2017 Projected Field Of 64 And Crystal Ball

Baseball America gives its projections on the upcoming season, including the field for the NCAA tournament.

BA’s CRYSTAL BALL
Teddy Cahill	John Manuel	Michael Lananna	Jim Shonerd
National Champion
Florida	Florida State	TCU	Florida State
Omaha Sleeper
Nebraska	Houston	Houston	UNC Wilmington
Player of the Year
Luken Baker, TCU	Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt	Brendan McKay, Louisville	Brendan McKay, Louisville
Pitcher of the Year
Alex Faedo, Florida	J.B. Bukauskas, North Carolina	Alex Lange, LSU	Tristan Beck, Stanford
Freshman of the Year
Carlos Cortes, South Carolina	Carlos Cortes, South Carolina	Drew Mendoza, Florida State	Nick Lodolo, TCU

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PROJECTED FIELD OF 64
Fort Worth	Nashville
1. (1) Texas Christian^*	1. Vanderbilt^
2. Rice*	2. Miami
3. Arkansas	3. Houston
4. Holy Cross*	4. Kent State*
Tallahassee, FL	Lafayette, LA
1. (2) Florida State^*	1. La.-Lafayette^*
2. Mississippi	2. Georgia Tech
3. Florida Atlantic	3. Bryant*
4. Florida A&M*	4. Oral Roberts*
Gainesville, FL	Clemson, SC
1. (3) Florida^*	1. Clemson^
2. Stanford	2. Maryland*
3. Dallas Baptist*	3. West Virginia
4. Fairfield*	4. Austin Peay State*
Baton Rouge, LA	Charlottesville, VA
1. (4) Louisiana State^	1. Virginia^
2. Texas Tech	2. Oklahoma State
3. Nebraska	3. Brigham Young*
4. Alabama State*	4. Binghamton*
Columbia, SC	Conway, SC
1. (5) South Carolina^	1. Coastal Carolina^
2. Southern Mississippi	2. North Carolina
3. Wake Forest	3. Xavier*
4. Lipscomb*	4. Winthrop*
Greenville, NC	Raleigh, NC
1. (6) East Carolina^*	1. N.C. State^
2. UNC Wilmington*	2. Arizona
3. Mississippi State	3. South Alabama
4. Rhode Island*	4. Wright State*
Louisville, KY	Seattle
1. (7) Louisville^	1. Washington^
2. Texas A&M	2. Long Beach State
3. UCLA	3. Texas
4. Western Carolina*	4. Seattle*
Fullerton, CA	Corvallis, OR
1. (8) Cal State Fullerton^*	1. Oregon State^*
2. Arizona State	2. UC Santa Barbara
3. Sam Houston State*	3. Gonzaga
4. Columbia*	4. New Mexico*
*-Automatic bid; ^-Regional host