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