Current status:
The field for the NCAA College World Series is set!
Texas A&M is the first team to qualify for the CWS.
Four more teams (Notre Dame, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma) are in.
All of these 4 teams were unseeded, and Mississippi was unranked
by Baseball America before the regionals!
Texas won the clinching game easily on Sunday after a rain delay.
Stanford and Auburn filled out the field on Monday evening.
Lots of underdogs this year!
Sunday update: The 1-4-5-8 group is pending one more decisive game
that is currently in a weather delay.
The 2-3-6-7 group started Saturday and has produced two sweeps by
underdog teams on Sunday.
The Super Regionals started with the 1-4-5-8 seeds, telling us that those
will be the first pairings in the CWS. That is the same as the last several years.
Polls are from May 30 and will not be updated.
RPI and ISR data are also from Monday, May 30, and appear correct.
New readers should consult a separate page that gives some general background information on the records, polls, RPI, ISR, etc information included in the table below. (An "N" indicates a "national" seed.) As usual, the polls and data are from from Monday, 30 May 2022, when the regional pairings and seedings were announced. Again, many thanks to Boyd Nation for the pseudo-RPI and ISR information generated from his database. [NOTE: The pandemic anomaly of conference-only schedules was limited to 2021.] We also have the official NCAA RPI available but that information is still only used in my discussion area.
The average (mean) ISR for the field is 112.5,
plus or minus a standard deviation of 9.4.
The median ISR is 116.1.
The highest pseudo-RPI ranking without a bid was Clemson (31)
along with NC State (32) and UT San-Antonio (33).
The lowest pseudo-RPI with an at-large bid was Texas Tech (51) #3 in Region 16,
followed by UCLA (47) with a #2 seed and Grand Canyon (45) #3 in Region 7.
The highest ISRs without a bid were NC State (115.3) and Clemson (115.1), so they
are again at the top of the "left out" list. Conference finish and tournament play
likely explains the decision to keep them out and, say,
Florida State (116.0 and pRPI=30) and some lower ones in.
The lowest ISR with an at-large bid was Liberty (114.0 and pRPI=34),
just behind Dallas Baptist (114.5, but pRPI=18) and Mississippi (114.5 and pRPI=37).
The low ISR for Mississippi could also justify its placement at #3 in Region 6.
Note: The NCAA identified the regions only by location, so the region numbering scheme is my own creation, reflecting the seeding of the associated super regional and identifying which of the two paired regionals has a top-8 nationally seeded team. The regional names are also my own, carrying on a tradition started by Craig Gowens (aka the perpetual "Commissioner of the SWC") on Usenet.
Super Regional Summary:
Will appear here after the regionals are over.
Complete Results:
Note: All series start on Friday, 3 June. The order here is by top-8 national seed, not by future CWS pairing (which is the 1-8, 5-4, 2-7, 6-3 order used in NCAA brackets) or the seemingly random order that can result from alphabetizing them by the host city. This year, the NCAA is listing the regional games in the same 1-16, 9-8, 5-12, 11-4, etc ordered used in the past.
Continuing a procedure that started in 2018, the NCAA announced the seeds as 1-16 and lists all 16 seeds on the bracket pdf. Everything is consistent with that, with 1 paired with 16 in my first regional group, 2 playing 15 in my second, etc. Like in basketball, there appears to be no effort to reduce travel challenges and costs for fans wanting to attend a Super Regional based on these pairings.
I use an "N" to indicate teams with a top-8 national seed, which is consistent with what I did before 2018 when the NCAA only announced 8 "National" seeds. Those teams will host and play at home if they advance to the Super Regional.
NCAA Record Polls Boyd Nation
Seed Team Result W L T CB BA RPI ISR etc....
