The Florida Gators gained ground in the final Baseball Coaches Poll of the regular season after sweeping the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge.

It’s been nice to see Florida fight through some early season defensive and hitting issues to perhaps be playing their best baseball of the year.

Fresh off arguably the best outing of his 2026 campaign, Florida Gators junior pitcher Liam Peterson on Monday took home his first SEC Pitcher of the Week honors.

Florida baseball swept LSU to close out the regular season and the Gators again climbed in every national poll.

Florida baseball ace Aidan King was named the 2026 SEC Pitcher of the Year, the league announced Monday afternoon. King is the fourth player in Florida program history to earn SEC Pitcher of the Year honors since the award was established in 2003 and the first since Brady Singer won it in 2018.

Florida logged a 37-18 (18-12 SEC) record through a daunting 55-game schedule as it won the season’s final three conference series against Oklahoma, Kentucky and Louisiana State. Overall, the 2026 regular season was filled with dominant victories,

After winning the series at LSU on Friday in run-rule fashion, the Florida Gators go for their eighth sweep of the season Saturday and third in SEC play. UF has now won four-straight games at Alex Box Stadium dating back to 2024.

Former Florida Gators starting pitcher Hurston Waldrep got his first true shot at the big leagues late last season. It wasn't his major league debut, but after he stepped up for the Braves in Bristol, Tenn., it became an easy decision to keep him around.