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With one week to go in the regular season, the host teams saw a shake-up in the NCAA baseball tournament projections.
From last week, Kansas, Oregon State and Coastal Carolina dropped out of hosting spots. West Virginia, which swept Kansas, was one of the new beneficiaries, along with Big Ten teams Nebraska and Oregon. Those teams were chosen over bubble candidates Wake Forest, Southern Cal and Oregon State due to their superior Quadrant 1 records.
On the bubble, new at-large teams Purdue and Louisiana joined the field, while East Carolina dropped out. The Pirates were the first team out due to a 52 RPI and a 3-6-1 Quad 1 record. Texas State is another team to watch; its RPI is 43 and Q1 record is 5-8, but the Bobcats were left out of the field due to a below .500 Sun Belt record. A series win over Marshall could push them over the line.
This week showed a lack of power conference teams on the bubble. Several power conference teams had either poor conference records (Clemson, Pittsburgh, LSU) or RPIs (Vanderbilt) that kept them out of the field.
The 2-seeds were seeded and assigned in groups of four, with the exception of Oklahoma, which was moved down to avoid an SEC rematch. The 3- and 4-seeds were assigned geographically.
Projected autobids were selected using the current conference leader, with RPI as a tiebreaker. Automatic bids are marked with an asterisk (*).
Last Four In: NC State, Arizona State, Purdue, Louisiana
First Four Out: East Carolina, Texas State, Troy, Kent State
(1) UCLA*
(31) Tennessee
Miami (Ohio)*
San Diego State*
(16) Oregon
(18) Oregon State
Gonzaga*
Fairleigh Dickinson*
(8) Alabama
(27) Boston College
Mercer*
Rider*
(9) Texas A&M
(26) Oklahoma State
UT-San Antonio*
Xavier*
(4) Auburn
(32) Jacksonville State*
Michigan
Wright State*
(13) Ole Miss
(19) Southern Cal
Miami (Florida)
Saint Joseph's*
(5) North Carolina
(28) Missouri State
High Point*
Campbell*
(12) Mississippi State
(21) Kansas*
Louisiana
Indiana State*
(2) Georgia Tech*
(30) Kentucky
Tarleton State
Binghamton*
(15) West Virginia
(17) Wake Forest
Liberty
Bucknell*
(7) Florida State
(24) Oklahoma
Central Florida
North Florida*
(10) Southern Miss
(23) Arkansas
Purdue
Southeastern Louisiana*
(3) Texas
(29) UC Santa Barbara*
TCU
Oral Roberts*
(14) Nebraska
(20) Cincinnati
Virginia Tech
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
(6) Georgia*
(25) Coastal Carolina*
NC State
Yale*
(11) Florida
(22) Virginia
Arizona State
Bethune-Cookman*
Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at [email protected] or on X @aria_gerson.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NCAA baseball tournament bracket projections after Week 13
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From last week, Kansas, Oregon State and Coastal Carolina dropped out of hosting spots. West Virginia, which swept Kansas, was one of the new beneficiaries, along with Big Ten teams Nebraska and Oregon. Those teams were chosen over bubble candidates Wake Forest, Southern Cal and Oregon State due to their superior Quadrant 1 records.
On the bubble, new at-large teams Purdue and Louisiana joined the field, while East Carolina dropped out. The Pirates were the first team out due to a 52 RPI and a 3-6-1 Quad 1 record. Texas State is another team to watch; its RPI is 43 and Q1 record is 5-8, but the Bobcats were left out of the field due to a below .500 Sun Belt record. A series win over Marshall could push them over the line.
This week showed a lack of power conference teams on the bubble. Several power conference teams had either poor conference records (Clemson, Pittsburgh, LSU) or RPIs (Vanderbilt) that kept them out of the field.
The 2-seeds were seeded and assigned in groups of four, with the exception of Oklahoma, which was moved down to avoid an SEC rematch. The 3- and 4-seeds were assigned geographically.
Projected autobids were selected using the current conference leader, with RPI as a tiebreaker. Automatic bids are marked with an asterisk (*).
Last Four In: NC State, Arizona State, Purdue, Louisiana
First Four Out: East Carolina, Texas State, Troy, Kent State
Los Angeles Regional
(1) UCLA*
(31) Tennessee
Miami (Ohio)*
San Diego State*
Eugene Regional
(16) Oregon
(18) Oregon State
Gonzaga*
Fairleigh Dickinson*
Tuscaloosa Regional
(8) Alabama
(27) Boston College
Mercer*
Rider*
College Station Regional
(9) Texas A&M
(26) Oklahoma State
UT-San Antonio*
Xavier*
Auburn Regional
(4) Auburn
(32) Jacksonville State*
Michigan
Wright State*
Oxford
(13) Ole Miss
(19) Southern Cal
Miami (Florida)
Saint Joseph's*
Chapel Hill Regional
(5) North Carolina
(28) Missouri State
High Point*
Campbell*
Starkville Regional
(12) Mississippi State
(21) Kansas*
Louisiana
Indiana State*
Atlanta Regional
(2) Georgia Tech*
(30) Kentucky
Tarleton State
Binghamton*
Morgantown
(15) West Virginia
(17) Wake Forest
Liberty
Bucknell*
Tallahassee Regional
(7) Florida State
(24) Oklahoma
Central Florida
North Florida*
Hattiesburg Regional
(10) Southern Miss
(23) Arkansas
Purdue
Southeastern Louisiana*
Austin Regional
(3) Texas
(29) UC Santa Barbara*
TCU
Oral Roberts*
Lincoln Regional
(14) Nebraska
(20) Cincinnati
Virginia Tech
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Athens Regional
(6) Georgia*
(25) Coastal Carolina*
NC State
Yale*
Gainesville Regional
(11) Florida
(22) Virginia
Arizona State
Bethune-Cookman*
Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at [email protected] or on X @aria_gerson.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NCAA baseball tournament bracket projections after Week 13
Continue reading...
