The 2026 South Florida Bulls baseball team represents University of South Florida Bulls during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulls play their home games at USF Baseball Stadium as a member of the American Conference. They are led by second-year head coach Mitch Hannahs.

Previous season

The Bulls are coming off a 31–25 (16–11) season, where they qualified for the 2025 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament as the third-overall seed, where they went 2–2.

Preseason Coaches poll The coaches poll was released on December 30, 2025. South Florida was selected to win the conference.

Coaches' Poll 1 East Carolina 75 (4) 2 UTSA 70 (4) 3 Charlotte 62 4 Tulane 57 5 South Florida 54 6 Florida Atlantic 45 7 Rice 45 8 Wichita State 24 9 Memphis 19 10 UAB 16

Personnel

Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 20 Lance Trippel Senior 1B 9 Eli Thomas Freshman 2B 3 Bradke Lohry Senior 3B 10 Jack Lutz Freshman SS 1 Jevin Relaford Senior LF 18 Jake Kulikowski Junior CF 27 Ryan Pruitt Senior RF 6 Jacob Green Senior DH 26 Nathan Earley Senior

Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday 19 Michael Senay Freshman Saturday 44 Edwin Alicea Junior Sunday 32 Landen Yorek Senior

Roster

Game log 2026 South Florida Bulls baseball game log (29–18) Regular season (29–18) February (9–2) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall AAC Source February 13 ESPN+ * Red McEwen FieldTampa, FL W 9–4 Bernard (1–0) Plumley (0–1) Pointbriant (1) 1,075 1–0 — Report February 14 ESPN+ Illinois* Red McEwen Field L 2–410 Remington (1–0) Anna (0–1) None 734 1–1 — Report February 15 ESPN+ Illinois* Red McEwen Field W 11–10 Yorek (1–0) Gannon (0–1) O'Donnell (1) 802 2–1 — Report February 17 ESPN+ * Red McEwen Field W 9–5 DeCardenas (1–0) Totten (0–1) None 477 3–1 — Report February 18 ESPN+ North Dakota State* Red McEwen Field W 3–1 Bernard (2–0) Shupe (0–1) O'Donnell (2) 451 4–1 — Report February 20 ESPN+ * Red McEwen Field W 9–7 Alicea (1–0) Pendley (0–1) Sutton (1) 405 5–1 — Report February 21 ESPN+ Georgia Southern* Red McEwen Field W 29–47 Senay (1–0) Garrett (0–1) None 577 6–1 — Report February 22 ESPN+ Georgia Southern* Red McEwen Field W 4–3 O'Donnell (1–0) Robbins (0–1) None 331 7–1 — Report February 24 YouTube at * Jackie Robinson BallparkDaytona Beach, FL L 3–4 Rincones (2–0) Sutton (0–1) Morales (1) 67 7–2 — Report February 27 B12N+ at * John Euliano ParkOrlando, FL W 9–2 Alicea (2–0) Smith (1–1) None 2,122 8–2 — Report February 28 B12N+ at UCF* John Euliano Park W 2–110 Sutton (1–1) Jones (1–1) O'Donnell (3) 2,390 9–2 — Report March (13–5) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall AAC Source March 1 B12N+ at UCF* John Euliano Park L 1–2 Gray (1–0) Smith (0–1) None 2,254 9–3 — Report March 3 ESPN+ * Red McEwen Field W 12–4 Pontbriant (2–0) Core (0–1) None 637 10–3 — Report March 6 ESPN+ * Red McEwen Field W 6–1 Alicea (3–0) Specer (1–2) Sutton (2) 488 11–3 — Report March 7 ESPN+ Southern* Red McEwen Field W 15–17 Senay (2–0) Thornton (0–2) None 537 12–3 — Report March 8 ESPN+ Southern* Red McEwen Field W 9–2 Smith (1–1) Eneix (0–2) None 606 13–3 — Report March 9 ESPN+ at * John Sessions StadiumJacksonville, FL W 6–1 DeCardenas (2–0) Dicks (1–1) None 266 14–3 — Report March 13 ESPN+ * Red McEwen Field W 6–3 Alicea (4–0) Sotiropoulos (1–1) None 521 15–3 — Report March 14 ESPN+ Columbia* Red McEwen Field W 2–0 Senay (3–0) Lopez (0–2) Sutton (3) 575 16–3 — Report March 15 ESPN+ Columbia* Red McEwen Field W 10–6 O'Donnell (2–0) Hicks (0–1) None 738 17–3 — Report March 17 ESPN+ Jacksonville* Red McEwen Field W 13–37 Smith (2–1) Dicks (1–2) None 425 18–3 — Report March 20 ESPN+ Rice Red McEwen Field L 4–5 Wiggins (1–0) Alicea (4–1) Atchley (2) 675 18–4 0–1 Report March 21 ESPN+ Rice Red McEwen Field