College Baseball Bracketology: Regional Projections May 15th

With the NCAA tournament selection show a little more than a week away the field is starting to take some form. LSU has done everything but lock down the No. 1 overall seed after they have dominated the nation's best conference all season long.

The biggest story in the field has got to be the incredible depth from the Big Ten conference. What used to be a one or two bid league has now blossomed into a conference that I'm projecting six teams to make the field.

In honor of my sister's graduation from Cal State Fullerton this weekend I have decided to put them in the field for the first time this year, also they won a series over UCSB last weekend and completely deserve to be in the field.

As for Oklahoma State, it has pretty much locked up a spot as a regional host, barring a late-season meltdown. A series win over Michigan this weekend will in all likelihood guarantee that Stillwater will be a regional site for the second consecutive season. Looking down the road, this would set up OSU for a potential super regional matchup with Florida State.

Last four in: Nebraska, Tulane, Indiana and Ole Miss

First four out: Maryland, UNC Wilmington, Duke and South Carolina

Baton Rouge Regional

1.       LSU (44-8)* No. 1 national seed

2.       South Florida (30-21-1)

3.       Liberty (32-19)

4.       SE Louisiana (38-15)*

Los Angeles Regional

1.       UCSB (36-13-1)

2.       USC (34-16) serves as regional host

3.       San Diego (32-20)*

4.       Seattle (28-25) *

Coral Gables Regional

1.       Miami (38-13) No. 8 national seed

2.       Florida Atlantic (36-15)

3.       East Carolina (33-20)

4.       Mercer (29-20)*

Nashville Regional

1.       Vanderbilt (37-16)

2.       Coastal Carolina (34-16)

3.       North Carolina State (30-18)

4.       Alabama State (31-17)*

Springfield Regional

1.       Missouri State (38-10)*

2.       Oregon State (33-14-1)

3.       Arkansas (31-19)

4.       SE Missouri State (31-20)*

Louisville Regional

1.       Louisville (40-13)* No. 5 national seed

2.       Auburn (33-20)

3.       Indiana (29-20)

4.       Bryant (24-21)*

Gainesville Regional

1.       Florida (38-14) No. 4 national seed

2.       Ohio State (35-15)

3.       North Florida (40-13)*

4.       South Alabama (34-18)*

Dallas Regional

1.       Dallas Baptist (39-10)

2.       Arizona State (30-18)

3.       Nebraska (34-19)

4.       Stony Brook (29-14)*

Tallahassee Regional

1.       Florida State (37-16) No. 6 national seed

2.       Radford (36-14)*

3.       Ole Miss

4.       St. John's (33-14)*

Stillwater Regional

1.       Oklahoma State (32-16)

2.       Bradley (28-15)

3.       Oral Roberts (35-14)*

4.       Navy (36-18)*

Charleston Regional

1.       College of Charleston (39-10)*

2.       North Carolina (32-19)

3.       Tulane (31-20)

4.       Norfolk State (26-15)*

Fort Worth Regional

1.       TCU (40-9)* No. 3 national seed

2.       Houston (36-17)*

3.       Georgia Tech (32-19)

4.       St. Louis (33-18)*

Champaign Regional

1.       Illinois (42-6-1)* No. 7 national seed

2.       Virginia (30-19)

3.       Notre Dame (33-18)

4.       Illinois-Chicago (24-20)*

College Station Regional

1.       Texas A&M (42-9)

2.       Rice (33-17)*

3.       Michigan State (32-19)

4.       Rider (26-15)*

Iowa City Regional

1.       Iowa (34-12)

2.       California (31-16)

3.       Cal State Fullerton (28-22)

4.       Central Michigan (32-20)*

Los Angeles Regional

1.       UCLA (37-12)* No. 2 national seed

2.       Nevada (40-12)*

3.       UC Irvine (31-18)*

4.       Columbia (29-15)*

*denotes automatic bid