Baylor Baseball to Play in 2026 Astros Foundation College Classic

[Calderone, Max]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 22, 2025

Baylor Baseball to Play in 2026 Astros Foundation College Classic
Bears to make 14th appearance at Houston-hosted tournament
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

HOUSTON – Baylor baseball is set to take part in the 2026 Astros Foundation College Classic, as announced Tuesday by the Houston Astros.

The Bears will join Coastal Carolina and Ohio State in facing Ole Miss, Texas and UTSA on Feb. 27-March 1 at Houston’s Daikin Park on the third weekend of the 2026 college baseball season. BU will be making its 14th appearance at the Houston-hosted tournament and first since 2022, snapping a three-year drought, the program’s longest without making an appearance since the tournament’s inception in 2001.

Baylor is 21-18 all-time at the Astros College Classic and have posted winning records at three of its last four showings and nine of its previous 13 appearances at the tournament, including undefeated weekends in 2005 and 2020.

In their last meeting with Ole Miss, the Bears claimed a 4-0 victory at the Astros Classic on March 3, 2017. BU is 5-1 all-time against the Rebels and has won five-straight matchups since the first time the two sides squared off on Feb. 12, 1999.

This will be the first time the Bears and the Longhorns will have met since UT departed the Big 12 in 2024. Texas holds a 254-114-4 advantage in the all-time series, with Baylor going 2-4 against the burnt orange in the Mitch Thompson era.

BU shut out the Roadrunners in the lone meeting between the two sides in 2025, 5-0, on Feb. 18. The Bears lead the all-time series, 37-10, and have won four of the last six matchups against UTSA.

Single-day tickets and three-day tournament packages will go on sale for the 2026 tournament at a later date.

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2026 ASTROS FOUNDATION COLLEGE CLASSIC SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 27:
Ohio State vs. UTSA – 11 a.m.
Baylor vs. Ole Miss – 3 p.m.
Coastal Carolina vs. Texas – 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 28:
Ole Miss vs. Ohio State – 11 a.m.
UTSA vs. Coastal Carolina – 3 p.m.
Baylor vs. Texas – 7 p.m.

Sunday, March 1:
Coastal Carolina vs. Ole Miss – 10 a.m.
Texas vs. Ohio State – 2 p.m.
UTSA vs. Baylor – 6 p.m.


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Max Calderone | Director of Athletics Communications (Baseball, Football)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-265-1639

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