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Region 1 [Mid South I] - Knoxville, TN
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N1 * Tennessee WW W 53- 7 1 1 1 129 SEC CHAMP (East#1, #1)
2 Georgia Tech LWWL 34-22 . . 22 116 ACC (Coast#4t, #6t)
3 Campbell WLL 40-17 . . 62 112 Big South CHAMP (#1)
4 Alabama State LL 34-23 . . 195 92 SWAC CHAMP (East#1, #1)
Region 16 [Southeast] - Statesboro, GA ** Finished weather delay **
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2 * Notre Dame WW W 35-14 23 14 12 119 ACC (Atl#2, #4)
3 Texas Tech LWWL 37-20 15 22 51 115 Big 12 (#2t)
1 Georgia Southrn WLL 40-18 30 . 15 117 Sun Belt (East#1, #2)
4 NC-Greensboro LL 34-28 . . 89 105 Southern CHAMP (#2t)
===> Super Regional 1: Notre Dame 8 4# 7 ===> meets 8
at Tennessee 6# 12 3#
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Region 2 [West] - Stanford, CA
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N1 * Stanford WLWWW 41-14 2 2 3 124 Pac-12 CHAMP (#1)
2 Texas State WW LL 45-12 11 16 27 119 Sun Belt (West#1, #1)
3 UC SantaBarbara LWL 43-12 4 23 49 119 Big West CHAMP (#1)
4 Binghamton LL 22-28 . . 214 90 America East CHAMP (#3t)
Region 15 [Atlantic II] - College Park, MD
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3 * Connecticut WW LW 46-13 26 -- 44 115 Big East CHAMP (#1)
1 Maryland WLWWL 45-12 21 9 9 117 Big Ten (#1)
2 Wake Forest LWL 40-17-1 . . 7 119 ACC (Atl#5, #10)
4 Long Island LL 37-19 . . 121 99 Northeast CHAMP (#1) -- aka LIU-Brklyn
===> Super Regional 2: U Conn 13 2# 5
at Stanford 12# 8 10# ===> meets 7
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Region 3 [Pacific] - Corvallis, OR
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N1 * Oregon St WW LW 44-15 5 5 2 126 Pac-12 (#2)
2 Vanderbilt LWWWL 36-21 . . 6 118 SEC (East#4, #8t)
3 San Diego WLL 36-18 . . 48 117 West Coast CHAMP (#2t)
4 New Mexico St LL 24-32 . . 231 95 WAC CHAMP (#10)
Region 14 [South II] - Auburn, AL
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1 * Auburn WW W 37-19 27 24 14 118 SEC (West#4, #4)
2 UCLA LWWL 38-22 13 19 47 117 Pac-12 (#3)
3 Florida St WLL 33-23 . . 30 116 ACC (Atl#3t, #6t)
4 SE Louisiana LL 30-29 . . 104 102 Southland CHAMP (#2)
Side note: Mike Martin Jr, 49, was fired a few days after losing to UCLA.
His 3-year record of 77-54 (worst of any FSU coaches) did not meet expectations.
Mike Jr played 3 years at FSU, 3 years in the minors, then coached 25 years at FSU.
He had 22 years as an assistant at FSU before 3 as head coach. Not a good plan.
===> Super Regional 3: Auburn 7 3# 4
at Oregon St 5# 4 3# ===> meets 6
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Region 4 [East] - Blacksburg, VA
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N1 * Virginia Tech WW W 41-12 3 3 5 121 ACC (Coast#1, #1)
3 Columbia WLWL 30-16 . . 54 108 Ivy CHAMP (#2)
2 Gonzaga LWL 36-17 -- 10 25 119 West Coast (#1)
4 Wright St LL 30-25 . . 142 101 Horizon CHAMP (#1)
Region 13 [Swamp] - Gainesville, FL
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2 * Oklahoma WW LW 37-20 16 8 23 117 Big 12 CHAMP (#2t)
1 Florida WLWWL 39-22 25 18 13 118 SEC (East#2t, #6t)
4 Central Mich LWL 42-17 . . 69 108 MAC CHAMP (#2)
3 Liberty LL 37-21 . . 34 114 Atl Sun (#3)
===> Super Regional 4: Oklahoma 5 8# 11 ===> meets 5
at Va Tech 4# 14 2#
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Region 5 [Southwest] - College Station, TX
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N1 * Texas A&M WW W 37-18 6 4 21 118 SEC (West#1, #2)
2 Texas Christian LWWL 36-20 12 15 41 116 Big 12 (#1)
