Ten of the sixteen #1 seeds in regional play are moving on to the super regionals with 1 still yet to be decided due to rain (Texas A&M). Not a single #4 seed moved on, but four #3 seeds (California, Dallas Baptist, UC Irvine, and Mississippi St) will be moving on. Only 1 of the top eight national seeds to start the tournament will be watching the rest at home (Rice).
The Super Regionals have some intriguing match ups. Two #3 seeds will face off with the winner advancing to the College World Series. Dallas Baptist, in only its 6th year as a Division I independent, is in its first Super Regional. The success of the program is not new. DBU, a former NAIA school, played in 10 NAIA World Series tournaments from 1984-2002 and finished runner-up twice.
The #1 overall seed Virginia leads the nation with 52 wins. Stanford and California (#5 and #6 in the Pac-10 standings) have the fewest wins among any remaining team with 35. The Pac-10 has 4 (maybe 5 with Arizona) teams left in the tourney. The SEC also has 4 followed by the ACC with 1, the Big 12 with 1 (maybe 2 with Texas A&M), the Big East 1 (Connecticut), the Big West 1 (UC Irvine), and 1 independent (Dallas Baptist).
Texas A&M and Arizona will play their decisive game on Tuesday with the winner advancing to face Florida St.
Charlottesville Super Regional
1 Virginia (52-9)
3 UC Irvine (42-16)
TBD Super Regional
3 California (35-21)
3 Dallas Baptist (42-18)
Tallahassee Super Regional
1 Florida St. (45-17)
1 Texas A&M or 2 Arizona
Columbia Super Regional
1 South Carolina (48-14)
2 Connecticut (45-18-1)
Gainesville Super Regional
1 Florida (48-16)
3 Mississippi St (37-23)
Austin Super Regional
1 Texas (47-16)
1 Arizona St (42-16)
Nashville Super Regional
1 Vanderbilt (50-10)
1 Oregon St (41-17)
Chapel Hill Super Regional
1 North Carolina (48-14)
2 Stanford (35-20)
For the NCAA’s interactive bracket click here
For more information on Omaha click here
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Eric Bynum is Managing Editor here at Baseball de World and an ESL teacher in South Korea. He has played and/or written about baseball for the past 30 years and is an avid Atlanta Braves fan. Eric also writes for Braves Baseball World and for Call to the Pen.
