VanderbiltTexas- Arkansas
AuburnNorth Carolina- LSU
Georgia- Oregon State
Florida StateOle MissClemsonOregon- Coastal Carolina
Tennessee- UCLA
Southern Miss
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I would not take Oregon State lightly.
Yea. If I’m an Arkansas fan… I’m feeling REALLY good. Beat LSU the first round and that’s as good of a drivers seat to be in that you can get.
UPig will probably win it…. But it just goes to show spending a bunch $$$$ doesn’t always pan out in baseball..
or football. Longhorns and Aggies sit atop that pile while Jimbo sits at home counting his pile
They play LSU Saturday night. Winner of that game would be the heavy favorite to make it to the Championship series. Arkansas is great in Fayetteville, but pretty meh otherwise:
Home Record: 37-4
Away Record: 8-7
Neutral Record: 3-2
Ah, the Pigs. Wishing so much for a repeat.
Yeah it's definitely set up for the Arkansas/LSU winner to make the finals for sure.
I didn't watch any of their regional, but I really enjoyed watching Coastal play in the Supers. They could give anyone fits in Omaha.
An Arkansas Vs. OSU rematch would be amazing.
Correct. Oregon State has pretty much played the year on the road. From AI: "
Oregon State baseball is competing as an independent in the 2025 season, not affiliated with any conference, following the collapse of the Pac-12 Conference.
The Beavers played 20 true road games and 15 neutral-site games in the 2025 regular season, totaling 35 games away from home.
Agree and while I generally support true "State schools" put me down for pulling for the Hogs on this one. Only reason is the story line of 6 straight different SEC teams that we are a part of and roll up on the screen every time they cover it.
Next year we become the 7th consecutive and the first to repeat during the run.
Nah, I don’t want them to ever win one. They put out Tennessee, so I thank them for their service, but they can go 2 & ‘que now.Agree and while I generally support true "State schools" put me down for pulling for the Hogs on this one. Only reason is the story line of 6 straight different SEC teams that we are a part of and roll up on the screen every time they cover it.
Next year we become the 7th consecutive and the first to repeat during the run.
I think this is also a sign that the committee did a poor job in their seeding. Auburn being the 4 seed was a joke. Coastal should have been a national seed, and FSU should have as well.
I know this may trigger Perd, but I think the SEC was overrated as hell this year.
Small thing, but Coastal and FSU were national seeds.
From 1999 to 2017, only the top 8 seeds were ranked nationally. This is where the term "national seed" came from.
Starting in 2018, the top 16 seeds were ranked nationally. So, the #9 and #13 seeds are national seeds.
Some people use the term "national seed" to refer to the top 8 seeds guaranteed to play at home before Omaha. However, the term distinguishes between the 1-4 seeding of a regional and the 1-16 seeding of the top teams in the country.
As I am getting more and more rooted in the northwest, I have come to find myself becoming a fan of both Washington State and Oregon State. Of all the other schools I have been exposed to outside of the SEC footprint, Oklahoma State, Washington State, and Oregon State all feel like my kind of schools.
I also like seeing them all still out here kicking their in state U of rivals in the dìck every so often after getting left in the lurch. The Oregon contingent was getting cocky about baseball and now they have to watch their underfunded, conference-less rival go to the CWS yet again.
I'm starting to root for these Beavs. Wandering the earth and kicking àss like Caine this season. It gives me hope that a baseball culture still means something and our new coach can get ours back on track.
I also like seeing them all still out here kicking their in state U of rivals in the dìck every so often after getting left in the lurch. The Oregon contingent was getting cocky about baseball and now they have to watch their underfunded, conference-less rival go to the CWS yet again.
I'm starting to root for these Beavs. Wandering the earth and kicking àss like Caine this season. It gives me hope that a baseball culture still means something and our new coach can get ours back on track.
Excuse my vernacular, top 8 seeds. Both FSU and Coastal probably should have been top 8 instead of AU and UGA, for example.
Agree. Auburn, OM and Georgia were mostly Beneficiaries of the rpi
Other than Louisville being pretty meh I don’t think it’s a bad field at all. Coastal and Oregon State are really good. Arizona has like 27 Q1 & Q2 wins. LSU and Arkansas are the obvious contenders. UCLA has been pretty dominant this postseason. I don’t give the Duke/Murray State a great chance to go far either I guess. But at least 6 of the 8 are very worthy Omaha teams.
The SEC had a lot of good but not great teams this year. A lot more teams prone to upset, which the Regionals bore out.
The SEC had a lot of good but not great teams this year. A lot more teams prone to upset, which the Regionals bore out.
Pulling for Oregon State because that may be us if things keeping going the way they're going in college football.
Rooting for Murray over Duke tonight because:
- They're a cool story
- Because 17 Duke
- It reminds OM they blew the easiest path they'll ever have to Omaha
They'll go 2 & q and try and set another jello shot record.
All depends on who gets hot. Upigg was #1 for 11 of 16 weeks in 2021 including the final 8 weeks leading up to post-season. Lost to NCState in the supers after scoring 21 runs winning the first game. The losing pitcher in game 3 was Kevin Kopps who finished with a record of 12-1. We all know who won the title.
Coastal is good. Oregon State is good. Arky is hot, but they historically fold in and near the waters of the Missouri. They need a witch doctor to get the ju-ju flowing.
Not judging the teams that make it, just pointing out that, objectively, the national seeds are underrepresented compared to other seasons: 5 of the top 16, 3 of the top 8, 1 of the top 4.
ETA: The only seasons since 1999 with a weaker Omaha field relative to national seeds: 2014 and 2022.
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Which are the two years in the modern era that Mississippi made the field
The SEC was down this year, which is good for the sport. I want to see teams around the country win to keep it growing.
Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good.
They played 10 games in Omaha in those two seasons, only four against national seeds.
Their two wins against a national seed in Omaha:
- 2014, #7 TCU in an elimination game
- 2022, #14 Auburn in game 1
I guess my argument would be that the Top 8 seeds this year were weaker than usual.
They're already hot b/c they've been feasting on weak non-ACC/SEC opponents for 2 weekends in a row.
Calling the 9-16 teams national seeds is like calling the upcoming tournament the MCWS. It’s technically right but only the broadcasters call it that.
It's very simple. Murray State was the 4-seed in the Oxford Regional. Auburn was the 1-seed in the Auburn regional AND the #4 national seed. Coastal Carolina was the 1-seed in the Conway regional AND the #13 national seed. The word national distinguishes between the regional and the overall seeds. The word national doesn't mean top 8.
For 19 years, people thought
national seed = top 8 seed. It's hard for people to get that out of their heads, but calling Southern Miss the #16 national seed makes complete sense because they were seeded as the 16th team in the nation.I
I almost feel it will be this way every year. Only those with good starting pitching and a great bullpen will survive the long tournies.