BPort Sports' College Baseball Series Picks (Week 8)

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

Rankings for teams are based on the D1Baseball Top 25.

Big Ten teams will also be denoted by the weekly BPort Sports’ Big Ten Power Rankings (found on X).

• Ex: B1 UCLA

This week, picks will be limited to the Power 4 conferences and six select mid-major conferences.

Rankings for teams in all other levels (NCAA Division II/III, NAIA, NJCAA) are based on their respective mainstream rankings.

Teams in bold denote my pick to win the listed matchup. (Parentheses) denote the team's 2026 record before Thursday’s games.

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 Week 8.

This Week: 0-0-0

Last Week: 6-8-0 (Week 5)

This Season: 72-52-9

2023–2025: 766-525-37

Overall: 838-577-46

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 Thursday-Friday-Saturday unless otherwise noted.

**Friday-Saturday-Sunday series.

Away at Home- Series of the Week

Away at Home- Mid-Major Series of the Week

ACC

No. 7 Florida State (22-6) at No. 10 Virginia (23-7) [5pm|2pm|11am on ACCNX] (Thu: ACCN)

No. 22 Boston College (21-9) at No. 6 North Carolina (25-4-1) [6pm|5pm|12pm on ACCNX]

Big 12

Utah (16-10, 5-4) at Kansas (19-10, 6-3) [7pm|7pm|2pm on ESPN+]

No. 23 UCF (18-8) at No. 13 West Virginia (20-5) [6:30pm|4pm|12pm on ESPN+]**

Big East

Creighton (13-13, 0-0) at UConn (15-15, 2-1) [3pm|2pm|10am on ESPN+]

Big Ten

No. 15/B3 Oregon (23-6) at B5 Michigan (14-13, 3-6) [3pm|4pm|12pm on B1G+/TVN Oregon/LS]

No. 12/B2 USC (27-3) at No. 1/B1 UCLA (26-2) [9pm|5pm|6pm on B1G+/LS] (Sun: BTN)**

• Location: Jackie Robinson Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)

• Head-to-Head History: USC is 272-155 against UCLA all-time.

• No. 12/B2 USC

  • Projected Starting Pitchers:

    • Game 1: TBD.

    • Game 2: TBD.

    • Game 3: TBD.

  • Top Bullpen Pitchers:

    • Saves Leader: RHP Adam Troy (15 app, 2.04 ERA, 9 saves)

    • Mr. Reliable: LHP Sax Matson (17 app, 3.48 ERA, 34 strikeouts)

    • Unhittable: RHP Henry Chabot (10 app, 2.38 ERA, .114 opponent avg)

  • Top Hitters/Runners:

    • Speed Demon: 2B Abbrie Covarrubias (.282|.398|.409, 13 stolen bases)

    • Heavy Hitter: DH Augie Lopez (.274|.340|.583, 6 home runs)

    • On-Base Wiz: 1B Adrian Lopez (.312|.389|.532, 10.7% K rate)

• No. 1/B1 UCLA

  • Projected Starting Pitchers:

    • Game 1: TBD.

    • Game 2: TBD.

    • Game 3: TBD.

  • Top Bullpen Pitchers:

    • Saves Leader: RHP Easton Hawk (13 app, 3.24 ERA, 3 saves)

    • Mr. Reliable: LHP Ian May (14 app, 2.95 ERA, 23 strikeouts)

    • Unhittable: RHP Jake Swenson (11 app, 3.52 ERA, .160 opponent avg)

  • Top Hitters/Runners:

    • Speed Demon: LF Dean West (.252|.435|.351, 5 stolen bases)

    • Heavy Hitter: CF Will Gasparino (.353|.465|.775, 12 home runs)

    • On-Base Wiz: SS Roch Cholowsky (.346|.489|.712, 11.3% K rate)

Big West

UC Santa Barbara (16-10, 5-4) at Cal Poly (17-10, 10-2) [9pm|9pm|4pm on ESPN+]

Conference USA

Dallas Baptist (16-13, 6-3) at Kennesaw State (14-11, 5-4) [6pm|6pm|12pm on ESPN+]

MAAC

Marist (10-17, 10-2) at Rider (15-7, 10-2) [3pm|1pm|12pm on ESPN+]

SEC

No. 5 Georgia (24-6) at No. 4 Mississippi State (25-4) [6pm|6pm|1pm on SECN+]

No. 16 Alabama (23-7) at No. 11 Oklahoma (20-8) [7:30pm|7:30pm|3pm on SECN+]

Southland

Northwestern State (18-10, 10-5) at UTRGV (14-15, 9-6) [7:30pm|7:30pm|2pm on ESPN+]

WAC

California Baptist (24-5, 0-0) at Abilene Christian (15-14, 0-0) [7pm|7pm|1pm on ESPN+]