Conference rankings tell a lot about the story of college baseball. A team’s record certainly can be placed into context depending on their conference. Non-conference games certainly factor in as well, although geography and climate have a huge impact on quantity of home vs. away games and thus, wins and losses.

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.
Quantity of home vs. away games is also factored in.

The Baseball Collegian
Mid-Season Div. I Conference Rankings
April 15, 2026

Rank – Conference – First Place Team (4/15/26)
1 SEC – Georgia
2 Big 12 – Kansas
3 ACC – Georgia Tech
4 Big Ten – UCLA
5 American – Texas-San Antonio
6 Sun Belt – Coastal Carolina
7 Conference USA – Jacksonville State
8 Big West – UC San Diego
9 SoCon – Wofford
10 WAC – California Baptist
11 Ohio Valley – Eastern Illinois
12 MAC – Kent State
13 Mountain West – New Mexico
14 Big East – St. John’s
15 Southland – Northwestern State
16 Big South – Winthrop
17 Atlantic 10 – Saint Joseph’s
18 Patriot – Bucknell
19 West Coast – Gonzaga
20 Missouri Valley – Indiana State
21 America East – Binghamton
22 Horizon – Wright State
23 Colonial – Monmouth
24 Ivy – Yale
25 Atlantic Sun – North Alabama
26 Summit – Oral Roberts
27 Metro Atlantic – Rider
28 Southwestern – Bethune-Cookman
29 Northeast – Fairleigh Dickinson

Independent – Oregon State