The College Baseball Selection show will be held on May 27th, 2019 and we are here to attempt to project where each team will land. The College World Series Regionals consist of 64 teams of which 31 are automatic qualifiers and 33 are at-large bids. In 2018, it was the first time, the selection committee seeded the top sixteen teams rather than the eight that were seeded in the past. Each of those sixteen teams will host a Regional at their field.
Below is a list of our bubble teams and projected field. As we get closer to selection day, we will fine tune these projections. Early in the season, these projections are mostly based on analytics.
* denotes that the team gets an automatic bid due to winning their conference.
Updated on 5/26/2019 @ 11:00pm ET.
College World Series Bubble Teams
Last Four In |
First Four Out |
Next Four Out |
FL Atlantic
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arizona |
Clemson
Virginia
UC Irvine
Florida St |
Houston
Alabama
UCF
St Mary’s CA |
Our baseball bracketology attempts to take into account everything that the selection committee would look at. This includes record, conference record, conference championships, strength of schedules, big wins, RPI and more. The top sixteen seeds are locked in, while the remaining teams are put into the Regional by location.
College World Series Bracketology
Nashville, TN Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
1 |
1 |
Vanderbilt |
SEC* |
49-10 |
3.291 |
0.486 (22) |
|
2 |
Connecticut |
AAC |
36-23 |
0.604 |
0.388 (43) |
|
3 |
Southern Miss |
CUSA* |
38-19 |
0.593 |
0.099 (123) |
|
4 |
Florida A&M |
MEAC* |
28-32 |
-0.40 |
-0.62 (285) |
Oxford, MS Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
16 |
1 |
Mississippi |
SEC |
37-25 |
1.396 |
0.590 (9) |
|
2 |
NC State |
ACC |
42-17 |
1.319 |
0.213 (89) |
|
3 |
Jacksonville St |
OVC* |
37-21 |
0.358 |
-0.06 (175) |
|
4 |
McNeese St |
SLC* |
35-25 |
0.356 |
0.059 (135) |
Lubbock, TX Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
8 |
1 |
Texas Tech |
B12 |
39-17 |
2.105 |
0.468 (25) |
|
2 |
Arizona St |
P12 |
37-17 |
0.866 |
0.416 (38) |
|
3 |
Florida |
SEC |
33-24 |
0.713 |
0.489 (21) |
|
4 |
Army |
PL* |
35-25 |
0.053 |
-0.34 (256) |
Greenville, NC Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
9 |
1 |
East Carolina |
AAC |
43-15 |
2.093 |
0.322 (61) |
|
2 |
Tennessee |
SEC |
39-20 |
1.163 |
0.458 (28) |
|
3 |
C Michigan |
MAC* |
47-12 |
0.556 |
-0.38 (267) |
|
4 |
Fordham |
A10* |
38-23 |
0.063 |
-0.39 (268) |
Athens, GA Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
4 |
1 |
Georgia |
SEC |
44-15 |
2.335 |
0.466 (26) |
|
2 |
California |
P12 |
32-18 |
0.762 |
0.600 (5) |
|
3 |
FL Atlantic |
CUSA |
41-19 |
0.583 |
0.120 (114) |
|
4 |
Central Conn |
NEC* |
31-21 |
-0.13 |
-0.54 (279) |
Morgantown, WV Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
13 |
1 |
West Virginia |
B12 |
37-20 |
1.550 |
0.520 (15) |
|
2 |
Miami FL |
ACC |
40-18 |
1.339 |
0.262 (78) |
|
3 |
Loy Marymount |
WCC* |
32-23 |
0.473 |
