The college baseball season is officially upon us and we were rewarded with some early matchups between high caliber clubs. In both the D-II and NAIA levels games were played between teams in the top three of the rankings and the matchups didn’t disappoint. In each instance it took each team’s best to overcome their…
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2019 Division II College Preview
Last season in the American League two of the top eight leaders in batting average previously played for NCAA Division II teams. JD Martinez, a former Nova Southeastern Shark, and Joey Wendle, who previously suited up for the West Chester Rams, found their names listed among baseball’s elite. Additionally, schools such as the University of…
Conceptual 2018 D-II Baseball Regions
If the NCAA D-II regionals were property awarded, with 64 teams in 16 seeded regions, here is a picture of what that breakdown would look like. Teams are been positioned as close to playing sites as possible to limit travel. Region Seed RPI Rank TEAM RPI W L D WIN% SOS SOS Rnk FACT3SOS TAMPA…
DII, NAIA, DIII rankings: Mar. 21
With this being the fifth in-season ranking, it’s unofficially the halfway point of the college baseball regular season. The pendulum officially swings from teams being rated less on potential and more on performance. Before the season started that were a number of teams like looked like legitimate title contenders, however, for one reason or another…
DII, NAIA, DIII rankings: Mar. 14
If you’re a big fan of chaos and upheaval this week’s small school rankings won’t be for you. In D-II, nine of the teams from last week’s top 10 are still in the same group, just with a slight jostling of positions. For the most part each team held relatively close to their previous position….
DII, NAIA, DIII rankings: Feb. 21
The first rankings update of the year is here, but seeing that just under half of the D-II and D-III have yet to play an official game this season, there isn’t much to report. A sensational start isn’t reason enough to catapult a team up the rankings just as a dismal first few games isn’t…