BPort Sports' College Baseball Series Picks (Week 9)
- bryanportney01
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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 five 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 9.
This Week: 0-0-0
Last Week: 10-4-0
This Season: 82-56-9
2023–2025: 766-525-37
Overall: 848-581-46
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 Friday-Saturday-Sunday unless otherwise noted.
**Thursday-Friday-Saturday series.
Away at Home- Series of the Week
Away at Home- Mid-Major Series of the Week
ACC
No. 5 Florida State (24-8) at No. 3 Georgia Tech (27-5) [7pm|8pm|3pm on ACCN]** (Sat: ACCNX)
Location: Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium (Atlanta, GA)
Head-to-Head History: Florida State is 81-51 against Georgia Tech all-time.
No. 5 Florida State
Projected Starting Pitchers:
Game 1: LHP Wes Mendes (6-2, 1.97 ERA)
Game 2: LHP Trey Beard (3-0, 3.58 ERA)
Game 3: RHP Bryson Moore (5-1, 4.19 ERA)
Top Bullpen Pitchers:
Saves Leader: RHP John Abraham (12 app, 0.61 ERA, 4 saves)
Mr. Reliable: RHP Chris Knier (10 app, 2.50 ERA, 22 strikeouts)
Unhittable: RHP Cole Stokes (9 app, 4.63 ERA, .081 opponent avg)
Top Hitters/Runners:
Speed Demon: RF John Stuetzer (.291|.402|.417, 9 stolen bases)
Heavy Hitter: CF Brayden Dowd (.283|.450|.525, 6 home runs)
On-Base Wiz: DH Kevyn Paulino Jr. (.312|.389|.532, 13.0% K rate)
No. 3 Georgia Tech
Projected Starting Pitchers:
Game 1: RHP Tate McKee (5-0, 3.35 ERA)
Game 2: RHP Porter Buursema (0-1, 3.77 ERA)
Game 3: RHP Jackson Blakely (4-1, 1.82 ERA)
Top Bullpen Pitchers:
Saves Leader: RHP Mason Patel (6 app, 4.20 ERA, 2 saves)
Mr. Reliable: LHP Dylan Loy (10 app, 3.41 ERA, 28 strikeouts)
Unhittable: RHP Caden Gaudette (12 app, 3.60 ERA, .140 opponent avg)
Top Hitters/Runners:
Speed Demon: C Vahn Lackey (.414|.531|.819, 7 stolen bases)
Heavy Hitter: 3B Ryan Zuckerman (.333|.462|.737, 12 home runs)
On-Base Wiz: CF Drew Burress (.318|.460|.574, 14.1% K rate)
Wake Forest (23-11, 8-7) at Miami (25-8, 6-6) [7pm|6pm|1pm on ACCNX]
American
South Florida (24-8, 5-4) at UTSA (23-10, 6-3) [7pm|3pm|2pm on ACCNX]
Big 12
No. 12 UCF (20-9) at Kansas (23-10, 9-3) [7pm|3pm|1pm on ESPN+]
No. 17 West Virginia (22-7) at Texas Tech (19-13, 5-7) [7:30pm|3pm|2pm on ESPN+]
Big Ten
B8 Iowa (18-12, 5-7) at No. 14/B3 USC (27-7) [10pm|5pm|4pm on B1G+/Hawkeye RN/LS]
Conference USA
NEC
Stonehill (12-15, 10-2) at FDU (19-11, 13-2) [3pm|1pm|1pm on NEC Front Row]
Ohio Valley
Little Rock (19-14, 7-2) at SIUE (17-15, 8-1) [7pm|3pm|2pm on ESPN+]
Patriot
Holy Cross (14-16, 8-4) at Bucknell (18-12, 11-1) [3:30pm|12pm|2:30pm|1pm on ESPN+] (Sat DH)
SEC
No. 22 Arkansas (21-13) at No. 8 Alabama (26-8) [7pm|5pm|2pm on SECN+] (Sat: SECN)
No. 2 Texas (27-5) at No. 18 Texas A&M (25-7) [8pm on SECN | 3pm on ESPN2 | 2pm on SECN+]
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