Georgia Tech Ranked Among Top Teams in D1 Baseball Preseason Projections

Yellow Jackets set to host regional as No. 1 seed in early predictions

Published on Feb. 12, 2026

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The college baseball season is set to begin, and Georgia Tech is considered one of the top teams in the country according to D1 Baseball's initial Field of 64 Projections. The Yellow Jackets are projected as a No. 1 seed, hosting a regional in Atlanta that includes East Carolina, Alabama, and Bethune-Cookman. Georgia Tech is coming off a 41-19 season in 2025 and an ACC regular-season championship, but will have a new head coach in James Ramsey after the retirement of longtime coach Danny Hall.

Why it matters

Georgia Tech has high expectations this season to make a deep postseason run and potentially win its first-ever College World Series title. Being projected as a top seed and hosting a regional would give the Yellow Jackets a significant home-field advantage as they look to live up to the hype and preseason rankings.

The details

D1 Baseball's trio of veteran writers have the Yellow Jackets as a No. 1 regional seed, staying at home in Atlanta to host East Carolina, Alabama, and Bethune-Cookman. Last season, Georgia Tech went 41-19 overall and 19-11 in the ACC, winning the regular-season conference championship. However, the team fell short in the Oxford Regional, losing to Murray State and Ole Miss. This year, Georgia Tech has a new head coach in James Ramsey, who takes over for the retired Danny Hall. Ramsey is focused on managing the high expectations for the program and ensuring the team stays focused on the task at hand, starting with their season-opening series against Bowling Green.

  • The college baseball season begins tomorrow, February 14, 2026.
  • Georgia Tech opens a three-game home series against Bowling Green on February 14, 2026.

The players

James Ramsey

The new head coach of the Georgia Tech baseball team, taking over for the retired Danny Hall after serving as an assistant coach for the program the past seven years.

Riley Stanford

A key outfielder/pitcher for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Kyle Lodise

The starting shortstop for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

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What they’re saying

“I think it's something that I tried to get ahead of initially when the first couple of polls came out. I think now I mean our guys are all on social media, and you know they have to deal with all that. I think now you know, and kudos to Anthony and our whole PR team, but it's like there's something new every hour, like honestly it's so I think that's been good though because it's gotten so dizzying. It's which acronyms rank us here, and who's the preseason player of the year. I mean, Burress has like nine of them right now or something. I do think it's been good to lose track of it because at the end of the day, the thing that we've set our sights on is Bowling Green.”

— James Ramsey, Head Coach (si.com)

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