Vandy No. 1 baseball seed; 13 SEC teams in field

OMAHA, Neb. -- Vanderbilt, which gave up conscionable 3 runs implicit 3 games successful the SEC tournament, was awarded the No. 1 wide effect successful the NCAA shot tourney Monday.

The Commodores were among a grounds 13 teams from the SEC to beryllium selected to the 64-team field.

The tourney opens Friday with 16 double-elimination regionals. Winners beforehand to 8 best-of-three ace regionals. Those winners determination connected to the Men's College World Series successful Omaha opening June 13.

Vanderbilt has won 8 consecutive games and 13 of its past 16 to gain the No. 1 effect for the 2nd time, and archetypal since 2007. The Commodores, who play Wright State successful the opener of the Nashville Regional, is successful the tourney for the 19th consecutive clip for the longest progressive streak.

The nationalist seeds pursuing Vanderbilt (42-16) are Texas (42-12), Arkansas (43-13), Auburn (38-18), North Carolina (42-12), LSU (43-14), Georgia (42-15) and Oregon State (41-12-1). Those 8 teams volition beryllium successful enactment to big ace regionals if they triumph their regionals.

Seeds Nos. 9 done 16: Florida State (38-14), Mississippi (40-19), Clemson (44-16), Oregon (42-14), Coastal Carolina (48-11), Tennessee (43-16), UCLA (42-16) and Southern Mississippi (44-14).

The past 4 teams to get at-large bids, successful alphabetical order, were Arizona State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Southern California.

The archetypal 4 teams near retired were Southeastern Louisiana, Troy, UConn and Virginia.

The SEC's 13 teams successful the tourney are 2 much than its then-record 11 that made it successful 2024.