D1Baseball projects 12 SEC teams make NCAA Tournament, 7 Regional hosts
By Andrew Olson
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We’ve reached the final stretch of the 2026 college baseball season. With two weeks to go before conference tournaments, the upcoming NCAA Tournament is driving the conversation.
Some teams are on the bubble to make it. Other teams are fighting to host a Regional. And the best teams are trying to secure a top-8 overall seed, to control their own destiny to the College World Series and host a potential Super Regional.
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D1Baseball shared its new projections on Tuesday. The SEC leads all conferences with 12 teams projected to make the field of 64. The publication’s experts have 10 teams in the top 32 seeds, including 7 in the top 16 as Regional hosts. Two others are outside the top 32 and set to be 3-seeds in a Regional bracket. Vanderbilt and LSU are also included in the projections, but as teams currently in the Four to Watch group beyond the First Four Out.
Here are the latest D1Baseball projections:
- Georgia — No. 3 overall seed, Athens Regional host
- Texas — No. 4 overall seed, Austin Regional host
- Auburn — No. 6 overall seed, Auburn Regional host
- Texas A&M — No. 8 overall seed, College Station Regional host
- Mississippi State — No. 10 overall seed, Starkville Regional host
- Alabama — No. 11 overall seed, Tuscaloosa Regional host
- Florida — No. 12 overall seed, Gainesville Regional host
- Ole Miss — No. 19 overall seed, Hattiesburg Regional 2-seed (hosted by No. 14 Southern Miss)
- Arkansas — No. 20 overall seed, Tallahassee Regional 2-seed (hosted by No. 13 Florida State)
- Oklahoma — No. 21 overall seed, Conway Regional 2-seed (hosted by No. 9 Coastal Carolina)
- Kentucky — 3-seed Eugene Regional (hosted by No. 16 Oregon)
- Tennessee — 3-seed Atlanta Regional (hosted by No. 2 Georgia Tech)
- Vanderbilt — Four to Watch
- LSU — Four to Watch
Last season, 13 SEC teams made the NCAA Tournament with the conference sweeping the top 4 national seeds. This year, 14 of the 16 conference teams are on the radar, but a handful of those need to finish strong to make the field of 64.
SEC teams have won every college baseball national championship since 2019. Will one of these teams extend the streak? Make a prediction on Kalshi today!
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