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The 2026 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of college baseball during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. Florida competed in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and played their home games at Condron Ballpark on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his nineteenth season as Florida's head coach.

ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
CoachesNo. 19
D1Baseball.comNo. 16
Record41–21 (18–12 SEC)
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2026 Florida Gators baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
D1Baseball.comNo. 16
Record41–21 (18–12 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chuck Jeroloman
  • Taylor Black
  • David Kopp
Home stadiumCondron Ballpark
Seasons
← 2025
2027 →
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2026 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Georgia ‍†‍‡‍y 23–7 .76753–14 .791
No. 5 Texas ‍‍‍y 19–10 .65546–15 .754
No. 17 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 18–11 .62141–16 .719
No. 6 Alabama ‍‍‍y 18–12 .60042–21 .667
No. 16 Florida ‍‍‍y 18–12 .60041–21 .661
No. 9 Auburn ‍‍‍y 17–13 .56742–22 .656
No. 23 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 17–13 .56741–22 .651
No. 14 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53343–19 .694
No. 7 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 15–15 .50041–23 .641
Tennessee ‍‍‍y 15–15 .50038–22 .633
No. 1 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14–16 .46743–23 .652
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍ 14–16 .46733–25 .569
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 13–17 .43333–23 .589
LSU ‍‍‍ 9–21 .30030–28 .517
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7–23 .23322–35 .386
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .20024–31 .436
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 22, 2026[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball
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Previous season

See also: 2025 Florida Gators baseball team

The Gators finished the 2025 season with a record of 15–15 in conference play and 39–22 overall record for 10th place in the SEC. As the 10th seed in the SEC Tournament, they beat 15th seed South Carolina in the first round, but lost to Ole Miss in the second round. They got an at-large bid to the Auburn Super Regional in the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to East Carolina, beat Fairfield, but lost and ended their tournament run to East Carolina.

Preseason

Preseason SEC awards and honors

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Preseason All-SEC First Team [2]
Player No. Position Class
Liam Peterson12PJunior
Luke McNeillie9PJunior
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Preseason All-SEC Second Team [2]
Player No. Position Class
Brendan Lawson113BSophomore
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Coaches poll

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SEC Coaches' Poll [2]
Predicted
finish		 Team Points
1LSU231 (9)
2Texas214 (1)
3Mississippi State205 (4)
4Arkansas203 (2)
5Auburn175
6Tennessee162
7Florida156
8Vanderbilt151
9Georgia133
10Ole Miss110
11Kentucky99
12Alabama97
13Texas A&M86
14Oklahoma84
15South Carolina49
16Missouri31
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Roster

2026 Florida Gators roster[3]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

  

Outfielders

Two way players

Coaches

2026 Florida Gators baseball coaching staff[3]
  • Kevin O'Sullivan – head coach – 19th season
  • Chuck Jeroloman – associate head coach – 7th season
  • Taylor Black – assistant coach – 4th season
  • David Kopp – pitching coach – 5th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at Florida.

Personnel

Starters

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Opening night lineup
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Weekend pitching rotation
DayNo.Player.Year
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Schedule

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Legend
 Florida win
 Florida loss
 Postponement
BoldFlorida team member
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2026 Florida Gators baseball game log (41–21)
Regular Season (37–18)
Postseason (4–3)
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Schedule source:[6]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1 Baseball poll.

Postseason awards and honors

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2026 SEC All-SEC First Team
Player No. Position Class
Aidan King47SPSophomore
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SEC Pitcher of the Year
Player No. Position Class
Aidan King47SPSophomore
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Record vs. conference opponents

Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

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2026 SEC baseball records

Source: 2026 SEC baseball game results, 2026 SEC baseball schedule

TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMVANTmSRSW
ALA18–120–33–03–0.0–3...2–12–13–01–21–2.3–0ALA6–44–2
ARK17–133–01–20–31–22–1.2–12–12–12–12–1....ARK7–31–1
AUB17–130–32–12–11–22–1.2–13–02–1...1–22–1.AUB7–31–1
FLA18–120–33–01–22–12–13–0..2–11–23–0..1–2.FLA6–43–1
UGA23–7.2–12–11–2.3–03–03–0.2–13–02–1.2–1.UGA9–14–0
KEN13–173–01–21–21–2.1–2.1–2.1–21–22–1..1–2KEN2–81–0
LSU9–21...0–30–32–10–3.1–20–33–02–1.0–31–2LSU3–71–5
MSU16–14.1–21–2.0–3.3–0..3–03–00–31–21–23–0MSU4–64–2
MIZ6–24.1–20–3.0–32–1..0–3.0–31–20–30–32–1MIZ2–80–6
OKL14–161–21–21–21–2..2–1.3–0..1–20–32–12–1OKL4–61–1
OMS15–151–21–2.2–11–22–13–00–3...2–11–22–1.OMS5–51–1
SCA7–230–31–2.0–30–32–10–30–33–0...1–2.0–3SCA2–81–6
TEN15–152–1...1–21–21–23–02–12–11–2.2–1.0–3TEN5–51–1
TEX19–102–1.2–1....2–13–03–02–12–11–20–22–1TEX8–22–0
TAM18–11..1–22–11–2.3–02–13–01–21–2..2–02–1TAM6–42–0
VAN14–160–3....2–12–10–31–21–2.3–03–01–21–2VAN4–62–2
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Updated for entire regular season. Texas at Texas A&M, one game cancelled.
Tie breakers: Alabama over Florida (using head-to-head result), Auburn over Arkansas (using head-to-head result), Ole Miss over Tennessee (using head-to-head result), Oklahoma over Vanderbilt (using head-to-head result).

Rankings

Main article: 2026 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches'[7]1616*10818142519241822252020171414*19
Baseball America[8]222423142517—14217121513999*9*16
NCBWA†[9]161611916142218181324RV21191717*1717
D1Baseball[10]13121092318—21—2021252119181010*16
Perfect Game[11]1212872317—162211202320181414*14*19
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† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

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