On Wednesday, it was announced that the Dallas Baptist Patriots would be joining the Pac-12 conference in 2027.
The Patriots are currently members of Conference USA, which they will remain a part of for the 2026 college baseball season.
The Pac-12 Conference Revival – After being extinguished following the 2024 season, the Pac-12 is being brought back for 2027.
The other members of the conference for baseball include the Oregon State Beavers, Washington State Cougars, San Diego State Aztecs, Fresno State Bulldogs, Gonzaga Bulldogs, and Texas State Bobcats.
It will be the fourth different conference Dallas Baptist will be a part of. The Patriots were in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2013 season before they left to join the Missouri Valley Conference.
Then, in 2023, they officially joined Conference USA.
Dallas Baptist Patriots 2025 Season Results – In 2025, the Dallas Baptist Patriots finished the season 41-18 overall. They were 21-6 in Conference USA play which led them to win the conference’s regular season title.
It was their fifth conference title in program history and their second one as a member of Conference USA.
They went to the NCAA Tournament as the two-seed in the Baton Rouge regional.
In their first game of the NCAA Tournament, they defeated the Rhode Island Rams. However, they would lose their next two games against the national champion LSU Tigers and Little Rock Trojans.
Dallas Baptist has been to 11 straight NCAA Tournaments dating back to 2014.
Photo: Dallas Baptist head coach Dan Heefner shakes hands with the umpire before a NCAA regional baseball game against LSU on Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
