D1 Baseball has been unveiling their top 100 programs rankings over the past couple weeks. Below is an excerpt of how they've come up with the rankings...
In the fall of 2015, we presented our inaugural Top 100 Programs rankings, which we described as an attempt to assess the overall health of each program in the current era. A lot can change quickly in college baseball, so we decided to make this a biennial exercise. We updated the Top 100 in 2017 and again in 2019. But after the pandemic wiped out the 2020 season, we decided to push the 2021 update back a year to 2022.
For the purpose of this exercise, we don’t care what happened in the 1970s or 80s, or even the 90s or 2000s — that’s ancient history to a potential recruit in 2021. Tradition is nice, but it’s more important to establish a tradition of consistent winning in the last decade, and especially in the last five years. Our ultimate goal here is to identify the programs in the best shape right now, with an eye toward the next five to 10 years.
So we began by awarding each program points for making regionals, winning regionals, reaching the College World Series, and winning the national championship in the last five (completed) seasons, and a fewer amount of points for success between six and 10 years ago. That gave us a starting point; then national writers Aaron Fitt, Kendall Rogers, Mike Rooney, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge made adjustments based on evaluations of coaching staff quality and stability, facilities, scholarship/financial aid situation, conference dynamics, momentum, and recruiting and player development proficiency. As the chairman of the Division I Baseball Committee likes to say every year, it’s more of an art than a science, but we tried to take many factors into consideration and debated our rankings internally at length. Reasonable minds will disagree on the rankings, and we want to hear your take, so weigh in with your own thoughts on the D1Baseball forums.
2024 Top 100:
100-- Long Beach State
99-- College of Charleston
98-- Wofford
97-- Ball State
96-- Cincinnati
95-- Kansas
94-- Fairfield
93-- Xavier
92-- St Johns
91-- Ohio State
90-- Columbia
89-- Pennsylvania
88-- McNeese
87-- Texas State
86-- Houston
85-- Kennesaw State
84-- Old Dominion
83-- South Alabama
82-- Cal
81-- Georgia Southern
80-- Samford
79-- FAU
78-- Boston College
77-- Missouri State
76-- Stetson
75-- Tulane
74-- Central Michigan
73-- Charlotte
72-- Iowa
71-- Gonzaga
70-- Washington
69-- Liberty
68-- SE Missouri State
67-- Northeastern
66-- UCF
65-- Troy
64-- VCU
63-- Sam Houston
62-- South Florida
61-- Kansas State
60-- Virginia Tech
59-- Army
58-- Cal State Fullerton
57-- Campbell
56-- Wright State
55-- Oral Roberts
54-- Illinois
53-- San Diego
52-- Grand Canyon
51-- UC Irvine
50-- LA Tech
49-- UNC Wilmington
48-- Notre Dame
47-- Indiana State
46-- Georgia Tech
45-- Arizona State
44-- Michigan
43-- Nebraska
42-- Maryland
41-- Indiana
40-- UCLA
39-- Louisiana
38-- West Virginia
37-- Alabama
36-- UC Santa Barbara
35-- Miami
34-- South Carolina
33-- Coastal Carolina
32-- Oregon
31-- Kentucky
30-- Georgia
29-- Clemson
28-- Duke
27-- Arizona
26-- UCONN
25-- DBU
24-- Wake Forest
23-- Southern Miss
22-- East Carolina
21-- Oklahoma
20-- Auburn
19-- Oklahoma State
18-- Louisville
17-- ***Texas Tech***
16-- TCU
15-- Ole Miss
14-- NC State
13-- Oregon State
12-- North Carolina
11-- Stanford
Top 10 to be unveiled later....
But in some order you'll have: LSU, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Florida State, Virginia, Vanderbilt and one other that I can't quite figure out at a quick glance.
Here is the blurb on Tech from Kendall Rogers:
2022 Rank: 9. 2019 Rank: 9. 2017 Rank: 18. 2015 Rank: 38.
It’s hard to believe, given its track record under head coach Tim Tadlock, but the Red Raiders have not reached the College World Series since before the pandemic in 2020. After that canceled season, Tech went 39-17 overall with a Super Regional series loss to Stanford at home before going 39-22 with another NCAA tourney appearance in ’22. Tech went 41-23 overall with a trip to the Gainesville Regional before having a rather odd 2024 campaign that ended with a 33-26 overall record, 12-17 Big 12 mark and no NCAA tourney appearance for the first time since 2015. Kind of like Ole Miss, conventional wisdom suggests the Red Raiders will figure things out entering the 2025 campaign, but time will tell. I still think Tadlock is a premier head coach. The Red Raiders have solid facilities, and there’s still a strong draw to Lubbock with a premier conference and tradition. We will see if they can right the ship in the coming months. — Kendall Rogers
Other Big 12 teams are in bold.
