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Preseason College Top 25 Rankings
Plus: Profiles for every team, 10 teams that just missed & top 25 chat at 2 p.m. ET
UCLA Leads Our Preseason Top 25
Baseball America is getting a head start on the college baseball season with an early reveal of our preseason Top 25 for 2026.
Claiming the top spot in this year’s list is UCLA, which is coming off a run to the College World Series and is anchored by Roch Cholowsky, who is BA’s reigning College Player of the Year and a No. 1 overall draft pick hopeful. A number of SEC schools—including last year’s national champion—and an ACC team round out our top five.
You can check out the complete Top 25 here or jump to a specific team’s 2026 preseason preview by clicking on the list below:
Preorder BA’s College Preview Double Issue
In addition to the Top 25, we’re also excited to reveal the cover for our 2026 College Preview featuring none other than Roch Cholowsky. Be sure to preorder your copy (ships the week of Feb. 2) for the double-issue featuring All-America teams, our preseason Field of 64 and lots more.
TOP 25 CHAT AT 2 P.M. ET
Preseason Top 25 Chat With Jacob Rudner
Alongside the release of our preseason Top 25, Baseball America’s Jacob Rudner will host a live chat at 2 p.m. ET on Monday to break down the rankings and take questions on all things college baseball.
Have a question for Jacob? Click below to submit your thoughts.
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OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
10 Teams That Just Missed The Preseason Top 25
Our preseason Top 25 provides a snapshot of the teams best positioned to contend when the 2026 season opens next month. Just beyond that cut line, however, sits another tier of programs with real substance, clear strengths and enough unanswered questions to keep them on the outside for now.
With that in mind, we’re highlighting 10 programs that didn’t make our final list, but still have credible cases for inclusion—and specific reasons they landed just short.
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