# 2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented the Mississippi State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

## Schedule and results

Game results and box scores can be found at the reference.

## SEC Tournament

Mississippi State, the 5 seed, beats 12 seed Georgia and beats 4 seed South Carolina. They then lose to 9 seed Kentucky in an upset and lose to 1 seed Florida, eliminating them immediately before the semifinal game.

## NCAA tournament

Mississippi State, a regional 2 seed in the Lafayette Regional, beats regional 3 seed San Diego State and 4 seed Jackson State. Louisiana–Lafayette, having lost their first game to Jackson State, beats San Diego State and Jackson State, then beats Mississippi State twice to win the regional. Mississippi State finishes 2nd in the regional.

## MLB Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| Jacob Lindgren | LHP | 2 | 55 | New York Yankees |
| Jonathan Holder | RHP | 6 | 182 | New York Yankees |
| Brandon Woodruff | RHP | 11 | 326 | Milwaukee Brewers |
| Brett Pirtle | 2B | 23 | 700 | Detroit Tigers |

## Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
2014 SEC baseball recordsvte
Source: 2014 SEC baseball game results :
| Team | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZZ | MISS | SCAR | TENN | TAMU | VAN | Team | Div | SR | SW |
| ALA | 15–14 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | . | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | . | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | ALA | W5 | 5–4 | 1–1 |
| ARK | 16–14 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | ARK | W4 | 5–5 | 1–0 |
| AUB | 10–20 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | . | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | AUB | W7 | 3–7 | 0–3 |
| FLA | 21–9 | 3–0 | 2–1 | . | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | FLA | E1 | 7–3 | 4–0 |
| UGA | 11–18 | . | . | . | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | UGA | E6 | 4–6 | 0–2 |
| KEN | 14–16 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | . | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | KEN | E4 | 5–5 | 0–1 |
| LSU | 17–11 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | . | | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | LSU | W2 | 6–3 | 2–1 |
| MSU | 18–12 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | MSU | W3 | 7–3 | 2–1 |
| MIZZ | 6–24 | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | . | 0–3 | MIZZ | E7 | 2–8 | 0–6 |
| MISS | 19–11 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | . | MISS | W1 | 7–3 | 3–1 |
| SCAR | 18–12 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | . | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | SCAR | E2 | 6–4 | 2–0 |
| TENN | 12–18 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | | . | 2–1 | TENN | E5 | 3–7 | 0–1 |
| TAMU | 14–16 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | . | . | | 2–1 | TAMU | W6 | 4–6 | 0–0 |
| VAN | 17–13 | . | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | VAN | E3 | 5–5 | 2–0 |
| Team | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZZ | MISS | SCAR | TENN | TAMU | VAN | Team | Div | SR | SW |
Updated for entire regular season. Georgia at LSU had a tie game.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 4 | 4* | 4* | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 21 | — | 22 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21* | 21* | — |
| Baseball America | 8 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 20 | — | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17* | 17* | — |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| NCBWA† | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 28* | 28 |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † 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.