Last Eight In: Arizona, Tulane, UNC-Wilmington, Louisiana, Dallas Baptist, Cal State Fullerton, Nebraska, Notre Dame
First Eight Out: Arizona State, Tennessee, Washington, Cal Poly, UCLA, Wake Forest, USC, West Virginia
Florida bounced back in a big fashion this week to secure its place as the top team in college baseball. After losing a series at Kentucky last week, the Gators topped in-state rival Florida State in a midweek game before sweeping Texas A&M, a top five team nationally, to move to 27-3 on the season. Florida scored 24 runs in the weekend sweep of A&M and showed their depth on Sunday, as starter AJ Puk left the game in the second inning with an injury. The Gators will have another tough series this weekend as they host Mississippi State, a team that has been on a roll since the start of conference play.
Keep an eye out for Utah as the season progresses. The Utes swept Arizona last weekend, improving to 7-2 in Pac-12 play, which has them tied with California atop the conference. Utah’s 3-12 nonconference record has them out of the discussion when it comes to at-large bids, but if the Utes can continue their fine play from the last three weeks, they could work themselves into a regional by seasons end.
ACC: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Virginia
American: Houston, Tulane, East Carolina
Big East: Creighton
Big 12: Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech
Big Ten: Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska
Pac-12: Arizona, California, Oregon State, Stanford
SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
A-10: St. Louis
America East: Hartford
A-Sun: North Florida
Big South: Coastal Carolina
Big West: Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Fullerton
CAA: Charleston, UNC-Wilmington
C-USA: Florida Atlantic, Rice, Southern Miss
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Monmouth
MAC: Kent State
MEAC: Florida A&M
MVC: Dallas Baptist, Missouri State
MWC: Fresno State
NEC: Bryant
OVC: Southeast Missouri
Patriot: Navy
Southern: UNC Greensboro
Southland: Southeastern Louisiana
Summit: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt: South Alabama, Louisiana
SWAC: Alabama State
WAC: Seattle
WCC: BYU
