Conference rankings tell a lot about college baseball. A team’s record certainly can be placed into context depending on their conference. A conference as a whole always ends up with a .500 record, so success in non-conference games is a big factor in the strength of the conference. While strength of conference and strength of schedule tell a story, it is clear that teams can be of national-caliber regardless of their conference strength.

Here are conference rankings midway through the 2026 season.

Notes:
Win-Loss % of all teams in the conference is the primary factor.
Strength of schedule is a key factor.

The Baseball Collegian
Mid-Season Div. III Conference Rankings
April 16, 2026

Rank – Conference – First Place Team (4/16/26)

1 North Coast – Denison
2 Old Dominion (ODAC) – Lynchburg
3 American Southwest – Mary Hardin-Baylor
4 Conference of the South – Piedmont
5 University (UAA) – Emory
6 Centennial – Johns Hopkins
7 Southern California (SCIAC) – Claremont
8 New England Small College (NESCAC) – Tufts
9 Wisconsin (WIAC) – Wisc.-Whitewater
10 Coast to Coast – Regent
11 Southern (SAA) – Trinity (TX)
12 Landmark – Wilkes
13 New England Women’s & Men’s (NEWMAC) – MIT
14 New Jersey (NJAC) – Rowan
15 Michigan (MIAA) – Kalamazoo
16 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) – Illinois Wesleyan
17 Liberty – RPI
18 Middle Atlantic – DeSales
19 Southern (SCAC) – Texas Lutheran
20 Ohio (OAC) – Mount Union
21 Minnesota (MIAC) – Bethel
22 American Rivers – Luther
23 Northwest – Whitworth
24 Presidents – Washington & Jefferson
25 Northern (NACC) – Milwaukee S. of Engineering
26 Heartland – Earlham
27 State University of New York (SUNY) – Cortland
28 St. Louis (SLIAC) – Webster
29 Empire 8 – Russell Sage
30 Little East – Southern Maine
31 Atlantic East – Marywood
32 Great Northeast (GNAC) – Mitchell
33 Conference of New England (CNE) – Endicott
34 Massachusetts State (MASCAC) – Bridgewater St.
35 Allegheny Mountain – Penn St.-Behrend
36 United East – Keystone
37 Midwest – Grinnell
38 Skyline – Maritime
39 Upper Midwest – Northwestern
40 USA South – Pfeiffer
41 North Atlantic – SUNY Cobleskill
42 City University of New York (CUNY) – Baruch

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