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College  | Rankings | 1/5/2024

Preseason Top 25 Rankings

While the athletes haven’t even reported back to campus after winter break, we are only six short weeks away from the 2024 Opening Weekend. The parity across the landscape of college baseball continues to grow and this made our pre-season poll this year that much more challenging. After memorable team and individual performances still fresh in our memory from 2023, we are excited to dive into the action in the new year.

After a historic run to Omaha, as they led the nation in virtually every major pitching category and having landed two of the three top transfers, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons will open the season our No.1 team in the country. With potential top pick, power hitting Nick Kurtz, All-American LHP Josh Hartle and the additions of RHP Chase Burns and INF Seaver King, this roster is stacked with high end talent and unrivaled depth. The No.2 Arkansas Razorbacks won’t sneak up on anyone with a fresh stock of contributing portal arrivals and stud junior bats Kendall Diggs and Peyton Stovall returning and ace LHP Hagen Smith anchoring the rotation. The defending National Champion LSU Tigers come in at No.3 pre-season as they figure out life after Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews. Most clubs would scramble after such losses, but this club won’t skip a beat. Two-way phenom Jac Caglianone will lead the No.4 Florida Gators as he pursues another 30-homer season, and his club looks to be the last man standing in Omaha. The TCU Horned Frogs will round out the Top-5 and have proven to be major players in the portal combat. Pre-season All-Americans Anthony Silva and Payton Tolle will highlight the powerful lineup.



The ever-deep SEC has a conference leading 8 members on the pre-season list. The ACC comes in just behind them with 6 teams and the Big 12 came in with 4 designations. The evolving Pac 12 checked in with 3 clubs in the poll and the American, Big 10, Big West and Sun Belt caught one team each.

Rank Team Conference 2023 Record 2023 Finish Head Coach
1 Wake Forest ACC (54-12) CWS Tom Walter
2 Arkansas SEC (43-18) Fayetteville Regional Dave Van Horn 
3 LSU SEC (54-17) CWS Champion Jay Johnson
4 Florida SEC (54-17) CWS Runner-Up Kevin O'Sullivan
5 TCU Big 12 (44-24) CWS Kirk Saarloos
6 Vanderbilt SEC (42-20) Nashville Regional Tim Corbin
7 Texas A&M SEC (38-27) Stanford Regional Jim Schlossnagle
8 Texas Big 12 (42-22) Stanford Super Regional David Pierce
9 Oregon State Pac 12 (41-20) Baton Rouge Regional Mitch Canham
10 Virginia ACC (50-15) CWS Brian O'Connor
11 Tennessee SEC (44-22) CWS Tony Vitello
12 Stanford Pac 12 (44-20) CWS Dave Esquer
13 South Carolina SEC (42-21) Gainesville Super Regional Mark Kingston
14 North Carolina ACC (36-24) Terre Haute Regional Scott Forbes
15 Auburn SEC (34-23-1) Auburn Regional Butch Thompson
16 Iowa Big 10 (44-16) Terre Haute Regional Rick Heller
17 East Carolina American (47-19) Charlottesville Regional Cliff Godwin
18 UCLA Pac 12 (28-24-1) No Postseason John Savage
19 NC State ACC (36-21) Columbia Regional Elliott Avent
20 Kansas State Big 12 (35-24) No Postseason Pete Hughes
21 Clemson ACC (44-19) Clemson Regional Erik Bakich
22 Oklahoma State Big 12 (41-20) Stillwater Regional Josh Holliday
23 Duke ACC (39-24) Charlottesville Super Regional Chris Pollard
24 UC Santa Barbara Big West (35-20) No Postseason Andrew Checketts
25 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt (42-21) Conway Regional Gary Gilmore


College | Story | 11/6/2026

College Fall Notebook: November 6

Craig Cozart
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Virginia Cavaliers  2026 In Review:  Under the leadership of first year Head Coach Chris Pollard, the Cavaliers won 37 games which was the second most victories by a first-year coach in program history.  Virginia went (37-23) finishing tied for 8th in the ACC and earned an at-large bid to the Hattiesburg Regional.  They fielded a talented offense that averaged over 8-runs per game, highlighted by AJ Gracia and Eric Becker who were both selected on Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft.  While the defensive squad wasn’t quite as elite as usual, they were ultra-competitive on the mound with a strong rotation and lock down bullpen.  With plenty of talent returning for Pollard and his staff in ’27, they should be a force on a national level once again.  Impact Returners:    Senior Antonio Perrotta (.266/.459/.431, 5 HR, 6 2B, 24 RBI) experienced...
Tournaments | Story | 11/8/2026

14u National All State Scout Notes: Day 1

Tyler Russo
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2031 C/OF Jace Winston (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.) had a really nice day at the dish as he picked up a couple hits in his first game, both well-struck, and then launched a bomb in game 2. He’s one of the more physical players here who can really impact the baseball already, and the consistency in which he’s hitting this fall is a great sign going into 2027. 2031 SS/RHP Weston Stalls (Blackstock, S.C.) came in for a couple innings of relief on the day and showed off the arm talent running the fastball up to 87. It’s a fast arm and he generates real life to the fastball, while the breaking ball is a good pitch as well.   ‘31 SS Parker Smith (NC) went 3-for-3 to open the weekend, this a line drive single the other way. 6’2/140 & can accelerate the barrel already, intriguing projection. #NatAllState @PG_Coastal https://t.co/Z7C5kDGdIM — Perfect Game...
General | General | 11/6/2026

