Conference tournaments are underway across the country and less than a week remains before the official Field of 64 is announced on Selection Monday.
The SEC maintained its grip as the nation’s leading conference with 13 bids in Baseball America’s latest Field of 64 projection, while the ACC held steady with 10 bids. The Big 12 (eight), Big Ten (three) and Sun Belt (three) also received three or more bids. The Big East and the Big West received two bids in the latest projection, including their automatic qualifiers.
Additional Field of 64 notes:
- Georgia Tech, which was projected as a No. 2 seed last week, stepped into a hosting position while Tennessee moved behind the hosting line and into a two-seed position.
- Iowa, UTRGV and Western Kentucky were the only three at-large teams included in last week’s projected field to not make the cut this week.
- In their place, Oklahoma State, Xaiver and Houston Christian entered the field.
- Kansas and Arizona moved up from projected three seeds to two seeds while Louisville, moved from from a three to a two.
- Two league championships have already been decided with Holy Cross and Columbia winning the Patriot and Ivy Leagues, respectively.
Below, you’ll find the complete Field of 64 partway through conference championship week. Note that our projected hosts do not reflect the top 16 of our final Top 25 rankings and are instead a blend of standings and metrics.
| Austin, Texas | Atlanta, Ga. | |
| 1. (1) Texas ^* (SEC) | 1. (16) Georgia Tech^ (ACC) | |
| 2. Dallas Baptist (CUSA) | 2. Florida (SEC) | |
| 3. Miami (ACC) | 3. Troy (Sun Belt) | |
| 4. Houston Christian* (Southland) | 4. Missouri State* (Missouri Valley) | |
| Fayetteville, Ark. | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | |
| 1. (2) Arkansas^ (SEC) | 1. (15) Alabama^ (SEC) | |
| 2. Kansas (Big 12) | 2. Northeastern* (CAA) | |
| 3. Virginia (ACC) | 3. Cincinnati (Big 12) | |
| 4. Central Connecticut* (Northeast) | 4. Bryant* (America East) | |
| Chapel Hill, N.C. | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| 1. (3) North Carolina^* (ACC) | 1. (14) TCU^* (Big 12) | |
| 2. Oklahoma (SEC) | 2. Ole Miss (SEC) | |
| 3. Connecticut* (Big East) | 3. Southern California (Big Ten) | |
| 4. Holy Cross* (Patriot) | 4. Sacramento State* (WAC) | |
| Athens, Ga. | Clemson, S.C. | |
| 1. (4) Georgia^ (SEC) | 1. (13) Clemson^ (ACC) | |
| 2. Duke (ACC) | 2. Southern Miss (Sun Belt) | |
| 3. Stetson* (ASUN) | 3. Kentucky (SEC) | |
| 4. Wright State* (Horizon) | 4. Rider* (MAAC) | |
| Baton Rouge, La. | Los Angeles, Calif. | |
| 1. (5) LSU^ (SEC) | 1. (12) UCLA^ (Big Ten) | |
| 2. UTSA* (American) | 2. Arizona (Big 12) | |
| 3. Louisville (ACC) | 3. Mississippi State (SEC) | |
| 4. Kent State* (MAC) | 4. San Diego* (WCC) | |
| Nashville, Tenn. | Corvallis, Ore. | |
| 1. (6) Vanderbilt^ (SEC) | 1. (11) Oregon State^ (Independent) | |
| 2. West Virginia (Big 12) | 2. UC Irvine* (Big West) | |
| 3. East Tennessee State* (SoCon) | 3. Arizona State (Big 12) | |
| 4. Tennessee Tech* (Ohio Valley) | 4. Nevada* (Mountain West) | |
| Auburn, Ala. | Tallahassee, Fla. | |
| 1. (7) Auburn^ (SEC) | 1. (10) Florida State^ (ACC) | |
| 2. Wake Forest (ACC) | 2. Tennessee (SEC) | |
| 3. Xavier (Big East) | 3. Oklahoma State (Big 12) | |
| 4. Oral Roberts* (Summit) | 4. Bethune-Cookman* (SWAC) | |
| Eugene, Ore. | Conway, S.C. | |
| 1. (8) Oregon^* (Big Ten) | 1. (9) Coastal Carolina^* (Sun Belt) | |
| 2. Kansas State (Big 12) | 2. NC State (ACC) | |
| 3. Cal Poly (Big West) | 3. Rhode Island* (A10) | |
| 4. Columbia* (Ivy) | 4. High Point* (Big South) |
* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host
Bold denotes officially clinched
Last Four In
Xavier (Big East)
Cal Poly (Big West)
Troy (Sun Belt)
Virginia (ACC)
First Four Out
Notre Dame (ACC)
UTRGV (Southland)
Western Kentucky (CUSA)
Creighton (Big East)
Next Four Out
Southeastern Louisiana (Southland)
Iowa (Big Ten)
UC Santa Barbara (Big West)
Charlotte (American)
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