D-II, NAIA, D-III rankings: April 21

With the Continental Navy seemingly headed for surrender, Captain John Paul Jones responded to a request to surrender to British forces with a resilient retort of “I have not yet begun to fight!” The fiery naval commander rallied his crew from defeat and captured the enemy vessel and sailed into American history and immortality.  The…

D-II, NAIA, D-III rankings: April 13

With West Texas taking two-of-three from Angelo State, only Tennessee Wesleyan has the potential to run the gauntlet from preseason to postseason as the top-ranked team. Despite ASU being knocked from the No. 1 position, they’re still undeniably one of the top teams in the nation and on the short-short list of clubs likely to…

D-II, NAIA, D-III rankings: April 7

This week seems to have an unprecedented number of big time matchups with several ranked teams colliding in each of the three small school divisions. These matchups don’t just joggle the rankings outlook going forward, but also have considerable impact for each team’s postseason prospects going forward as they compete for conference and national tournament…

D-II, NAIA, D-III rankings: March 31

With today being the last day of March, the college baseball season is at an unofficial half-way point. The weekly rankings provide a quick and easy opportunity to determine who the top teams are, but it’s not as easy to gauge who this spring’s top individual performers are. Consequently, along with each division’s updated Top…

D-II, NAIA, D-III rankings: March 24

Often the question with the national Top 25 rankings isn’t who is No. 1, but who is No. 26. It’s usually pretty simple to determine who the best team is, but determining which of a handful of worthy teams doesn’t make the cut can be an arduous task. In addition to this week’s rankings update…

D-II, NAIA, D-III rankings: March 17

As an evaluator it always gives a sense of satisfaction (and more accurately, relief) to see the teams that you’ve projected to succeed do well. However, it’s relatively easy to pick which teams are going to be the favorites; simply find clubs that are stacked with potential All-Americans and draft picks or a history of…