What is a good Strikeouts Per 9 in college baseball?

A K/9 above 10 is excellent in D1 baseball; the strikeout-rate leaders often post 12+.

How is Strikeouts Per 9 calculated?

K/9 (strikeouts per nine innings) is a rate stat that normalizes strikeout totals across different innings totals.

When does the 2026 college baseball postseason start?

The NCAA Division I baseball regional round begins in late May, followed by Super Regionals in early June and the College World Series in mid-June in Omaha, Nebraska.

STATS LEADERS · PITCHING · STRIKEOUTS PER 9

Strikeouts Per 9 leaders.

Top 33 NCAA Division I pitchers by Strikeouts Per 9.

ERA SO W SV WHIP K/9 IP L GS

#	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	SV	WHIP	K/9
1	Leo Odom RHP · FR · SEC	1	0	7.50	6	0	6.0	6	5	2	12	0	1.33	18.0
2	Hunter Vincent LHP · FR · SEC	0	0	6.48	8	0	8.1	8	6	8	16	0	1.92	17.3
3	Thomas Burns RHP · JR · SEC	0	0	6.52	20	0	19.1	15	14	14	37	4	1.50	17.2
4	Peyton Fowler RHP · JR · SEC	1	0	2.84	7	0	6.1	2	2	6	12	0	1.26	17.1
5	Connor Benge RHP · SR · SEC	2	0	9.00	16	0	7.0	10	7	3	13	0	1.86	16.7
6	Will Haas LHP · FR · SEC	0	0	4.85	14	0	13.0	12	7	4	22	1	1.23	15.2
7	Jack Gleason RHP · FR · SEC	4	1	4.97	22	0	25.1	18	14	11	42	0	1.15	14.9
8	Ian Lohse LHP · GR · SEC	0	0	12.79	14	0	12.2	15	18	13	21	4	2.21	14.9
9	Maddox Miller LHP · FR · SEC	4	2	2.55	18	1	24.2	21	7	11	40	0	1.30	14.6
10	Brayden Krenzel RHP · SO · SEC	2	3	9.35	20	0	17.1	17	18	12	28	2	1.67	14.5
11	Cooper Powell LHP · SO · SEC	0	0	0.96	9	0	9.1	5	1	7	15	0	1.29	14.5
12	Mason Kosowick RHP · GR · SEC	0	0	7.20	7	0	5.0	2	4	7	8	0	1.80	14.4
13	Jackson Kircher RHP · SO · SEC	1	0	9.28	12	0	10.2	12	11	11	17	0	2.16	14.3
14	Cooper Williams LHP · SO · SEC	1	1	7.94	21	1	17.0	15	15	15	27	0	1.76	14.3
15	Tristan Hunter RHP · SO · SEC	0	1	7.16	16	0	16.1	13	13	16	26	0	1.78	14.3
16	Josh Stewart RHP · GR · SEC	1	0	1.42	5	0	6.1	5	1	1	10	1	0.95	14.2
17	Brad Pruett RHP · JR · SEC	0	1	8.22	8	0	7.2	9	7	8	12	0	2.22	14.1
18	Haiden Leffew LHP · JR · SEC	4	1	3.60	16	0	20.0	12	8	13	31	0	1.25	14.0
19	Santiago Garcia LHP · JR · SEC	1	1	5.96	21	0	22.2	19	15	17	35	2	1.59	13.9
20	Deven Sheerin RHP · SEC	3	2	4.78	20	0	37.2	30	20	18	58	5	1.27	13.9
21	Ruger Riojas RHP · SR · SEC	5	2	4.02	14	14	65.0	58	29	14	100	0	1.11	13.8
22	Hudson Calhoun RHP · JR · SEC	3	3	4.15	18	2	39.0	34	18	22	60	2	1.44	13.8
23	Ethan McElvain LHP · JR · SEC	6	0	1.08	18	0	33.1	20	4	10	51	5	0.90	13.8
24	Jackson Barberi RHP · SO · SEC	4	2	2.41	17	0	33.2	17	9	14	51	2	0.92	13.6
25	Alyssa Faircloth P · JR · SEC	16	8	2.61	41	25	177.0	116	66	62	267	4	1.01	13.6
26	Aiden Stillman LHP · FR · SEC	3	2	7.71	8	4	14.0	12	12	18	21	0	2.14	13.5
27	Marko Sipila RHP · SR · SEC	0	0	4.50	4	1	6.0	5	3	2	9	0	1.17	13.5
28	Hunter Dietz LHP · SO · SEC	7	3	3.40	15	15	79.1	66	30	29	117	0	1.20	13.3
29	Casan Evans RHP · SO · SEC	2	4	5.93	13	12	60.2	54	40	31	89	0	1.40	13.2
30	Joe Nottingham RHP · FR · SEC	0	0	4.85	12	0	13.0	10	7	7	19	1	1.31	13.2
31	Landon Koenig RHP · JR · SEC	3	1	6.35	17	0	22.2	35	16	7	33	2	1.85	13.1
32	Sam Cozart RHP · FR · SEC	6	0	1.59	20	3	45.1	17	8	12	66	8	0.64	13.1
33	Caleb Jameson LHP · JR · SEC	2	0	6.23	16	1	17.1	22	12	3	25	0	1.44	13.0

Stats sourced from NCAA. Updated daily during the season.

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