
See where USI puts Georgia Tech in both tournaments
One of the bubbling stories as we approach spring tournament season is that for the first time since 2022, both Georgia Tech Baseball and Softball are on track to make their respective NCAA Tournaments. Baseball is almost surely a lock at this point. Softball will need some more wins down the stretch to really lock in their position, but they look good as of now.
Here at FTRS, we have our own NCAA Projection methodology created by Jake Grant, coined the Universal Selection Index (USI), that has a 95% success rate of correctly predicting who will make the tournament field.
With that, here are the projected tournament fields for both softball and baseball.
Full Projected NCAA Baseball Tournament Field (regionals not adjusted for geographic considerations), 4/24/2025
#1 Texas Regional: Xavier, Northeastern, Alabama State
#2 Clemson Regional: Vanderbilt, Troy, New Mexico
#3 West Virginia Regional: Virginia Tech, Oregon, Holy Cross
#4 LSU Regional: Wake Forest, Liberty, Bryant
#5 North Carolina Regional: Dallas Baptist, Mississippi State, Columbia
#6 Georgia Regional: Cal Poly, Stanford, Little Rock
#7 Arkansas Regional: UTSA, NC State, Gonzaga
#8 Tennessee Regional: McNeese, Southern Miss, Central Connecticut State
#9 Alabama Regional: Louisville, UT-Rio Grande Valley, USC Upstate
#10 Florida State Regional: Ole Miss, USC, Ball State
#11 Southeastern Louisiana Regional: UCLA, Texas A&M (last four in), Oral Roberts
#12 Oregon State Regional: Florida, Lamar (last four in), Wright State
#13 Oklahoma Regional: UC Irvine, Richmond, Fairfield
#14 Auburn Regional: Kansas, Western Kentucky (last four in), Grand Canyon
#15 Georgia Tech Regional: TCU, ETSU, Murray State
#16 Arizona Regional: Coastal Carolina, Duke (last four in), Stetson
First Four out: Miami, Notre Dame, Mercer, South Carolina
Full Projected NCAA Softball Tournament Field (regionals not adjusted for geographic considerations), 4/24/2025
#1 Texas A&M Regional: North Carolina, Arizona State, Howard
#2 Texas Regional: Virginia, BYU, LIU
#3 Oklahoma Regional: Washington, Georgia Tech, Florida A&M
#4 Florida State Regional: Auburn, South Florida (last four in), Boston University
#5 Oregon Regional: Mississippi State, Cal, Tennessee State
#6 Florida Regional: Grand Canyon, Indiana (last four in), Saint Joseph’s
#7 UCLA Regional: Alabama, North Texas (last four in), Harvard
#8 South Carolina Regional: Nebraska, UCF (last four in), Cleveland State
#9 Arkansas Regional: Liberty, Omaha, Delaware
#10 Arizona Regional: Georgia, San Diego State, Oregon State
#11 LSU Regional: Oklahoma State, Idaho State, Ohio
#12 Florida Atlantic Regional: Coastal Carolina, Kentucky, Radford
#13 Virginia Tech Regional: Ohio State, North Florida, Binghamton
#14 Tennessee Regional: Duke, Cal-Fullerton, St. John’s
#15 Texas Tech Regional: Stanford, Southeastern Louisiana, UNC Greensboro
#16 Clemson: Ole Miss, Marist, Belmont
First Four Out: Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada