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USA Today
26-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
NCAA Baseball Tournament 2025: Clemson Tigers' official seed, regional bracket revealed
NCAA Baseball Tournament 2025: Clemson Tigers' official seed, regional bracket revealed The Clemson Tigers learned Sunday night that they were one of the 16 teams that will host a regional in the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Tigers (44-16 overall), ranked No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and No. 9 in RPI, now know what their potential path to Omaha looks like and which teams they'll welcome to Doug Kingsmore Stadium for the start of regional play this Friday, as well as their overall seeding and who they might face in a Super Regional. The 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament bracket was unveiled in full on Monday. Here are the teams that will be heading to the Clemson Regional. Clemson baseball 2025 NCAA tournament regional opponents No. 2 seed: West Virginia Mountaineers (41-14, No. 28 in RPI) No. 3 seed: Kentucky Wildcats (29-24, No. 38 in RPI) No. 4 seed: USC Upstate (36-23, No. 86 in RPI) As the No. 11 overall seed, Clemson will open regional play against USC Upstate beginning Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. It's the third consecutive year the Tigers have hosted a regional and the 19th time overall since 1980. Clemson, No. 9 in the RPI, has a strength of schedule ranked No. 17. The Tigers are 10-10 against Quad 1 teams, 14-5 against Quad 2 opponents, 9-1 vs. Quad 3 teams, and 11-0 against Quad 4 competition. USC Upstate, who Clemson defeated 7-0 in the regular season on March 4, captured their first Big South tournament championship on Saturday by beating Charleston Southern, 14-2. It's the first-ever NCAA regional appearance for the Spartans. West Virginia won the Big 12 regular season title and was eliminated by Arizona in its conference tournament on Friday. The Mountaineers are No. 28 in RPI. Kentucky was eliminated from the SEC Tournament by Oklahoma on Day 1 but is No. 38 in RPI with a strength of schedule ranked ninth. Clemson baseball potential Super Regional matchups Clemson is paired with No. 6 seed LSU (43-14) in tournament bracket seeding. A Clemson-LSU matchup in the Super Regional would see Cam Cannarella, Aidan Knaak and the Tigers visit Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, if both regional hosts advance. LSU will host No. 2 seed Dallas Baptist (40-16), No. 3 seed Rhode Island (38-20) and No. 4 seed Little Rock (24-32) in the Baton Rouge Regional. NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket 2025, overall seeds 1-16 1. Vanderbilt Commodores (42-16) 2. Texas Longhorns (42-12) 3. Arkansas Razorbacks (43-13) 4. Auburn Tigers (38-18) 5. North Carolina Tar Heels (42-12) 6. LSU Tigers (43-14) 7. Georgia Bulldogs (42-15) 8. Oregon State Beavers (41-12) 9. Florida State Seminoles (38-14) 10. Ole Miss Rebels (40-13) 11. Clemson Tigers (44-16) 12. Oregon Ducks (42-14) 13. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (48-11) 14. Tennessee Volunteers (43-16) 15. UCLA Bruins (42-16) 16. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (44-14) Clemson baseball regional schedule 2025 Clemson will open its regional against No. 4 seed USC Upstate on Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. That same day, West Virginia will face Kentucky in the No. 2 vs. No. 3 seed matchup. Start times and TV information will be announced later in the day. Contact us @Clemson_Wire on X, and like our page on Facebook for ongoing coverage of Clemson Tigers news and notes, plus opinions.
USA Today
24-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
NCAA Tournament projections for Alabama baseball after quick SEC Tournament exit
NCAA Tournament projections for Alabama baseball after quick SEC Tournament exit The latest expert projections for the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament are in, and the Alabama Crimson Tide have fallen a few spots. Alabama (41-16 overall) will still be in the final 64-team postseason bracket when it's unveiled in full on Monday. Nothing the Crimson Tide did this week at the SEC Tournament is Hoover was ever going to change that. What Alabama and its fans had hoped for was a strong enough showing to lock up a top-16 national seed. Doing so would have ensured Alabama of hosting an NCAA tournament regional. Given that coach Rob Vaughn's team had already won 40 games and was No. 9 in the RPI, it wasn't an outrageous thought. Even so, those hopes fell by the wayside on Day 2 in Hoover when Tennessee eliminated Alabama from the SEC's tournament with a 15-10 thumping. Alabama went 1-1 in Hoover, nudging past No. 16 seed Missouri 4-1 for its only victory this week. In other words, the Crimson Tide did nothing to make one last positive impression on the selection committee who will decide their fate over the weekend. In the meantime, here are the experts' latest postseason projections for Alabama as of Saturday. NCAA Baseball Tournament 2025: Will Alabama host a regional after SEC Tournament trounce? Baseball America: Alabama is a two-seed projection, visiting host Florida State (38-13) with Oklahoma State (28-23) and Bethune-Cookman (36-21) in the Tallahassee Regional at Dick Howser Stadium. D1 Baseball: Alabama is a two-seed projection, visiting host Clemson (43-15) with UConn (38-20) and Xavier (32-27) in the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Tennessean: Alabama is a two-seed projection, visiting host Florida State with Troy (39-21) and Bethune-Cookman in Tallahassee Regional. On3: Alabama is a two-seed projection, visiting host Clemson with Troy and USC Upstate (35-23) in Clemson Regional. Alabama baseball RPI Heading into Saturday, Alabama was 12th in the college baseball RPI with a 41-16 overall record. The Crimson Tide are No. 19 in strength of schedule rankings and are 14-12 against Quad 1 opponents, 6-3 against Quad 2 teams, 4-0 against Quad 3 teams, and 17-1 against Quad 4 opponents. Alabama dropped three spots in the RPI following their loss to Tennessee. Contact/Follow us @RollTideWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Alabama news, notes and opinion.
