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Projected · estimate · 929 rosters read · as of October 20, 2026

College Baseball Roster Openings 2026

Which college baseball programs are projected to lose the most players after this season, overall and at each position. Counted from the seniors and graduate students on 861 official rosters: an estimate to point your emails at programs that will need your position, not a promise of a spot.

Baseball: programs projected to lose the most playersProjected · estimate

#ProgramOn rosterSr + Gr (departing)ReturningSignal
1Missouri Baptist NAIA MO582632High
2Batten NCAA D3 VA492425High
3Murray State NCAA D1 KY372413High
4Kansas Wesleyan NAIA KS552332High
5Southwestern Oklahoma State NCAA D2 OK372314High
6Hope International NAIA CA30237High
7Saint Xavier NAIA IL722250Medium
8Lycoming NCAA D3 PA452223High
9Xavier NCAA D1 OH452223High
10Menlo NCAA D2 CA582137Medium
11McKendree NCAA D2 IL512130High
12Illinois Springfield NCAA D2 IL482127High
13Campbell NCAA D1 NC422121High
14Southern Indiana NCAA D1 IN422121High
15North Carolina at Charlotte NCAA D1 NC382117High
16Park University Gilbert NAIA AZ662046Medium
17Illinois NCAA D3 IL562036Medium
18William Peace NCAA D3 NC562036Medium
19Benedictine NCAA D3 IL472027High
20Cal State Monterey Bay NCAA D2 CA472027High

929 baseball rosters read for 2026; 861 have complete enough class and position data to be ranked. 68 low-confidence programs are left out of the rankings but shown on their own program pages.

Baseball openings by positionProjected · estimate: top 8 programs by departing players at each position

Pitcher P

  1. William Peace NCAA D3 NC15 of 25 departing High
  2. Xavier NCAA D1 OH15 of 24 departing High
  3. Washburn NCAA D2 KS14 of 24 departing High
  4. McKendree NCAA D2 IL13 of 32 departing High
  5. Illinois Springfield NCAA D2 IL13 of 25 departing High
  6. Columbia NAIA MO13 of 22 departing High
  7. North Carolina at Charlotte NCAA D1 NC13 of 18 departing High
  8. Missouri Baptist NAIA MO12 of 29 departing High

Infield IF

  1. Lindsey Wilson NAIA KY8 of 12 departing High
  2. the Incarnate Word NCAA D1 TX8 of 10 departing High
  3. Milligan NAIA TN7 of 22 departing Medium
  4. Rockford NCAA D3 IL7 of 16 departing High
  5. Lycoming NCAA D3 PA7 of 15 departing High
  6. Benedictine NCAA D3 IL7 of 14 departing High
  7. Batten NCAA D3 VA7 of 13 departing High
  8. Park University Gilbert NAIA AZ6 of 26 departing Medium

Outfield OF

  1. East Central NCAA D2 OK6 of 15 departing High
  2. Kansas Wesleyan NAIA KS6 of 12 departing High
  3. St. Edward's NCAA D2 TX6 of 9 departing High
  4. North Carolina Wesleyan NCAA D3 NC5 of 14 departing Medium
  5. Ottawa NAIA KS5 of 12 departing High
  6. Cal State Monterey Bay NCAA D2 CA5 of 11 departing High
  7. Xavier University of Louisiana NAIA LA5 of 11 departing High
  8. Trevecca Nazarene NCAA D2 TN5 of 10 departing High

Catcher C

  1. Pacific NCAA D3 OR4 of 9 departing High
  2. Saint Xavier NAIA IL4 of 9 departing High
  3. Illinois NCAA D3 IL4 of 8 departing High
  4. Malone NCAA D2 OH4 of 7 departing High
  5. Illinois Chicago NCAA D1 IL4 of 5 departing High
  6. South Carolina Aiken NCAA D2 SC4 of 5 departing High
  7. Hope International NAIA CA4 of 4 departing High
  8. North Carolina at Pembroke NCAA D2 NC4 of 4 departing High

Utility UT

  1. Cal State East Bay NCAA D2 CA4 of 6 departing High
  2. Yale NCAA D1 CT4 of 5 departing High
  3. Mount Marty NAIA SD3 of 8 departing Medium
  4. Baldwin Wallace NCAA D3 OH3 of 7 departing High
  5. Centre NCAA D3 KY3 of 6 departing High
  6. Southern New Hampshire NCAA D2 NH3 of 6 departing High
  7. Citadel NCAA D1 SC3 of 5 departing High
  8. Davis & Elkins NCAA D2 WV3 of 5 departing High

How to use this

How the openings estimate works

Estimate: departing = players listed as seniors or graduate students at that position; signal compares them with everyone at the position whose class is listed (high: at least 2 and at least 40% departing; medium: at least 1 and at least 20%; low: fewer). Based only on the published roster.

  • Does not account for transfers, early departures, injuries, walk-ons or players already committed.
  • Seniors without a stated redshirt may still have a year of eligibility left; the roster page does not say.
  • Coaches recruit for need and fit; an opening is not an offer.

Counts come from the official roster page as published; individual players are never stored or shown here. Open the official roster for names.

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