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College | Rankings | 5/25/2020

The Field of 68

Mike Rooney

Photo: Franci Burton

The night before Selection Monday is my favorite sleepless night of the year. It is my version of a young child’s Christmas Eve. And it just didn’t feel right to skip this tradition on top of everything else we have missed during the pandemic.

So we have undertaken the fun but impossible task of constructing a Field of 68. It is a Field of 68 (as opposed to 64) because we included the First Four concept that College Basketball has used for several years. The additional four teams were more than worthy of inclusion.

Regarding the First Four, we would play those four single-elimination games in Omaha at TD Ameritrade Park on Wednesday and Thursday. Those games would include the four lowest rated automatic qualifiers and the last four at-large teams.

Now why was this an impossible task? First, selecting just 64 teams is incredibly difficult under perfect conditions. On top of that, most teams had completed approximately 30% of their games. And I would argue the first part of a season is the least important part.

Great teams get better as the season gets longer. Great teams shine in conference as they play their peers. Those things never got a chance to take shape.

All that said, selecting a Field of 68 was, as always, a labor of love. The formula was as follows: what had we seen so far plus what did we think of those rosters plus what did we think was going to happen had the season panned out. In other words, we took a big guess!

One other change we implemented was the often talked about “32 Hosts” idea. This format means that everything is a three-game series until the College World Series. In essence, a team would have to win three of those three-game series to get to Omaha. A First Round then a Second Round and then Super Regionals. Three weekends and a lifetime of memories.

So here goes. First we will list our Top 16 seeds. Then we will list the brackets in terms of the eight “pods” that will send eight very special teams to the College World Series. Enjoy!

Note: the teams in RED indicate Automatic Qualifiers.

The Top 16 Overall Seeds:

1	UCLA	16	East Carolina
2	Florida	15	TCU
3	Louisville	14	UC Santa Barbara
4	Ole Miss	13	Clemson
5	Arizona State	12	Central Florida
6	Oklahoma	11	Miami (FL)
7	Mississippi State	10	Vanderbilt
8	Texas Tech	9	Georgia

The Brackets:

Los Angeles POD:

	Los Angeles, Ca
1	UCLA (1)	First Four game in Omaha:
4	XXXX	NC A&T v Rider

	Iowa City, IA
2	Iowa	First Four game in Omaha:
3	XXXX	South Carolina v Georgia Southern

	Greenville, NC
1	East Carolina (16)
4	Villanova

	Durham, NC
2	Duke
3	East Tennessee State

Gainesville POD:

	Gainesville, Fla
1	Florida (2)	First Four game in Omaha:
4	XXXX	Sacred Heart v Alabama State

	Champaign, IL
2	Illinois	First Four game in Omaha:
3	XXXX	Michigan v Wake Forest

	Fort Worth, TX
1	TCU (15)
4	San Diego

	Tallahassee, FL
2	Florida State
3	Charleston

Louisville POD:

	Louisville, KY
1	Louisville (3)
4	Davidson

	Stillwater, OK
2	Oklahoma State
3	UT Arlington

	Santa Barbara, CA
1	UCSB (14)
4	Navy

	Auburn, AL
2	Auburn
3	Florida Atlantic

Oxford POD:

	Oxford, MS
1	Ole Miss (4)
4	Northwestern State

	New Orleans, LA
2	Tulane
3	Southern Miss

	Clemson, SC
1	Clemson (13)
4	Hartford

	Baton Rouge, LA
2	LSU
3	Arizona

Phoenix POD:

	Phoenix, AZ
1	Arizona State (5)
4	Grand Canyon

	Long Beach, CA
2	Long Beach State
3	San Diego State

	Orlando, FL
1	Central Florida (12)
4	Wright State

	Austin, TX
2	Texas
3	Indiana

Norman POD:

	Norman, OK
1	Oklahoma (6)
4	Kent State

	Dallas, TX
2	DBU
3	Texas A&M

	Miami, FL
1	Miami FL (11)
4	Pennsylvannia

	Knoxville, TN
2	Tennessee
3	West Virginia

Starkville POD:

	Starkville, MS
1	Mississippi State (7)
4	USC Upstate

	Raleigh, NC
2	NC State
3	Pepperdine

	Nashville, TN
1	Vanderbilt (10)
4	Belmont

	Atlanta, GA
2	Georgia Tech
3	Coastal Carolina

Lubbuck POD:

	Lubbock, TX
1	Texas Tech (8)
4	Omaha

	Fayetteville, AR
2	Arkansas
3	Samford

	Athens, GA
1	Georgia (9)
4	Lipscomb

	Charlottesville, VA
2	Virginia
3	UNCW

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