College World Series Bracketology: Who’s in? 4th Edition

Los Angeles Regional

• #1 UCLA (36-3, 21-0) vs Fairleigh Dickinson (23-15, 16-5)
• Kentucky (26-12, 8-10) vs Cincinnati (27-15, 8-10)

UCLA saw their 27-game winning streak snapped mid-week with a 4-0 loss to UC Santa Barbara, but continues to keep a stranglehold on the top overall seed. Kentucky dropped to the lowest ranked Regional No. 2 seed after dropping two of three to Vanderbilt.

Lawrence Regional

• #16 Kansas (29-11, 14-4) vs UC San Diego (16-19, 12-6)
• Oklahoma (27-12, 10-8) vs Winthrop (27-13, 10-2)

Kansas keeps ahold of the final hosting spot, taking two of three games against Oklahoma State. Winthrop moved up to the No. 3 regional seed due to a sweep of USC Upstate. UC San Diego dropped to the No. 4 seed line after a five-game losing streak, including series losses to UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly.

Tuscaloosa Regional

• #8 Alabama (28-13, 9-9) vs North Florida (23-16, 14-4)
• Virginia (28-13, 12-9) vs Michigan (24-15, 10-8)

Virginia dropped five spots on the seed line after dropping a mid-week matchup to VCU (RPI 112). Michigan is one of two teams to join the field from last week, sweeping Northwestern in Big Ten action to win their fourth-straight weekend series.

Corvallis Regional

• #9 Oregon State (30-8) vs Indiana State (21-19, 8-4)
• Tennessee (26-14, 8-10) vs East Carolina (24-16-1, 9-6)

Fans of Oregon State are waiting patiently for next season, when the Pac-12 returns to action. The Beavers have only three games remaining against teams with a RPI better than 100. Just like their in-state rivals in Raleigh, East Carolina continues to stay in the bubble conversation. The Pirates fell in the weekend finale against Wichita State 13-1.

College Station Regional

• #5 Texas A&M (31-7, 12-5) vs Yale (22-11, 11-4)
• UC Santa Barbara (25-12, 12-6) vs Clemson (25-16, 6-12)

Texas A&M swept LSU over the weekend to extend their winning streak to six games, moving up to the No. 5 overall seed. UC Santa Barbara moved up after upsetting No. 1 UCLA and taking two of three against UC Irvine.

Athens Regional

• #12 Georgia (32-9, 13-5) vs St. John’s (20-19, 7-2)
• Wake Forest (27-14, 9-12) vs Kent State (28-10, 15-6)

A dominating series win over NC State and defeating Coastal Carolina at home helped moved Wake Forest up seven spots on the seed line. Georgia stayed steady, despite a series win over Arkansas where they won the finale 26-14.

Chapel Hill Regional

• #4 North Carolina (33-7-1, 15-6) vs Rider (22-13, 16-5)
• Oregon (28-11, 12-6) vs Gonzaga (23-14, 12-3)

North Carolina moved to a top four overall seed after taking two of three games against Georgia Tech. The Tar Heels are now having their second-best start to a season in program history.

Gonzaga extend its winning streak to 10 games after sweeping Saint Mary’s in WCC play.

Starkville Regional

• #13 Mississippi State (30-10, 10-8) vs Oral Roberts (23-14, 14-1)
• West Virginia (27-9, 12-6) vs Saint Joseph’s (25-13, 16-2)

After getting swept by Tennessee the previous weekend, Mississippi State defeated Samford and swept South Carolina to stay in the top 16. Saint Joseph’s continue to keep a hold of the Atlantic-10 auto-bid, but dropped a mid-week contest to Rutgers.

Auburn Regional

• #6 Auburn (27-12, 10-8) vs Wright State (17-19, 11-1)
• Jacksonville State (33-8, 16-2) vs NC State (26-14, 9-9)

Auburn took two of three against Florida, moving the Tigers up three spots to No. 6 overall seed. Auburn would be matched up against Jacksonville State, who defeated them 15-4 in a run-rule shortened game. NC State continues to stay on the bubble, being run-ruled twice against Wake Forest last weekend.

Gainesville Regional

• #11 Florida (28-13, 10-8) vs Nevada (21-15, 10-5)
• Liberty (28-11, 13-5) vs Oklahoma State (24-16, 8-10)

Florida plummeted seven spots after dropping a 13-7 mid-week game to Bethune-Cookman before dropping to the final two games of the weekend series against Auburn. A mid-week victory against Oklahoma and taking the series opener against Kansas help put Oklahoma State into the field this week.

Austin Regional

• #3 Texas (30-8, 11-6) vs Bucknell (21-18, 14-6)
• Miami (29-11, 10-8) vs Arizona State (28-13, 11-7)

Texas holds on to the No. 3 seed, while Miami dropped several spots due to a less than stellar series at Stanford. The Hurricanes had to overcome a 3-1 deficit on Saturday and fell 14-6 Sunday to a Cardinal team with an 132 RPI.

Lincoln Regional

• #14 Nebraska (31-9, 15-3) vs Binghamton (21-13, 12-3)
• Southern Miss (28-12, 11-7) vs Wofford (29-11, 8-1)

Taking USC’s place as a host is Nebraska, thanks in part to a dominating sweep of the Trojans. The sweep included two straight run-rule victories. Southern Miss’s sweep of Texas State put the Bobcats on the wrong side of the bubble, while moving the Golden Eagles closer to hosting a regional.

Oxford Regional

• #7 Ole Miss (29-12, 10-8) vs Utah Tech (26-14, 5-1)
• USC (30-11, 13-8) vs UTSA (27-13, 10-5)

Ole Miss saw their eight-game winning streak end on Sunday against Tennessee, but this was before the Rebels won their third-straight SEC weekend series. USC dropped from hosting a regional after dropping four games last week, including a 5-4 loss to a Long Beach State squad that is near the bottom of the Big West.

Tallahassee Regional

• #10 Florida State (28-11, 12-6) vs Bethune-Cookman (29-11, 15-3)
• Arkansas (26-15, 9-9) vs UAB (25-15, 10-5)

UAB and UTSA continue to keep pace with each other for the American auto-bid. The Blazers took two of three from South Florida and even held a lead over Alabama going into the sixth inning before allowing seven runs in the final four innings. Bethune-Cookman’s 6-2 victory over Florida A&M in February currently gives the Wildcats the SWAC tiebreaker.

Atlanta Regional

• #2 Georgia Tech (32-7, 16-5) vs SIU Edwardsville (21-19, 11-4)
• Missouri State (26-11, 14-4) vs TCU (24-15, 10-8)

Despite dropping a weekend series to No. 3 ranked North Carolina, the Yellow Jackets overall RPI has kept them at the No. 2 overall seed. TCU took two of three games against Baylor this past weekend to move them up five spots.

Conway Regional

• #15 Coastal Carolina (28-11, 15-3) vs Lamar (22-18, 14-7)
• Boston College (31-12, 14-7) vs Campbell (25-14, 17-4)

Coastal Carolina’s drop from No. 7 to No. 15 was a combination of teams ahead of them recording strong wins and dropping the weekend finale against Georgia State. A seven-game winning streak, including a sweep of Duke, moved Boston College up 10 spots on the seed line.

Lamar took over the Southland auto-bid after sweeping Northwestern State.