3 Louisiana WLL 36-21 . . 53 113 Sun Belt CHAMP (West#2, #4) -- aka LA-Lafayette
4 Oral Roberts LL 38-18 . . 102 108 Summit CHAMP (#2)
Region 12 [Mid South II] - Louisville, KY
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1 * Louisville WLWWW 38-18-1 7 7 19 118 ACC (Atl#1, #3)
3 Michigan WW LL 32-26 . . 60 109 Big Ten CHAMP (#5)
2 Oregon LWL 35-23 20 -- 28 118 Pac-12 (#4)
4 SE Missouri St LL 37-20 . . 66 108 Ohio Valley CHAMP (#2)
===> Super Regional 5: Louisville 4 3#
at Texas A&M 5# 4 ===> meets 4
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Region 6 [Atlantic I] - Coral Gables, FL
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3 * Mississippi WW W 32-22 29 -- 37 114 SEC (West#5, #8t)
2 Arizona LWWL 37-23 . . 36 116 Pac-12 (#5)
N1 Miami, FL WLL 39-18 10 6 17 119 ACC (Coast#2, #2)
4 Canisius LL 29-23 . . 169 96 Metro Atl CHAMP (#3)
Region 11 [South I] - Hattiesburg, MS
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1 * Southern Miss. WLWWW 43-16 22 17 20 118 Conf USA (#1)
2 Louisiana State WW LL 38-20 19 -- 26 117 SEC (West#3, #4)
3 Kennesaw St LWL 35-26 . . 42 111 Atl Sun CHAMP (#4)
4 Army LL 31-23 . . 150 98 Patriot CHAMP (#1)
===> Super Regional 6: Mississippi 10 5# ===> meets 3
at Southern Miss 0# 0
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Region 7 [Plains] - Stillwater, OK
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2 * Arkansas WW LW 38-18 9 21 40 116 SEC (West#2, #3)
N1 Oklahoma St WLWWL 39-20 14 11 10 119 Big 12 (#2t)
4 Missouri St LWL 30-27 . . 100 106 Mo Valley CHAMP (#6)
3 Grand Canyon LL 41-19 -- -- 45 115 WAC (#1)
Region 10 [Mideast II] - Chapel Hill, NC
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1 * N. Carolina WLWWW 38-19 18 12 4 120 ACC CHAMP (Coast#4t, #6t)
3 Va Commonwealth WW LL 40-18 . . 56 108 Atl-10 CHAMP (#2)
2 Georgia LWL 35-21 28 -- 16 117 SEC (East#2t, #6t)
4 Hofstra LL 30-21 . . 124 100 Colonial CHAMP (#2t)
===> Super Regional 7: Arkansas 4 4# ===> meets 2
at N.Carolina 1# 3
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Region 8 [Mideast I] - Greenville, NC
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N1 * E. Carolina WW LW 42-18 8 20 11 116 American CHAMP (#1)
3 Coastal Carol. LWWWL 36-18-1 . . 29 116 Sun Belt (East#2, #3)
2 Virginia WLL 38-17 24 25 24 118 ACC (Coast#3, #5)
4 Coppin St LL 24-28 . . 286 74 MEAC CHAMP (North#2) of only 4 teams
Region 9 [Central] - Austin, TX
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1 * Texas WW W 42-19 17 13 8 119 Big 12 (#5t)
4 Air Force LWWL 30-27 . . 107 105 Mtn West CHAMP (#4t)
2 Louisiana Tech WLL 42-19 . . 35 115 Conf USA CHAMP (#2)
3 Dallas Baptist LL 34-22-1 . . 18 114 Mo Valley (#3t)
===> Super Regional 8: Texas 7 9# 11 ===> meets 1
at E.Carolina 13# 8 1#
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Related information:
In addition, I include the usual list of "bridesmaid" teams. Many of these are obvious, standing out in the top 60 of Boyd's rankings that would make a tournament on computerized merit without regard to their performance in a conference or conferenct tournament, while others (like the bottom dozen or so in both rankings or conference runners-up) were picked to provide perspective. There are none missing with an ISR above 110 or a pRPI above 64. I also try to include all of the teams that led their conference in the regular season but lost out in the conference tournament because their conference only rates a single bid, as well as some teams that move in and out of the cellar. You can see how the NCAA thinks the various conferences measure up on my conference ranking page.
