No. 18 Ole Miss hosts No. 6 MSU in massive SEC series
Can the Rebels wake up their bats in this huge in-state rivalry?
Ole Miss Rebels infielder Judd Utermark (27) bats against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Miss. , on Mar. 10, 2026.
| Matt Bush/Special to the Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images College baseball is about as important in Mississippi as eating and breathing with three of the best programs in the country all residing within its borders. This weekend Oxford will host a three game series rivaling in importance any in the country for the entire season – No. 18 Ole Miss and No.
6 Mississippi State. The Bulldogs (21-4, 4-2 SEC) are coming off a 12-0 shutout of Southern Miss in Hattiesburg and probably feel damn bulletproof right now. The Rebels (19-7, 3-3 SEC) just got a kick in the collective nuts on Tuesday when it lost on the road to a sub .
500 Memphis team. The intersection at which these two teams meet is important as the finale of this series marks approximately one third of the conference schedule. Whether you are 4-5 or 5-4 after this weekend isn’t a vast difference, but the Rebels have been in a spot where it is 3-6 and know how difficult it is to dig out of that kind of hole.