Little Rock Finishes Season Ranked in Top 25 Polls

Little Rock Finishes Season Ranked in Top 25 Polls

• Top 25 Polls:  D1Baseball | Baseball America | Coaches | NCBWA | Perfect Game (TBD)

Following the conclusion of the 2026 season, OVC Tournament Champion Little Rock finished ranked in each of the major national Top 25 polls. 

The Trojans were No. 18 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA) poll, No. 21 in D1Baseball, No. 22 in Baseball America and No. 25 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. The Perfect Game Top 25 was not released as of mid-afternoon on June 23.

Little Rock finished the year 39-28 overall, with the 39 wins setting a new program record. The team was the No. 4 seed for the OVC Tournament and after losing its second game, won five-straight elimination games to claims its second-straight OVC Tournament Title.  The team played seven overall games at the OVC Tournament, tying an all-time event record. 

The Trojans then swept through the Hattiesburg Regional, besting host Southern Miss and No. 3 seed Jacksonville State (twice) to advance to the Super Regionals (the first OVC team to reach that round since 2018).