Joe Healy

Last season, VCU won its third regular-season title in four full seasons and backed it up by winning the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Can the Rams repeat in 2022?

Perennial WAC title contenders like Grand Canyon, Sacramento State and Cal Baptist will be strong again, but newcomer Abilene Christian looks the part of the favorite in its first year in the league.

College programs are increasingly turning to alumni working in pro baseball. Willie Bloomquist and Chip Hale are the latest to take high-profile coaching jobs.

The Pac-12 got two teams to the College World Series in 2021 and put six teams overall into regionals. Can it replicate that success in 2022?

Gonzaga will look to repeat as WCC champions in 2022, but a talented Brigham Young squad promises to provide tough competition for top billing.

Texas goes into the 2022 season as the prohibitive favorite in the Big 12, but the battle for position after the Longhorns should be just as fascinating as the season goes on.

After running away with the 2021 ASUN regular-season title, Liberty goes into the 2022 season as the league title favorites once again.

Run prevention is the name of the game for Georgia Tech in 2022 if it wants to get back to Omaha for the first time since 2006.

Righthander Max Rajcic has the stuff to be Pac-12 pitcher of the year if he puts it all together.

Jace Jung has a good shot of repeating as the Big 12 player of the year in 2022.

The clear key for the Monarchs to reach their potential is the pitching staff.

Righthander Alejandro Rosario returns to lead the rotation in 2022.

Righthander Sam Highfill returns to lead the NC State rotation once again.

Righthander Justin Campbell leads a reloaded Oklahoma State rotation.

The Beavers enter the season with the best weekend rotation in the Pac-12.

First-year head coach Chip Hale is tasked with getting Arizona to Omaha for the second straight year.

East Carolina has its sights set on Omaha once again.

Center fielder Brock Jones leads a formidable Stanford lineup in 2022.

The first step in the path back to Omaha for Ole Miss is rebuilding its rotation successfully.

Texas tops the rankings thanks in part to one of the deepest pitching staffs in the country.