2024 Preseason Projected Field Of 64
The college baseball season has nearly arrived. Opening Day is less than two weeks away and around the country teams are getting ready to start on the Road to Omaha.
How that journey plays out largely remains to be seen—that’s part of the fun of the college baseball season. But it’s never too early to project what the NCAA Tournament will look like on Selection Monday.
In this projection, the SEC leads the way with 10 bids, which would match a record, and the ACC follows with nine bids. In line with the trends of recent seasons, the at-large bids are concentrated in just a few major conferences.
This is just a starting point. Much will change between Feb. 16 and Memorial Day when the NCAA Tournament field is officially announced. Baseball America will update the Projected Field of 64 weekly throughout the spring.
| PROJECTED FIELD OF 64 | ||||
| Winston-Salem, N.C | Iowa City, Iowa | |||
| 1. (1) Wake Forest ^* | 1. (16) Iowa^* | |||
| 2. Alabama | 2. Stanford | |||
| 3. Grand Canyon* | 3. Kansas State | |||
| 4. Wagner* | 4. Oral Roberts* | |||
| Baton Rouge, La. | Conway, S.C. |
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| 1. (2) LSU^* | 1. (15) Coastal Carolina^* | |||
| 2. Connecticut | 2. Duke | |||
| 3. Louisiana-Lafayette | 3. UNC Wilmington | |||
| 4. Southern* | 4. Kennesaw State* | |||
| Fayetteville, Ark. | Columbia, S.C. | |||
| 1. (3) Arkansas^ | 1. (14) South Carolina^ | |||
| 2. Oklahoma State | 2. North Carolina | |||
| 3. Louisiana Tech | 3. Southern California | |||
| 4. Arkansas-Little Rock* | 4. SC-Upstate* | |||
| Gainesville, Fla. | Greenville, N.C. | |||
| 1. (4) Florida^ | 1. (13) ECU^* | |||
| 2. Troy | 2. NC State | |||
| 3. Florida State | 3. Kentucky | |||
| 4. Mercer* | 4. George Mason* | |||
| Corvallis, Ore. | Austin | |||
| 1. (5) Oregon State^* | 1. (12) Texas^ | |||
| 2. UC Irvine* | 2. UCLA | |||
| 3. Santa Clara* | 3. UC Santa Barbara | |||
| 4. Maine* | 4. Nicholls State* | |||
| Fort Worth | College Station, Texas |
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| 1. (6) TCU ^* | 1. (11) Texas A&M^ | |||
| 2. Dallas Baptist* | 2. Texas Tech | |||
| 3. Miami | 3. Oregon | |||
| 4. Air Force* | 4. Kent State* | |||
| Nashville | Charlottesville, Va. |
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| 1. (7) Vanderbilt^ | 1. (10) Virginia^ | |||
| 2. Northeastern* | 2. West Virginia | |||
| 3. Louisville | 3. Southern Miss | |||
| 4. Fairfield* | 4. Army* | |||
| Clemson, S.C. | Knoxville, Tenn. | |||
| 1. (8) Clemson^ | 1. (9) Tennessee^ | |||
| 2. Auburn | 2. Indiana | |||
| 3. Charlotte | 3. Indiana State* | |||
| 4. Penn* | 4. Wright State* | |||
* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host
Last Four In
Louisiana Tech
Florida State
Charlotte
Louisiana-Lafayette
First Four Out
Arizona State
Mississippi
Maryland
Campbell
Next Four Out
Texas State
Georgia Tech
Missouri State
Liberty
