Projected Field of 64 for 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament (March 26)

Mo. Basuony

Published: March 28, 2026 6:27 AM ET

Projected Field of 64 for 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament (March 26)

The 2026 season has felt more stable than the last one. Filmogaz.com released its first in-season projected field of 64 on March 26. The projection aims to show how the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament field might look on Selection Monday.

Process and seeding changes

Filmogaz.com adjusted its method from 2025. It no longer uses Top 25 rankings to set a national seed order. The goal is a Selection Monday projection, not a live ranking.

The NCAA changed its seeding format this year. The committee will rank the top 32 teams instead of only the top 16 hosts. Seeds 1-16 will host regionals. Seeds 17-32 will be placed into brackets using that ranking.

The bracket pairing follows a clear structure. Teams seeded 29-32 pair with the top four national seeds. Seeds 25-28 pair with national seeds 5-8. Seeds 21-24 pair with seeds 9-12. Seeds 17-20 pair with seeds 13-16.

Conference representation

The SEC tops the projection with 13 bids. The ACC follows with 10. The Big 12 has six projected bids.

Other conferences with multiple bids include the Big Ten (4) and the Sun Belt (4). Conference USA and The American each have two projected bids.

Projected bracket

Westwood, Calif.

1. (1) UCLA^* (Big Ten)
2. (32) Kansas State (Big 12)
3. Cal Baptist* (WAC)
4. Nevada* (Mountain West)

Los Angeles, Calif.

1. (16) Southern California^ (Big Ten)
2. (17) Arizona State (Big 12)
3. LSU (SEC)
4. Lamar* (Southland)

Austin, Tex.

1. (2) Texas^* (SEC)
2. (31) Missouri State* (CUSA)
3. Louisville (ACC)
4. Oral Roberts* (Summit)

Oxford, Miss.

1. (15) Ole Miss^ (SEC)
2. (18) NC State (ACC)
3. Kansas (Big 12)
4. Fairleigh Dickinson* (NEC)

Atlanta, Ga.

1. (3) Georgia Tech^* (ACC)
2. (30) Nebraska (Big Ten)
3. Texas A&M (SEC)
4. Bethune-Cookman* (SWAC)

Corvallis, Ore.

1. (14) Oregon State^ (Independent)
2. (20) Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt)
3. UC Santa Barbara* (Big West)
4. Portland* (WCC)

Auburn, Ala.

1. (4) Auburn^ (SEC)
2. (29) South Florida* (AAC)
3. Pitt (ACC)
4. Bryant* (America East)

Morgantown, W.Va.

1. (13) West Virginia^* (Big 12)
2. (19) Kentucky (SEC)
3. Kent State* (MAC)
4. Penn* (Ivy)

Charlottesville, Va.

1. (5) Virginia^ (ACC)
2. (26) Florida (SEC)
3. Louisiana (Sun Belt)
4. Illinois State* (MVC)

Norman, Okla.

1. (12) Oklahoma^ (SEC)
2. (21) Oregon (Big Ten)
3. UTSA (AAC)
4. Wright State* (Horizon)

Starkville, Miss.

1. (6) Mississippi State^ (SEC)
2. (28) Notre Dame (ACC)
3. Central Florida (Big 12)
4. High Point* (Big South)

Chapel Hill, N.C.

1. (11) North Carolina^ (ACC)
2. (22) Alabama (SEC)
3. UNC Wilmington* (CAA)
4. Fairfield* (MAAC)

Athens, Ga.

1. (7) Georgia^ (SEC)
2. (27) Wake Forest (ACC)
3. Mercer* (Southern)
4. Holy Cross* (Patriot)

Hattiesburg, Miss.

1. (10) Southern Miss^* (Sun Belt)
2. (23) Cincinnati (Big 12)
3. Creighton* (Big East)
4. Little Rock* (OVC)

Tallahassee, Fla.

1. (8) Florida State^ (ACC)
2. (25) Tennessee (SEC)
3. Arkansas State (Sun Belt)
4. Florida Gulf Coast* (ASUN)

Fayetteville, Ark.

1. (9) Arkansas^ (SEC)
2. (24) Clemson (ACC)
3. Jacksonville State (CUSA)
4. VCU* (A10)

* denotes automatic bid. ^ denotes regional host.

Bubble and alternates

The projection lists four teams on the edge of inclusion. The last four in are Arkansas State, Jacksonville State, Pitt and UTSA. The first four out are Miami, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech.

Teams next on the list include TCU, Southeast Missouri, Baylor and East Carolina. The projected field reflects current form and schedule strength.

Filmogaz.com designed this projection to mirror the new 32-seed system. It offers one view of how the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament field could shape up on Selection Monday.