NCAA Tournament projections for Alabama entering final weekends of SEC baseball play
NCAA Tournament projections for Alabama entering final weekends of SEC baseball play
Alabama baseball capped its impressive run in midweek games Tuesday with a 10-2 win over the Troy Trojans in a matchup of Top 25 teams.
Behind outfielders Kade Snell (4-for-5, HR, 5 RBI) and Garrett Staton (2-4, 3 RBI) and shortstop Justin Lebron (2-2, HR), Alabama jumped out to a 7-0 lead early at Riddle-Pace Field. With the win, the Crimson Tide finished with a perfect 13-0 record in midweek games this season.
Alabama, ranked No. 20 in this week's USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, is now 37-12 overall after its bounce-back win. It was a welcome response from a team that blew a five-run lead late at Vanderbilt in a gut-punch loss in the series-deciding game on Sunday. Rob Vaughn's team is ranked No. 12 in the RPI.
Wednesday saw the release of the updated field of 64 projections for the 2025 NCAA Tournament from both Baseball America and D1 Baseball. Here are the latest postseason projections for Alabama.
Updated Alabama baseball NCAA Tournament projections
Baseball America: Two-seed projection, visiting Coastal Carolina (38-11) at Conway (S.C.) Regional with UConn Huskies (30-18) and High Point (33-15).
Baseball America dropped Alabama as a projected regional site host to one of the top two-seed teams after its series loss to Vanderbilt. At one point, the Crimson Tide were considered a top eight national seed by Baseball America after their series win over Oklahoma at the end of March. Coastal Carolina moved to No. 14 in the Coaches Poll this week and defeated No. 9 Clemson on Tuesday.
D1 Baseball: Two-seed projection, visiting Clemson Tigers (37-13) at Clemson Regional with Cincinnati Bearcats (28-20), and Wright State (30-15).
D1 Baseball kept the Crimson Tide in a projected Clemson Regional with the host Tigers and Wright State while subbing out Xavier for Cincinnati. The team that ranks just ahead of Alabama in D1 Baseball's host site projections is No. 16 seed UCLA.
NCAA Baseball Tournament projections, updated May 7
The Texas Longhorns (39-8) remain the No. 1 overall seed in both Baseball America and D1 Baseball projections. Baseball America has the Georgia Bulldogs as the No. 2 seed, Florida State at No. 3, Arkansas at No. 4, and Auburn rounding out the top five seeds. D1 Baseball has Arkansas as the No. 2 seed, followed by FSU at No. 3. LSU and Georgia round out the top five seeds.
Alabama schedule 2025
The Crimson Tide (13-11 SEC) can significantly boost their chances at grabbing one of the final spots as a regional host in the NCAA Tournament this weekend against Georgia (39-11, 15-9). The Tide host the Bulldogs beginning Friday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium, with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. CT. Alabama visits the Florida Gators (25-21) to close the regular season May 15-17.
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