First No-No of the Season on the Board in Week Four

Some huge performances highlighted week four in Division II baseball. We had our first no-hitter of the season thrown, a plethora of home runs hit, and some outrageous team performances (ahem, Nova Southeastern and Chico State). Below, we highlight the Top 25's performance over the last week and some games of note that took place.

First New PG Rankings Released, Let's Preview Week Four With Them!

The first in-season Perfect Game rankings have been released, and while it wasn't a major shake-up, you can already see the landscape beginning to take place. The south and west are continuing to produce a plethora of solid teams, while the usual suspects from the other regions are still hanging around as they get their seasons started. Inside, we preview this weekend's action for the top 25 and point out some of the best match-ups to watch for around the country, including our Marquee Match-Up of the Week.

Reviewing Week Three of the 2016 Season

Another week in the books for Division II baseball, and another week or two until we have every team in the country out on the field.  We review this past weekend's results and highlight a plethora of teams that have gotten off to some impressive starts on the season and could find themselves breaking through in the top 25 sooner rather than later.

Preparing for Week Three in D-II Baseball

A couple more schools throw their hat in to the ring this weekend in the world of Division II baseball, and non-conference match-ups still rule, although a couple conferences are already getting in to conference play, as well. Inside, we will point out a couple competitive match-ups this weekend for everyone to look out for, and provide ways to follow them for all you D-II baseball fans out there! Included inside? Our Marquee Match-Up of the Week!

Defending Champions Rolling Already, Ranking Shake-Ups Coming

We are starting to get in to the full swing of the Division II baseball season! A little more than half of the pre-season Top 25 schools have been on the field for meaningful baseball games at this point. From here on out, I'll be giving a review of each weekend based on the previous week's PerfectGame.org Top 25 early in the week, and then previewing the next weekend's action after the new rankings are released. We'll break up the monotony with some different pieces here and there as we go.

With all that said, here is our first full review of Top 25 Division II baseball action. Additionally, I throw in a few teams who are unranked but have gotten off to a good start, and I explain this year's new NCAA Division II baseball tournament bracket, which has been upped to 56 teams.

Recapping Opening Weekend; Previewing Week Two

The first week of 2016 Division II play is in the books, and it was an eventful week to say the least. I had anticipated that it will be tough to do weekly rankings this year, and that proved to be pretty accurate. If the first week of play is any indication, there will be a lot of interchangeable teams as the season trucks on. Anyone appears to be able to beat anyone. The coming weeks will weed some teams out and bring the contenders to the forefront, but in the meantime, we will enjoy the craziness and parity of the D-II baseball landscape.

Read on to check out some interesting tidbits from the opening weekend and a short preview of this upcoming weekend's action.

Previewing the 2016 Season, Region-by-Region

It is Christmas day in the world of Division II baseball, as 23 schools begin the 2016 season today in 14 different games. The first games of the season begin at 2 p.m. Eastern, as Davis & Elkins takes on Erskine and Holy Names faces CSU-Monterey Bay in the first game of a doubleheader today. That is one of two DH's today, with CSU-Stanislaus taking on William Jessup in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. Eastern. The lone conference game of the day begins at 6 p.m. with Palm Beach Atlantic against Embry-Riddle in SSC play. Unfortunately, one game has already been rescheduled, as Chico State's season-opener against Menlo has been moved to Saturday.

Before we kick off the 2016 season, let's take a look at how each of the eight regions is stacking up, as we preview the landscape of Division II baseball this year.

2015 Division II First-Year Player Draft Season Recap

I know I promised this post a long time ago shortly after the actual baseball season ended, but life got in the way and here it is right before we get started in to 2016. I wanted to put a bow on the 2015 season by recapping what the 2015 Division II First-Year Player Draft acquisitions did in their rookie campaigns as professionals. In here, you'll find a statistical breakdown of every Division II player who was picked in the 2015 draft, their stats across all levels they reached, and any awards or accolades they collected.

Welcome to 2016!

Hello, fellow Division II baseball friends. We are back again for another season of exciting competition! In the coming weeks, we will get in to some previews, talk about the pre-season polls that are starting to roll in (here is the College Baseball Newspaper poll if you are interested), and highlight some of the top returners that we will be seeing a lot of this season.

Before that, we will recap how all the 2015 Division II draft picks ended their professional seasons! I know I promised that sometime during the MLB playoffs, but life happened, and it will instead happen before we preview the 2016 season.

This year, we are looking forward to following along with another spectacular season of baseball, possibly handing out some player of the week awards, and continuing our match-up of the week segments.

Additionally, we will be rolling out a dedicated Division II baseball Twitter account for the blog, serving as an aggregate for the Division II baseball world, interesting results and musings, and using that as our main outlet for links to our newest posts. That will be introduced very soon!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable off-season, and keep checking in on new posts in the coming weeks!

2015 D-II Draft Pick Updates (Through 7/31)

Long time, no talk everyone! I wanted to take this time to update everyone on how all of the NCAA Division II 2015 MLB Draft Picks are doing through the month of July, and rank the top 10 in order of their performances so far this season!