Decisive criteria listed by the NCAA selection committee in the past have included strength of non-conference schedule and performance in the conference tournament in addition to the overall season performance numbers we tabulate here.
Examination of past tournaments suggested that conference finish was
undoubtedly the reason teams with a pseudo-RPI high enough to
make the field strictly by the numbers (those marked with an "*")
were left out by the committee.
The situation for the two ACC teams is unclear because a case could be made
for N.C. State over Florida State (both 0.500 in conference play)
based on who they beat during the conference playoffs.
I think the others lost out because of their playoff losses and season record
in a conference that was perceived as being weak. That call seems justified
by the performance of the Conference USA and Southern Conference champs.
There were no at-large teams with a #4 seed to indicate what team might have been the last team added to the field. But it could be Mississippi (37) in Region 6, Grand Canyon (45) in Region 7, or perhaps Coastal Carolina (29) in Region 8. I think it's unlikely that Dallas Baptist (18) in Region 9 was the last team added. All other #3 seeds with a top-8 match-up were conference champions who were automatically in the tournament despite a poor record.
Overlooked ? (ordered by ISR, records may not be accurate)
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Record Polls Boyd Nation
Seed Team W L T CB BA RPI ISR etc....
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* N. Carolina St .. 36-21 . . 32 115 ACC (Atl#3t, #6t)
* Clemson .. 35-23 . . 31 115 ACC (Atl#6, #11t)
Rutgers .. 44-15 . . 43 115 Big Ten (#2t)
* Old Dominion .. 41-17 . . 38 114 Conf USA (#3t)
* Texas-SanAnton .. 38-20 . . 33 113 Conf USA (#3t)
* Wofford .. 42-16-1 . . 39 113 Southern (#1)
Kentucky .. 33-26 . . 52 113 SEC (East#6, #12)
West Virginia .. 32-22 . . 46 113 Big 12 (#5t)
NC-Charlotte .. 37-21 . . 65 112 Conf USA (#5t)
Southern Ill .. 44-16 . . 68 112 Mo Valley (#1)
Iowa .. 35-18 . . 59 112 Big Ten (#2t)
Alabama .. 31-27 . . 50 112 SEC (West#6, #11)
Missouri .. 28-23 . . 57 112 SEC (East#7, #13)
California .. 29-27 . . 80 111 Pac-12 (#6t)
Cal Poly .. 37-21 . . 96 111 Big West (#2)
Mercer .. 40-18 . . 61 110 Southern (#2t)
S. Carolina .. 27-28 . . 67 110 SEC (East#5, #10)
Portland .. 32-23 . . 92 110 West Coast (#2t)
Washington .. 30-26 . . 87 110 Pac-12 (#6t)
South Alabama .. 31-23 . . 71 110 Sun Belt (East#3, #5)
Pennsylvania .. 33-15 . . 55 109 Ivy (#1)
Belmont .. 39-20 . . 63 109 Ohio Valley (#1)
UNLV .. 36-22 . . 131 108 Mtn West (#1)
Davidson .. 43-13 . . 70 108 Atl-10 (#1)
Col.Charleston .. 37-20 . . 74 108 Colonial (#1)
Nevada .. 29-26 . . 84 108 Mtn West (#2)
Xavier .. 33-27 . . 58 108 Big East (#3)
Central Fla .. 35-25 . . 88 108 American (#2)
Houston .. 37-24 . . 78 108 American (#3)
Illinois .. 30-22 . . 77 108 Big Ten (#2t)
Evansville .. 32-24 . . 81 107 Mo Valley (#2)
Middle Tenn St .. 29-26 . . 64 107 Conf USA (#7)
Creighton .. 31-18 . . 90 107 Big East (#2)
Ball State .. 40-19 . . 73 107 MAC (#1)
-- and some others that "lost out" --
NC-Wilmington .. 31-24 . . 91 106 Colonial (#2t)
S.Carol-Upstate .. 35-22-1 . . 122 104 Big South (#2)
E Kentucky 37-20 . . 119 104 Atl Sun (#1t)
Lipscomb 35-23 . . 146 103 Atl Sun (#1t)
