The  2028 Line Drive HOT 100 Player Rankings begin later this month… the publishing schedule is listed below.

The DEADLINE to submit player nominations is in a week and a half: Monday, Aug. 17.

Originally, the deadline was next week, but we’ve moved it back a week to let everyone recover from the Alliance and PGF Nationals over the last several weeks and have adequate time to nominate deserving players.

Already this year we’ve done extensive looks at the Class of 2031, the Class of 2030 and, most recently, the Class of 2029 which wrapped up earlier this summer.

• Click HERE to access the NOMINATION form.

Again, note that the player PLAYER NOMINATION DEADLINE is Monday, August 17… a week before the rankings begin.

Each weekday for a two-week period, we will honor deserving prospects via our countdown of 10 spots each day following this schedule:

• #’s 100-91 (Mon., Aug. 24, 2026)
• #’s 90-81 (Tue., Aug. 25, 2026)
• #’s 80-71 (Wed., Aug. 26, 2026)
• #’s 70-61 (Thu., Aug. 27,  2026)
• #’s 60-51 (Fri., Aug. 28, 2026
• #’s 50-41 (Mon., Aug. 31, 2026)
• #’s 40-31 (Tue., Sept. 1, 2026)
• #’s 30-21 (Wed., Sept. 2, 2026)
• #’s 20-11 (Thu., Sept. 3, 2026)
• #’s 10-1 (Fri., Sept. 4, 2026)

A couple of pointers for those filling out the nominations online:

• Parents: we love you, but you can’t nominate (you can send stats, honors, etc, just not suggested ranges).
• Nominations should come from club/high school coach, trainer or someone else who works with the athlete.
• Be sure to send a head shot to accompany player bios. 
• Identify which city and state the player lives… use state codes such as TX, FL, AZ, etc.
• Include stats, honors, top accomplishments and anything to verify an athlete’s standing. 

Following the Class of 2028 rankings, the Class of 2027 will follow–the final time we’ll evaluate this group which will be next year’s seniors.

Here are the details:

• 2027 Line Drive HOT 100
  • runs Oct. 12 to Oct. 23, 2026
  • nominations officially open on Sept. 15

The Line Drive Hot 100 is spearheaded by Line Drive Media Executive Editor Brentt Eads, who began the softball player and team rankings format 20+ years ago and in that time has done over 50 grad class rankings.

Each class is updated several times leading up to the players’ high school graduation and transition into college.

For more information, contact Brentt at Brentt.Eads@LineDriveMedia.com.