Last Eight In: Michigan State, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, Tennessee, College of Charleston, Oregon State, Notre Dame, Georgia
First Eight Out: Connecticut, Stanford, Long Beach State, Duke, Missouri State, St. Mary’s, High Point, Maryland
The bubble got even more crowded after last weekend, as a couple teams on the outside looking in heading into the weekend picked up huge series wins. Boston College was the big winner over the weekend. Having been swept by Notre Dame the weekend before, the Eagles picked up a much-needed series win over Louisville. The Eagles turned quality starts from Jack Stevens in the series opener and big-time draft prospect Jack Dunn in Saturday’s contest into a pair of wins to take the series and now find themselves in good position to make a regional. The wins bumped Boston College up to 52 in the RPI, and with a very winnable series against Virginia Tech coming up, the Eagles have an opportunity to climb in the ACC standings.
Tennessee was the other big winner over the weekend. The Volunteers found themselves in a similar situation to Boston College, coming off a series loss to Auburn the week before. Tennessee rebounded well though, taking the final two games of their series with Vanderbilt to secure a series win. Vanderbilt, like Louisville, should be a regional host come tournament time, making the series win that much bigger for the Volunteers. With last place Missouri up next, back-to-back series wins would be a huge boost for the Volunteers resume, as they close the regular season with series against Florida, LSU, and a Georgia team that has been playing well over the ast few weeks.
ACC: Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Virginia, Wake Forest
American: Tulane, East Carolina
Big East: Creighton
Big 12: Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech
Big Ten: Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota
Pac-12: Arizona, California, Oregon State, Washington
SEC: Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
A-10: VCU
America East: Binghamton
A-Sun: Kennesaw State
Big South: Coastal Carolina
Big West: UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Fullerton
CAA: Charleston, UNC-Wilmington
C-USA: Florida Atlantic, Rice, Southern Miss
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Fairfield
MAC: Kent State
MEAC: Florida A&M
MVC: Dallas Baptist
MWC: New Mexico
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
