Tomorrow is the first day of October, which can mean only one thing: the start of baseball playoffs. While the final teams in the American League have not yet been decided, the National League is starting the postseason with the Chicago Cubs, L.A. Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers.

Each team is chocked full of star athletes, but most of them didn’t just magically appear on the roster. Many athletes get their start in college, though, not surprisingly a whole lot skip over the four years of textbooks and tests and go right to the multi-million dollar contracts and major leagues.

So how do the teams compare in terms of education?

Well, in a case of the best of the worst… the Philadelphia Phillies emerges as the smartest team in the NL playoffs.

That’s thanks to a whopping seven college-educated players in the starting line-up (including means position players, the pitching rotation and the closer). And the ballers didn’t just go to any old school, the team represents Northwestern University, University of Miami, UCLA and Notre Dame, to name a few. All of the other teams had only four players each who spent time at college.

And which schools are the best breeding grounds for baseball talent? That award goes to University of Miami and Louisiana State, which can both claim two players in the NL playoffs.

Too bad all the brains in the world won't necessarily win you a World Series. Even the dumbest jocks can put a wooden stick to a ball and make magic happen.