College Baseball Bracketology: Regional Projections May 18th

The selection show is now less than a week away and things are heating up. Conference tournaments will start on Tuesday and the field will take it's form very soon.  LSU is still the No. 1 overall seed and that will likely not change even if they drop out in the first round of the SEC tournament.

Houston is making its first appearance as a regional host, but they will need to a strong weekend in the AAC tournament to keep that place. Dallas Baptist will likely be a national seed as long as they keep the top spot in the RPI.

As for Oklahoma State, it will be comfortably hosting a regional no matter what happens in the Big 12 tournament. If they are able to beat TCU and win the tournament the likelihood of being a national seed drastically increases. Unless Oklahoma or Texas Tech makes a run in the conference tournament the Big 12 will only be a two-bid league this season.

Last Four in: Southern Mississippi, Kentucky, UNC Wilmington and Michigan State.

First Four Out: Nebraska, Alabama, Liberty and Clemson.

Baton Rouge Regional

1.       LSU (46-9)* No. 1 national seed

2.       Bradley (28-18)

3.       SE Louisiana (41-15)*

4.       Florida A&M (23-23)*

Houston Regional

1.       Houston (39-17)*

2.       Radford (39-14)*

3.       North Carolina State (31-20)

4.       St. John's (36-14)*

College Station Regional

1.       Texas A&M (43-10)

2.       Arizona State (32-19)

3.       Southern Mississippi (35-16-1)

4.       Rider (28-20)*

Dallas Regional

1.       Dallas Baptist (41-11) No. 8 national seed

2.       Rice (35-18)*

3.       Arkansas (33-20)

4.       Texas Southern (31-17)*

Stillwater Regional

1.       Oklahoma State (34-17)

2.       Iowa (35-14)

3.       Oral Roberts (38-14)*

4.       Columbia (29-15)*

Louisville Regional

1.       Louisville (42-14)* No. 5 national seed

2.       Ohio State (35-18)

3.       Kentucky (30-24)

4.       Lehigh (25-27)*

Springfield Regional

1.       Missouri State (41-10)*

2.       North Carolina (32-22)

3.       UNC Wilmington (36-16)

4.       SE Missouri State (33-21)*

Coral Gables Regional

1.       Miami (41-13) No. 4 national seed

2.       Coastal Carolina (35-18)

3.       Tulane (33-21)

4.       Mercer (31-21)*

Champaign Regional

1.       Illinois (44-6-1)* No. 6 national seed

2.       Georgia Tech (32-22)

3.       California (32-17)

4.       Illinois-Chicago (28-20)*

Nashville Regional

1.       Vanderbilt (39-17)

2.       Virginia (33-19)

3.       East Carolina (36-20)

4.       South Alabama (34-19)*

Fort Worth Regional

1. TCU (43-9)* No. 3 national seed

2.       Oregon State (36-14-1)

3.       Mississippi (30-25)

4.       St. Louis (35-19)*

Los Angeles Regional

1.       UC Santa Barbara (39-13-1)

2.       USC  (35-17) serves as regional host

3.       Nevada (41-13)*

4.       San Diego (32-20)*

Gainesville Regional

1.       Florida (40-15) No. 7 national seed

2.       South Florida (32-22-1)

3.       Michigan State (33-21)

4.       Bryant (26-23)*

Tallahassee Regional

1.       Florida State (37-19)

2.       Florida Atlantic (38-15)

3.       North Florida (42-14)*

4.       Stony Brook (31-14)*

Charleston Regional

1.       College of Charleston (41-11)*

2.      Indiana (32-20)

3.      UC Irvine (31-21)

4.       Central Michigan (35-20)*

Los Angeles Regional

1.       UCLA (40-12)* No. 2 national seed

2.       Cal State Fullerton (30-22)*

3.       Notre Dame (35-19)

4.       Seattle (29-25)*

*denotes automatic bid

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