0.332 (56) |
|
4 |
Harvard |
Ivy* |
27-14 |
0.272 |
-0.15 (209) |
Fayetteville, AR Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
5 |
1 |
Arkansas |
SEC |
41-17 |
2.291 |
0.484 (23) |
|
2 |
Indiana St |
MVC* |
43-16 |
0.778 |
0.237 (83) |
|
3 |
Nebraska |
B10 |
31-22 |
0.571 |
0.438 (33) |
|
4 |
NE Omaha |
SL* |
31-22 |
-0.07 |
-0.27 (238) |
Chapel Hill, NC Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
12 |
1 |
North Carolina |
ACC* |
42-17 |
1.627 |
0.226 (88) |
|
2 |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
37-21 |
1.276 |
0.516 (17) |
|
3 |
Liberty |
BSo* |
42-19 |
0.547 |
-0.01 (159) |
|
4 |
Mercer |
SC* |
36-28 |
0.165 |
-0.15 (204) |
Starksville, MS Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
3 |
1 |
Mississippi St |
SEC |
46-13 |
2.599 |
0.338 (54) |
|
2 |
Michigan |
B10 |
43-18 |
0.625 |
0.097 (124) |
|
3 |
Illinois St |
MVC |
34-24 |
0.590 |
0.450 (29) |
|
4 |
Southern Univ |
SWAC* |
32-22 |
-0.14 |
-0.57 (282) |
Corvallis, OR Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
14 |
1 |
Oregon St |
P12 |
36-18 |
1.481 |
0.599 (6) |
|
2 |
UC Santa Barbara |
BWC* |
45-9 |
1.260 |
0.126 (112) |
|
3 |
Coastal Car |
SBC* |
35-24 |
0.466 |
0.165 (96) |
|
4 |
CS Sacramento |
WAC* |
40-23 |
0.253 |
-0.04 (166) |
Louisville, KY Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
6 |
1 |
Louisville |
ACC |
44-16 |
2.142 |
0.246 (80) |
|
2 |
Indiana |
B10 |
36-21 |
0.840 |
0.298 (67) |
|
3 |
Missouri |
SEC |
34-22 |
0.745 |
0.492 (20) |
|
4 |
IL Chicago |
HL* |
30-21 |
0.030 |
-0.25 (232) |
Stillwater, OK Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
11 |
1 |
Oklahoma St |
B12* |
36-18 |
2.017 |
0.571 (11) |
|
2 |
Dallas Bap |
MVC |
41-18 |
0.906 |
0.268 (77) |
|
3 |
Arizona |
P12 |
32-24 |
0.549 |
0.462 (27) |
|
4 |
Ohio St |
B10* |
35-25 |
0.213 |
0.025 (147) |
Atlanta, GA Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
7 |
1 |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
41-17 |
2.111 |
0.418 (36) |
|
2 |
Illinois |
B10 |
36-19 |
0.894 |
0.302 (66) |
|
3 |
Auburn |
SEC |
33-25 |
0.772 |
0.593 (8) |
|
4 |
Stony Brook |
AEC* |
33-21 |
0.034 |
-0.25 (231) |
Palo Alto, CA Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
10 |
1 |
Stanford |
P12 |
41-11 |
2.049 |
0.494 (19) |
|
2 |
Creighton |
BE* |
39-11 |
0.860 |
0.070 (132) |
|
3 |
Oklahoma |
B12 |
33-23 |
0.557 |
0.443 (31) |
|
4 |
UNC Wilmington |
CAA* |
32-30 |
0.064 |
-0.13 (198) |
Los Angeles, CA Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
2 |
1 |
UCLA |
P12* |
47-8 |
3.228 |
0.570 (12) |
|
2 |
Fresno St |
MWC* |
39-15 |
0.780 |
0.384 (45) |
|
3 |
BYU |
WCC |
36-17 |
0.659 |
0.337 (55) |
|
4 |
Quinnipiac |
MAAC* |
31-27 |
-0.08 |
-0.35 (261) |
Baton Rouge, LA Regional
Seed |
Team |
Conf |
Rec |
Bracket Rating |
SOS (Rank) |
Overall |
Regional |
15 |
1 |
LSU |
SEC |
37-24 |
1.476 |
0.527 (13) |
|
2 |
Baylor |
B12 |
35-17 |
1.183 |
0.290 (71) |
|
3 |
Campbell |
BSo* |
35-19 |
0.429 |
-0.13 (196) |
|
4 |
Cincinnati |
AAC* |
31-29 |
0.303 |
0.233 (86) |