BPort Sports' College Baseball Series Picks (Preseason Week 3)

It's that time of the week! BPort Sports has got you covered with a wide variety of showcased series from all across small college baseball.

Rankings for NCAA Division II teams are based on the NCBWA Preseason 2026 poll.

Rankings for NAIA teams are based on the GoRout NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.

Rankings for NJCAA teams are based on the rankings of their respective divisions.

Teams in bold denote my pick to win the listed matchup. (Parentheses) denote the team's 2025 record before Thursday’s games.

*Asterisk denotes NJCAA intra-region matchups (denoted by the home team). All other NJCAA matchups are inter-region matchups.

If multiple matchups/series in a conference, series are sorted by Game 1 start time.

Below, you can find a list of our picks for Preseason Week 3.

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2023–2025: 766-525-37

Overall: 782-531-42

All Games are in Eastern Standard Time.

IMPORTANT Check all game times on game day. Times are subject to change.

LS = Live Stats (not a video/audio stream)

All series are Friday-Saturday-Sunday unless otherwise noted.

Away at Home- Small College Series of the Week

Away at Home- Small College Game of the Week

NCAA Division II - Conference Carolinas

Georgia S’Western (3-1 in ‘26, Peach Belt) at No. 13 North Greenville (4-0 in ‘26) [3:30pm|12pm|3pm]

• Friday single-game, Saturday DH.

• Streaming live on CC Digital Network

NCAA Division II - Great American

Harding (41-19) vs. Fort Hays State (2-1 in ‘26, MIAA) [11:00 AM on YouTube]

• Saturday single-game.

• Henderson State Invitational

NCAA Division II - Peach Belt

Mount Olive (30-21, Carolinas) at Lander (3-0 in ‘26) [4pm|12pm|3:30pm on PBC Sports Network]

• Friday single-game, Saturday DH.

NCAA Division II - Sunshine State

No. 17 West Florida (3-0 in ‘26) at Rollins (1-2 in ‘26) [2pm|1pm|12pm on SSC Digital Network]

No. 21 Young Harris (3-1 in ‘26) at No. 10 Florida Southern (1-3 in ‘26) [6pm|12pm|3pm]

• Dates: Friday single-game, Saturday DH

• Streaming: SSC Digital Network

• Location: Henley Field (Lakeland, FL)

• Head-to-Head History:

  • Florida Southern is 2-1 against Young Harris all-time.

  • All games were at home during the weekend of February 3–4, 2012.

• No. 21 Young Harris

  • Projected Starting Pitchers:

    • Game 1: LHP Austin Richie (0-0, 4.15 ERA)

    • Game 2: RHP Cole Molina (0-0, 4.91 ERA)

    • Game 3: LHP Drew Sofield (1-0, 2.25 ERA)

  • Top Bullpen Pitchers:

    • Saves Leader: N/A.

    • Mr. Reliable: RHP Trey Griffin (2 app, 1.93 ERA, 4 strikeouts)

    • Unhittable: LHP Ryan Heishman (1 app, 0.00 ERA, .118 opponent avg)

  • Top Hitters/Runners:

    • Speed Demon: RF Keypher Contreras (.375|.545|.813, 2 stolen bases)

    • Heavy Hitter: CF Jackson Morgan (.368|.455|1.000, 3 home runs)

    • On-Base Wiz: C Jack Enrico (.833|.800|1.167, 0.0% K rate)

• No. 10 Florida Southern

  • Projected Starting Pitchers:

    • Game 1: RHP Sachem Ramos (0-0, 4.15 ERA)

    • Game 2: RHP Christian Carew (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

    • Game 3: RHP Evan Parmer (0-0, 15.00 ERA)

  • Top Bullpen Pitchers:

    • Saves Leader: N/A.

    • Mr. Reliable: RHP Ty Bradle (2 app, 1.42 ERA, 9 strikeouts)

    • Unhittable: LHP John Essig (2 app, 0.00 ERA, .000 opponent avg)

  • Top Hitters/Runners:

    • Speed Demon: RF Eli Thurmond (.385|.467|.615, 5 stolen bases)

    • Heavy Hitter: 3B Carson Brady (.286|.333|.643, 1 home run)

    • On-Base Wiz: SS Ryan Jenkins (.400|.500|.467, 11.1% K rate)

NAIA - GSAC

Bushnell (3-1 in ‘26, CCC) at The Master’s (2-4 in ‘26) [2pm|5:30pm|2pm|5:30pm on GSAC Sports Net]

• Friday-Saturday, both DH.

NAIA - Red River

No. 17 Wayland Baptist (4-4 in ‘26) at No. 20 Texas A&M-Victoria (5-2 in ‘26) [7:30pm|1pm]

• Friday-Saturday, both single-game.

• Streaming live on YouTube

NAIA - Southern States

No. 2 Georgia Gwinnett (3-0 in ‘26) at Mobile (1-3 in ‘26) [2pm|5pm|1pm|4pm on UEN]

• Friday-Saturday, both DH.

IU Southeast (2-0 in ‘26, River States) at No. 7 Loyola-LA (5-1 in ‘26) [5pm|8pm|2pm|5pm]

• Friday-Saturday, both DH.

• Streaming live on Urban Edge Network

NAIA - The Sun

No. 12 Oklahoma Wesleyan (4-2 in ‘26) at No. 3 Southeastern (4-1 in ‘26) [2pm|11am|2pm]

• Friday single-game, Saturday DH.

• Streaming live on Urban Edge Network

• Southeastern leads series, 1-0 (picks for final three games)

NJCAA Division I - Region 5

No. 1 Salt Lake (4-4 in ‘26) vs. El Paso (4-0 in ‘26) [3:00 PM on TSBN Sports]

• Friday single-game.

• Texas Tournament

No. 1 Salt Lake (4-4 in ‘26) at No. 7 Weatherford (2-1 in ‘26) [2pm|11am on TSBN Sports]

• Saturday-Sunday, both single-game.

• Texas Tournament

No. 14 Iowa Western (42-19) at No. 6 McLennan (48-18) [5pm|2pm on TSBN Sports]

• Saturday-Sunday, both single-game.

NJCAA Division I - Region 5

No. 1 Salt Lake (4-4 in ‘26) vs. El Paso (4-0 in ‘26) [3:00 PM on TSBN Sports]

• Sunday DH

NJCAA Division I - Region 23 (LCCAC)

DII-National Park (33-22-1, Region 2) at No. 10 LSU Eunice (2-1) [7pm|3pm|2pm on LSUE DN]

NJCAA Division II - Region 23 (MACCC)

No. 11 St. Johns River State (7-2 in ‘26) at No. 3 East Central-MS (2-1 in ‘26) [12:00 PM]

• Friday single-game.

• Streaming live on Gold Channel

• East Central-MS leads series, 1-0 (picks are for final game)