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2024 Shriners Children's College Showdown

2024 College Baseball Power-5 Conference Predictions, All-Conference Teams

2024 College Baseball Power-5 Conference Predictions, All-Conference Teams

Here's a list of the Power-5 All-Conference teams and coaches picks to win the Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, Pac-12 and ACC.

Feb 15, 2024

College Baseball Opening Day is Feb. 16, and teams from all over the country are in action as the season gets underway.

In Arlington, Texas, a handful of the nation's top teams play at the College Baseball Showdown while others are playing in classics in Arizona, Florida and anywhere in the country where baseball weather exists.

This means it's prediction season in college baseball. And that means predicting just about everything:

It also means coaches get together and give their picks of who will win their conferences and its best players.

Here's a run-down of the Power-5 all-conference teams ... expect the Big Ten, which has yet to announce their preseason honors.

2024 Shriners Children's College Showdown

Who Will Win The SEC Baseball Title In 2024? Arkansas Baseball The Favorite

Defending NCAA champion LSU is picked to finish second in the SEC West and boot rival Arkansas is picked to win the league.

Arkansas, which plays in the second weekend of the College Baseball Showdown, received 9 first-place votes from coaches to win the league.

Florida was picked to win the East, beating out Tennessee, who opens the season against Texas Tech on Feb. 16 at the College Baseball Showdown.

Here are the predictions.

SEC Preseason Poll

Eastern Division

Florida (11) - 88
Tennessee (2) - 75
Vanderbilt (1) - 73
South Carolina - 50
Kentucky - 44
Georgia - 36
Missouri - 19

Western Division

Arkansas (9) - 87
LSU (5) - 82
Texas A&M - 68
Alabama - 47
Auburn - 46
Ole Miss - 32
Mississippi State - 23

2024 SEC Baseball Coaches Preseason All-SEC Team

First Team

C: Cole Messina, South Carolina
1B: Jac Caglianone, Florida
2B: Cade Kurland, Florida
3B: Tommy White, LSU
SS: Colby Shelton, Florida
OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M
OF: Ethan Petry, South Carolina
OF: Kendall Diggs, Arkansas
DH/UTL: Ike Irish, Auburn
SP: Hagen Smith, Arkansas
SP: Drew Beam, Tennessee
RP: Brandon Neely, Florida

Second Team

C: Devin Burkes, Kentucky
1B: Charlie Condon, Georgia
2B: Christian Moore, Tennessee
3B: Billy Amick, Tennessee
SS: Jonathan Vastine, Vanderbilt
OF: Braden Montgomery, Texas A&M
OF: Dakota Jordan, Mississippi State
OF: Bobby Peirce, Auburn
DH/UTL: Hayden Travinski, LSU
SP: Jac Caglianone, Florida
SP: Carter Holton, Vanderbilt
RP: Alton Davis II, Alabama

Who Will Win The ACC Baseball Title In 2024? No. 1 Wake Forest Baseball Is The Favorite

Preseason No.1 Wake Forest is picked to win the ACC and the ACC Atlantic Division. Led by one of the top prospects in all of baseball, first baseman Nick Kurtz, the Demon Deacons took 10 of the 14 first-place votes and 12 of the 14 Atlantic division votes.

2024 Wake Forest vs North Carolina A&T

Virginia is picked to win the Coastal Division.

ACC Preseason Poll

Atlantic Division

Wake Forest (10) - 95
Clemson (1) – 79
NC State – 68
Florida State – 54
Louisville – 48
Notre Dame – 31
Boston College – 17

Coastal Division

Virginia (1) – 88
North Carolina (2) – 86
Duke – 71
Miami – 56
Georgia Tech – 40
Virginia Tech – 34
Pitt – 17

All-conference teams have not been announced.

Who Will Win The Big 12 Baseball Title In 2024? TCU Baseball Is The Favorite

TCU Baseball, who headlines the final weekend of the College Baseball Showdown in March, is the favorite to win the league. The Horned Frogs received 11 first-place votes. Texas received two.

Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll

1. TCU (11) - 143
2. Texas (2) - 131
3. Oklahoma State - 119
4. Texas Tech - 107
5. Kansas State - 98
T6. Oklahoma - 85
T6. West Virginia - 85
8. Kansas - 67
9. Houston - 56
10. UCF - 45
11. Baylor - 36
T12. BYU - 21
T12. Cincinnati - 21

No. 1 MLB Draft Prospect JJ Wetherholt Picked As Preseason Big 12 Player of The Year

JJ Wetherhold, Baseball America and MLB.com's No. 1 prospect in the 2024 MLB Draft, was the preseason player of the year pick. The West Virginia baseball star was a unanimous pick.

