Zach Pekale | NCAA.com | July 26, 2020 Colleges with the most players on 2020 MLB Opening Day rosters Pete Alonso's top highlights from CWS and NCAA tournament play Share After a three-month delay, the boys of summer return to the baseball diamond July 23 for the 2020 MLB season. Every club is allowed up to 60 players under the adjusted roster rules that followed the cancellation of Minor League Baseball in 2020. With a maximum of 1,800 spots available, 807 are currently occupied by athletes who played college baseball. MORE: Colleges with the most first-round MLB draft picks The 807 players represent 237 schools across Division I, II and III. In 2020, no school has more players in the MLB than Florida. The Gators lead all programs with 19 players. The notables include reigning National League Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso (New York Mets) as well as outfielder Harrison Bader (St. Louis Cardinals) and reliever Darren O'Day (Atlanta Braves). Virginia is next with 17 players around the league. Notably, closer Sean Doolittle won a World Series with the Washington Nationals in 2019. Four other programs — Cal State Fullerton, LSU, Vanderbilt and North Carolina — have 15 or more players on MLB rosters. Of those six teams, only one plays outside of the ACC and SEC. Those are the only two conferences with more than 100 players at the professional level. They combine to make up over 31 percent of the college baseball players in Major League Baseball. (Note: This list highlights players on 60-man player pools, according to MLB team websites, as of July 21.) CONFERENCE players on MLB rosters SEC 151 ACC 101 Pac-12 81 Big 12 58 Division II 50 Big West 39 Big Ten 33 American 27 Big East 26 MVC 26 C-USA 25 West Coast 25 Mountain West 19 ASUN 18 MAC 14 Southland 14 Sun Belt 10 Colonial 9 Ivy 9 OVC 9 WAC 9 Division III 8 SoCon 8 America East 6 Big South 6 Summit 6 A-10 5 Horizon 5 NEC 4 MAAC 3 Patriot 2 SWAC 1 NEXT LEVEL SUCCESS: Cy Young winners who played college baseball | MVPs who played college baseball Here’s the full ranking of every NCAA school with players on a MLB 60-man Opening Day player pool: SCHOOL PLAYERS Florida 19 Virginia 17 Cal State Fullerton 16 LSU 16 Vanderbilt 16 North Carolina 15 Mississippi State 13 South Carolina 13 Arizona State 12 Arkansas 12 Clemson 11 Louisville 11 Mississippi 11 Oregon State 11 Arizona 10 Oklahoma 10 TCU 10 Texas 10 Texas A&M 10 UCLA 10 Kentucky 9 Stanford 9 Auburn 8 Georgia 8 Long Beach State 8 Miami (Fla.) 8 UConn 8 Alabama 7 Dallas Baptist 7 Fresno State 7 Georgia Tech 7 Indiana 7 Notre Dame 7 Oregon 7 Southern California 7 Florida State 6 Maryland 6 Missouri 6 Oklahoma State 6 San Diego 6 South Florida 6 Tennessee 6 Texas Tech 6 Virginia Tech 6 West Virginia 6 California 5 Creighton 5 Florida Atlantic 5 Houston 5 Indiana State 5 Kent State 5 Missouri State 5 NC State 5 Pittsburgh 5 Rice 5 Sam Houston State 5 UCF 5 Washington 5 Baylor 4 Cal Poly 4 East Carolina 4 Gonzaga 4 Hawaii 4 Jacksonville 4 Michigan 4 Nebraska 4 Old Dominion 4 San Diego State 4 Stetson 4 Tulane 4 Washington State 4 Wichita State 4 Barry 3 Belmont 3 BYU 3 College of Charleston 3 Embry-Riddle 3 Florida Gulf Coast 3 Harvard 3 High Point 3 Lipscomb 3 Loyola Marymount 3 Mercer 3 New Mexico 3 Nova Southeastern 3 Ohio State 3 Oral Roberts 3 Princeton 3 Purdue 3 Rutgers 3 Saint Mary's 3 San Francisco 3 SE Louisiana 3 St. John's 3 Stony Brook 3 Texas State 3 UC Riverside 3 UC Santa Barbara 3 Wake Forest 3 Akron 2 Appalachian State 2 Austin Peay 2 Azusa Pacific 2 Boston College 2 Bryant 2 Centenary 2 Central Arkansas 2 Cincinnati 2 Dartmouth 2 Dixie State 2 Drury 2 Duke 2 Eastern Michigan 2 Evansville 2 FIU 2 Illinois 2 Illinois State 2 Kansas 2 Kansas State 2 Kennesaw State 2 Louisiana Tech 2 Michigan State 2 Minnesota 2 New Mexico State 2 Northeastern 2 Northwestern 2 Oklahoma Baptist 2 Saint Joseph's 2 Seattle 2 Slippery Rock 2 South Dakota State 2 Southern Mississippi 2 UC Davis 2 UC Irvine 2 UNLV 2 Utah 2 UW Stevens Point 2 Wagner 2 Wright State 2 Alderson Broaddus 1 Arkansas State 1 Ashland 1 Ball State 1 Belmont Abbey 1 Berry 1 Bowling Green 1 Bradley 1 Buffalo 1 Butler 1 Cal Baptist 1 Cal State Bakersfield 1 Cal State Dominguez Hills 1 Cal State East Bay 1 Cal State Stanislaus 1 Campbell 1 Carson Newman 1 Central Michigan 1 Charleston Southern 1 Citadel 1 Coastal Carolina 1 Colorado Mesa 1 Dayton 1 Delaware 1 East Tennessee State 1 Eastern Mennonite 1 Elon 1 Florida Southern 1 Florida Tech 1 Georgetown 1 Hartford 1 Hawaii Pacific 1 Houston Baptist 1 Iowa 1 Ithaca 1 Lafayette 1 Le Moyne 1 Liberty 1 Lindenwood 1 Louisiana Lafayette 1 Lynn 1 Marist 1 McNeese State 1 Memphis 1 Mercyhurst 1 Miami (OH) 1 Middle Tennessee 1 Millersville 1 Milwaukee 1 Monmouth 1 Morehead State 1 Mount Olive 1 Navy 1 Nevada 1 North Dakota State 1 North Florida 1 Northeastern State 1 Northern Kentucky 1 Northwestern State 1 Oakland 1 Pepperdine 1 Portland 1 Regis 1 Rider 1 Sacramento State 1 Saint Louis 1 Samford 1 Santa Clara 1 Savannah State 1 SE Missouri State 1 Seton Hall 1 Sonoma State 1 South Carolina Upstate 1 Southern 1 Southern Illinois 1 Southern Indiana 1 Southern New Hampshire 1 Stephen F Austin 1 SUNY Albany 1 Tampa 1 Tennessee Tech 1 Master's College 1 Towson 1 UMass Lowell 1 UNC Wilmington 1 UT Arlington 1 UT Martin 1 UTSA 1 VCU 1 Wayne State 1 Webster 1 West Alabama 1 West Chester 1 West Texas A&M 1 Western Carolina 1 Wofford 1 Yale 1 Young Harris 1 2021 Big West baseball preview: Who can challenge UC Santa Barbara? Led by UC Santa Barbara, we’ve got a whole new Big West starting up in 2021, including new programs joining the Big West in former D2 national power UC San Diego and former WAC member CSU Bakersfield. Let's see how they match up. READ MORE World Series 2020: Here's where the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays played college baseball The 2020 MLB World Series is set between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays. All together, 42 players from the two teams' 40-man rosters once played NCAA baseball. Here's a full breakdown of their college careers. READ MORE