Iowa is set for one of its biggest series of the season. The Hawkeyes jump out of Big Ten play for one weekend to play host in Des Moines to No. 11 Oregon State (35-12).
Iowa (32-15, 21-6 Big Ten) is No. 67 in the latest RPI rankings, while Oregon State checks in as the country’s No. 6 team in RPI. The RPI is one of the key metrics that the selection committee uses to determine college baseball regionals participants.
As the NCAA Tournament nears, D1Baseball forecasted the Hawkeyes as one of the last four in its latest bracket projection.
On3 similarly has Iowa inside its most recent field of 64 projections. Here’s a look at On3’s latest bracket projection for the Hawkeyes.
Iowa baseball regionals projection
Austin Regional
No. 1 Texas (39-8, 19-5 SEC) vs. No. 4 Bethune-Cookman (29-20, 20-4 SWAC)
No. 2 UTSA (37-10, 18-3 American) vs. No. 3 Iowa (32-15, 21-6 Big Ten)
On3’s current national seeds
No. 1 Texas
No. 2 Georgia
No. 3 Florida State
No. 4 Arkansas
No. 5 Auburn
No. 6 North Carolina
No. 7 Clemson
No. 8 Vanderbilt
Remaining college baseball regionals hosts
Remaining hosts: LSU, Coastal Carolina, West Virginia, UCLA, Oregon State, Tennessee, Dallas Baptist and UC Irvine
College baseball bubble
Last Four In: Cincinnati, Michigan, Kentucky, Kansas State
First Four Out: Western Kentucky, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Xavier
Next Four Out: Southeastern Louisiana, Kennesaw State, Virginia, Florida Atlantic
Conference bids breakdown
SEC: 14
ACC: 9
Big 12: 7
Big Ten: 5
Sun Belt: 3
Big West: 2
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