An SEC team dropped from Baseball America’s latest Field of 64 projection after Week 12, but the conference produced its replacement, allowing it to maintain its nation-leading 13 bids.
The ACC (nine), Big 12 (seven), Big Ten (four) and Sun Belt (three) also received three or more bids. The Big West, Big East and Southland received two bids in the latest projection, including their automatic qualifiers.
Additional Field of 64 notes:
- UCLA, Oregon and TCU, which were projected as No. 2 seeds last week, stepped into hosting positions
- UC Irvine, NC State and Alabama moved behind the hosting line and into two-seed positions. Virginia Tech and Kentucky were the only at-large teams included in last week’s projected field to not make the cut after Week 12
- Cincinnati and Mississippi State joined the field
- Miami, Florida and Southern California moved up from projected three-seeds to two-seeds while Kansas and Xavier shifted in the other direction to accommodate them
Below you’ll find the complete Field of 64 partway through Week 12 of the regular season. Note that our projected hosts no longer reflect the top 16 of the Top 25 rankings and are instead blend of standings and metrics.
| Austin, Texas | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| 1. (1) Texas ^* (SEC) | 1. (16) TCU ^ (Big 12) | |
| 2. Dallas Baptist (CUSA) | 2. Oklahoma (SEC) | |
| 3. UTRGV (Southland) | 3. Northeastern* (CAA) | |
| 4. Bryant* (America East) | 4. Nevada* (Mountain West) | |
| Athens, Ga. | Eugene, Ore. | |
| 1. (2) Georgia^ (SEC) | 1. (15) Oregon^ (Big Ten) | |
| 2. Louisville (ACC) | 2. Arizona (Big 12) | |
| 3. Austin Peay* (ASUN) | 3. Cal Poly (Big West) | |
| 4. Central Connecticut* (Northeast) | 4. Sacramento State* (WAC) | |
| Tallahassee, Fla. | Morgantown, W.V. | |
| 1. (3) Florida State^* (ACC) | 1. (14) West Virginia^* (Big 12) | |
| 2. Troy (Sun Belt) | 2. NC State (ACC) | |
| 3. Mississippi State (SEC) | 3. Texas A&M (SEC) | |
| 4. Bethune-Cookman* (SWAC) | 4. Wright State* (Horizon) | |
| Fayetteville, Ark. | Corvallis, Ore. | |
| 1. (4) Arkansas^ (SEC) | 1. (13) Oregon State^ (Independent) | |
| 2. Miami (ACC) | 2. Southern California (Big Ten) | |
| 3. Kansas (Big 12) | 3. Kansas State (Big 12) | |
| 4. George Mason* (A10) | 4. San Diego* (WCC) | |
| Auburn, Ala. | Conway, S.C. | |
| 1. (5) Auburn^ (SEC) | 1. (12) Coastal Carolina^* (Sun Belt) | |
| 2. Southern Miss (Sun Belt) | 2. Alabama (SEC) | |
| 3. Duke (ACC) | 3. Connecticut* (Big East) | |
| 4. Kent State* (MAC) | 4. High Point* (Big South) | |
| Baton Rouge, La. | Los Angeles, Calif. | |
| 1. (6) LSU^ (SEC) | 1. (11) UCLA^* (Big Ten) | |
| 2. UTSA* (American) | 2. UC Irvine* (Big West) | |
| 3. Southeastern Louisiana* (Southland) | 3. Arizona State (Big 12) | |
| 4. Holy Cross* (Patriot) | 4. Yale* (Ivy) | |
| Nashville, Tenn. | Knoxville, Tenn. | |
| 1. (7) Vanderbilt^ (SEC) | 1. (10) Tennessee^ (SEC) | |
| 2. Georgia Tech (ACC) | 2. Wake Forest (ACC) | |
| 3. Iowa (Big Ten) | 3. East Tennessee State* (SoCon) | |
| 4. Oral Roberts* (Summit) | 4. Missouri State* (Missouri Valley) | |
| Chapel Hill, N.C. | Clemson, S.C. | |
| 1. (8) North Carolina^ (ACC) | 1. (9) Clemson^ (ACC) | |
| 2. Florida (SEC) | 2. Ole Miss (SEC) | |
| 3. Cincinnati (Big 12) | 3. Xavier (Big East) | |
| 4. SIUE* (Ohio Valley) | 4. Fairfield* (MAAC) |
* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host
Last Four In
Iowa (Big Ten)
Kansas State (Big 12)
UTRGV (Southland)
Xavier (Big East)
First Four Out
Kentucky (SEC)
Notre Dame (ACC)
Western Kentucky (CUSA)
Michigan (Big Ten)
Next Four Out
Virginia (ACC)
Virginia Tech (ACC)
Kennesaw State (CUSA)
Florida Atlantic (AAC)
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