CBB Column: 2010 NCAA Regional Projections (May 30th)

The College Baseball Blog continues our weekly countdown to the release of the 2010 NCAA Regional Brackets. The brackets are done as if the NCAA Tournament was set to begin today. We used Boyd’s World RPI which was updated through games on Sunday.  You can check out the full bracket below, which is our best projection of what the field could look like come Monday.  The College World Series Selection show will be aired at 12:30 EST on ESPN.

Tempe Regional

Norman Regional

1. Arizona State* (1)

1. Oklahoma

2. Kansas State

2. Alabama

3. Hawaii*

3. Cal

4. UW-Milwaukee*

4. Oral Roberts*

Atlanta Regional

Auburn Regional

1. Georgia Tech (8)

1. Auburn

2. LSU*

2. Florida State*

3. Oregon State

3. Southern Miss*

4. Mercer*

4. Minnesota*

Austin Regional

Fort Worth
Regional

1. Texas (4)

1. TCU*

2. Rice

2. Texas A&M*

3. Texas State

3. UL-Lafayette

4. Stony Brook*

4. Lamar*

Myrtle Beach
Regional

Columbia
Regional

1. Coastal Carolina* (5)

1. South Carolina

2. College of Charleston

2. Washington State

3. NC State

3. Elon

4. Bucknell*

4. Rider*

Charlottesville
Regional

Storrs Regional

1. Virginia (2)

1. UCONN

2. The Citadel*

2. Vanderbilt

3. St. John’s*

3. FIU*

4. Virginia Commonwealth*

4. Central Connecticut*

Louisville
Regional

Fayetteville
Regional

1. Louisville (7)

1. Arkansas

2. Oregon

2. Clemson

3. Baylor

3. Jacksonville State*

4. St. Louis*

4.Bethune Cookman*

Gainesville
Regional

Coral Gables
Regional

1. Florida (3)

1. Miami

2. Virginia Tech

2. Ole Miss

3. Florida Atlantic

3. Florida Gulf Coast

4. Grambling State*

4. Illinois State*

Los Angeles
Regional

Fullerton
Regional

1. UCLA (6)

1. Fullerton*

2. Irvine

2. Stanford

3. San Diego*

3. New Mexico

4. Dartmouth*

4. Kent State*

*Conference Champ
(#) National Seed

Last five in: New Mexico, Florida Gulf Coast, Texas State, Oregon State, Elon
First ten out: Arizona, North Carolina, Boston College, Western Kentucky, Liberty, Appalachian State, Pitt, SE Lousiana, Wichita State, Texas Tech

About Mark Rafferty

Mark Rafferty is a 2007 Arizona State graduate where he majored in Justice Studies. During his collegiate days, he founded PitchForkNation.com which covers all Sun Devils sports. He joined College Baseball Daily during the 2007 postseason when he covered the Cal-State Fullerton Regional. He has covered multiple NCAA Regionals and the College World Series. You may contact Mark by email at Mark at collegebaseballdaily.com and follow him on Twitter @MarkRaff.