NCAA Baseball Regionals Open With 64 Teams as UCLA Lands No. 1 Seed
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Updated · ESPN · May 25
NCAA Baseball Regionals Open With 64 Teams as UCLA Lands No. 1 Seed
9 articles · Updated · ESPN · May 25
Play begins Friday in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, with 64 teams entering 16 double-elimination regionals on the road to Omaha.
UCLA headlines the bracket as the top overall seed after holding No. 1 all season, followed by Georgia Tech, Georgia, Auburn, North Carolina, Texas, Alabama and Florida.
The SEC will host 7 of the 16 regionals, nearly half the field, while the Big Ten and ACC host three each and Southern Miss is the only host outside the Power 4.
Kansas is hosting a regional for the first time and West Virginia for only the second, underscoring a broader shift after the Big 12 had no regional hosts in 2025.
Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals on June 5-8, with the Men's College World Series set for June 12-22.
As the SEC hosts nearly half the regionals, which underdog has the best chance to disrupt their dominance?
What hidden weakness could derail dominant No. 1 seed UCLA's path to the College World Series?
With MLB's draft strategy shifting, will college stars' tournament heroics still guarantee a top pick?