With all the conference tournaments wrapping up on Sunday, the time is near for the unveiling of the NCAA baseball tournament field. All the suspense will be over when the official bracket is revealed at noon ET on Monday, but for the most part we have a pretty good idea who made the 64-team cut, with aspirations of reaching the ultimate destination of Omaha, Nebraska for the College World Series.
This much we do know. There are 29 conferences whose champions receive automatic berths. We can also say that a majority of the 35 teams that will get at-large invitations will come from the SEC and ACC. Members of those two power leagues will also likely be serving as hosts for most of the 16 regionals, which will get underway later this week.
Austin region
Texas* (1)Texas-San Antonio*Cal Poly*Arkansas-Little Rock*
Nashville region
Vanderbilt (2)LouisvilleEast Tennessee State*Bethune Cookman*
Fayetteville region
Arkansas (3)KansasNorth Carolina StateCentral Connecticut State*
Chapel Hill region
North Carolina (4)Mississippi StateSouthern CaliforniaBinghamton*
Baton Rouge region
LSU (5)DukeCincinnatiHouston Christian*
Athens region
Georgia (6)Wake ForestConnecticut*Holy Cross*
Auburn region
Auburn (7)West VirginiaMiamiNorth Dakota State*
Clemson region
Clemson (8)OklahomaKansas StateWright State*
Corvallis region
Oregon State (9)Dallas BaptistArizona StateUtah Valley*
Myrtle Beach region
Coastal Carolina* (10)Northeastern*KentuckyUSC Upstate*
Tallahassee region
Florida State (11)AlabamaWestern Kentucky*Murray State*
Eugene region
Oregon (12)ArizonaCreighton*Fresno State*
Knoxville region
Tennessee (13)TCUEast Carolina*Miami (Ohio)*
Los Angeles region
UCLA (14)UC IrvineRhode Island*Saint Mary’s*
Oxford region
Mississippi (15)Georgia TechNebraska*Fairfield*
Hattiesburg region
Southern Mississippi (16)FloridaStetson*Columbia*
Last four in: Kentucky, Kansas State, Connecticut, Arizona State.
First four out: Virginia, Oklahoma State, Xavier, Troy.
Team breakdown by conference: SEC (13), ACC (9), Big 12 (7), Big Ten (3), American Athletic (2), Big East (2), Big West (2), Conference USA (2), Sun Belt (2).
