The regular season is over and the postseason is approaching in college baseball. Some conference tournaments are already underway, but the majority will begin this week ahead of selection day May 26.
One potential bid thief has already occurred as top seeds Southeastern Louisiana and UT-Rio Grande Valley were eliminated from the Southland Conference tournament. This projection has the Vaqueros as one of the last four teams in. Columbia has clinched an automatic bid as the Ivy League tournament champion.
The SEC is likely to dominate the national seeds and hosting conversation. As many as six SEC teams could get national seeds, with Auburn (38-17, 17-13 SEC) getting the nod here due to the No. 2 RPI and No. 1 strength of schedule.
Beyond the top eight, several other teams also have hosting cases. Alabama (40-15, 16-14 SEC) has the best RPI of the group at No. 9, while Ole Miss (37-18, 16-14 SEC) has 16 Quadrant 1 wins, the second-most in the country.
Tennessee (41-15, 16-14 SEC) and Florida (37-19, 15-15 SEC) are on the periphery of the discussion but are behind the other two here due to the Vols’ No. 216 nonconference strength of schedule and the Gators’ poor performance against good teams (they are 17-18 against Quadrant 1 and 2, the only team in the top 25 of RPI to be below .500 in the top two quads).
On the bubble, Virginia (32-17, 16-11 ACC) and Oklahoma State (27-22, 15-12 Big 12) may have played their way back into the tournament after being left for dead midseason. Both played only 27 conference games, so the committee must decide how to handle the missing contests.
Here is our projected field of 64:
NCAA baseball tournament projected host seeds
- Texas
- Arkansas
- Vanderbilt
- North Carolina
- LSU
- Georgia
- Coastal Carolina
- Auburn
- Oregon
- Clemson
- Oregon State
- Florida State
- Alabama
- Georgia Tech
- TCU
- Ole Miss
2025 NCAA baseball tournament bracket projections
Asterisks denote projected automatic bids. Projected autobids are given to the highest remaining seed in each conference’s tournament.
Seeding is in parentheses.
All projections as of May 18
Last Four In: Oklahoma State, Kentucky, Virginia, UT Rio Grande Valley
First Four Out: Notre Dame, Xavier, Western Kentucky, Cal Poly
Austin Regional
- Texas* (1)
- UTSA*
- Southern Cal
- Nevada
Oxford Regional
- Ole Miss (16)
- Southern Miss
- Kansas State
- Bryant*
Auburn Regional
- Auburn (8)
- Northeastern*
- Virginia
- Columbia*
Eugene Regional
- Oregon* (9)
- UC Irvine
- Arizona State
- Sacramento State
Chapel Hill Regional
- North Carolina (4)
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma State
- Miami-Ohio*
Tuscaloosa Regional
- Alabama (13)
- Dallas Baptist
- Duke
- Long Island
Baton Rouge Regional
- LSU (5)
- NC State
- Troy
- Holy Cross*
Tallahassee Regional
- Florida State (12)
- Florida
- Rhode Island*
- Bethune Cookman*
Athens Regional
- Georgia (6)
- Louisville
- UConn
- Wright State*
Corvallis Regional
- Oregon State (11)
- UCLA
- Arizona
- San Diego*
Conway Regional
- Coastal Carolina* (7)
- Miami
- Kentucky
- Rider*
Clemson Regional
- Clemson (10)
- West Virginia
- East Tennessee State*
- South Carolina-Upstate*
Nashville Regional
- Vanderbilt (3)
- Wake Forest
- Cincinnati
- Murray State*
Atlanta Regional
- Georgia Tech* (14)
- Mississippi State
- Austin Peay*
- Eastern Illinois*
Fayetteville Regional
- Arkansas (2)
- Kansas
- UT Rio Grande Valley
- Oral Roberts*
Fort Worth Regional
- TCU (15)
- Oklahoma
- Creighton*
- Houston Christian*
Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X, formerly Twitter, @aria_gerson.
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