This is UT’s fifth straight appearance in the regional tournament and 62nd overall.
AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time in two years, the NCAA baseball tournament is coming to Austin.
During a selection show on Monday, baseball officials announced Texas is the No. 2 overall seed.
The Longhorns will host UT San Antonio, Kansas State and Houston Christian. The winner will play UCLA, UC Irvine, Arizona State or Fresno State in the super regionals.
This is UT’s fifth straight appearance in the regional tournament and 62nd overall. It starts on Friday with 16 double-elimination regionals. Winners advance to eight best-of-three super regionals. Those winners move on to the College World Series in Omaha beginning June 13.
Vanderbilt, which gave up just three runs over three games in the SEC Tournament, was awarded the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament on Monday and was among a record 13 teams from the conference to be selected to the 64-team field.
Vanderbilt has won eight straight games and 13 of its past 16 to earn the No. 1 seed for the second time, and first since 2007.
The national seeds following 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 eight teams would be in line to host super regionals if they win their regionals.
Seeds Nos. 9 through 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 last four teams to get at-large bids, in alphabetical order, were Arizona State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Southern California.
The first four teams left out were Southeastern Louisiana, Troy, UConn and Virginia.
The SEC’s 13 teams in the tournament are two more than its record 11 that made it in 2024.
First-year SEC member Texas, which opened 38-5 overall and 19-2 in conference play, appeared to be a lock for the No. 1 seed before finishing 5-7 with a loss to Tennessee in its conference tournament opener. Arkansas won 20 SEC regular-season games for the third straight year and set a program record with 110 homers. Auburn’s No. 4 national seed ties the 2003 team for the highest in program history.
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