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We’re at the final stretch of the regular season, and that means it’s time for the latest D1Baseball Field of 64 Projections. Note that we will have weekly projections leading up to Selection Monday and daily projection updates during conference tournament week.
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There are no significant changes regarding the top-eight national seeds, though there is some movement in terms of the pecking order. There is, however, movement when it comes to the remaining top 16 national seeds. Tennessee, after losing yet another SEC series over the weekend, drops out of the Top 16 mix, though it could get right back into the mix with a road series win over Arkansas. Clemson and Arizona also dropped out of the top 16. The Wildcats shockingly dropped a series to Utah at home last weekend, which caused their RPI to plunge to 41.
The three new teams in the top 16 this week include TCU, Alabama and NC State. TCU continues to be in a solid spot from an RPI and resumé standpoint, and could put itself in very good shape with a series win to round out Big 12 play, Alabama won a key series at home over Georgia last weekend and is up to eight in the RPI and NC State needs to take care of business against Stanford this weekend. But otherwise, it is in solid shape with an RPI of 25 and a 16-9 league record. Other potential hosts to watch this week include the aforementioned Volunteers, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Dallas Baptist, UC Irvine and potentially even a team like Ole Miss if it wins that Auburn series at home this weekend.
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Mark Etheridge, Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt met in our weekly NerdCast to deliberate the latest Field of 64 projections.
Bids by conference: SEC (13), ACC (10), Big 12 (7), Big Ten (4), Sun Belt (3), SLC (2), C-USA (2)
Last four in: UT Rio Grande Valley, Iowa, Virginia, Western Kentucky
First four out: Xavier, Cal Poly, Texas A&M, Michigan
Four to watch: Creighton, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, UC Santa Barbara
DI Baseball Field of 64 Projections
(* denotes conference automatic qualifier, parentheses indicate national seed)
| Austin, TX | Morgantown, WV |
| 1. Texas* (1) 2. Dallas Baptist* 3. UT Rio Grande Valley 4. Oral Roberts* |
1. West Virginia* (16) 2. Tennessee 3. Virginia 4. Holy Cross* |
| Baton Rouge, LA | Raleigh, NC |
| 1. LSU (2) 2. Miami 3. SE Louisiana* 4. Bryant* |
1. NC State (15) 2. Florida 3. Connecticut* 4. High Point* |
| Fayetteville, AR | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 1. Arkansas (3) 2. Kansas 3. Western Kentucky 4. Wright State* |
1. Alabama (14) 2. Southern Miss 3. Arizona State 4. Missouri State* |
| Tallahassee, FL | Fort Worth, TX |
| 1. Florida State* (4) 2. Northeastern* 3. Mississippi State 4. Bethune-Cookman* |
1. TCU (13) 2. UTSA* 3. Oklahoma 4. Kent State* |
| Nashville, TN | Corvallis, OR |
| 1. Vanderbilt (5) 2. Louisville 3. East Tennessee State* 4. Tennessee Tech* |
1. Oregon State (12) 2. Kentucky 3. Southern California 4. Sacramento State* |
| Athens, GA | Los Angeles, CA |
| 1. Georgia (6) 2. Georgia Tech 3. Stetson* 4. Rhode Island* |
1. UCLA (11) 2. UC Irvine* 3. Arizona 4. San Diego* |
| Auburn, AL | Conway, SC |
| 1. Auburn (7) 2. Duke 3. Troy 4. Fairfield* |
1. Coastal Carolina* (10) 2. Clemson 3. Cincinnati 4. Yale* |
| Chapel Hill, NC | Eugene, OR |
| 1. North Carolina (8) 2. Ole MIss 3. Iowa 4. Central Connecticut* |
1. Oregon* (9) 2. Wake Forest 3. Kansas State 4. Nevada* |