Lebarron Johnson Jr. of Texas was honored as the top pitcher in the preseason, while TCU's versatile player Payton Tolle received the title of Preseason Newcomer of the Year and Texas' outfielder Will Gasparino was selected as Preseason Freshman of the Year.

Preseason All-Big 12 Team

C: Karson Bowen, TCU
IF: Kodey Shojinaga, Kansas
IF: Kaelen Culpepper, K-State
IF: Anthony Silva, TCU
IF: Gavin Kash, Texas Tech*
IF: JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia*
OF: Bryce Madron, Oklahoma
OF: Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State*
OF: Porter Brown, Texas
DH: Janson Reeder, Kansas
UT: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State
SP: Owen Boerema, K-State
SP: Kole Klecker, TCU*
SP: Payton Tolle, TCU
SP: Lebarron Johnson Jr., Texas*
RP: Tyson Neighbors, K-State*
RP: Ben Abeldt, TCU

*unanimous

Who Will Win The Pac-12 Baseball Title In 2024? Oregon State Baseball Is The Favorite

The Oregon State baseball team, which will open the season at the Sanderson Ford Baseball Classic in Surprise, Arizona on Feb. 16 and play in the second weekend of the College Baseball Showdown, is the favorite to win the league.

2024 Sanderson Ford College Classic

The Beavers received eight first-place votes.

Pac-12 Preseason Poll

Oregon State (8) 95
Stanford (2) 85
UCLA (1) 82
Oregon 74
USC 64
Arizona State 50
Washington 49
California 40
Arizona 31
Utah 20
Washington State 15

Travis Bazzana Leads Way On All-Pac-12 Baseball Team

Travis Bazzana is the No. 3 prospect in many MLB 2024 Draft prospect lists, and he naturally was on the preseason team after his 2023 All-American season.

Preseason All-Pac-12 Team

RHP: Caden Aoki, USC
LHP: Micah Ashman, Utah
INF: Travis Bazzana, Oregon State
RHP: Josh Blum, USC
C: Ryan Campos, Arizona State
OF: TJ Clarkson, Utah
INF: Cam Clayton, Washington
INF: Nu'U Contrades, Arizona State
INF: Duce Gourson, UCLA
OF: Rodney Green Jr., California
LHP: Grayson Grinsell, Oregon
INF: Mason Guerra, Oregon State
OF: AJ Guerrero, Washington
RHP: Josh Emanuels, Washington
DH/INF: Max Handron, California
RHP: Luke Jewett, UCLA
RHP: Jacob Kmatz, Oregon State
DH/C: Caleb Lomavita, California
RHP: Aiden May, Oregon State
LHP: Ian May, California
OF: Micah McDowell, Oregon State
OF: Nick McLain, Arizona State
RHP: Logan Mercado, Oregon
C: Malcolm Moore, Stanford
RHP: Dawson Netz, Arizona
OF: Austin Overn, USC
INF: Cody Schrier, UCLA
RHP: Matt Scott, Stanford
RHP: Tyler Stasiowski, California
DH/INF: Jacob Tobias, Arizona State
INF: Jacob Walsh, Oregon
INF: Mason White, Arizona
OF: Harris Williams, Arizona State

Who Will Win The Big Ten Baseball Title In 2024? Iowa Baseball Is The Favorite

The Big Ten announced its preseason honors two days before the start of the regular season and coaches picked the top six in the league, instead of every finish.

Iowa Baseball is the favorite after a 44-16 season a year ago and with one of the best returning pitchers in baseball back in Brody Brecht. They reached the Big Ten Championship Game before losing to Maryland and were eliminated by Indiana State in the NCAA Regionals a year ago.

