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D1Baseball Announces 2026 Seeds: Tennessee 24th, Southern Miss Hosts

5/20/2026

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Southern Miss Hosts

D1Baseball released its 2026 NCAA baseball tournament projections, assigning Tennessee the No. 24 overall seed and a No. 2 seed in the Hattiesburg Regional.
Southern Mississippi earned the No. 1 seed, a 40-14 record, a #13 RPI, and will host the Hattiesburg Regional.
The ACC will send nine teams, including national seeds No. 2 Georgia Tech, No. 4 North Carolina, and No. 11 Florida State, while the SEC projects twelve national seeds such as Alabama and Texas A&M.

Summary

ESPN Announces Field

ESPN will air the NCAA Selection Special on Monday, May 25 at noon ET on ESPN2, unveiling the 64-team field.
The Road to Omaha follows at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
SEC tournament runs May 19-23 on SEC Network, with the championship on ABC at 2 p.m. ET, while ACC action streams on ACC Network and ESPN+.
No ACC tournament champion has ever captured the national championship in the same season.

History

Historical Context

In 1999 the NCAA organized Division I baseball with a 64-team field, comprising sixteen four-team regionals that fed eight best-of-three super regionals. The SEC staged its tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Alabama, and Miami (FL) captured the College World Series in Omaha. That structure created the SEC’s lasting prominence, reflected in today’s prime-time selection show and tournament broadcast.

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Southern Miss Hosts

D1Baseball released its 2026 NCAA baseball tournament projections, assigning Tennessee the No. 24 overall seed and a No. 2 seed in the Hattiesburg Regional.
Southern Mississippi earned the No. 1 seed, a 40-14 record, a #13 RPI, and will host the Hattiesburg Regional.
The ACC will send nine teams, including national seeds No. 2 Georgia Tech, No. 4 North Carolina, and No. 11 Florida State, while the SEC projects twelve national seeds such as Alabama and Texas A&M.

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