An attempt to return to the top for Mississippi State baseball will include games against both 2022 Men’s College World Series championship participants.
Not only do the Bulldogs face Ole Miss four times in 2023, but MSU will take on Oklahoma as part of a tournament in Frisco, Texas.
The Rebels and Sooners highlight a 2023 schedule released in full Tuesday, three weeks after the Southeastern Conference retracted its original slate and made changes.
Mississippi State’s Super Bulldog Weekend matchup with Ole Miss from April 14-16 in Starkville remains unchanged, but the rest of MSU’s SEC schedule saw some shuffling.
The Bulldogs will now open SEC play at Kentucky rather than hosting Vanderbilt from March 17-19. The Commodores will now come to Starkville the following week.
MSU will still play home conference series against South Carolina (March 31-April 2), Ole Miss, Arkansas (May 5-7) and Texas A&M (May 18-20).
The Bulldogs’ SEC road series are at Kentucky, Alabama (April 6-8), Auburn (April 21-23), Tennessee (April 28-30) and LSU (May 12-14).
MSU opens the 2023 slate from Feb. 17-19 against Virginia Military Institute at Dudy Noble Field.
The Bulldogs will play home midweek games against Louisiana–Monroe on Feb. 21-22 before hosting Arizona State for a three-game series Feb. 24-26.
Mississippi State’s lone game against Southern Miss will be Feb. 28 at Trustmark Park in Pearl. That site will be the venue for the Governor’s Cup game against Ole Miss on April 25.
The Bulldogs will play in the Frisco Classic from March 3-5. MSU will face Ohio State on March 3, Oklahoma on March 4 and Cal on March 5.
MSU will travel to MGM Park in Biloxi for matchups with Nicholls State (March 14) and Louisiana (March 15).
Other nonconference games in Starkville include Valparaiso (March 7), Lipscomb (March 10-12), Arkansas State (March 21), Samford (March 28), Grambling State (April 4), Southern (April 18), Memphis (May 9) and North Alabama (May 16).
Mississippi State will travel to UAB for a road game April 11.
Theo DeRosa reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @Theo_DeRosa.
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