Rating NCAA baseball groups with most MLB draft prospects

Because the NCAA regionals begin in faculty baseball, award voting and regular-season stats offer you a good suggestion who carried out nicely this season, whereas my draft rankings and mock drafts let you already know who will go early on this summer season’s draft. However which faculties can declare bragging rights for having probably the most professional expertise on their rosters throughout all draft lessons?

I’ve a little bit of an obsession — but additionally detailed spreadsheets sourced from superior knowledge and scouts, so I can reply this query by inspecting what number of gamers (no matter class) undertaking as future draft prospects.

As a result of the draft and projections for professional success look closely at instruments and age, these issues are emphasised by way of the method when you get previous the floor statistics in my system.

I am going to remind you that these margins are actually tight — if you happen to add one second-rounder to any of the groups beneath, it would most likely transfer up a number of spots — and I used all pro-caliber gamers to formulate the rating, despite the fact that we checklist simply the top-two-rounds prospects on every workforce’s present roster beneath. Gamers who’re at present injured depend for this train, however I dinged the workforce ranking a bit if you happen to will not see the participant this postseason, and all gamers listed are 2025 draft-eligible except in any other case indicated.

With out additional delay, listed below are probably the most loaded rosters in faculty baseball:

1. Tennessee

Prime-two-rounds prospects: LHP Liam Doyle, SS Gavin Kilen, 3B Andrew Fischer, RHP Marcus Phillips, C Levi Clark (2027), 3B Dean Curley, RHP A.J. Russell

Earlier than I began this course of, I figured the Volunteers would win, they usually did, carried by a very robust 2025 draft class highlighted by Liam Doyle — who’s projected to go No. 2 in my most up-to-date mock.

And Tennessee has much more expertise than the names listed above. RHP Tanner Franklin and Nate Snead are two key bullpen arms who attain the triple digits and did not qualify, whereas quite a lot of different gamers might step up into top-two-round relevance with expanded roles subsequent season, comparable to RHP Tegan Kuhns and 2B/CF Jay Abernathy.

2. Arkansas

Prime-two-rounds prospects: SS Wehiwa Aloy, RHP Gage Wooden, C Ryder Helfrick (2026), LHP Zach Root, OF Charles Davalan, LHP Cole Gibler (2027), RHP Gabe Gaeckle

The Razorbacks weren’t the primary workforce I considered when guessing who could be close to the highest of this rating as a result of they do not have as many top-of-the-first-round prospects as some others, although they yearly have tons of professional expertise, so this is not a shocker.

Aloy might be the one prospect projected for the highest half of the primary spherical of the group, however the remainder of the checklist belongs within the late-first to early-second vary, with quite a lot of intriguing skills past that, together with 3B Brent Iredale and a few half-dozen totally different pitchers.

3. LSU

Prime-two-rounds prospects: LHP Kade Anderson, OF Derek Curiel (2026) RHP Casan Evans (2027), RHP Anthony Eyanson, SS Steven Milam (2026), RHP William Schmidt (2027), 2B Daniel Dickinson

The Tigers are sometimes loaded with professional expertise beneath skipper Jay Johnson, and this yr is not any totally different. Scouts soured a bit on Curiel as a highschool senior, however he has proved them incorrect as a freshman, trying like a first-rounder up to now. Evans and Eyanson have been revelations as newcomers, and Schmidt has the potential to suit that description in an expanded function subsequent season.

4. Texas

Prime-two-rounds prospects: 3B Adrian Rodriguez (2027), LHP Dylan Volantis (2027), RHP Jason Flores (2027), RF Max Belyeu, 2B Ethan Mendoza (2026)

Texas is stocked with underclassmen with early-round upside as Mendoza and Rodriguez will anchor the infield subsequent season and I would guess Volantis and Flores will each transfer into the rotation after robust reduction performances as freshmen. LHP Jared Spencer would’ve simply certified earlier than his harm earlier this month.

5. Florida

Prime-two-rounds prospects: RHP Liam Peterson (2026), RHP Aidan King (2027), SS Brendan Lawson (2027), RHP Luke McNeillie (2026)

The Gators are the primary workforce with no 2025 draft-eligible gamers listed, although 2B Cade Kurland would most likely qualify if he have been wholesome all season, and SS Colby Shelton would additionally seemingly sneak in if he have been 21 years outdated reasonably than 22. Peterson is the highest faculty arm for 2026 and King appears like one among many future 2027 first-rounders who popped as freshmen this season; most of them are listed right here.

6. Florida State

Prime-two-rounds prospects: LHP Jamie Arnold, LHP Wes Mendes (2026), SS Alex Lodise, 2B Drew Faurot

The Noles have stable high-end expertise, with three doable first-round skills headlined by seemingly top-10 choose Arnold. The depth does not cease there as OF Max Williams and RHP Cam Leiter (injured) is likely to be third-rounders this yr, and underclassmen C Hunter Carns and LF Myles Bailey are additionally displaying flashes.

7. Wake Forest

Prime-two-rounds prospects: RHP Chris Levonas (2027), SS Marek Houston, RF Ethan Conrad

Wake has graduated quite a lot of standout gamers to professional ball previously few years and has one other stable crop coming this yr, with Houston and Conrad each seemingly first-round picks. Levonas did not signal as a second-round pick of highschool final yr, and early returns recommend he is likely to be a excessive first-rounder in a number of years.

8. Oregon State

Prime-two-rounds prospects: SS Aiva Arquette, RHP Dax Whitney (2027)

The Beavers have solely two gamers listed right here, however each seem like top-10 picks. There are additionally quite a lot of fascinating prospects within the third-to-fourth-round vary for this yr’s draft, together with OF Gavin Turley, LHP Nelson Keljo and 3B Trent Caraway.

9. Oklahoma

Prime-two-rounds prospects: RHP Kyson Witherspoon, SS Jaxon Willits (2026), C Easton Carmichael, RHP Malachi Witherspoon, LHP Cade Crossland

Oklahoma has 5 prospects listed right here, although solely Kyson Witherspoon is a transparent top-50 choose; the opposite 5 are all later second-round or early third-round sorts of prospects. This rotation makes the Sooners harmful in a postseason format.

10. TCU

Prime-two-rounds prospects: RHP Tommy Lapour (2026), OF Sawyer Strosnider (2026), LHP Mason Brassfield (2027)

TCU’s crop of prospects who made the checklist (and OF Noah Franco, who was in rivalry) are all underclassmen, which bodes nicely for the long run. Lapour has three above-average pitches and is the second-best faculty pitcher for subsequent yr’s draft.

11. Mississippi State

Prime-two-rounds prospects: OF Nolan Stevens (2026), 3B Ace Reese (2026), RHP Ryan McPherson (2027)

Stevens and Reese each seem like potential first-round picks for subsequent yr’s draft; Reese is a wonderful hitter with medium energy, whereas Stevens has some swing and miss to his recreation however straightforward plus uncooked energy. McPherson is the most effective prospect amongst quite a lot of fascinating underclassman arms, although 22-year-old LHP Pico Kohn is probably the most impactful for this season.

12. Georgia Tech

Prime-two-rounds prospects: OF Drew Burress (2026), C Vahn Lackey (2026), SS Kyle Lodise, 2B Alex Hernandez (2026)

Burress is within the working to go No. 1 in subsequent yr’s draft resulting from his standout energy/pace mixture. Lackey and Lodise seem like stable second-rounders. Hernandez is a borderline second-rounder because of a robust freshman yr.

The following half-dozen groups: Alabama, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Oregon, Ole Miss, North Carolina