Another rankings list.
"Over the last two weeks, we have counted down the Top 100 programs of the current era in college baseball, taking into consideration recent history, coaching staff quality, facilities, scholarship/financial aid situation, conference dynamics, and recruiting and player development proficiency."
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Allow me to be the first to quibble. California at 70 and 8th in Pac 12 is crazy.
Virginia has 13 D1 baseball teams and 4 are on the list. Not too bad.
keewart posted:Virginia has 13 D1 baseball teams and 4 are on the list. Not too bad.
Not too shabby! 14 on the list out of 21 D1s in California, which is pretty good, too. (Though we need more programs, given the population)
100% of the D1 programs in the state of Iowa are on the list!!! University of Iowa is all we've got, but at least it's good!
Tip o' the cap to ULL, Coastal, DBU and Sam Houston.
USC, you should be VERY ashamed... finish behind the likes of Bethune-Cookman, Mercer, Kent St, Liberty... no offense to those schools but SERIOUSLY ?? Epicenter of the hotbed of baseball, abundant supply of willing recruits, prestigious school with tradition and history, facilities, funding, not impossible to get into, athletes are catered to as well as anywhere, WTH??
cabbagedad posted:Tip o' the cap to ULL, Coastal, DBU and Sam Houston.
USC, you should be VERY ashamed... finish behind the likes of Bethune-Cookman, Mercer, Kent St, Liberty... no offense to those schools but SERIOUSLY ?? Epicenter of the hotbed of baseball, abundant supply of willing recruits, prestigious school with tradition and history, facilities, funding, not impossible to get into, athletes are catered to as well as anywhere, WTH??
You mean the OTHER USC. THE USC is just fine at 11 . . . .
Nuke, that was funny!
Tough sledding in the ACC and SEC (according to this ranking)
Ole Miss is ranked 19th overall and is 8th in SEC.
NC State 25th overall and 7th in SEC.
The two conferences take up 15 spots of the top 25.
Given the nebulous criteria ("current era"...noted in the article) this list doesn't mean much. Is this 2-3 years or 10-15 years. it isn't even worth quibbling because all that matters is now.
I'd like to see a separate list with a point system of HCs who have stayed more than 5 years at one school and had success getting into in the regionals, super regionals and college world series at each of the schools they've represented. That would be meaningful. Let's be serious here....It is about the HCs and their program and not so much about the schools/conferences they represent. JMO.