Big Ten Preseason Poll

Iowa
Indiana
Maryland
Rutgers
Nebraska
Michigan

Brody Brecht Leads Way On All-Big Ten Baseball Team

RHP: Jack Crowder, Illinois
OF: Ryan Moerman, Illinois
RHP: Logan Tabeling, Illinois
RHP: Connor Foley, Indiana
OF: Devin Taylor, Indiana
C: Brock Tibbitts, Indiana
RHP: Brody Brecht, Iowa
RHP: Marcus Morgan, Iowa
OF: Sam Petersen, Iowa
C/DH: Alex Calarco, Maryland
3B: Chris Hacopian, Maryland
2B: Sam Hojnar, Maryland
CF: Jonathan Kim, Michigan
RHP: Dylan Vigue, Michigan
RHP/1B: Mitch Voit, Michigan
LHP: Joseph Dzierwa, Michigan State
OF: Jack Frank, Michigan State
LHP: Nick Powers, Michigan State
2B: Brady Counsell, Minnesota
C/1B: Weber Neels, Minnesota
LHP: Connor Wietgrefe, Minnesota
SS: Dylan Carey, Nebraska
OF: Gabe Swansen, Nebraska
UTL: Will Walsh, Nebraska
OF: Tyler Ganus, Northwestern
INF: Owen McElfatrick, Northwestern
RHP: Garrett Shearer, Northwestern
LHP: Landon Beidelschies, Ohio State
LHP: Gavin Bruni, Ohio State
SS: Henry Kaczmar, Ohio State
OF: Adam Cecere, Penn State
C: J.T. Marr, Penn State
INF: Bryce Molinaro, Penn State
OF: Mike Bolton Jr., Purdue
C: Connor Caskenette, Purdue
OF: Couper Cornblum, Purdue
RHP: Christian Coppola, Rutgers
SS: Josh Kuroda-Grauer, Rutgers
3B: Tony Santa Maria, Rutgers

How To Stream The 2024 College Baseball Showdown?

The first weekend of competition at the Shriners Children's College Showdown is Feb. 16-18 at Globe Life Field. It is streaming on FloBaseball and the FloSports app.

Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.

What Teams Are Playing In the 2024 College Baseball Showdown?

Here are the teams:

University of Oklahoma
Texas Tech University
Baylor University
University of Tennessee
University of Nebraska
University of Oregon
University of Arkansas
Oklahoma State University
University of Michigan
Oregon State University
TCU
Texas A&M
University of Southern California
Arizona State University

2024 Shriners Children's College Showdown Schedule

Watch Live

2024 Shriners Children's College Showdown

All times Eastern

Friday, Feb. 16

12 p.m. – Nebraska vs. Baylor
4 p.m. – Oregon vs. Oklahoma
8 p.m. – Tennessee vs. Texas Tech

Saturday, Feb. 17

12 p.m. – Baylor vs. Oregon
4 p.m. – Texas Tech vs. Nebraska
8 p.m. – Oklahoma vs. Tennessee

Sunday, Feb. 18

11:30 a.m. – Nebraska vs. Oklahoma
3:30 p.m. – Oregon vs. Texas Tech
7:30 p.m. – Tennessee vs. Baylor

2024 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 2 Schedule

Watch Live

2024 Kubota College Baseball Series - Weekend 2

All times Eastern

Friday, February 23

4 p.m. – Michigan vs. Oklahoma State
8 p.m. – Oregon State vs. Arkansas

Saturday, February 24

4 p.m. – Michigan vs. Oregon State
8 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State

Sunday, February 25

2 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Michigan
6 p.m. – Oklahoma State vs. Oregon State

2024 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 3 Schedule

Watch Live

2024 Kubota College Baseball Series - Weekend 3

All times Eastern

Friday, March 1

3 p.m. – USC vs. TCU
7 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Texas A&M

Saturday, March 2

3 p.m. – Texas A&M vs. USC
7 p.m. – TCU vs. Arizona State

Sunday, March 3

12 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Texas A&M
4 p.m. – USC vs. TCU

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What College Baseball Tournaments Are Streaming On FloBaseball?

These tournaments will stream on FloBaseball and the FloSports app in February and March:

FloBaseball Archived Footage

Video footage from past seasons is archived and stored in a video library for FloBaseball subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscriptions.

Watch College Baseball On FloBaseball

FloBaseball is home to thousands of college baseball games this spring, including the Shriners Children's College Showdown (formerly the College Baseball Showdown) from Feb. 16 to March 3 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

Watch Independent Baseball On FloBaseball

Follow the action from around the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Frontier League and Pioneer Baseball League, whether you’re on FloBaseball.tv, the FloSports app or FloBaseball’s social media channels for select games.

Each week during the season, we'll feature at least one “Game Of The Week” from each league and stream it directly to social media. Tune in to catch the action LIVE on FloBaseball's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.

And remember, you can revisit all of your favorite moments from the season, as video footage from each league is archived and stored in a video library for FloBaseball subscribers to watch during the duration of their subscriptions.

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