2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

The 2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represents Oklahoma State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys play their home games at O'Brate Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Josh Holliday, in his twelfth season at Oklahoma State.

2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	11–8 (0–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Josh Holliday (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Rob Walton (12th season) Mark Ginther (1st season) Victor Romero (1st season)
Home stadium	O'Brate Stadium
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
West Virginia ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			19	–	13		.594
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			18	–	14		.563
Kansas State ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			21	–	10		.677
No. 21 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			22	–	11		.667
Cincinnati ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			20	–	13		.606
Texas ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			20	–	14		.588
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	8	–	7		.533			25	–	9		.735
No. 17 UCF ‍‍‍	8	–	7		.533			21	–	9		.700
Kansas ‍‍‍	7	–	8		.467			16	–	14		.533
Baylor ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			13	–	18		.419
BYU ‍‍‍	6	–	9		.400			14	–	15		.483
TCU ‍‍‍	5	–	10		.333			20	–	11		.645
Houston ‍‍‍	4	–	11		.267			16	–	16		.500
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 11, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1baseball

Background

Main article: 2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

The 2023 Oklahoma State baseball team finished the season with a 41–18 overall record and a 15–9 record in the Big 12 Conference. The won the Big 12 regular season for the first time since 2014.^[2] The Pokes went 4–2 in the 2023 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, but earned an at-large berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. There, the Pokes were seeded 11th overall and hosted the Stillwater Regional.^[3] In the tournament, Oklahoma went 0–2 being eliminated by No. 18 Dallas Baptist.^[4]

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	TCU	143 (11)
2	Texas	131 (2)
3	Oklahoma State	119
4	Texas Tech	107
5	Kansas State	98
T–6	Oklahoma	85
T–6	West Virginia	85
8	Kansas	67
9	Houston	56
10	UCF	45
11	Baylor	36
T–12	BYU	21
T–12	Cincinnati	21

Source:^[5]

Offseason

2023 MLB Draft

Main article: 2023 Major League Baseball draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Team
3	89	Juaron Watts-Brown	RHP	Toronto Blue Jays
3	91	Nolan McLean	3B	New York Mets
4	129	Roc Riggio	2B	New York Yankees
5	138	Marcus Brown	SS	Washington Nationals
10	312	Brian Hendry	RHP	New York Yankees
16	478	Isaac Stebens	LHP	Boston Red Sox

