And here is the first part of the three parts of the Strength of Schedule. In years past we have either just realist the top 25, or just released the teams that were ranked in the Pre-Season Rankings. This year though we have changed that. We will have the entire NJCAA Ranked based on divisions of course. 

 

For Division 1(the other 2 divisions will come either this week or next week), there are 170 teams that play. And before you ask your self “Wait did these guys really go and look at all 170 teams’ schedules and do this?” yes yes we did… we have a problem. 

 

What is interesting to see is where some of the Toughest schedules lie. Below will be the Regions by Rank of Toughest Schedules which you can interpret as the “Toughest Regions” if you want to:

 

Rank Region # of Teams Highest Ranked Lowest Ranked
1st 15 1 1st – Monroe
2nd  11 4 2nd – Indian Hills 155th – Marshalltown
3rd 1 7 5th – Yavapai 89th – Central Arizona
4th 8 17 8th – Pensacola State 144th – Central Florida
5th 14 13 3rd – Wharton 168th – Bossier Parish
6th 6 18 7th – Johnson County 157th – Garden City
7th 7 10 26th – Cleveland State 112th – Motlow State
8th 4 4 18th – South Suburban 152nd – Olive Harvey
9th 10 8 34th – Gaston 113th – USC Sumter
10th 16 8 22nd – Jefferson (MO) 132nd – St. Louis
11th 24 11 28th – Lake Land 136th – Shawnee
12th 2 5 24th – Seminole State (OK) 141st – Connors State
13th 20 3 35th – Harford 148th – Hagerstown
14th 18 6 33rd – Southern Nevada 170th – Southern Idaho
15th 5 19 47th – McLennan 147th – New Mexico Military
16th 23 3 62nd – Baton Rouge 162nd – Delgado
17th 17 6 111th – South Georgia State 151st – Georgia Highlands
18th 22 19 23rd – Coastal Alabama – Bay Minette 169th – Snead State
19th 9 8 81st – Western Nebraska 167th – Otero

 

Now for the part that you all are really here for the 1st – 170th Strength of Schedule Rankings. These are based on a few different things taking into account our Pre-Season Rankings. 

 

Rank Pre-Season Rank School Reg.
1 Monroe 15
2 Indian Hills 11
3 25 Wharton 14
4 Southwestern (IA) 11
5 Yavapai 1
6 23 South Mountain 1
7 15 Johnson County 6
8 24 Pensacola State 8
9 Blinn 14
10 Coastal Bend 14
11 Galveston 14
12 Tallahassee 8
13 8 Chipola 8
14 Pima 1
15 38 Alvin 14
16 Eastern Arizona 1
17 Seminole State (FL) 8
18 South Suburban 4
19 20 Northwest Florida 8
20 14 Gulf Coast State 8
21 Arizona Western 1
22 Jefferson (MO) 16
23 Coastal Alabama – Bay Minette 22
24 35 Seminole State (OK) 2
25 Daytona State 8
26 Cleveland State 7
27 10 Iowa Western 11
28 Lake Land 24
29 11 Cochise 1
30 Eastern Florida 8
31 Santa Fe 8
32 Triton 4
33 Southern Nevada 18
34 37 Gaston 10
35 Harford 20
36 21 Florida SouthWestern 8
37 Allen County 6
38 Southwestern Illinois 24
39 Labette 6
40 Utah State Eastern 18
41 Highland (KS) 6
42 3 San Jac 14
43 Marshalltown 11
44 Southwest Tennessee 7
45 Neosho 6
46 36 Fort Scott 6
47 6 McLennan 5
48 Grayson 5
49 Kansas City Kansas 6
50 Hillsborough 8
51 Coffeyville 6
52 Indian River State 8
53 Louisburg 10
54 Jackson State 7
55 North Central Texas 5
56 Roane State 7
57 USC Salkehatchie 10
58 Northeast Texas 14
59 Temple 5
60 Mineral Area 16
61 Community Christian (CA) 18
62 Baton Rouge 23
63 Paris 14
64 31 State College of Florida 8
65 Hutchinson 6
66 St. Charles 16
67 4 Cowley 6
68 Cloud County 6
69 42 Columbia State 7
70 Vernon 5
71 Cisco 5
72 St. Petersburg 8
73 Lincoln Trail 24
74 17 Wabash Valley 24
75 9 Crowder 16
76 Dodge City 6
77 30 Chattanooga State 7
78 Three Rivers 16
79 13 Dyersburg State 7
80 Seward 6
81 Western Nebraska 9
82 12 Miami Dade 8
83 USC Union 10
84 Panola 14
85 Volunteer State 7
86 Spartanburg Methodist 10
87 29 Weatherford 5
88 Navarro 14
89 1 Central Arizona 1
90 Ranger 5
91 Colorado Northwestern 18
92 Rend Lake 24
93 2 Walters State 7
94 Tyler 14
95 32 Wallace-Dothan 22
96 USC Lancaster 10
97 41 Butler 6
98 40 Polk 8
99 Western Texas 5
100 34 Eastern Oklahoma 2
101 Colby 6
102 Rose State 2
103 Potomac State 20
104 Shelton State 22
105 Olney Central 24
106 18 Florence Darlington Tech 10
107 El Paso 5
108 Lurleen B. Wallace 22
109 Frontier 24
110 22 New Mexico 5
111 South Georgia State 17
112 Motlow State 7
113 USC Sumter 10
114 State Fair 16
115 Abraham Baldwin 17
116 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 2
117 Central Alabama 22
118 Frank Phillips 5
119 Metropolitan 16
120 Gordon State 17
121 Enterprise State 22
122 Southeastern Illinois 24
123 Odessa 5
124 Kaskaskia 24
125 Hill 5
126 Barton 6
127 Howard 5
128 Coastal Alabama – Brewton 22
129 Midland 5
130 Wallace State 22
131 8 John A. Logan 24
132 St. Louis 16
133 East Georgia State 17
134 Bishop State 22
135 Lamar 9
136 Shawnee 24
137 Kishwaukee 4
138 Nunez 23
139 McCook 9
140 Amarillo 5
141 Connors State 2
142 Andrew 17
143 Lawson State 22
144 5 Central Florida 8
145 Pratt 6
146 Clarendon 5
147 New Mexico Military 5
148 Hagerstown 20
149 Bevill State 22
150 Calhoun 22
151 33 Georgia Highlands 17
152 Olive Harvey 4
153 Coastal Alabama – Monroeville 22
154 Southern Union State 22
155 16 Salt Lake 18
156 Chattahoochee Valley 22
157 Garden City 6
158 Angelina 14
159 Marion Military 22
160 Wallace-Selma 22
161 Southeast (NE) 9
162 Delgado 23
163 Northeast (CO) 9
164 Northwest – Shoals 22
165 Trinidad State 9
166 Luna 9
167 Otero 9
168 Bossier Parish 14
169 26 Snead State 22
170 Southern Idaho 18

 

If you made it this far and are actually reading what is being written then good for you. What did you think? Are we crazy? Did you go how you think it would? Have anything you would like to debate? Let us know!

One thought on “2023 NJCAA Div. 1 Strength of Schedule”
  1. Interesting information. Thanks! I am always interested in baseball stats. Do you do any stats or rankings on NWAC or CCCAA schools?

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