W 2–0 Senay (4–0) Urbancyzk (1–2) Sutton (4) 568 19–4 1–1 Report March 22 ESPN+ Rice Red McEwen Field W 7–2 Smith (3–1) Sanders (1–3) None 534 20–4 2–1 Report March 24 ESPN+ at * Swanson StadiumFort Myers, FL W 7–3 Sarabia (1–0) Baisley (0–2) Sutton (5) 899 21–4 — Report March 27 ESPN+ at Charlotte Hayes StadiumCharlotte, NC L 2–11 Copper (3–1) Alicea (4–2) Taylor (2) 651 21–5 2–2 Report March 28 ESPN+ at Charlotte Hayes Stadium W 9–5 Senay (5–0) Munn (3–1) Sutton (6) 809 22–5 3–2 Report March 29 ESPN+ at Charlotte Hayes Stadium L 3–10 Stanton (1–0) Bernard (2–1) None 742 22–6 3–3 Report March 31 ESPN+ Bethune–Cookman* Red McEwen Field L 5–6 Anselmo (1–1) Allen (0–1) Torres (2) 528 22–7 — Report April (6–9) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall AAC Source April 2 ESPN+ Red McEwen Field W 10–1 Alicea (5–2) Garner (0–4) None 294 23–7 4–3 Report April 3 ESPN+ Memphis Red McEwen Field L 4–7 Howell (3–4) Yorek (1–1) Fair (6) 979 23–8 4–4 April 4 ESPN+ Memphis Red McEwen Field W 5–0 Senay (6–0) Case (2–6) None 615 24–8 5–4 April 7 ESPN+ Florida Gulf Coast* Red McEwen Field Canceled (inclement weather) April 10 ESPN+ at UTSA Roadrunner FieldSan Antonio, TX L 3–11 Kelley (2–1) Alicia (5–3) None 810 24–9 5–5 April 11 (DH 1) ESPN+ at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 3–7 Myles (5–1) Senay (6–1) None 847 24–10 5–6 April 11 (DH 2) ESPN+ at UTSA Roadrunner Field W 7–1 Smith (4–1) Gutierrez (1–1) Sutton (7) 892 25–10 6–6 April 15 ACCNX at Miami (FL)* Alex Rodriguez ParkCoral Gables, FL W 4–2 Pontbriant (2–0) Coats (5–2) Sutton (8) 3,446 26–10 — Report April 17 ESPN+ Red McEwen Field L 4–8 Ingram (2–3) Alicea (5–4) None 1,020 26–11 6–7 Report April 18 ESPN+ UAB Red McEwen Field L 6–12 Samuelson (4–2) Senay (6–2) Miller (3) 510 26–12 6–8 Report April 19 ESPN+ UAB Red McEwen Field W 1–0 Sutton (2–1) Warrick (1–1) None 599 27–12 7–8 Report April 21 ESPN+ at * Melching FieldDeLand, FL W 6–5 Pontbriant (3–0) Walker (0–2) Sutton (9) 1,222 28–12 — Report April 24 ESPN+ at East Carolina Clark–LeClair StadiumGreenville, NC L 1–117 Towers (4–3) Senay (6–3) None 4,249 28–13 7–9 April 25 (DH 1) ESPN+ at East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium L 4–12 Norby (5–1) Smith (4–2) None 28–14 7–10 April 25 (DH 2) ESPN+ at East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium L 2–128 Webb (6–3) Sutton (2–2) None 4,497 28–15 7–11 April 29 ACCNX at No. 14 Florida State* Dick Howser StadiumTallahassee, FL L 1–9 Whited (3–2) Allen (0–2) None 4,630 28–16 May (4–5) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall AAC Source May 1 ESPN+ Red McEwen Field L 9–12 Litman (8–3) Smith (4–3) Kimball (1) 787 28–17 7–12 Report May 2 ESPN+ Florida Atlantic Red McEwen Field L 5–6 Grant (2–4) Sutton (2–3) Kimball (2) 446 28–18 7–13 Report May 3 ESPN+ Florida Atlantic Red McEwen Field W 11–6 Bernard (3–1) Murphy (1–6) None 502 29–18 8–13 Report May 8 ESPN+ at Greer Field at Turchin StadiumNew Orleans, LA W 16-6 Alicea (6-4) Rodriguez (5-2) None 1,504 30-18 9-13 Report May 9 ESPN+ at Tulane Greer Field at Turchin Stadium L 8-9 Moore (1-1) Bernard (3-2) Cehajic (1) 1,530 30-19 9-14 Report May 10 ESPN+ at Tulane Greer Field at Turchin Stadium L 5-9 Cehajic (3-5) Yorek (1-2) None 1,571 30-20 9-15 Report May 14 ESPN+ Red McEwen Field W 4-1 Pontbriant (4-0) Cuccias (4-3) Alicea (1) 466 31-20 10-15 Report May 15 ESPN+ Wichita State Red McEwen Field W 7-610 Sutton (3-3) Hamilton (3-7) None 704 32-20 11-15 Report May 16 ESPN+ Wichita State Red McEwen Field L 5-810 Hayashi (2-1) Alicea (6-5) None 568 32-21 11-16 Report Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = CanceledBold = South Florida team member   * Non-conference gameRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

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