Baylor opened its season on February 13 as part of a three-game series with Cal Poly. In game 1, the Mustangs outhit the Bears 12–7, but Baylor won 8–6.[3] In the second game of the series, the Bears also won by a score of 8–6, and closed out the series sweep with a 6–0 win in the series finale.[4] Baylor moved into the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll at #21 nationally following the Cal Poly sweep.[5] Playing as the #21 team in the country, Baylor went 2–2 over the next week. After a midweek loss to Dallas Baptist in which the Bears pitching surrendered eight walks,[6] the Bears dropped the first game of a three-game weekend series to 2014 NCAA Tournament participant Kent State. On February 21, the Bears swept the Golden Flashes in a doubleheader, winning the two games by a combined score of 10–4.[7]
For the final week of February (and the first day of March), the Bears fell to #25 nationally in the Collegiate Baseball poll and were also ranked number 28 in the NCBWA poll. On February 25, the Bears defeated Northwestern State in a game that had been pushed back one day due to inclement weather. Starter Theron Kay allowed no runs over five innings pitched.[8] On the weekend of February 27, the Bears travelled to Fullerton, California to face Cal State Fullerton, a team that had been ranked in the national polls in the early portion of the season. The Bears were swept over a 3-game series by the Titans, one in which Bears pitching allowed 28 runs.[9]
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
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^"Official Baseball Roster". Baylor Bears. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
^"College Roundup: Cal Poly drops baseball opener at Baylor". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
^"Baylor Baseball Sweeps No. 13 Cal Poly to Start 2015". KCENTV. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
^"Collegiate Baseball Div. I Poll 2–16–15". Collegiate Baseball. February 16, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
^"Dallas Baptist rallies past Bears in 9th, 9–6". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
^"Baylor Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader Against Kent State". kwtx.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
^"No. 25 Baylor Baseball Tops Northwestern State, 8–4". kxxv.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
^"Baylor baseball swept in California". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.