
2B: Gavin Kilen, Tennessee
2B: Wyatt Henseler, Texas A&M
2B: Daniel Dickinson, LSU
3B: Andrew Fischer, Tennessee
3B: Slate Alford, Georgia
SS: Colby Shelton, Florida
OF: RJ Austin, Vanderbilt
OF: Hunter Ensley, Tennessee
OF: Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M
DH/Util: Will Hodo, Alabama
SP: Zane Adams, Alabama
SP: Landon Beidelschies, Arkansas
SP: Hunter Elliott, Ole Miss
SP: JD Thompson, Vanderbilt
SP: Kyson Witherspoon, Oklahoma
RP: Christian Foutch, Arkansas
RP: Miller Green, Vanderbilt
RP: Robert Hogen, Kentucky

2025 SEC baseball coaches poll

Preseason First-Team All-SEC

Preseason Second-Team All-SEC

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