From D1 Baseball's 2019 Top 100 Programs rankings. I think I'll take their word for it over GatorInDwagja's.
1. Florida
2017 Rank: 1. In our postseason success formula, Florida and Vanderbilt were neck-and-neck — and then there was a big gap between everybody else. Vandy was No. 1 in these rankings in 2015 (while Florida was No. 3). In 2017, the Gators were No. 1, while the Commodores were No. 2. Clearly, these two programs are entrenched at the top of the college baseball world, and we debated the top spot ad nauseam. Vanderbilt has one big advantage: it now has two national titles in the last five years, while Florida has one. And Vandy is the reigning national champ, while Florida barely snuck into regionals and exited quietly in 2019. But the Gators get the edge for making seven trips to Omaha this decade, compared with Vandy’s four. Florida went four years in a row from 2015-18, winning it all in 2017. Reaching Omaha with that kind of frequency is extremely hard to do, and it’s even harder to combine that consistency with a national title (something that has eluded fellow CWS regulars like Louisville, TCU, Arkansas and North Carolina, to name a few). When it comes to recruiting and development, Florida and Vanderbilt are head and shoulders above everybody else; both of them bring in incredible riches year after year after year, and both of them produce first-round picks by the bushel. Nobody develops and protects premium arms better than Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan, who has led the Gators to regionals in each of his 12 seasons in Gainesville. Vanderbilt’s institutional aid is an advantage, but Florida has the advantage of being a public school in one of the nation’s richest baseball hotbeds. Vandy has done nice work to improve its facility over time, but Florida is only a year away from moving into a brand-new $65 million palace. Ultimately, it’s almost a coin toss between these two college baseball Goliaths. But Florida’s incredible run of seven CWS trips in 10 years and four in the last five years ultimately tipped the scales in its favor.
— Aaron Fitt