{"id":726732,"date":"2026-05-06T00:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/726732\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:21:18","slug":"florida-jumps-to-no-12-seed-in-d1baseball-ncaa-tournament-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/726732\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida jumps to No. 12 seed in D1Baseball NCAA Tournament projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>D1Baseball has Florida (31-17, 13-11) at No. 12 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/d1baseball.com\/nitty-gritty\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RPI rankings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;RPI rankings&quot;}\" class=\"link \">RPI rankings<\/a> heading into the final midweek matchup of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/florida\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gators;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gators&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Gators<\/a>&#8216; season on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Florida is coming off a big series win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/soonerswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oklahoma Sooners;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oklahoma Sooners&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oklahoma Sooners<\/a>, securing things with a run-rule victory on Sunday. While the Gators remain outside the top 10, a third-ranked strength of schedule and a nation-best 15 Quadrant 1 wins have Florida in the picture to host a super regional.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Right now, D1Baseball has Florida hosting the 12th-seed regional and paired up with RPI No. 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheelswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:North Carolina;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;North Carolina&quot;}\" class=\"link \">North Carolina<\/a> in the Chapel Hill Super Regional. The <a href=\"https:\/\/d1baseball.com\/stories\/2026-ncaa-field-of-64-projections-may-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Field of 64 projections;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Field of 64 projections&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Field of 64 projections<\/a> has Florida hosting RPI No. 23 Wake Forest, TCU and Bethune-Cookman. The Wildcats already have an upset win over the Gators, but Florida has yet to play the other two teams mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>D1Baseball\u2019s projection is not an official bracket, but it offers a snapshot of where teams stand entering the final weeks. It is assembled by Mark Etheridge, Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt, who have a combined 60 years of experience covering college baseball.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/stories\/2026-ncaa-baseball-tournament-bracket-projected-field-of-64-may-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baseball America;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Baseball America&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Baseball America<\/a> is less bullish on the Orange and Blue, putting Florida as the No. 14 seed in its latest playoff projections. <a href=\"http:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nebraska;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nebraska&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nebraska<\/a>, NC State and North Florida \u2014 Florida&#8217;s Tuesday night opponent \u2014 are the other teams in this projection of the Gainesville Regional. The third-seeded <a href=\"https:\/\/longhornswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas Longhorns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas Longhorns&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas Longhorns<\/a> would host the super regional in this scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has two weekend series remaining in the regular season: vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/ukwildcatswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kentucky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kentucky&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kentucky<\/a> and at <a href=\"https:\/\/lsutigerswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:LSU;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;LSU&quot;}\" class=\"link \">LSU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatorsWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@GatorsWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@GatorsWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@GatorsWire<\/a>\u00a0on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gatorswire.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bluesky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" 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\">Florida Gators<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/gators\/baseball\/2026\/05\/05\/d1-baseball-ncaa-tournament-projections-florida-gators-regionals\/89952518007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida No. 12 seed in D1Baseball RPI, NCAA Tournament projections;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Florida No. 12 seed in D1Baseball RPI, NCAA Tournament projections&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Florida No. 12 seed in D1Baseball RPI, NCAA Tournament projections<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"D1Baseball has Florida (31-17, 13-11) at No. 12 in the RPI rankings heading 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