Breaking news:Bad year for Sammy Brow, the Clemson tigers head coach has decommit a 5-star defensive player..

Breaking news:Bad year for Sammy Brow, the Clemson tigers head coach has decommit a 5-star defensive player..

The Clemson Tigers’ men’s baseball team is coming off a trip to an NCAA super regional last spring — and hosting the Savannah Bananas just a few months ago.

But the fun is over and it’s time to get to work. Two respected publications believe the Tigers are heading for big things in 2025.

With the regular season just a month away, Baseball America published its “Way Too Early” Top 25 rankings for Division I baseball. Meanwhile, Perfect Game released its preseason rankings.

Baseball America is quite high on the Tigers, ranking them No. 4 after they went 44-16 with a 20-10 record in the ACC. Perfect Game, meanwhile, has Clemson at No. 8.

The Tigers haven’t been to the Men’s College World Series since 2010, and coach Erik Bakich is hoping to change that.

Any conversation about Clemson starts with outfielder Cam Cannarella, a senior who was named an all-American last season and is considered by most to be a first-round pick in July’s MLB draft.

He was a highly productive part of the Tigers’ offense last year. He batted .337 with 16 doubles, three triples, 11 homers, 60 RBI and 58 runs. He had a .417 on-base percentage in 58 games. He also led the team with 29 multiple-hit games as he secured status as an All-American.

In his two-year collegiate career, Cannarella has batted .363 with 32 doubles, six triples, 18 homers, 107 RBI, 130 runs, with a .440 on-base percentage and 24 steals in 117 games.

He had offseason surgery for a torn labrum and revealed that he played the season with the injury after suffering it on the campaign’s opening weekend.

Pitcher Aidan Knaak is also back after an all-America campaign. He was also named National Freshman Pitcher-of-the-Year by NCBWA after he went 5-1 with a 3.35 ERA in 15 starts. He struck out 108 and walked 29 in 83.1 innings, giving up just 67 hits and allowing batters to hit just .221 against him.

He was second in the nation among freshmen in ERA, strikeouts, strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.72) and WHIP (1.15).

The Tigers also pulled significant talent from the transfer portal and signed one of the best recruiting classes in the country in an effort to build up their roster for a run to Omaha.

Clemson will head to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, to open the regular season on Feb. 14 to play in the Shriners Children’s College Showdown against Oklahoma State, Arizona and Ole MissThese days, it doesn’t always take several years to build a program back up to prominence. Clemson women’s basketball is turning into a good example.

For the second straight ACC game, the Tigers (10-5, 3-1) took down a program with a national profile, as they defeated Stanford (8-6, 0-3), 65-61, in overtime on Sunday.

Earlier in the week, the Tigers beat No. 20 Cal, also at home. It was the first win over a ranked team under Poppie, who took the job last spring after a successful run at Chattanooga.

Tied 56-56 going into overtime, the Cardinal built an early four-point lead, 61-57, with 1:49 remaining.

From there, Clemson went on an 8-0 run to end the game, sparked by Loyal McQueen.

Anya Poole scored a pair of free throws with 1:34 left to cut the Stanford lead to two points, followed by McQueen’s jumper in the paint with 1:12 left to tie the game at 61.

After Clemson and Stanford traded possessions, McQueen drew a foul and went to the foul line with 17 seconds left. She made both to give the Tigers the lead.

Stanford’s Nunu Agara missed a layup and Poole grabbed the rebound. After a held ball and a timeout, McQueen got the ball back and drew another foul. She made both free throws to ice the game.

McQueen had a terrific game, as she led the Tigers with 26 points, including a 12-for-14 performance at the free-throw line. She also had three rebounds and six assists.

Raven Thompson scored 17 points for the Tigers, including a trio of 3-pointers, which were the only 3-pointers Clemson made in the game. Poole had 11 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots. Tessa Miller had eight points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Nunu led the Cardinal with 18 points and 11 rebounds, along with a steal. Elena Bosgana also had a double-double, with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Brooke Demetre added 10 points with seven rebounds.

It was the first time Clemson had ever faced the Cardinal, but the program is one of the most prominent in women’s college basketball. Tara VanDerveer led the Cardinal to three national championships and won 1,064 games with Stanford before she retired at the end of last season.

She had 1,216 career wins and led all Division I men’s and women’s coaches before UConn’s Geno Auriemma passed her earlier this season.

Kate Paye, who served as a Stanford assistant for 17 years, took over this season and the Cardinal has yet to win an ACC game since joining the league.

Clemson will host Virginia on Thursday at 7 p.m. eastern.