No. 2 Baseball preview: Ole Miss

OLE MISS vs. #2 TEXAS
March 13-15, 2026
Where: UFCU Disch-Falk Field
Time: Friday at 6:30 pm; Saturday at 2:30 pm; Sunday at 1 pm
Stream/TV: SEC Network+
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone
Live stats: texas.statbroadcast.com

LIKELY PITCHING MATCHUPS

FRIDAY – Ole Miss LHP Hunter Elliott (2-0, 3.66 ERA) vs. Texas RHP Ruger Riojas (4-0, 1.23 ERA)

SATURDAY – Ole Miss RHP Cade Townsend (2-0, 0.48 ERA) vs. Texas LHP Luke Harrison (1-0, 3.06 ERA)

SUNDAY – Ole Miss LHP Wil Libbert (2-1, 4.58 ERA) vs. Texas LHP Dylan Volantis (2-0, 1.54 ERA)

THE MATCHUP — To start Southeastern Conference play, No. 2 Texas welcomes Ole Miss to Austin for the primary time since 1912. The Longhorns lead the all-time sequence over the Rebels, 15-6, profitable eight of the final 10 conferences. In the newest head-to-head matchup, Texas logged a 10-0 run-rule victory on Feb. 15, 2025, which marked the Longhorns’ first victory below head coach (*2*). When Schlossnagle was on the helm of the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, he tabbed Ole Miss skipper Mike Bianco to function the workforce’s pitching coach.

IT JUST MEANS MORE — Last season, Texas turned the primary workforce to win the SEC in its first season for the reason that league’s inaugural marketing campaign in 1933. The Longhorns — who had been picked eighth within the convention’s preseason ballot — gained the league by two video games. Texas’ 22-8 ledger in SEC motion marked its greatest report in convention play since 2010. The Longhorns had been the lone workforce to win eight sequence in league play. Since (*2*)‘s first marketing campaign within the SEC in 2022, he has gained extra convention sequence than another coach within the league. Over that four-year run, Schlossnagle’s 29 SEC sequence wins stack up forward of Tony Vitello (27), Dan Van Horn (26), Jay Johnson (24) and Kevin O’Sullivan (24).

SCORCHING START Texas is likely one of the last two remaining unbeaten groups within the nation, alongside USC. The Longhorns’ 16-0 mark matches their greatest begin to a season in 21 years. With a victory on Friday, Texas can be 17-0 for the primary time since 1982, when the Longhorns gained 33 straight video games to open the yr. Through 16 contests, Texas has outscored its opponents, 162-40. The Longhorns have run-ruled their opposition on six events, together with thrice within the final 5 video games. Texas has additionally tied a program report, mounting double-digit tallies in six straight contests for the primary time since 1940. During that stretch, the Longhorns have recorded 79 runs, which is their most over a six-game span since scoring 86 tallies from Feb. 16-23, 2002. As of March 12, the Longhorns rank ninth in OPS (1.055) and eleventh in common (.340) nationally. On the mound, Texas has posted the nation’s third-best ERA (2.42) and seventh-best WHIP (1.03). Meanwhile, the Longhorns’ .989 fielding proportion is fourth-best in all of Division I Baseball.

THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU — Heading into convention motion, Texas is a consensus top-3 workforce. The Longhorns verify in at No. 2, in line with D1Baseball, the NCBWA, Perfect Game and USA Today. Texas was additionally listed third by Baseball America. In the Southeastern Conference’s preseason ballot voted on by the league’s 16 head coaches, the Longhorns had been picked second behind solely defending nationwide champion LSU. Texas was one among 4 applications to obtain a first-place vote, becoming a member of LSU, Mississippi State and Arkansas.

OWN THE DISCH — Since UFCU Disch-Falk Field opened in 1975, Texas has gone 1,673-427-3 (.796) at dwelling thanks largely to Longhorn Nation. As of March 12, Texas has entertained 84,296 followers at dwelling, the seventh-highest mark within the nation. In 2025, the Longhorns drew 250,757 followers to UFCU Disch-Falk Field, the seventh-highest attendance nationally. Against Texas A&M, Texas set a brand new three-game sequence attendance report at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, with 23,680 tickets bought.

traDISCHion UNLIKE ANY OTHER — The Longhorns will honor their historical past all through the 2026 season, as a part of the Saturday traDISCHion sequence at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. For the fifth consecutive marketing campaign, Texas is celebrating previous greats on choose Saturdays. The Longhorns will salute J. Brent Cox on March 14, earlier than recognizing Adrian Alaniz on March 28. Chance Ruffin is ready to be honored on April 18 and Taylor Teagarden is slated to be celebrated on May 2. The last traDISCHion Saturday of 2026 will function Dustin Majewski on May 16.