Class of 2028 Rankings Update

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Tournaments | Story | 11/6/2026

National All State Preview: Week 1

Hannah Jo Groves
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This weekend, teams from all around the country in the 10U, 12U and 14U divisions will converge on the Houston area for the 2026 PG National All-State Select Championships. The 10U division will have 22 teams, 12U will have 23 and 14U will have 22. All ages have many different states represented - from Hawaii, to the Pacific Northwest, to Arizona, to New England, to Carolina to Florida and many more. “National All-State brings together the best players in the country across Houston,” national crosschecker and northeast scouting director, John McAdams, said. “It’s a fun atmosphere for ultimate bragging rights amongst all the regions the PG platform reaches domestically while serving as a good litmus test for myself, Jheremy Brown and Tyler Russo to see the players. We get another glimpse at the end of the year as we start to formulate our initial thoughts on the...
Draft | Rankings | 11/6/2026

2027 MLB Draft Board Update: Top 200

Tyler Henninger
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PG Draft Content Hub With the fall season winding down and the winter months approaching, it is time for another draft board update.  After getting more live looks and gathering information from the fall action across the country, we have expanded the board to a Top-200. The class continues to feature an intriguing mix of arms from both the prep and college ranks, along with an enticing position player pool.  There is still plenty of time for new names to emerge and established prospects to continue to improve their draft stock, but here is where things stand as we head into the winter.  * denotes draft eligible sophomore Rk. Name Level Pos. B-T School Hometown State Commitment 1 Dylan Seward H SS S-R Norco Eastvale CA Tennessee 2 Brendan Lawson C SS L-R Florida Toronto ON 3 Dax Whitney C RHP R-R Oregon State Blackfoot ID 4 Tomas Valincius C LHP L-L Mississippi State...
General | General | 11/5/2026

Wolforth Throwing Mentorship: Article 70

Ron Wolforth
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That Off-Season Program Wasn't Built for Your Son. It Was Built for Nobody. The Harsh Reality of Skill Development · Part 2 of 5 Somewhere right now, a pitcher is starting a twelve-week off-season program. It came from his travel team. Or a trainer. Or a big leaguer's Instagram. It has phases and a logo, and every kid in the building got the same one. Here is the harsh reality. That program was written before anybody looked at your son. It doesn't know he exists. It was built for the average pitcher... and the average pitcher does not exist. A Template Fixes Somebody's Problem. Maybe Not His. Every pitcher who is stuck is stuck for a reason. We call that reason his constraint... the thing that is actually limiting him right now. For one kid it is strength. For the next it is mobility. For the next it is a mechanical inefficiency, or an arm that isn't recovering, or a body that...
General | General | 11/5/2026

Wolforth Throwing Mentorship: Article 69

Ron Wolforth
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Your Son's April Arm Injury is Being Scheduled Right Now   The Harsh Reality of Skill Development - Part 1 of 5 Let me start this series with something most people in baseball won't say out loud. In my experience, a great many of the arm problems we will see next April are being set up right now... in October, November and December. Not necessarily because a young pitcher is throwing too much. Often it's because of what happens when he stops. Here is the pattern. I have watched it for more than thirty years. The fall season ends. The arm is tired, so the family does what seems like the responsible thing.  They shut it down. No throwing. For a lot of kids, no anything. Weeks go by. The holidays come and go. Then somebody looks at a calendar in January and realizes tryouts are three weeks away. Suddenly, an arm that has done nothing since October is asked to go from zero to game...
High School | Rankings | 11/4/2026

Class of 2027 Rankings Risers

Kyler Peterson
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Complete Class of 2027 Rankings With the end of the summer and fall seasons behind us, it was time for a quick refresh of the 2027 class rankings. Below you'll be able to read about some of the biggest risers up the board, led by North Carolina outfielder John Hucko who jumped more than 110 spots to now sit at No. 20 overall.  John Hucko, OF, Charlotte, N.C. Previous Rank: 132 | Current Rank: 20 Hucko makes a huge leap into the top-20 players in the class after a dominating showing in Jupiter. It’s as good of a left-handed swing as you’ll come across with pretty easy impact to all parts. He’s a supreme athlete with all the tools to play center long term and is a present plus runner. Hucko is a name that cemented his prospect status in Jupiter and will be a name to follow for next year’s MLB Draft. Elyjah Mason, SS, Lake Forest, Calif. Previous Rank: 71 |...
General | General | 11/3/2026

Class of 2027 Rankings Update

Perfect Game Staff
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Press Release | Press Release | 11/2/2026

PG Partners Up with Minority Prospects

Perfect Game Staff
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  667 Progress Way | Sanford, FL 32771 | 319-298-2923 www.perfectgame.org | facebook.com/perfectgameusa | @PerfectGameUSA     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   PERFECT GAME ANNOUNCES MEDIA RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP WITH MINORITY PROSPECTS   Sanford, Florida (Monday, November 2, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced a media rights partnership with Minority Prospects, the Atlanta-based organization that has become the largest platform in the world for minority baseball and softball prospects. The partnership kicked off last month at the WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., Perfect Game's premier fall event, where Minority Prospects produced content featuring some of the nation's top amateur players in front of college coaches, professional scouts and MLB legends. Under the agreement, Minority...
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