2015 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2015 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2015 season of NCAA Division I baseball.

2015 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	West
2015 record	24–30 (8–22 SEC)
Head coach	John Cohen (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Butch Thompson (7th season) Nick Mingione (3rd season)
Home stadium	Dudy Noble Field

2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Vanderbilt  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10		.667			51	–	21		.708
No. 3 Florida  ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	11		.633			52	–	18		.743
Missouri  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	28		.517
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	14	–	15		.483			30	–	25		.545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			32	–	25		.561
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	11	–	18		.379			24	–	26		.480
Georgia  ‍‍‍	10	–	19		.345			26	–	28		.481
Western
No. 5 LSU  ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	8		.724			54	–	12		.818
No. 11 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	10		.643			50	–	14		.781
No. 7 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	17	–	12		.586			40	–	25		.615
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	15	–	14		.517			30	–	28		.517
Auburn ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17		.433			36	–	26		.581
Alabama  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			32	–	28		.533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			24	–	30		.444
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Pre-Season

The 2015 MSU baseball team has Collegiate Baseball's No. 3 ranked recruiting class in 2015 according to Collegiate Baseball.[1] This is the third straight top 10 class, following No. 2 in 2013 and No. 6 in 2014.[2]

Schedule and results

Game results and box scores can be found at the reference.[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[4]	25	25*	25*	7	13	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR*	NR*	NR
Baseball America[5]	14	13	9	15	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR*	NR*	NR
Collegiate Baseball^[6]	20	18	14	8	16	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA†[7]	22	20	15	9	15	22	29	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR*	NR
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

MLB Draft

No players were drafted.[8]

References

1. "Florida Captures 2015 Recruiting Title". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Inc. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
2. "Diamond Dogs land top 3 recruiting class". 2016 Heartland Media, LLC. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
3. "2015 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL". Mississippi State University Athletics. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
4. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
5. Baseball America Poll
6. Collegiate Baseball Poll
7. NCBWA Poll
8. "How will Mississippi State Baseball be Affected by the MLB Draft?". FanSided Inc. June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.