2013 NCAA Baseball Preseason Regional Projections

By
Brian Foley
– February 12, 2013Posted in: 2013 College World Series, 2013 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

13regionalprojections_smThe season hasn’t kicked off yet but it is time to start looking at how a potential 64 team bracket would look right now based on our preseason expectations of each conference. The last two years, we have hit on 20 out of 31 hosts (ASU appeal is the outlier). Remember, that these are just based on our projections and expectations for what we will happen come May 27th. We will release our new projections every Tuesday until the end of the season.

Projected Brackets

1. Arkansas (1)

2. Virginia

3. Troy *

4. Stony Brook *

 1. Oregon

2. Clemson

3. Long Beach State

4. North Dakota State *
1. Oregon State (8)

2. Southern Mississippi

3. Oklahoma State

4. Gonzaga

 1. Kentucky

2. Kent State *

3. Michigan State *

4. Seton Hall
1. Vanderbilt (4)

2. Louisville *

3. Virginia Tech

4. Austin Peay *

 1. Arizona State

2. Oklahoma

3. Missouri State *

4. Mercer *
1. UCLA (5)

2. Cal State Fullerton *

3. New Mexico *

4. St. John’s

 1. TCU *

2. Rice *

3. Sam Houston State *

4. St. Louis *
1. LSU (3)

2. Georgia Tech

3. Washington

4. Southern *

 1. Arizona

2. Baylor

3. Georgia

4. Manhattan *
1. North Carolina (6)

2. Ole Miss

3. East Carolina

4. Dartmouth *

 1. South Carolina

2. Coastal Carolina *

3. Elon *

4. Army *
1. Stanford (7)

2. UC Irvine

3. San Diego *

4. Monmouth *

 1. Florida

2. Texas

3. Florida International

4. Bethune-Cookman *
1. NC State (2) *

2. Texas A&M

3. UNC-Wilmington *

4. Wichita State

 1. Mississippi State

2. Florida State

3. Dallas Baptist *

4. Valparaiso *

Automatic Bids

Conference

Projected Champ
America East Stony Brook
Atlantic 10 Saint Louis
ACC NC State
Atlantic Sun Mercer
Big 10 Michigan State
Big 12 TCU
Big East Louisville
Big South Coastal Carolina
Big West Cal-State Fullerton
CAA UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA Rice
Horizon League Valparaiso
Ivy League Dartmouth
MAAC Manhattan
MAC Kent State
MEAC Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley Missouri State
Mountain West New Mexico
Northeast Conference Monmouth
Ohio Valley Conference Austin Peay
Pac-12 Stanford
Patriot League Army
SEC Arkansas
Southern Conference Elon
Southland Conference Sam Houston State
SWAC Southern
Summit League North Dakota State
Sun Belt Troy
West Coast Conference San Diego
WAC Dallas Baptist

 

 

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About Brian Foley

Brian Foley is the founder and Lead Editor of College Baseball Daily since its inception in 2005. He has covered two CWS, multiple NCAA Baseball Regionals, and other special events across the country. In addition to his duties with College Baseball Daily, he has covered games for Inside Lacrosse and been featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal among other publications. He can be contacted by email at editor at collegebaseballdaily.com and followed on Twitter @BFoley82.