College Baseball Bracketology: Regional Projections May 8th

The NCAA Tournament selection show is less than three weeks away and it's shaping up to be an exciting finish in most conference races. The gap between the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in most regions is very slim, which shows just how competitive this field could be.

No big surprises with any of the regional hosts as I think the top 16 or so in the country have separated themselves, but after that things will get a little messy.

As for Oklahoma State, this is the first week I don't have them as the automatic bid from the Big 12, but they are still comfortably in the field as a regional host. TCU takes home the auto bid due to percentage points in the conference standings. This also marks the first week that I've only slated two bids from the Big 12. Texas Tech and Oklahoma just aren't doing enough to be in the field at this point. Barring a run from either team in the conference tournament this will be a two-bid league.

Last four in: Liberty, USF, Michigan State and Tulane

First four out: Duke, Louisiana-Lafayette, Cal State Fullerton and Missouri

Baton Rouge Regional

1. LSU (40-8) No. 1 national seed

2.       UNC Wilmington (33-12)

3.       Wright State (32-13)*

4.       SE Louisiana (36-14)*

Boca Raton Regional

1.       Florida Atlantic (35-11)

2.       Ohio State (33-13)

3.       South Florida (29-19-1)

4.       Alabama State (30-17)*

Dallas Regional

1.       Dallas Baptist (36-9)

2.       Houston (33-16)*

3.       Michigan State (29-18)

4.       Stony Brook (26-14)*

Gainesville Regional

1.       Florida (35-13) No. 8 national seed

2.       Virginia (27-18)

3.       North Florida (36-13)*

4.       Wagner (23-17)*

Coral Gables Regional

1.       Miami (33-13)

2.       Auburn (32-17)

3.       Memphis (32-15)

4.       Mercer (29-19)*

Louisville Regional

1.       Louisville (37-11)* No. 4 national seed

2.       Georgia Tech (30-17)

3.       St. Louis (31-17)*

4.       Norfolk State (24-13)*

Stillwater Regional

1.       Oklahoma State (31-15)

2.       North Carolina (31-16)

3.       Oral Roberts (32-13)*

4.       SE Missouri State (31-17)*

Fort Worth Regional

1.       TCU (37-9)* No. 5 national seed

2.       Bradley (27-13)

3.       Arkansas (29-18)

4.       Navy (34-17)*

Los Angeles Regional

1.       USC (32-14)

2.       Nevada (38-12)*

3.       Maryland (33-16)

4.       South Alabama (32-17)*

Tallahassee Regional

1.       Florida State (35-14) No. 6 national seed

2.       Nebraska (33-17)

3.       Cal (29-15)

4.       Columbia (27-14)*

Tempe Regional

1.       Arizona State (29-15)

2.       Iowa (31-12)

3.       East Carolina (31-17)

4.       Grand Canyon (28-20)*

College Station Regional

1.       Texas A&M (41-7) No. 3 national seed

2.       Oregon State (30-14)

3.       Liberty (30-17)

4.       Rider (23-18)*

Nashville Regional

1.       Vanderbilt (35-14)*

2.       Radford (33-14)*

3.       Rice (30-16)

4.       Middle Tennessee State (28-20)*

Champaign Regional

1.       Illinois (40-6-1)* No. 7 national seed

2.       College of Charleston (35-10)*

3.       Notre Dame (30-18)

4.       Central Michigan (30-18)*

Springfield Regional

1.       UCSB (34-10-1)*

2.       Missouri State (35-10)* serves as regional host

3.       Tulane (29-18)

4.       St. John's (29-14)*

Los Angeles Regional

1.       UCLA (33-11)* No. 2 national seed

2.       Coastal Carolina (32-15)

3.       UC Irvine (29-16)

4.       San Diego (28-19)*