Florida Gators earn No. 2 overall seed, Gainesville Regional opponents revealed
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — There’s no place like home. The Florida Gators won’t have to leave the friendly confines of Condron Family Ballpark unless they advance to the College World Series. Monday it was revealed that Florida was the No. 2 overall seed in the 2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament and will host a Regional as well as a Super Regional.
This is Kevin O’Sullivan’s 16th season at the helm of the Florida Gators and the 10th time the team has earned a National Seed.
Sunday night it was revealed that the Gators were a regional host. The 2023 campaign marked Florida’s third-straight season hosting an NCAA Regional including the 13th overall under O’Sullivan out of a possible 15 seasons (no NCAA Tournament in 2020). In total, this will be the 19th NCAA Gainesville Regional hosted in program history.
The Gainesville Regional has matched up the Columbia Regional, which includes South Carolina (39-19), NC State (35-19), Central Conn. State (36-12) and Campbell (44-13). If Florida advances past the Gainesville Regional, it will host the winner of the Columbia Regional for a Super Regional with a ticket to Omaha on the line.
Gainesville Regional
Florida (44-14) vs. FAMU (29-28)
Texas Tech (39-21) vs. UConn (43-15)
Years Florida was a National Seed under Sully
2009 Florida 42-22 (.656) 19-11.633 | NCAA Super Regional, SEC East Champion, No. 8 national seed
2010 Florida 47-17 .734 22-8 .733 | NCAA College World Series, SEC Champion, No. 3 national seed
2011 Florida 53-19 .736 22-8 .733 | NCAA CWS Runner-Up, SEC Champion, No. 2 national seed
2012 Florida 47-20 .701 18-12 .600 | NCAA College World Series, No. 1 national seed
2014 Florida 40-23 .635 21-9 .700 | SEC Champion, No. 2 national seed
2015 Florida 52-18 .743 19-11 .633 | NCAA College World Series, No. 4 national seed
2016 Florida 52-16 .765 19-10 .655 | NCAA College World Series, No. 1 national seed
2017 Florida 52-19 .732 21-9 .700 | NCAA Champions, SEC Champions, No. 3 national seed
2018 Florida 49-21 .700 20-10 .667 | NCAA College World Series, SEC Champion No. 1 national seed
2023 Florida 44-14 .759 20-10 .667 |
16 Regional host sites
(Regional sites listed in order of seed)
1. Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Wake Forest)
2. Gainesville, Florida (Florida)
3. Fayetteville, Arkansas (Arkansas)
4. Clemson, South Carolina (Clemson)
5. Baton Rouge, Louisiana (LSU)
6. Nashville, Tennessee (Vanderbilt)
7. Charlottesville, Virginia (Virginia)
8. Palo Alto, California (Stanford)
9. Coral Gables, Florida (Miami)
10. Conway, South Carolina (Coastal Carolina)
11. Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma State)
12. Lexington, Kentucky (Kentucky)
13. Auburn, Alabama (Auburn)
14. Terre Haute, Indiana (Indiana State)
15. Columbia, South Carolina (South Carolina)
16. Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Alabama)
