Last Eight In: Oklahoma, Minnesota, Auburn, West Virginia, Southern California, Wake Forest, Arizona State, Missouri
First Eight Out: Southeastern Louisiana, Michigan, Maryland, UNC-Wilmington, California, Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, Michigan State
The third week of the 2017 season features a slew of big games and provides a number of teams with a big opportunity to pick up marquee wins early in the season. Headlining this week’s action will be the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic in Houston. All six teams headed to Houston this weekend are off to great starts to the season and five of them, LSU, Ole Miss, TCU, Texas A&M and Texas Tech, figure to be in the mix to host a regional this year. The sixth team in the event, Baylor, is off to an 8-0 start to the season and looking to build on that perfect start as the Bears look to return to a regional for the first time since 2012. This weekend’s games should give a good indication as to how much Baylor has improved in Steve Rodriguez’s second season at the helm. Other noteworthy games this weekend include the Frisco College Classic, featuring Arizona, Arkansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma State, the Dodger Stadium College Classic, featuring Michigan, San Diego, UCLA and USC, as well as series between South Carolina and Clemson, Texas and Stanford, Cal State Fullerton and Houston, and Long Beach State and North Carolina.
ACC: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Wake Forest
American: East Carolina, Houston
Big East: St. Johns
Big 12: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Big Ten: Minnesota, Nebraska
Pac-12: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon State, Stanford, Southern California, Washington
SEC: Arkansas Auburn, Florida, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
A-10: VCU
America East: Binghamton
A-Sun: Lipscomb
Big South: High Point
Big West: Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UCSB
CAA: Charleston
C-USA: Florida Atlantic, Rice
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Fairfield
MAC: Kent State
MEAC: Florida A&M
MVC: Dallas Baptist
MWC: Nevada
NEC: Bryant
OVC: Southeast Missouri
Patriot: Navy
Southern: Mercer
Southland: Sam Houston State
Summit: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt: Coastal Carolina, Louisiana
SWAC: Alabama State
WAC: New Mexico State
WCC: San Diego
