2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket: Projected Field Of 64 (April 9)

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Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story erroneously included St. Thomas, which is ineligible for postseason play until the fall of 2025.

With just over a month left in the regular season, the SEC and ACC continue to pace all conferences in Baseball America’s latest Projected Field of 64 with 11 bids each, followed by the Big 12 (7), Big Ten (4) and Sun Belt (3). The Big West, American and Conference USA received two bids in the latest projection, including their automatic qualifiers.

Note that all hosts reflect the current Top 25 rankings order of the top 16 teams.

PROJECTED FIELD OF 64
Fayetteville, Ark.   Norman, Okla.
1. (1) Arkansas ^* (SEC)   1. (16) Oklahoma^ (SEC)
2. Western Kentucky* (CUSA)   2. Arizona* (Big 12)
3. Southern California (Big Ten)   3. Virginia (ACC)
4. NJIT* (America East)   4. Missouri State* (Missouri Valley)
     
Austin, Texas.   Nashville, Tenn.
1. (2) Texas^ (SEC)   1. (15) Vanderbilt^ (SEC)
2. UC Irvine* (Big West)   2. Kansas* (Big 12)
3. Baylor (Big 12)   3. Creighton* (Big East)
4. Fairfield* (MAAC)   4. Gonzaga* (WCC)
     
Baton Rouge, La.   Tuscaloosa, Ala.
1. (3) LSU^ (SEC)   1. (14) Alabama^ (SEC)
2. Oregon (Big Ten)   2. Troy* (Sun Belt)
3. Austin Peay* (ASUN)   3. Duke (ACC)
4. East Tennessee State* (SoCon)   4. Yale* (Ivy)
     
Knoxville, Tenn.   Tallahassee, Flo.
1. (4) Tennessee^ (SEC)   1. (13) Florida State^* (ACC)
2. West Virginia (Big 12)   2. Southern Miss* (Sun Belt)
3. NC State (ACC)   3. Kansas State (Big 12)
4. Tennessee Tech* (Ohio Valley)   4. High Point* (Big South)
     
Clemson, S.C.   Winston-Salem, NC.
1. (5) Clemson^* (ACC)   1. (12) Wake Forest^ (ACC)
2. UTSA* (American)   2. Cal Poly (Big West)
3. Iowa (Big Ten)   3. Grand Canyon* (WAC)
4. Oral Roberts* (Summit)   4. Bowling Green* (MAC)
     
Athens, Ga.   Louisville, Ky.
1. (6) Georgia^ (SEC)   1. (11) Louisville^ (ACC)
2. Georgia Tech (ACC)   2. TCU (Big 12)
3. South Florida (American)   3. Dallas Baptist (CUSA)
4. Florida A&M* (SWAC)   4. Nevada* (Mountain West)
     
Oxford, Miss.   Corvallis, Ore.
1. (7) Ole Miss^ (SEC)   1. (10) Oregon State^ (Independent)
2. Arizona State (Big 12)   2. UCLA* (Big Ten)
3. Northeastern* (CAA)   3. Stanford (ACC)
4. George Mason* (A10)   4. Navy* (Patriot)
     
Chapel Hill, N.C.   Auburn, Ala.
1. (8) North Carolina^ (ACC)   1. (9) Auburn^ (SEC)
2. Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt)   2. Virginia Tech (ACC)
3. Kentucky (SEC)   3. UTRGV* (Southland)
4. Wright State* (Horizon)   4. Central Connecticut* (Northeast)

* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host

Last Four In

Kentucky (SEC)
Iowa (Big Ten)
Dallas Baptist (CUSA)
Stanford (ACC)

First Four Out

East Carolina (American)
Cincinnati (Big 12)
Xavier (Big East)
Charlotte (American)

Next Four Out

McNeese (Southland)
Texas A&M (SEC)
Liberty (CUSA)
Oklahoma State (Big 12)

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