{"id":580756,"date":"2026-02-19T09:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/580756\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:09:41","slug":"college-baseball-ncaa-tournament-projections-sec-acc-dominate-at-large-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/580756\/","title":{"rendered":"College baseball NCAA Tournament projections: SEC, ACC dominate at-large pool"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Auburn<\/p>\n

Led by All-America second baseman Chris Rembert, Auburn should be in position to earn a top-eight seed for the second straight season. Jake Crandall \/ USA Today Network via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

It\u2019s never too early to project what the NCAA baseball tournament will look like on Selection Monday.<\/p>\n

The selection process has been tweaked this year, with the committee now seeding the top 32 teams, as opposed to just the top 16. The bracket won\u2019t necessarily reflect that seeding, as the committee will group teams in similar ranges and then follow its familiar bracketing principles like emphasizing geography and separating teams from the same conference. So, for example, teams seeded 1-4 will be grouped with teams seeded 29-32 and will be matched accordingly.<\/p>\n

The change in seeding format should result in a more balanced bracket, but we will have to wait until the bracket is announced on Memorial Day to find out exactly how it all shakes out.<\/p>\n

Seven leagues received multiple bids: SEC (14), ACC (10), Big 12 (six), Big Ten (four), Sun Belt (three), AAC (two) and Big West (two).<\/p>\n

Last four in: Washington, UTSA, Nebraska, Notre Dame<\/p>\n

First four out: Indiana, Kansas State, Western Kentucky, Northeastern<\/p>\n

* Denotes autobid<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Regional<\/p>\n

Nashville Regional<\/p>\n

1. UCLA* (1)<\/p>\n

1. Vanderbilt (16)<\/p>\n

2. UC Irvine*<\/p>\n

2. Louisville<\/p>\n

3. San Diego*<\/p>\n

3. Arizona State<\/p>\n

4. Fairfield*<\/p>\n

4. Murray State*<\/p>\n

Baton Rouge Regional<\/p>\n

Corvallis Regional<\/p>\n

1. LSU* (2)<\/p>\n

1. Oregon State (15)<\/p>\n

2. East Carolina*<\/p>\n

2. Tennessee<\/p>\n

3. UConn*<\/p>\n

3. Washington<\/p>\n

4. Holy Cross*<\/p>\n

4. Nevada*<\/p>\n

Austin Regional<\/p>\n

Athens Regional<\/p>\n

1. Texas (3)<\/p>\n

1. Georgia (14)<\/p>\n

2. Oregon<\/p>\n

2. Virginia<\/p>\n

3. UTSA<\/p>\n

3. UCSB<\/p>\n

4. Wright State*<\/p>\n

4. High Point*<\/p>\n

Fayetteville Regional<\/p>\n

Oxford Regional<\/p>\n

1. Arkansas (4)<\/p>\n

1. Ole Miss (13)<\/p>\n

2. Wake Forest<\/p>\n

2. NC State<\/p>\n

3. Nebraska<\/p>\n

3. Troy<\/p>\n

4. Oral Roberts*<\/p>\n

4. Samford*<\/p>\n

Auburn Regional<\/p>\n

Tallahassee Regional<\/p>\n

1. Auburn (5)<\/p>\n

1. Florida State (12)<\/p>\n

2. West Virginia<\/p>\n

2. Arizona<\/p>\n

3. Notre Dame<\/p>\n

3. Alabama<\/p>\n

4. Bethune-Cookman*<\/p>\n

4. Bryant*<\/p>\n

Starkville Regional<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Regional<\/p>\n

1. Mississippi State (6)<\/p>\n

1. TCU* (11)<\/p>\n

2. Dallas Baptist*<\/p>\n

2. Clemson<\/p>\n

3. UTRGV*<\/p>\n

3. Oklahoma<\/p>\n

4. Little Rock*<\/p>\n

4. Abilene Christian*<\/p>\n

Conway Regional<\/p>\n

Chapel Hill Regional<\/p>\n

1. Coastal Carolina* (7)<\/p>\n

1. North Carolina (10)<\/p>\n

2. Miami<\/p>\n

2. Kentucky<\/p>\n

3. Coll. of Charleston*<\/p>\n

3. Kansas<\/p>\n

4. Miami (Ohio)*<\/p>\n

4. George Mason*<\/p>\n

Atlanta Regional<\/p>\n

Gainesville Regional<\/p>\n

1. Georgia Tech* (8)<\/p>\n

1. Florida (9)<\/p>\n

2. Texas A&M<\/p>\n

2. Southern Miss<\/p>\n

3. Oklahoma State<\/p>\n

3. Stetson*<\/p>\n

4. Central Conn. State*<\/p>\n

4. Yale*<\/p>\n

\"Connections:\"Connections:<\/p>\n

Feb 19, 2026<\/p>\n

Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n

Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n

Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n

Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Led by All-America second baseman Chris Rembert, Auburn should be in position to earn a top-eight seed for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2289],"tags":[5084,13360,5081,5085,5,5088,648,1703,6221,17244,6228,3317,5082,6564,7184,6227,5073,3620,5074,6229,1694,2341,13728,3740,3739,6224,5075,16619,5083,5078,5079,5077,4122,6230,3794,5080,3912,9057,10258,9522],"class_list":{"0":"post-580756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-baseball","8":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","9":"tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","10":"tag-arizona-wildcats","11":"tag-arkansas-razorbacks","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-coastal-carolina-chanticleers","14":"tag-college-baseball","15":"tag-college-sports","16":"tag-connecticut-huskies","17":"tag-east-carolina-pirates","18":"tag-florida-gators","19":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","20":"tag-georgia-bulldogs","21":"tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","22":"tag-kansas-jayhawks","23":"tag-kentucky-wildcats","24":"tag-louisville-cardinals","25":"tag-lsu-tigers","26":"tag-miami-hurricanes","27":"tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","28":"tag-ncaa","29":"tag-ncaa-baseball","30":"tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","31":"tag-north-carolina-state-wolfpack","32":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","33":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","34":"tag-oklahoma-sooners","35":"tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","36":"tag-ole-miss-rebels","37":"tag-oregon-ducks","38":"tag-oregon-state-beavers","39":"tag-southern-mississippi-golden-eagles","40":"tag-tennessee-volunteers","41":"tag-texas-am-aggies","42":"tag-texas-longhorns","43":"tag-ucla-bruins","44":"tag-vanderbilt-commodores","45":"tag-virginia-cavaliers","46":"tag-wake-forest-demon-deacons","47":"tag-washington-huskies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}