Mississippi State will avoid three of the Southeastern Conference’s toughest teams in 2025, as the Bulldogs are not scheduled to play defending national champion Tennessee, reigning national runner-up Texas A&M or Arkansas this coming spring.
The Bulldogs will open SEC play against Texas from Mar. 14-16 and travel to Oklahoma the following weekend, so MSU will quickly get acquainted with the conference’s newest members. Other SEC home opponents for the Bulldogs include South Carolina (Apr. 4-6), Florida (Apr. 18-20), Kentucky (May 2-4) and Ole Miss (May 9-11).
MSU’s other conference road opponents are LSU (Mar. 28-30), Alabama (Apr. 11-13), Auburn (Apr. 25-27) and Missouri (May 15-17).
The Bulldogs open the season with a home series against Manhattan from Feb. 14-16 and also host Missouri State and Queens for non-conference three-game series. Instead of a single game against Southern Miss in Pearl, MSU will play the Golden Eagles twice — in Hattiesburg on Feb. 18 and at Dudy Noble Field on Mar. 4.
Prior to that home game against Southern Miss, the Bulldogs will head to Houston for three games at Minute Maid Park against Rice, Arizona and Oklahoma State. Per tradition, they will also play two neutral-site games in Biloxi on Mar. 11 and 12 against Old Dominion and Nicholls State, respectively. MSU’s final neutral-site game of the regular season is the annual Governor’s Cup against Ole Miss in Pearl on Apr. 22.
Other midweek home opponents are Troy (Feb. 25), Jackson State (Mar. 18), Samford (Mar. 25), Southern (Apr. 15), Memphis (Apr. 29) and North Alabama (May 13). The Bulldogs have midweek road games against Memphis (Apr. 1) and Alabama-Birmingham (Apr. 8).
Coming off back-to-back seasons without postseason play following the 2021 national championship, MSU won 40 games in 2024, finishing an impressive 17-13 in SEC play. The Bulldogs narrowly missed out on hosting an NCAA regional, instead traveling to Charlottesville, Virginia, where they defeated St. John’s twice but fell in the regional final to the host Cavaliers.
The 2025 team will look significantly different, with Dakota Jordan, David Mershon, Connor Hujsak, Khal Stephen, Jurrangelo Cijntje and more all playing pro ball. Slugging first baseman Hunter Hines will be back, as will outfielder Bryce Chance. The pitching, though, has plenty of question marks outside of lefty Pico Kohn.
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