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The college baseball picture is always changing, but the biggest constant is the eight national seeds in this week's D1Baseball Postseason Projections.
Texas A&M, Arkansas, Clemson, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina and East Carolina are still the top eight seeds, while Wake Forest dropped out of the top eight after dropping a series to Notre Dame. Taking over for the Demon Deacons is Florida State, which won a big road series over Duke and has a more profitable schedule in the long run.
As for the other top 16 seeds and regional hosts, Oregon State returns to No. 9 and is knocking on the door to become a top eight seed again. Meanwhile, there are two new Top 16 seeds in this week's predictions — Arizona and Coastal Carolina are out after bad weekends, respectively, and UCSB and Oklahoma State are in this week.
The Pokes continue to be in contention for the Big 12 Conference regular season title and have a strong RPI and overall resume, while UCSB has a strong non-conference resume and is up to 17th in the latest RPI at 28-12. overall record and strongest marks in the Big West Conference. The Gauchos, by the way, are set to try to host at home in Santa Barbara.
Overall, the SEC leads all teams in the latest projections with 10 teams in the field, while the ACC is close behind with nine representatives. The Big 12 has seven, plus two bonafide bubble teams in TCU and Kansas. Meanwhile, the Pac-12 and Sun Belt each have four teams in the field, while the Big East, Big Ten, Coastal, Conference USA and Big West each have two teams.
Our predictions are compiled each week by the trio of Mark Etheridge, Kendall Rogers, and Aaron Fitt. Together, the trio has more than 60 years of experience covering college baseball and compiling regional projections.
FINAL FOUR IN: John's, Northeastern, Florida, Purdue
FIRST FOUR OUT: TCU, UNC Wilmington, Kansas, James Madison
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