AUSTIN, Texas - Texas baseball’s 2027 slate is set, and it comes with no shortage of heavyweight matchups.
Head coach Jim Schlossnagle announced the Longhorns’ schedule Monday morning, and it’s built to test Texas from the jump. The 54-game regular season includes 35 games at UFCU Disch-Falk Field and 26 contests against 11 different 2026 NCAA Tournament teams.
“We're looking forward to the competition this schedule brings,” Schlossnagle said. “Between our SEC opponents and the non-conference games, we'll have plenty of opportunities to challenge ourselves against some really good teams. Our goal is to continue getting better throughout the season and put ourselves in the best position possible when the postseason comes around.”
Texas opens the year at the Shriners Children’s College Showdown at Globe Life Field for the second time in three years. The Longhorns start against Clemson on Feb. 19, face TCU on Feb. 20 and close the event against Virginia on Feb. 21.
After that, the home calendar gets busy fast. Texas returns to Austin for 13 straight home games beginning with a midweek game against Lamar on Feb.
- The stretch includes a weekend series with Washington State from Feb. 26-28, a midweek matchup with Texas Southern on March 2, and home series against Loyola Marymount (March 5-7), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (March 9), Murray State (March 12-14) and Tarleton State (March 16).
SEC play brings a packed lineup of marquee series to UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Texas will host South Carolina from March 25-27, Tennessee from April 9-11, Arkansas from April 23-25, Vanderbilt from April 30-May 2 and Texas A&M from May 13-15 in the Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown.
The road schedule is just as demanding. Texas will visit LSU from March 19-21, Alabama from April 1-3, Florida from April 16-18, Oklahoma from May 6-8 and Georgia from May 20-22 in its five SEC road series.
The rest of the home slate features midweek games against UTRGV on March 30, UT Arlington on April 6, Incarnate Word on April 13, Texas State on April 20, Houston Christian on April 27, UTSA on May 4 and Sam Houston on May 11. The Longhorns also travel to Texas State for a midweek game on March 23.
Texas enters 2027 with 14 returning letterwinners, led by two-time consensus All-American Dylan Volantis, 2026 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Sam Cozart and 2026 Baseball America National Freshman of the Yar Anthony Pack Jr.
The roster got a major boost, too. Baseball America ranked Texas with the nation’s third-ranked transfer portal class and fourth-ranked recruiting class.
Schlossnagle’s first two seasons on The Forty Acres have produced a 90-29 record, good for a .756 winning percentage that ranks third nationally. Texas has also put together back-to-back 40-win regular seasons for the first time since 2010-11, while posting a league-best 41-18 (.695) mark in SEC play over that stretch.
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