UCSB team to beat in Big West Poll

2026 Big West Baseball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
Rank	Institution	Points
1.	UC Santa Barbara	95 (5)
2.	Cal Poly	89 (5)
3.	UC Irvine	86 (1)
T-4.	Cal State Fullerton	67
T-4.	Hawai’i	67
6.	UC San Diego	60
7.	Long Beach State	41
8.	UC Davis	40
9.	CSUN	25
10.	Cal State Bakersfield	22
11.	UC Riverside	13

First-place votes in parentheses

2026 Big West Baseball Preseason Coaches’ Team
Student-Athlete	Year	Position	Institution	Hometown
J.C. Allen	Senior	INF	UC San Diego	Irvine, Calif.
Michael Crossland	Junior	OF	UC San Diego	Seattle, Wash.
Jackson Flora	Junior	RHP	UC Santa Barbara	Pleasanton, Calif.
Alejandro Garza	Junior	3B	Cal Poly	Bakersfield, Calif.
Trevor Hansen	Junior	RHP	UC Irvine	Simi Valley, Calif.
Elijah Ickes	Junior	INF	Hawai’i	Wahiawa, O’ahu, Hawai’i
Andrew Kirchner	Senior	1B/OF	Cal State Fullerton	Lakewood, Calif.
Isaiah Magdaleno	Junior	RHP	Hawai’i	Los Angeles, Calif.
Griffin Naess	Junior	RHP	Cal Poly	Laguna Beach, Calif.
Ricky Ojeda	Junior	LHP	UC Irvine	Valencia, Calif.
Ben Zeigler-Namoa	Graduate	OF/INF	Hawai’i	Lahaina, Mau, Hawai’i