PBR JUCO Wire: NJCAA Div. I Rankings (Feb. 21 Update)
February 21, 2022
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| 3 | 1 | Central Arizona | 14-2 | Taking charge out West, looking strong in all aspects of the game. |
| 6 | 2 | NorthWest Florida | 12-4 | Talented and playing very well with strong pitching despite tough schedule. Quality wins. |
| 9 | 3 | Walters St. (TN) | 13-1 | Strong in all aspects of their game. Have beaten top teams. Rotation has been arguably most dominant the country so far. |
| 8 | 4 | Chipola (FL) | 11-5-1 | Handled tough schedule with quality wins. Can pitch and hit. |
| 5 | 5 | Crowder (MO) | 5-2 | Just getting started. Talent is there. |
| 1 | 6 | San Jacinto-North (TX) | 10-6 | Starting to get healthy and rolling. Five straight wins after injury-plagued start. |
| 11 | 7 | Wasbash Valley (IL) | 8-2 | Strong out of the gate. Deep and talented offense and staff. |
| 18 | 8 | Weatherford (TX) | 12-0 | Undefeated and taking care of business. Very strong going into Region 5 competition. |
| 2 | 9 | McLennan (TX) | 7-5-1 | Tough early schedule, but talent is there. Not running on all cylinders yet but will be where they should be at the end. |
| 12 | 10 | Iowa Western | 1-1 | Just getting going. Talent and depth will be a factor nationally once they get some games played. Pitching staff could be special. |
| 4 | 11 | Florida Southwestern | 10-8 | Looked like a contender for No. 1 early before really struggling with a bad week. Talent is there to win Florida; but competition will be stiff. |
| 7 | 12 | Flo-Dar Tech (SC) | 7-6 | Need more consistency to be the NJCAA WS team they were during breakout '21 season. |
| 10 | 13 | Miami Dade (FL) | 13-6 | Young but talented. Need signature wins to build that confidence. |
| 20 | 14 | Dyersburg St. (TN) | 9-3 | Winners of nine straight, including a big W over Wabash, after 0-3 start. |
| 14 | 15 | Southern Nevada | 8-4 | Playing well early on ran into Central Arizona and tough teams out west. |
| 21 | 16 | Midland (TX) | 8-3 | Strong start for a team that has the talent. Couldn't meet early challenge against McLennan. |
| NR | 17 | Wallace St. (AL) | 8-2 | Preseason sleeper showing very well. Early favorite in Alabama that can compete with top teams nationally. |
| 17 | 18 | Cowley (KS) | 4-2 | Talented team that needs to play to see what they have. |
| NR | 19 | Arizona Western | 11-3 | Strong start. Playing well - split with Central AZ and lost two to CSN. |
| NR | 20 | New Mexico | 13-4 | Good start for a talented team. Two losses to Central AZ. |
| 16 | 21 | Grayson (TX) | 6-4 | Opened with two losses vs. San Jac. Talented lineup and pitching. Starting to get going. |
| 22 | 22 | John A. Logan (IL) | 5-3 | Solid play so far down south. Trying to get their stride. |
| 23 | 23 | Indian Hills (IA) | N/A | Just getting started. |
| NR | 24 | Columbia St. (TN) | 7-3 | Strong team. Won seven in a row including win over Chipola ... then dropped three straight to them. |
| 13 | 25 | Yavapai (AZ) | 7-6-1 | Finding it tough sledding early out West vs good teams. Good wins and tough losses. Stumbled this weekend. |
Honorable mentions (alphabetical order): Bossier Parish (8-2-1), Cisco (10-1), Harford (4-1), Pima (12-6), Salt Lake (8-4), St Johns River (11-7), Tallahassee (9-4), Temple (8-2), Tyler (10-4), Wharton (10-5)