Field-of-64 If it Ended Today – May 18th

by Carl James • @jovian34 • May 18

Hoosiers a solid 2-seed while tied for B1G lead

Bracket predictions are all over the place now on just about any site that covers national Division I College baseball. This field is different. I am not “projecting” with this bracket. This is if the committee had to put the field together today. This is generated by a computer program that I wrote to rank the teams and take multiple factors like geography into account when assigning teams to regionals. This is results-based, using an approximation of techniques to try an match the priorities the NCAA committee showed in the 2018 tournament selection.

Hosts by conference:

SEC: 7, Pac-12: 3, Big 12: 2, ACC: w, Big West, and American: 1 each

Lasts in/firsts out:

Last Four in:
1. LOUISIANA TECH
2. FLORIDA STATE
3. UC IRVINE
4. SAN DIEGO STATE


First Four out:
1. SOUTHERN MISS
2. PEPPERDINE
3. FLORIDA
4. VIRGINIA

Field of 64:

 

Region: 1
Host: VANDERBILT of the SEC
2-seed: NORTH CAROLINA STATE of the ACC
3-seed: NEBRASKA of the Big Ten
4-seed: UNCG of the Southern



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Region: 16
Host: LSU of the SEC
2-seed: WEST VIRGINIA of the Big 12
3-seed: LOUISIANA TECH of the Conference USA
4-seed: SOUTHERN of the SWAC



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Region: 8
Host: TEXAS TECH of the Big 12
2-seed: DALLAS BAPTIST of the Missouri Valley
3-seed: FLORIDA STATE of the ACC
4-seed: NEW MEXICO STATE of the Western Athletic



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Region: 9
Host: ARKANSAS of the SEC
2-seed: ILLINOIS STATE of the Missouri Valley
3-seed: HOUSTON of the American Athletic
4-seed: STONY BROOK of the America East



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Region: 4
Host: MISSISSIPPI STATE of the SEC
2-seed: CONNECTICUT of the American Athletic
3-seed: VCU of the Atlantic 10
4-seed: MARIST of the MAAC



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Region: 13
Host: OKLAHOMA STATE of the Big 12
2-seed: ARIZONA STATE of the Pac-12
3-seed: MISSOURI of the SEC
4-seed: WRIGHT STATE of the Horizon League



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Region: 5
Host: EAST CAROLINA of the American Athletic
2-seed: BYU of the West Coast
3-seed: DUKE of the ACC
4-seed: NORTH CAROLINA A&T of the MEAC



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Region: 12
Host: OREGON STATE of the Pac-12
2-seed: CREIGHTON of the Big East
3-seed: UC IRVINE of the Big West
4-seed: CENTRAL MICHIGAN of the Mid-American



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Region: 3
Host: STANFORD of the Pac-12
2-seed: FRESNO STATE of the Mountain West
3-seed: CLEMSON of the ACC
4-seed: NAVY of the Patriot League



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Region: 14
Host: TEXAS A&M of the SEC
2-seed: BAYLOR of the Big 12
3-seed: TEXAS STATE of the Sun Belt
4-seed: SAM HOUSTON STATE of the Southland



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Region: 6
Host: LOUISVILLE of the ACC
2-seed: ILLINOIS of the Big Ten
3-seed: INDIANA STATE of the Missouri Valley
4-seed: MOREHEAD STATE of the Ohio Valley



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Region: 11
Host: GEORGIA TECH of the ACC
2-seed: INDIANA of the Big Ten
3-seed: AUBURN of the SEC
4-seed: BRYANT of the Northeast



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Region: 7
Host: GEORGIA of the SEC
2-seed: MIAMI (FL) of the ACC
3-seed: FAU of the Conference USA
4-seed: CHARLESTON of the Colonial Athletic



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Region: 10
Host: UC SANTA BARBARA of the Big West
2-seed: CALIFORNIA of the Pac-12
3-seed: SAN DIEGO STATE of the Mountain West
4-seed: HARVARD of the Ivy League



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Region: 2
Host: UCLA of the Pac-12
2-seed: OLE MISS of the SEC
3-seed: MICHIGAN of the Big Ten
4-seed: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE of the The Summit League



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Region: 15
Host: TENNESSEE of the SEC
2-seed: NORTH CAROLINA of the ACC
3-seed: LIBERTY of the Atlantic Sun
4-seed: CAMPBELL of the Big South

1-64 ranks:

1. VANDERBILT
2. UCLA
3. STANFORD
4. MISSISSIPPI STATE
5. EAST CAROLINA
6. LOUISVILLE
7. GEORGIA
8. TEXAS TECH
9. ARKANSAS
10. UC SANTA BARBARA
11. GEORGIA TECH
12. OREGON STATE
13. OKLAHOMA STATE
14. TEXAS A&M
15. TENNESSEE
16. LSU
17. ARIZONA STATE
18. WEST VIRGINIA
19. CREIGHTON
20. MIAMI (FL)
21. NORTH CAROLINA
22. DALLAS BAPTIST
23. INDIANA
24. ILLINOIS
25. ILLINOIS STATE
26. BYU
27. CALIFORNIA
28. NORTH CAROLINA STATE
29. CONNECTICUT
30. FRESNO STATE
31. BAYLOR
32. OLE MISS
33. INDIANA STATE
34. MISSOURI
35. NEBRASKA
36. FAU
37. MICHIGAN
38. CLEMSON
39. TEXAS STATE
40. HOUSTON
41. DUKE
42. AUBURN
43. SAN DIEGO STATE
44. UC IRVINE
45. VCU
46. FLORIDA STATE
47. LOUISIANA TECH
48. LIBERTY
49. SAM HOUSTON STATE
50. CAMPBELL
51. WRIGHT STATE
52. NEW MEXICO STATE
53. CENTRAL MICHIGAN
54. CHARLESTON
55. UNCG
56. BRYANT
57. HARVARD
58. MOREHEAD STATE
59. STONY BROOK
60. MARIST
61. NAVY
62. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
63. NORTH CAROLINA A&T
64. SOUTHERN

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