In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we preview NCAA Region 7 for the 2026 season, which includes five conferences—the AMCC, the MIAA, the PAC, the NCAC and the OAC.

During this episode we start by covering past season results—reviewing under-achievers, over-achievers and teams who made runs in 2025. Then we move on to 2026, breaking down each conference in terms of potential favorites, bubble teams, wild cards, auto bids, at large bids and CWS participants. We finish our discussion by making predictions for the 2026 season at the national level.

The DIII baseball teams in NCAA Region 7 include Denison, CWRU, Mount Union, Baldwin Wallace, Ohio Northern, Wittenberg, Penn St.-Behrend, Grove City, Washington & Jefferson, Adrian, Muskingum, Wabash, Alfred St., Wooster, John Carroll, Kalamazoo, Marietta, Mount Aloysius, Alma, Calvin, Allegheny, Kenyon, Albion, Hilbert, Westminster (PA), Pitt.-Bradford, Heidelberg, Otterbein, Pitt.-Greensburg, Chatham, Capital, DePauw, Hiram, Saint Vincent, Wilmington (OH), Geneva, Oberlin, Hope, Thiel, Bethany (WV), Penn St.-Altoona, Trine, La Roche, Franciscan, Ohio Wesleyan, Olivet and Waynesburg.

00:00:00-Introduction

00:05:04-What is Region 7?

00:11:36-Region 7 CWS Trivia

00:16:58-National Contenders in 2025

00:24:19-Under Performers in 2025

00:29:11-AMCC Teams to Watch for 2026

00:31:10-MIAA Teams to Watch for 2026

00:33:55-PAC Teams to Watch for 2026

00:36:56-NCAC Teams to Watch for 2026

00:39:23-OAC Teams to Watch for 2026

00:43:54-Conference Champ Predictions

00:55:50-Potential At Large and Wildcard Picks

00:58:30-National Picks and Top 10 Predictions