Sam Houston St 31-25 . . 120 102 WAC (#2)
North Dakota St .. 31-29 . . 145 102 Summit (#1)
Samford .. 28-29 . . 125 101 Southern (#2t)
McNeese St .. 34-23 . . 159 101 Southland (#1)
CSU,Fullerton .. 22-33 . . 191 101 Big West (#8)
Wichita St .. 21-36 . . 144 100 American (#6t)
Fairfield 31-20 . . 143 99 Metro Atl (#1)
Central Conn. .. 29-18 . . 163 99 Northeast (#2)
Dartmouth .. 24-19 . . 154 98 Ivy (#3)
Penn State .. 26-29 . . 162 98 Big Ten (#6)
Michigan St .. 24-30 . . 182 97 Big Ten (#12)
U Ill-Chicago .. 22-25 . . 211 96 Horizon (#3)
Oakland .. 31-27 . . 224 95 Horizon (#2)
Maine .. 27-22 . . 167 94 America East (#1t)
Stony Brook .. 27-25 . . 170 93 America East (#1t) -- to Colonial in 2023
Florida A&M .. 29-30 . . 208 88 SWAC (East#2t, #4t) -- from MEAC
Bethune-Cookman .. 27-32 . . 235 88 SWAC (East#2t, #4t) -- from MEAC
NC A&T 32-23 . . 269 86 Big South (#11) -- from MEAC
Southern .. 27-31 . . 240 84 SWAC (West#1, #2)
UC Davis 6-32 . . 290 83 Big West (#10)
Jackson State 29-27 . . 277 81 SWAC (East#4, #8)
Princeton 7-33 . . 285 81 Ivy (#8)
Grambling State 26-31 . . 281 78 SWAC (West#2, #3)
Western Illinois 8-44 . . 296 77 Summit (#7)
Mount St. Mary's 14-34 . . 283 77 Northeast (#8)
Delaware St 26-23 . . 270 77 MEAC (North#1) of 4 teams
Sacred Heart 11-41 . . 295 75 Northeast (#7)
Alabama A&M 14-35 . . 291 73 SWAC (East#5, #9)
Iona 6-41 . . 292 72 Metro Atl (#11)
St. Peter's 9-41 . . 293 71 Metro Atl (#10)
St. Bonaventure 6-39 . . 298 71 Atl-10 (#12)
Norfolk St 15-32 . . 288 69 MEAC (North#4) of 4 teams
UMd Eastern Shore 17-38 . . 294 68 MEAC (North#3) of 4 teams
Miss. Valley St 10-30-1 . . 299 64 SWAC (East#6, #11)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 13-37-1 . . 300 64 SWAC (West#5, #10)
Alcorn St 3-39 . . 301 54 SWAC (West#6, #12)
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X - denotes team with Boyd's computer ranking above the 116.1
median for regional tournament teams. The lowest ISR of an
at-large team was 114.
* - denotes team with a higher pseudo-RPI than the natural cutoff for
a 64-team tournament after 31 automatic bids are used up [39]. This
cutoff is much higher than usual (it ranged from 42 to 47 in the
"normal" 2010 to 2019 decade) because there were an unusual number of
upsets in the conference tournaments this year. Last year (during the
pandemic) was the exact opposite with few upsets and a cutoff at 48.
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Move the following to the top when regionals are over.
Super Regional Summary:
I order these results in almost the same way the NCAA does (they use 1-8, 5-4, 2-7, 6-3), reflecting the pairings in the parallel CWS brackets.
Super Regional 1: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 8
Super Regional 8: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 1
Super Regional 4: .... . . .
at .... . . . ==> meets 5
Super Regional 5: .... . . .
at .... . . . ==> meets 4
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Super Regional 2: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 7
Super Regional 7: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 2
Super Regional 3: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 6
Super Regional 6: .... . . .
at .... . . . ==> meets 3
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