NCAA baseball tournament projections
By Rixon Lane
Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
College baseball teams around the country have one last chance to bolster their NCAA tournament resumes.
Conference tournaments begin this week, meaning underdogs will have a shot at earning an automatic bid and national powers will hope to lock down a national seed. Last week, we revealed our first projections for the NCAA tournament. Now, with the selection show for the NCAA tournament less than a week away, we unveil our latest projections for the upcoming regionals.
Note: National seeds are bold with their seed in parentheses. Conference champions who earned automatic bids are in italics. Projected super regionals are paired together.
Charlottesville Regional:
1. Virginia (1)
2. Louisville
3. Tennessee
Alabama State
Baton Rouge Regional:
1. LSU
2. Sam Houston State
3. Long Beach State
Wright State
Gainesville Regional:
1. Florida (2)
2. Mercer
3. Georgia Tech
Sacramento State
Austin Regional:
1. Texas
2. Mississippi State
3. UCF
St. Louis
Tallahassee Regional:
1. Florida State (3)
2. Alabama
3. Pepperdine
4. Army
Fort Worth Regional:
1. TCU
2. Nebraska
3. North Carolina
4. New Mexico
Bloomington Regional:
1. Indiana (4)
2. Indiana State
3. Texas A&M
4. Ball State
Oxford Regional
1. Ole Miss
2. Washington
3. Columbia
4. Stony Brook
Corvallis Regional:
1. Oregon State (5)
2. West Virginia
3. Dallas Baptist
4. Florida Gulf Coast
Coral Gables Regional:
1. Miami
2. Oregon
3. Arkansas
4. Nebraska-Omaha
Nashville Regional:
1. Vanderbilt (6)
2. Liberty
3. Kansas
4. Southeast Missouri State
Lubbock Regional:
1. Texas Tech
2. UNLV
3. UC Irvine
4. Evansville
Lafayette Regional:
1. Louisiana-Lafayette (7)
2. Kentucky
3. Bryant
4. Creighton
Houston Regional (Rice):
1. Rice
2. Cal Poly
3. Western Carolina
4. Delaware State
Columbia Regional:
1. South Carolina (8)
2. Maryland
3. Old Dominion
4. William and Mary
Houston Regional (Houston):
1. Houston
2. Oklahoma State
3. Arizona State
4. Canisius
Last Four In: Long Beach State, UCF, Tennessee, North Carolina
First Four Out: Stanford, San Diego State, Clemson, Illinois