The USI still has GT softball in only by a slim margin
Things are starting to finally look right again for Georgia Tech Baseball after sweeping Western Carolina and winning both midweek games, giving the Jackets a five six game winning streak going into their final home series of the season against #20 Louisville. Last week, we had Georgia Tech still firmly in the field, but having lost their projected hosting spot after a seven game skid.
Across Fowler Street for the Softball team, they did not games scheduled in the final weekend of ACC play. The current projections does not include their win over Cal and loss to #8 Florida State in the ACC Tournament. They were a Last Four In team last week, and beating a projected at-large team in Cal surely will do some good lifting for Tech’s chances. That said, they are far enough back that they could end up on the outside looking in depending on how other conference tournaments finish.
If you’re new to the Universal Selection Index here at FTRS, we have our own NCAA Projection methodology created by Jake Grant: (USI), which 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), 5/8/2025
#1 Texas Regional: Troy, UConn, Bethune-Cookman
#2 Georgia Regional: Kansas, NC State, Central Connecticut State
#3 North Carolina Regional: Mississippi State, UT-Rio Grande Valley, Holy Cross
#4 Arkansas Regional: Iowa, Miami (FL), Bryant
#5 West Virginia Regional: Wake Forest, South Carolina, UNLV
#6 Tennessee Regional: USC, Arizona State, Yale
#7 Vanderbilt Regional: Dallas Baptist, Stanford, Oral Roberts
#8 Alabama Regional: Southern Miss, ETSU, Tennessee Tech
#9 Clemson Regional: Western Kentucky, Oregon, Saint Mary’s
#10 Florida State Regional: Auburn, Xavier (Last Four In), Fairfield
#11 LSU Regional: UCLA, Georgia Tech, Kent State
#12 Florida Regional: Louisville, Lamar (Last Four In), High Point
#13 Oklahoma Regional: Arizona, Duke (Last Four In), Abeline Christian
#14 Coastal Carolina Regional: Ole Miss, Northeastern, Wright State
#15 TCU Regional: UTSA, Texas A&M (Last Four In), Stetson
#16 UC Irvine Regional: Oregon State, Richmond, Murray State
First Four Out: Kansas State, Cal Poly, McNeese, Kentucky
Full Projected NCAA Softball Tournament Field (regionals not adjusted for geographic considerations), 5/8/2025
#1 Texas A&M Regional: North Carolina, UCF, LIU
#2 Oklahoma Regional: Grand Canyon, Arizona State, Howard
#3 Texas Regional: Virginia, Washington, Florida A&M
#4 Oregon Regional: Auburn, San Diego State, Cleveland State
#5 Florida State Regional: Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee State
#6 Florida Regional: Cal, Cal State Fullerton, Saint Joseph’s
#7 UCLA Regional: Ole Miss, Georgia Tech (Last Four In), Boston University
#8 Arkansas Regional: Liberty, Indiana (Last Four In), USC Upstate
#9 Arizona Regional: Mississippi State, Nevada (Last Four In), Saint Mary’s
#10 Tennessee Regional: Coastal Carolina, BYU (Last Four In), Delaware
#11 South Carolina Regional: Oklahoma State, North Florida, Ohio
#12 LSU Regional: Nebraska, Omaha, Binghamton
#13 Clemson Regional: Alabama, Marist, Southeastern Louisiana
#14 Virginia Tech Regional: Ohio State, Kentucky, Belmont
#15 Florida Atlantic Regional: Duke, Saint John’s, Princeton
#16 Stanford Regional: Texas Tech, Idaho State, Chattanooga
First Four Out: South Florida, Northwestern, Missouri, Michigan