Burke Granger and Patrick Ebert identify some intriguing storylines in the Midwest heading into the 2022 season.
The 2022 season is here, and our staff makes their bold predictions entering what promises to be a season to remember.
Southeastern Louisiana and defending champion McNeese State highlight a new-look Southland heading into 2022.
Aaron Fitt
Three-time reigning Big South champion Campbell remains the team to beat in the league, but USC Upstate still looks like the top challenger.
Eric Sorenson
Fresh off an amazing campaign, Fairfield looks to make serious noise yet again in 2022 with the return of several key cogs.
D1 Baseball Staff
Landon Sims, Justin Campbell and Parker Messick headline our list of the top 150 starting pitchers in college baseball.
Shotgun Spratling
UConn remains the team to beat in the Big East, but Creighton and Xavier lead a strong group of challengers.
Preseason All-Americans Dylan Crews (LSU), Brock Jones (Stanford) and Gavin Cross (Virginia Tech) headline our list of the top 150 outfielders in college baseball.
Patrick Ebert
Stony Brook is on a mission in 2022 after being on the receiving end of bad luck at the end of the ’21 campaign.
Burke Granger
Central Michigan is the headliner in the MAC, while some other teams look to make a move. It’s all dissected in our season preview.
Mike Rooney
The WAC got a major makeover with an infusion of quality programs from the Southland Conference, but reigning WAC champion Grand Canyon remains the team to beat.
Kendall Rogers
South Alabama and Louisiana headline headline what should be an ultra-exciting season for the Sun Belt Conference.
It’s hard to know what to expect from the Ivy League, which canceled 2021 and hasn’t played a full season since 2019. But Penn seems like the front-runner.
Northeastern and UNC Wilmington figure to battle for CAA supremacy once again, but College of Charleston, JMU and Elon are lying in the weeds.
Oral Roberts and North Dakota State wrestled for the Summit League title last year, and they’ll head into 2022 as the front-runners once again.
Mark Etheridge
Reigning OVC regular-season and tournament champion Southeast Missouri State heads into 2022 as the league favorite, with Belmont leading the challengers.
Preseason All-Americans Brooks Lee of Cal Poly and Jacob Gonzalez of Ole Miss headline our list of the top 50 shortstops in college baseball.
Riding a streak of nine consecutive regular-season titles, Bryant remains the favorite in the NEC, but Central Connecticut remains a thorn in the Bulldogs’ side.
VCU is firmly established as the top program in the A-10 and remains the league’s team to beat, but there is a deep stable of challengers.
Preseason All-Americans Jacob Berry of LSU and Tyler Locklear of VCU headline our list of the top 50 third basemen in college baseball.
Nevada appears to be the headliner in the MWC, while Air Force and others also look to make some serious moves.
On the heels of an undefeated run through SWAC regular-season play a year ago, Jackson State remains the team to beat in the conferene.
Walter Villa
The MEAC lost four programs and welcomed one back from a COVID absence, leaving it with just four teams in 2022, led by Norfolk State.
Gabriel Hughes and Gonzaga have all the pieces to make some serious noise in the WCC. Who else has that potential?
Texas Tech’s Jace Jung, Arkansas’ Robert Moore and Charlotte’s Austin Knight headline our list of the top 50 second basemen in college baseball.
The ACC looks wide open heading into 2022, but NC State, Florida State and Notre Dame headline a deep group of contenders.
Dallas Baptist is the clear-cut leader in the Missouri Valley, but other teams look to chip their way toward the top.
LSU’s Tre Morgan, Texas’ Ivan Melendez and Clemson’s Caden Grice headline our list of the top 50 first basemen heading into 2022.
Perennial power Wright State remains the team to beat in the Horizon League, but UIC and Milwaukee figure to be right in the hunt.
