Ranking every SEC live mascot from worst to first
The Texas Longhorns path to the College World Series in Omaha is now known. The full field has been announced for the NCAA postseason baseball tournament. The Longhorns have been named the No. 2 overall seed. Texas will also host one of 16 regionals in Austin.
Joining Texas in the Austin regional is UTSA, Kansas State and Houston Christian. The rest of the top eight national seeds are No. 1 seeded Vanderbilt, Arkansas at No. 3, Auburn at No. 4, North Carolina at No. 5, LSU at No. 6, Georgia at No. 7 and Oregon State at No. 8. Vandy won the SEC postseason tournament.
The SEC has six of the top eight national seeds. Ironically, preseason No. 1 Texas A&M did not make the postseason after a 30-26 overall record. Texas will open the Austin regional on Friday at 2 p.m. against Houston Christian, followed by Kansas State vs. UTSA at 7 p.m. at Disch-Falk Field. The regionals are a four-team double-elimination tournament.
The winner of the Austin regional will play the winner of the UCLA regional, which includes the Bruins, Fresno State, UC Irvine and Arizona State.
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