College Baseball Bracketology: Regional Projections April 29th

With the NCAA Tournament selection show less than a month away, here are my regional projections. LSU jumped up to the No. 1 spot after winning its series against Texas A&M last weekend and looks like it will be the favorite to bring home a College World Series title.

As for Oklahoma State, it holds the lead in the Big 12 conference over Oklahoma and TCU and will likely host a regional, but will not be a national seed. The Big 12 conference is weak this year and I'm only projecting three teams to be selected with Oklahoma and Texas Tech sitting on the bubble.

Last four in: Oklahoma, Kentucky, California and East Carolina

First four out: Tulane, Michigan State, Texas Tech and Connecticut

Baton Rouge Regional

1.       LSU (37-7) No. 1 national seed

2.       Radford (28-14)

3.       Georgia Tech (26-17)

4.       SE Louisiana (33-12)*

Nashville Regional

1.       Vanderbilt (33-12)*

2.       Ohio State (31-10)

3.       Memphis (29-13)*

4.       Navy (32-17)*

Champaign Regional

1.       Illinois (35-6-1)* No. 8 national seed

2.       Oregon State (27-13)

3.       Creighton (24-12)*

4.       Illinois-Chicago (20-17)*

Springfield Regional

1.       UC Santa Barbara (31-10)

2.       Missouri State (30-10)¹

3.       Arkansas (26-18)

4.       Columbia (26-14)*

Stillwater Regional

1.       Oklahoma State (29-14)*

2.       Houston (29-15)

3.       Oral Roberts (29-13)*

4.       Stony Brook (23-12)*

Louisville Regional

1.       Louisville (34-10)* No. 4 national seed

2.       Coastal Carolina (30-13)*

3.       Missouri (25-18)

4.       SE Missouri State (28-15)*

Fort Worth Regional

1.       TCU (34-8) No. 5 national seed

2.       Nebraska (30-16)

3.       Rice (29-16)*

4.       George Washington (25-14)*

Coral Gables Regional

1.       Miami (30-13)

2.       Auburn (29-16)

3.       East Carolina (29-16)

4.       Georgia Southern (26-18)*

College Station Regional

1.       Texas A&M (37-7) No. 3 national seed

2.       North Carolina (29-15)

3.       Oklahoma (29-19)

4.       Rider (19-17)*

Dallas Regional

1.       Dallas Baptist (32-9)*

2.       Iowa (27-11)

3.       Virginia (27-17)

4.       Central Michigan (28-15)*

Tallahassee Regional

1.       Florida State (33-13) No. 6 national seed

2.       South Florida (28-16-1)

3.       Louisiana-Lafayette (28-15)

4.       Norfolk State (20-12)*

Los Angeles Regional

1.       USC (30-12)

2.       UNC Wilmington (29-11)

3.       Notre Dame (28-15)

4.       San Diego (25-17)*

Gainesville Regional

1.       Florida (33-12) No. 7 national seed

2.       Maryland (30-13)

3.       North Florida (32-13)*

4.       Alabama State (28-14)*

Tempe Regional

1.       Arizona State (28-12)

2.       Nevada (33-11)*

3.       Kentucky (25-17)

4.       Grand Canyon (24-19)*

Boca Raton Regional

1.       Florida Atlantic (33-10)

2.       College of Charleston (32-9)*

3.       California (26-14)

4.       Mercer (26-18)*

Los Angeles Regional

1.       UCLA (31-9)* No. 2 national seed

2.       Bradley (25-11)

3.       UC Irvine (24-16)*

4.       Wagner (20-15)*

* denotes automatic bid

1.       Missouri State will serve as regional host