Both Tech Softball & Baseball still sit in our projected tournament field
It was not the best week for the Georgia Tech in the two base sports, baseball extending their losing streak to seven games before a Kent Schmidt walkoff to get back in the win column on Sunday against Virginia.
Softball faced a gauntlet, playing #24 Georgia before a series against #19 Clemson, dropping all four games in that stretch.
The good news: we still have Georgia Tech projected to make the NCAA Tournament field in both sports. The bad news: baseball no longer is projected to host a regional, and softball is teetering ever closer to the wrong side of the at-large bids, but a win in the ACC Tournament could shore up their spot.
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.
Full Projected NCAA Baseball Tournament Field (regionals not adjusted for geographic considerations), 5/1/2025
#1 Texas Regional: McNeese, Troy, Bethune-Cookman
#2 West Virginia Regional: Wake Forest, Oregon, Holy Cross
#3 North Carolina Regional: Xavier, Cal Poly, New Mexico
#4 Clemson Regional: South Carolina, Western Kentucky, Central Connecticut State
#5 Georgia Regional: Southern Miss, NC State, Tennessee Tech
#6 Florida State Regional: Dallas Baptist, Arizona State, Yale
#7 Alabama Regional: USC, Miami, Gonzaga
#8 Tennessee Regional: Georgia Tech, Lamar (Last Four In), Bryant
#9 Arkansas Regional: Iowa, Virginia Tech, Rider
#10 LSU Regional: UCLA, Stanford (Last Four In), Ball State
#11 UC Irvine Regional: UTSA, Mississippi State, USC Upstate
#12 Ole Miss Regional: Arizona, Northeastern, Oral Roberts
#13 TCU Regional: Auburn, UT-Rio Grande Valley (Last Four In), Abeline Christian
#14 Oklahoma Regional: Louisville, ETSU, Wright State
#15 Coastal Carolina Regional: Oregon State, Vanderbilt (Last Four In), Stetson
#16 Kansas Regional: Florida, Murray State, Richmond
First Four Out: Texas A&M, Liberty, Duke, Kansas State
Full Projected NCAA Softball Tournament Field (regionals not adjusted for geographic considerations), 5/1/2025
#1 Oklahoma Regional: Virginia, UCF, Howard
#2 Texas A&M Regional: Cal, Cal State Fullerton, LIU
#3 Texas Regional: Washington, North Carolina, Florida A&M
#4 Florida State Regional: Grand Canyon, Kentucky, Tennessee State
#5 UCLA Regional: Auburn, Arizona State, USC Upstate
#6 Florida Regional: Nebraska, South Florida, Boston University
#7 Arkansas Regional: Liberty, Georgia Tech (Last Four In), Saint Joseph’s
#8 Arizona Regional: Mississippi State, San Diego State, Cleveland State
#9 Oregon Regional: Ole Miss, Nevada (Last Four In), Santa Clara
#10 South Carolina Regional: Oklahoma State, Iowa (Last Four In), Delaware
#11 LSU Regional: Coastal Carolina, Indiana (Last Four In), Harvard
#12 Virginia Tech Regional: Georgia, Omaha, Ohio
#13 Clemson Regional: Alabama, North Florida, Binghamton
#14 FAU Regional: Duke, Chattanooga, Southeastern Louisiana
#15 Tennessee Regional: Ohio State, Idaho State, St. John’s
#16 Texas Tech Regional: Stanford, Marist, Belmont
First Four Out: Michigan, BYU, Northwestern, North Texas