In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we preview Region 10 for the 2026 season with Will Miner, moderator of @D3Region10Base on Twitter / X. 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. And we finish our discussion by making our predictions for the 2026 season at the national level.
Region 10 and other teams discussed during this episode include La Verne, Trinity (TX), Claremont Mudd Scripps, Concordia (TX), Pomona-Pitzer, East Texas Baptist, McMurry, Redlands, Cal Lutheran, Whitworth, Mary Hardin-Baylor, LeTourneau, Puget Sound, Texas Lutheran, Linfield, Pacific (OR), Whitman, St. Thomas (TX), Lewis & Clark, Hardin-Simmons, Whittier, Pacific Lutheran, Centenary (LA), Willamette, Chapman, Southwestern (TX), Austin, Ozarks (AR), George Fox, Occidental, Schreiner, UT Dallas, Caltech, Howard Payne, Keystone, Johns Hopkins Denison, UW Whitewater, Kean, Endicott, and more.
00:00:00-Introduction
00:02:08-About Will Miner
00:05:26-What is Region 10?
00:07:45-Contenders and Underperformers in 2025
00:13:19-Recapping the Trinity CWS Run
00:18:55-Conference Restructuring
00:21:24-NWC Contenders for 2026
00:29:49-ASC Contenders for 2026
00:31:07-SCAC Contenders for 2026
00:33:11-SCIAC Contenders for 2026
00:35:20-Conference Champ Predictions
00:37:08-Potential At Large Bids
00:40:41-Wildcard Picks
00:42:23-National Picks and Predictions