Outside of the P5, which Conferences in D1 baseball are considered the strongest? Weakest?
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Warren Nolan has been publishing college conference baseball RPI numbers for a long time, and I've been looking at them for a long time. Programs and results are never static and always dynamic from year to year, whether it is P5 or any D1 mid-major.
Remember a few years ago, when many teams were changing conferences to chase the money, and consolidate . If you want to truly answer this question, I think you have to look at a 5 year trend to get a genuine sense of any conference or specific team's rating and results.
As always, JMO.
Definitely true, Fenway. For example, for those of us who follow Left Coast D1 baseball, I think hardly anyone you talked to would say that after Pac 12, the conferences would be ranked in order, Mountain West, West Coast, and Big West, as they are in Nolan's 2019 rankings.
As long as I've been paying attention, Big West has always been strongest, followed by Mountain West, with West Coast pretty far down the rankings.
Massey Ratings does something similar.
Perfect. Ty for your help.
Great question.
Everyone wants to play for a P5, but not everyone CAN play for a P5 program, especially the top teams.
With that being said, there are some great programs out there in really tough conferences, where you can get an education and play ball against the best.
And get drafted.
TPM posted:Great question.
Everyone wants to play for a P5, but not everyone CAN play for a P5 program, especially the top teams.
With that being said, there are some great programs out there in really tough conferences, where you can get an education and play ball against the best.
And get drafted.
Agree - well said.
JCG posted:Definitely true, Fenway. For example, for those of us who follow Left Coast D1 baseball, I think hardly anyone you talked to would say that after Pac 12, the conferences would be ranked in order, Mountain West, West Coast, and Big West, as they are in Nolan's 2019 rankings.
As long as I've been paying attention, Big West has always been strongest, followed by Mountain West, with West Coast pretty far down the rankings.
Agree, Big West had an unusually down year last year, co side ring that Cal State Fullerton recently won some honor as program of the decade or something for D1...UC Irvine is usually strong, Long Beach had a very disappointing year, as well as Fullerton. The Big West will gain UCSD next year as well, they will jump right into the mix with both feet. Northridge with new head coach will see improvement too. Big West will jump back in a big way. Much better IMO than MWC and LIGHTYEARS better than WAC.
collegebaseballrecruitingguide posted:JCG posted:Definitely true, Fenway. For example, for those of us who follow Left Coast D1 baseball, I think hardly anyone you talked to would say that after Pac 12, the conferences would be ranked in order, Mountain West, West Coast, and Big West, as they are in Nolan's 2019 rankings.
As long as I've been paying attention, Big West has always been strongest, followed by Mountain West, with West Coast pretty far down the rankings.Agree, Big West had an unusually down year last year, co side ring that Cal State Fullerton recently won some honor as program of the decade or something for D1...UC Irvine is usually strong, Long Beach had a very disappointing year, as well as Fullerton. The Big West will gain UCSD next year as well, they will jump right into the mix with both feet. Northridge with new head coach will see improvement too. Big West will jump back in a big way. Much better IMO than MWC and LIGHTYEARS better than WAC.
Completely agree. Cal Poly is recruiting very well - it's a deep conference that should have a nice 2020.