Schedule and results

2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log (11–8)
Regular season (11–8)
February (4–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record February 16 at Sam Houston* No. 21 Don Sanders Stadium Huntsville, TX L 2–7 Atkinson (1–0) Garcia (0–1) Hewitt (1) ESPN+ 1,181 0–1 — February 17 at Sam Houston* No. 21 Don Sanders Stadium L 1–2 David (1–0) Cranz (0–1) None ESPN+ 979 0–2 — February 18 at Sam Houston* No. 21 Don Sanders Stadium W 19–2 Keisel (1–0) Hellums (0–1) None ESPN+ 1,014 1–2 — February 21 at Abilene Christian* Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX W 8–4 Weber (1–0) Greanead (0–1) None 1,063 2–2 — Kubota College Baseball Series February 23 vs. Michigan* Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 9–3 Garcia (1–1) Voit (0–1) None FloBaseball 13,038 3–2 — February 24 vs. No. 2 Arkansas* Globe Life Field W 2–1^14 Molsky (1–0) Fisher (1–1) None FloBaseball 16,271 4–2 — February 25 vs. No. 7 Oregon State* Globe Life Field L 1–8 Segura (1–0) Keisel (1–1) None FloBaseball 7,459 4–3 — February 27 at Dallas Baptist* Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX L 4–14^7 Wilson (2–0) Bogusz (0–1) None ESPN+ 1,274 4–4 —
March (7–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record March 1 Central Michigan* O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK W 7–4 O'Toole (1–0) Miller (0–2) Davis (1) B12N 4,363 5–4 — March 2 Central Michigan* O'Brate Stadium W 8–1 Holiday (1–0) Batka (0–2) None B12N 5,204 6–4 — March 3 Central Michigan* O'Brate Stadium W 19–0 Keisel (2–1) Mrakitsch (1–2) None B12N 4,765 7–4 — March 5 Utah Tech* O'Brate Stadium L 8–9 Vasiliou (1–2) Weber (1–1) Hardman (1) B12N 3,875 7–5 — March 6 Utah Tech* O'Brate Stadium W 12–2^7 Hudgens (1–0) Marshall (0–1) None B12N 3,902 8–5 — March 8 Mercer* O'Brate Stadium W 4–2 Garcia (2–1) Cosper (1–1) Davis (2) B12N 5,139 9–5 — March 9 Mercer* O'Brate Stadium L 1–4 Yntema (2–1) Holiday (1–1) Olson (5) B12N 5,139 9–6 — March 10 Mercer* O'Brate Stadium W 4–3 Blake (1–0) O'Neal (0–2) Benge (1) B12N 4,228 10–6 — March 12 at Oklahoma* Mitchell Park Norman, OK W 14–5 Davis (1–0) Carsten (0–1) None ESPN+ 4,177 11–6 — March 15 at UCF Euliano Park Orlando, FL L 2–13 Vespi (2–0) Garcia (2–2) None B12N 2,256 11–7 0–1 March 16 at UCF Euliano Park L 3–4 Centala (2–0) Davis (1–1) None B12N 2,189 11–8 0–2 March 17 at UCF Euliano Park B12N March 19 Missouri State* O'Brate Stadium B12N — March 22 TCU O'Brate Stadium B12N March 23 TCU O'Brate Stadium B12N March 24 TCU O'Brate Stadium B12N March 26 at Wichita State* Eck Stadium Wichita, KS ESPN+ — March 29 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Morgantown, WV B12N March 30 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark B12N March 31 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark B12N
April (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record April 2 Oral Roberts* O'Brate Stadium B12N — April 5 Oklahoma O'Brate Stadium B12N April 6 Oklahoma O'Brate Stadium B12N April 7 Oklahoma O'Brate Stadium B12N April 9 at Wichita State* Eck Stadium ESPN+ — April 12 Cincinnati O'Brate Stadium B12N April 13 Cincinnati O'Brate Stadium B12N April 14 Cincinnati O'Brate Stadium B12N April 16 Dallas Baptist* O'Brate Stadium B12N — April 19 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS B12N April 20 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium B12N April 21 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium ESPNU April 23 at Oral Roberts* J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK — April 25 BYU O'Brate Stadium B12N April 26 BYU O'Brate Stadium B12N April 27 BYU O'Brate Stadium B12N April 30 Wichita State* O'Brate Stadium B12N —
May (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record May 3 at Texas Disch-Falk Field Austin, TX LHN May 4 at Texas Disch-Falk Field LHN May 5 at Texas Disch-Falk Field LHN May 10 Texas Tech O'Brate Stadium B12N May 11 Texas Tech O'Brate Stadium B12N May 12 Texas Tech O'Brate Stadium B12N May 16 at Houston Schroeder Park Houston, TX B12N May 17 at Houston Schroeder Park B12N May 18 at Houston Schroeder Park B12N
Postseason (0–0)
Big 12 Tournament (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12T Record May 21–25 vs. Globe Life Field B12N
NCAA Regional (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31–June 3 vs. TBD
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold = Oklahoma State team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game. "#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
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Rankings

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[7]	RV	RV*	RV
Baseball America^[8]	21	—	—
NCBWA†^[9]	29	RV	RV
D1Baseball^[10]	—	—	—
Perfect Game^[11]	22	—	—

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "2024 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
2. "OSU, UT and WVU Share Big 12 Baseball Regular Season Title, Championship Seeds Announced". Big 12 Conference. big12sports.com. May 20, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
3. Fitt, Aaron (May 30, 2023). "Sixteen regional sites selected for 2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
4. Bush, Braeden (June 3, 2023). "Oklahoma State baseball season ends in rout to Dallas Baptist in NCAA Stillwater Regional". The Oklahoman. Gannett. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
5. "TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll". Big 12 Conference. January 25, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
6. "2023 Baseball Schedule". okstate.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
7. "Baseball Coaches Poll". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
8. Flaherty, Peter; Cahill, Teddy (February 26, 2024). "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". Baseball America. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
9. "NCBWA Division I Poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Dallas. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
10. "D1Baseball.com Top 25". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
11. "NCAA Division I - Top 25 Rankings". Perfect Game USA. February 26, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.

External links

• OK State Baseball