{"id":681550,"date":"2026-04-23T03:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/681550\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:45:25","slug":"d1baseball-projects-texas-am-baseball-as-5-seed-in-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/681550\/","title":{"rendered":"D1Baseball projects Texas A&#038;M baseball as 5 seed in NCAA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 22, 2026, 6:31 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a> reached 31-7 and 12-5 in SEC play after sweeping LSU in Baton Rouge <a href=\"http:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/baseball\/2026\/04\/19\/texas-aggies-baseball-lsu-live-updates\/89686530007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last weekend<\/a>, scoring 22 total runs in all three games, while starting pitchers Shane Sdao, Aiden Sims, and Weston Moss all performed well enough to allow the bullpen to finish each game with a lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">One of the more revealing stats on the season or the Aggies proves how elite and reliable the offense has been, as the coach Michael Earely&#8217;s team remains undefeated on the year after leading by at least six runs, providing the pitching staff a hefty cushion, and confidence ever since sweeping Missouri on the road just a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Winners of four consecutive SEC series, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/texas-am\" data-autotag=\"b9436d3f-7a91-499d-900d-6ca3a6ee20c7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>&#8216;s midweek home matchup vs. UTSA was canceled due to weather, providing the Aggies four full days of rest before facing Florida on the road this weekend, looking to earn a fifth straight SEC series win and solidify a top 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament and host a regional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before taking on the Gators, <a href=\"https:\/\/d1baseball.com\/stories\/2026-ncaa-field-of-64-projections-april-21\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">D1Baseball<\/a> released its latest NCAA Tournament projections, placing Texas A&amp;M as the fifth overall seed, rising several seed lines from the previous projection. However, this time, the Aggies are predicted to host a bracket consisting of Missouri, Tarelton, and, you guessed it, TCU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Aggie fans remember the frustrating super regional matchups vs. the Horned Frogs over the past decade, including three straight losses from 2016 to 2017. Sitting at 25-15 and 10-8 in the Big 12, Texas A&amp;M is the better team on paper, and with plenty of regular-season play left to decide each team&#8217;s postseason fate, this is purely speculation.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Texas A&amp;M will face Florida in Game 1 on Friday, April 25, at 5:30 p.m. and will be available to stream on SEC Network+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aggieswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@AggiesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X\u00a0(formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AggiesWire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&amp;M news, notes and opinions.\u00a0Follow Cameron on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CameronOhnysty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@CameronOhnysty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 22, 2026, 6:31 a.m. CT Texas A&amp;M reached 31-7 and 12-5 in SEC play after sweeping LSU&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2289],"tags":[67525,5,648,1694,2341,68462,67701,67929,68107,68463,67527],"class_list":{"0":"post-681550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-baseball","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-college-baseball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-baseball","13":"tag-sstssportscollegeaggiesbaseball","14":"tag-sstsnbaseball","15":"tag-tagbreaking-news-social","16":"tag-tagcollege-baseball","17":"tag-tagtexas-am-aggies","18":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116451968544616420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681550","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=681550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}