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.
(* denotes teams that are automatic qualifiers.)
Austin region
- Texas (1)
- Texas-San Antonio
- Cal Poly*
- Arkansas-Little Rock*
Nashville region
- Vanderbilt* (2)
- Louisville
- East Tennessee State*
- Bethune Cookman*
Fayetteville region
- Arkansas (3)
- Kansas
- North Carolina State
- Central Connecticut State*
Chapel Hill region
- North Carolina* (4)
- Mississippi State
- Southern California
- Binghamton*
Baton Rouge region
- LSU (5)
- Duke
- Cincinnati
- Houston Christian*
Athens region
- Georgia (6)
- Wake Forest
- Connecticut
- Holy Cross*
Auburn region
- Auburn (7)
- West Virginia
- Miami
- North Dakota State*
Clemson region
- Clemson (8)
- Oklahoma
- Kansas State
- Wright State*
Corvallis region
- Oregon State (9)
- Dallas Baptist
- Arizona State
- Utah Valley*
Myrtle Beach region
- Coastal Carolina* (10)
- Northeastern*
- Kentucky
- USC Upstate*
Tallahassee region
- Florida State (11)
- Alabama
- Western Kentucky*
- Murray State*
Eugene region
- Oregon (12)
- Arizona*
- Creighton*
- Fresno State*
Knoxville region
- Tennessee (13)
- TCU
- East Carolina*
- Miami (Ohio)*
Los Angeles region
- UCLA (14)
- UC Irvine
- Rhode Island*
- Saint Mary’s*
Oxford region
- Mississippi (15)
- Georgia Tech
- Nebraska*
- Fairfield*
Hattiesburg region
- Southern Mississippi (16)
- Florida
- Stetson*
- 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).
