Nine seniors will play their last home stand in a BYU uniform this weekend.

The Cougars — who lead the West Coast Conference with a 15-6 mark — host San Francisco for a three-game set beginning Thursday at Miller Park. BYU is in pretty good shape as the end of the regular season approaches in terms of qualifying for the WCC Tournament. The top four teams after conference play will advance to Stockton to play for the league’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.

At No. 32 in the latest RPI, the Cougars would be a likely at-large team in the field if they don’t win the WCC Tournament.

“I don’t really listen to that chatter a lot because I’ve heard it for the past seven years,” BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. “But our RPI has never been as good as this. We just need to win games. If we can be in the mid or high 30’s and get to the conference championship game, we’ll have a good shot at the NCAA.”

Littlewood estimates that two wins in the final six league games gets his team to the WCC Tournament while four wins in six games would earn the Cougars the conference title.

Senior Jordan Wood will get the start in Game 1 for BYU while classmates Brian Hsu, Noah Hill, Brock Hale, Casey Jacobsen and Keaton Kringlen will get plenty of opportunities at the plate and in the field to make a difference for the Cougars.

Wood is 4-2 this season with a 4.39 earned run average, generally facing the opponent’s ace in Game 1s. Hale leads BYU with a .341 average, adding 11 doubles, eight home runs and 33 RBI to his totals. Hsu is hitting .323 and Hill .322.

“The bar has been set by our older guys,” Littlewood said. “They’ve helped the younger guys understand that there are expectations. It’s not talent based, but it’s effort based and buy-in based. We say “All in” and if you’re not all in, you won’t survive.”

San Francisco (14-10, 27-22) is fighting for one of the four WCC Tournament positions. The Dons took two of three at home against Pepperdine last week but fell to Cal 10-5 on Tuesday. Last week, BYU last to the Bears 3-2 in California.

The Cougars (31-13) are ranked No. 25 in the latest Baseball America poll. BYU is also ranked No. 24 by Perfect Game.

Bo Burrup 6-5 222 LHP (Pocatello, Idaho)

Served a mission to Baltimore, Md. … Has appeared in 78 career games, starting six. … Has a 9-7 overall record and an ERA of 5.23 with 86 strikeouts.

Riley Gates 6-1 187 LHP (Santa Clara, Utah)

Served a mission to Resistencia, Argentina. … Has appeared in 58 career games, starting four. … Has a 7-2 overall record and an ERA of 4.98 with 90 strikeouts.

Brock Hale 6-0 205 OF (Mesa, Ariz.)

Served a mission to Santiago, Chile. … Has started 156 games in his career and compiled 219 hits. … Has a career batting average of .361 with 42 doubles, eight triples, 29 home runs and 127 RBI. … Honorable mention All-WCC as a sophomore and first team All-WCC as a junior.

Noah Hill 5-9 187 C (Flower Mound, Texas)

Has played in 88 games during his career and started 58. … Has started 36 games this year at catcher. … Has a career batting average of .303 with seven doubles and 21 RBI.

Brian Hsu 6-3 194 IF (San Ramon, Calif.)

Has played in 111 games in his career, starting 89. … Has started all 41 games in 2019. … Has a career batting average of .304, hitting .323 this season. … Has totaled 12 doubles, six home runs and 41 RBI in his career.

Blake Inouye 5-11 186 RHP (Henderson, Nev.)

Transferred to BYU from College of Southern Nevada in 2018. … In two seasons has pitched in 41 games, starting seven, and has compile a 2-6 overall record. … Has amassed 73 strikeouts and posted an ERA of 5.17.

Casey Jacobsen 5-11 193 IF (Flower Mound, Texas)

Has played in 88 games in his career, starting 51. … In 212 at-bats has collected nine doubles, three triples and three home runs while driving in 22 runs and hitting for an average of .236.

Keaton Kringlen 5-11 210 OF (Cedar City, Utah)

Has played in 188 games during his career, starting 176. … In 692 at-bats has totaled 216 hits, 40 doubles, four triples and 12 home runs while driving in 124 runs. … Has a career batting average of .312. … Hit .369 and selected as WCC Freshman of the Year in 2016. … Was named All-WCC second team in 2018.

Jordan Wood 6-4 199 RHP (Friendswood, Texas)

Served a mission to London, England. … Has appeared in 57 games during his career, starting 35 and compiling an overall record of 15-8. … In 235.2 innings has 173 strikeouts and an ERA of 4.09. … Was selected first team All-WCC as a junior.

WCC Standings

BYU 15-6, 31-13

Gonzaga 16-8, 25-20

Loyola Marymount 14-10, 27-20

San Francisco 14-10, 27-22

Saint Mary’s 12-9, 27-19

Pepperdine 11-10, 21-20

San Diego 12-12, 29-20

Pacific 8-13, 21-22

Portland 5-16, 23-22

Santa Clara 4-17, 11-35

This Week’s Schedule

Thursday, May 9

San Francisco at BYU, 6 p.m. MT (BYUtv)

Friday, May 10

Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s, 4 p.m. MT (TheW.tv)

San Francisco at BYU, 6 p.m. MT (BYUtv)

Pacific at San Diego, 7 p.m. MT

Pepperdine at Portland, 7 p.m. MT (TheW.tv)

Lamar at Gonzaga, 7 p.m. MT (TheW.tv)

Saturday, May 11

San Francisco at BYU, 1 p.m. MT (BYUtv)

Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s, 2 p.m. MT (TheW.tv)

Pepperdine at Portland, 2 p.m. MT (TheW.tv)

Pacific at San Diego, 5:30 p.m. MT

Lamar at Gonzaga, 7 p.m. MT (TheW.tv)

Sunday, May 12

Pepperdine at Portland, 2 p.m. MT (TheW.tv)

Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s, 2 p.m. MT (TheW.tv)

Pacific at San Diego, 2 p.m. MT

Lamar at Gonzaga, 4 p.m. MT (SWX)

San Francisco (14-10, 27-22) at BYU (15-6, 31-13)

Thursday, 6 p.m. MT

Millar Park, Provo

TV: BYUtv (Games 2 and 3)

Radio: ESPN 960, BYU Radio

Online: Live video at BYUtv Digital for all games; Live stats at byucougars.com

The Word: BYU leads the overall series with San Francisco 17-13. … The Cougars are 8-1 against USF in Provo. … BYU has played 11 straight games on the road, compiling a 7-4 record. … The Cougars took two of three last week at Loyola Marymount. … The Dons won two of three at home against Pepperdine. … BYU is No. 30 in RPI this week.