As a part of Perfect Game's concerted effort to continue to provide excellent coverage of college baseball, we have decided to take a swing at the Field of 64 this postseason. The NCAA D-I Baseball Selection Committee will have one of the more challenging years in recent history and it will be interesting to see what variables they value most. How much weight will the RPI be given? Will Power 5 conference members with losing records be given the benefit of the doubt? Does revenue potential for host sights come into play? Does the regular season champion of a highly-regarded mid-major conference deserve to host over a Power 5 team with a better RPI who didn’t finish in the top-2 spots in their league? And the factor that will have all bubble teams on edge, how many automatic bids will be stolen by teams that would not qualify for an at-large bid? The one thing for certain is that we are in for an exciting week of tournament baseball as we watch teams secure their postseason spots in the Field of 64!
Here is how things break down for the number of bids from a conference standpoint:
ACC – 10
SEC – 9
Big 12 – 6
Pac 12 – 5
CUSA – 4
Sun Belt – 3
Big 10 – 2
MVC – 2
All other leagues are projected to secure one bid.
Last Four In:
NC State
La Tech
Ole Miss
UTSA
First Four Out:
Clemson
Kennesaw State
Alabama
Mercer
(#) denotes Regional Host seed
* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes Last Four In
Knoxville Regional
1. Tennessee* (1)
2. Texas
3. Columbia*
4. Alabama State*
Blacksburg Regional
1. Virginia Tech* (2)
2. Wofford*
3. Liberty*
4. Coppin State*
Stanford Regional
1. Stanford* (3)
2. Gonzaga*
3. Grand Canyon*
4. McNeese State*
Corvallis Regional
1. Oregon State* (4)
2. UC Santa Barbara*
3. Ole Miss^
4. Wright State*
Louisville Regional
1. Louisville (5)
2. Vanderbilt
3. West Virginia
4. Stony Brook*
Coral Gables Regional
1. Miami (6)
2. Florida
3. Coastal Carolina
4. Army*
College Station Regional
1. Texas A&M (7)
2. Oregon
3. Louisiana Tech^
4. Oral Roberts*
Hattiesburg Regional
1. Southern Mississippi* (8)
2. Louisiana State
3. NC State^
4. UNLV*
College Park Regional
1. Maryland* (9)
2. Georgia Tech
3. Old Dominion
4. Long Island*
Athens Regional
1. Georgia (10)
2. North Carolina
3. Rutgers
4. Davidson*
San Marcos Regional
1. Texas State* (11)
2. Texas Tech
3. Oklahoma
4. Ball State*
Greenville Regional
1. East Carolina* (12)
2. Virginia
3. UConn
4. Fairfield*
Stillwater Regional
1. Oklahoma State (13)
2. Wake Forest
3. Arizona
4. Belmont*
South Bend Regional
1. Notre Dame (14)
2. Auburn
3. UCLA
4. Southern Illinois*
Fayetteville Regional
1. Arkansas
2. Georgia Southern
3. Florida State
4. College of Charleston*
Fort Worth Regional
1. Texas Christian*
2. Dallas Baptist
3. UTSA^
4. Campbell*