By: Kipp Branch

TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services

College Baseball National Top Sixteen Seeds came out this week and they are listed below for the NCAA Baseball Tourney.

The top 16 seeds host a regional and then the winners of the regionals go to the Super Regionals the following week with the 8 winners advancing to the College World Series in Omaha on June 15^th.

Sixty-four teams are chosen for the NCAA baseball tourney. Top 16 Seeds:

1. UCLA (47-8) 2. Vanderbilt (49-10) 3. Georgia Tech (41-17) 4. Georgia (44-15) 5. Arkansas (41-17) 6. Mississippi St. (46-13) 7. Louisville (43-15) 8. Texas Tech (39-17) 9. Oklahoma St. (36-18)
2. East Carolina (43-15) 11. Stanford (41-11) 12. Ole Miss (37-25) 13. LSU (37-24)
3. North Carolina (42-17) 15. West Virginia (37-20) 16. Oregon St. (36-18-1)

Regional Winners:

UCLA: Top ranked Bruins look very good in 2019. Baylor could pose a problem but look for UCLA to advance to the Supers.

Vanderbilt: Vandy should coast through the Nashville regional.

Georgia Tech: The Jackets have Coastal Carolina and Auburn in the Atlanta regional. This one could get interesting. Give me GT to move on the Super Regional.

Georgia: The Dawgs have a future major league rotation playing currently in college. FSU in Mike Martin’s last year could cause some issues. Mercer playing in the Athens regional has nothing to lose. What if the UGA/Mercer game comes down to a Randon Jernigan vs Will Bowdoin matchup of former Glynn Academy Red Terrors teammates? Dawgs move on to host a Super Regional.

Arkansas: Are the Hogs on a mission in 2019? They were a foul ball catch away from being National Champs in 2018. Hogs win the Fayetteville Regional.

Miami: The Canes upset Mississippi State in the Starkville regional. State will choke at home.

North Carolina State: The Wolfpack beat East Carolina on their home turf to win the regional. This is a sleeper team folks and not a huge upset in the Greenville Regional.

Stanford: The Cardinal get a scare from UC Santa Barbara but move on.

Clemson: The Tigers win the Oxford regional over Ole Miss who have no business hosting a regional with 25 regular season losses.

Arizona State: Call me crazy but I think ASU beats LSU in the Baton Rouge regional.

Tennessee: The Vols shock the Tar Heels in the Chapel Hill regional and move to the Supers.

Louisville: The Cardinals coast through the regional they host.

Oklahoma State: Solid baseball program that will win their home regional and move on.

Oregon State: The Beavers have a great baseball program and will have no problem at home.

Texas Tech: The Red Raiders are solid, but the committee sent Florida to Lubbock. Texas Tech advances.

Texas A&M: The Aggies win the Morgantown Regional and send West Virginia packing. Solid pitching for A&M

Super Regionals Best 2 of 3:

Vanderbilt hosts Texas A&M: SEC Matchup. The Commodores are thinking Omaha and National Championship. Vandy in 2

NC State at Louisville: Wolfpack wins in 3

Miami at Stanford: Canes have to travel too far and get swept in 2.

Tennessee at GT: Going to be a great Super. Give me the Jackets in 3.

Oregon State at UCLA: Pac-12 matchup. UCLA in 2.

Oklahoma State at Texas Tech: Big-12 matchup. Give me Oklahoma State in 3 in an upset.

Clemson at Arkansas: The Hogs beat Clemson in 2, and roll into Omaha.

Arizona State at Georgia: Dawgs pitching gets by the Sun Devils in 2.

College World Series Teams:

Vanderbilt

NC State

Stanford

Georgia Tech

UCLA

Oklahoma State

Arkansas

Georgia

Your 2019 National Champions: Vanderbilt. College baseball is a great game to watch.