In the fall of 2015, we presented our inaugural Top 100 Programs rankings, which we described as an attempt to assess the overall health of each program in the current era. A lot can change quickly in college baseball, so we decided to make this a biennial exercise. We updated the Top 100 in 2017 and again in 2019. But after the pandemic wiped out the 2020 season, we decided to push the 2021 update back a year to 2022.
For the purpose of this exercise, we don’t care what happened in the 1970s or 80s, or even the 90s or 2000s — that’s ancient history to a potential recruit in 2021. Tradition is nice, but it’s more important to establish a tradition of consistent winning in the last decade, and especially in the last five years. Our ultimate goal here is to identify the programs in the best shape right now, with an eye toward the next five to 10 years.
So we began by awarding each program points for making regionals, winning regionals, reaching the College World Series, and winning the national championship in the last five (completed) seasons, and a fewer amount of points for success between six and 10 years ago. That gave us a starting point; then national writers Aaron Fitt, Kendall Rogers, Mike Rooney, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge made adjustments based on evaluations of coaching staff quality and stability, facilities, scholarship/financial aid situation, conference dynamics, momentum, and recruiting and player development proficiency. As the chairman of the Division I Baseball Committee likes to say every year, it’s more of an art than a science, but we tried to take many factors into consideration and debated our rankings internally at length. Reasonable minds will disagree on the rankings, and we want to hear your take, so weigh in with your own thoughts on the D1Baseball forums.
2024 Top 100:
100-- Long Beach State
99-- College of Charleston
98-- Wofford
97-- Ball State
96-- Cincinnati
95-- Kansas
94-- Fairfield
93-- Xavier
92-- St Johns
91-- Ohio State
90-- Columbia
89-- Pennsylvania
88-- McNeese
87-- Texas State
86-- Houston
85-- Kennesaw State
84-- Old Dominion
83-- South Alabama
82-- Cal
81-- Georgia Southern
80-- Samford
79-- FAU
78-- Boston College
77-- Missouri State
76-- Stetson
75-- Tulane
74-- Central Michigan
73-- Charlotte
72-- Iowa
71-- Gonzaga
70-- Washington
69-- Liberty
68-- SE Missouri State
67-- Northeastern
66-- UCF
65-- Troy
64-- VCU
63-- Sam Houston
62-- South Florida
61-- Kansas State
60-- Virginia Tech
59-- Army
58-- Cal State Fullerton
57-- Campbell
56-- Wright State
55-- Oral Roberts
54-- Illinois
53-- San Diego
52-- Grand Canyon
51-- UC Irvine
50-- LA Tech
49-- UNC Wilmington
48-- Notre Dame
47-- Indiana State
46-- Georgia Tech
45-- Arizona State
44-- Michigan
43-- Nebraska
42-- Maryland
41-- Indiana
40-- UCLA
39-- Louisiana
38-- West Virginia
37-- Alabama
36-- UC Santa Barbara
35-- Miami
34-- South Carolina
33-- Coastal Carolina
32-- Oregon
31-- Kentucky
30-- Georgia
29-- Clemson
28-- Duke
27-- Arizona
26-- UCONN
25-- DBU
24-- Wake Forest
23-- Southern Miss
22-- East Carolina
21-- Oklahoma
20-- Auburn
19-- Oklahoma State
18-- Louisville
17-- ***Texas Tech***
16-- TCU
15-- Ole Miss
14-- NC State
13-- Oregon State
12-- North Carolina
11-- Stanford
Top 10 to be unveiled later....
But in some order you'll have: LSU, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Florida State, Virginia, Vanderbilt and one other that I can't quite figure out at a quick glance.
Here is the blurb on Tech from Kendall Rogers:
2022 Rank: 9. 2019 Rank: 9. 2017 Rank: 18. 2015 Rank: 38.
It’s hard to believe, given its track record under head coach Tim Tadlock, but the Red Raiders have not reached the College World Series since before the pandemic in 2020. After that canceled season, Tech went 39-17 overall with a Super Regional series loss to Stanford at home before going 39-22 with another NCAA tourney appearance in ’22. Tech went 41-23 overall with a trip to the Gainesville Regional before having a rather odd 2024 campaign that ended with a 33-26 overall record, 12-17 Big 12 mark and no NCAA tourney appearance for the first time since 2015. Kind of like Ole Miss, conventional wisdom suggests the Red Raiders will figure things out entering the 2025 campaign, but time will tell. I still think Tadlock is a premier head coach. The Red Raiders have solid facilities, and there’s still a strong draw to Lubbock with a premier conference and tradition. We will see if they can right the ship in the coming months. — Kendall Rogers
Other Big 12 teams are in bold.
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