With April turning into May teams are starting to do a little scoreboard watching, especially those for whom an extended postseason has not yet been secured. While there are a number of postseason worthy teams, there are only a limited number of precious positions available in each division’s national tournament. Consequently there are a handful…

While college baseball is often depicted as having its strongest base in the southeast region of the country, it’s important to remember that quality baseball exists in the Pacific Time zone. Consequently, along with the latest small school rankings some of the top schools west of the Rocky Mountains are featured. These clubs and their…

If you look through the annals of college baseball history (or any sport for that matter), you’ll find that far more often than not the preseason pick to take home the title will end the season empty-handed. For whatever reason it simply rarely happens. Perhaps pressure plays a part. Maybe it puts too big of a…

Despite every effort to provide the most complete and accurate rankings portrayal each spring, there are always a couple of teams whose on-the-field performance exceeds their preseason predictions. These overlooked and slighted schools compile win after win and prove their unexpected early season success simply isn’t by virtue of a simple good start, but rather…

Each week when the small school rankings are compiled an enormous amount of effort is made in eliminating outside opinion. Personally, I go out of my way to not pay attention to other publications’ rankings because I don’t want to be influenced by their Top 25. Some time ago I got bit by looking at…