Blaze Sports Intel
Sports Intelligence Put Simply
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Blaze Sports Intel
Sports Intelligence Put Simply
Blaze Sports Intel
Sports Intelligence Put Simply
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Both of the top two overall seeds, No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Georgia Tech, went home in the first weekend. Four programs that have never been to Omaha are two wins away. The 2026 regionals were the kind of weekend the whole sport is built on, and most of it happened off the broadcast’s front page.
The chalk did not hold. Seven of the sixteen national seeds were eliminated in the regional round, and for the first time the top two overall seeds both lost in the opening weekend. What replaced them is the best part of college baseball: a bracket where a Big West three-seed, an OVC four-seed, a Sun Belt host, and a Big 12 first-timer are all still alive.
Below is the whole field, the seeds that fell, the sixteen teams that survived, and where each of them lands in the eight super regionals that start June 5. Every result is sourced to NCAA.com, ESPN, and the schools’ own athletics departments.
Seven of the sixteen national seeds were knocked out in regionals, five of them by lower-seeded teams that went on to a super regional.
Saint Mary’s (4-seed), which beat UCLA twice. 3-2, then 6-5 in 10 on a Makoa Sniffen walk-off. UCLA became the fifth No. 1 overall seed ever to lose its regional and the first to lose its regional opener.
Oklahoma, 8-7 in 10 innings in a winner-take-all Game 7 on Dayton Tockey’s 454-ft walk-off home run.
Troy (3-seed), 10-2 in the Gainesville Regional final.
Little Rock (4-seed), which went 3-0 to win the Hattiesburg Regional.
St. John’s (4-seed), on Adam Agresti’s go-ahead grand slam in the Tallahassee Regional final.
USC, 7-1 in a winner-take-all Game 7 at the College Station Regional.
Arizona State in the Lincoln Regional elimination bracket, after Ole Miss first sent the host there.
The headline upset belongs to the Los Angeles Regional, and it deserves to be told precisely. No. 1 overall seed UCLA Bruins did not lose to the team that won the regional. The Bruins lost to Saint Mary's Gaels, the four-seed, twice, 3-2 in the opener and 6-5 in ten innings in the elimination game on a Makoa Sniffen walk-off. UCLA became the fifth No. 1 overall seed ever to lose its regional, and the first to lose its regional opener.
Saint Mary’s did the damage; Cal Poly took the prize. The Mustangs went a clean 3-0 and beat Saint Mary’s 5-2 in the regional final to win the first regional title in program history, and now travel to Morgantown. Two different stories, one regional: the Gaels ended the No. 1 overall seed, and Cal Poly is the team still playing.
Lost its opener, won four straight to take its own regional; hosts Ole Miss.
Swept 3-0 to reach a 13th super regional; hosts USC.
Swept 3-0 on Brady Neal’s 11th-inning HR; hosts St. John’s.
Beat Kentucky 6-5 in 10 (Guzman walk-off); hosts a super regional for the first time, vs Cal Poly.
Beat Saint Mary’s 5-2 in the final after No. 1 overall UCLA was knocked out; first regional title in program history.
Won Game 7 at No. 12 Texas A&M 7-1; first super regional since 2005.
Beat Arizona State 5-4 in 10 after sending host Nebraska to elimination.
Beat No. 2 overall Georgia Tech 8-7 in 10 on Tockey’s 454-ft walk-off.
Won four straight elimination games, beat host No. 8 Florida 10-2; first super regional in program history and hosts it.
Went 3-0 as a 4-seed, stunning host No. 9 Southern Miss; first super regional in program history.
Went 3-0 as a 4-seed, beat host No. 10 Florida State twice (Agresti grand slam).
The bracket is more open than it has been in years, and the reason is rest. Five of the eight super regionals pair a team that swept its regional against a team that had to grind through extra innings or a winner-take-all Game 7. In a best-of-three with no margin, the fresher rotation is the most undervalued asset on the board.
Watch the four first-timers. Cal Poly, Little Rock, Troy, and West Virginia are not feel-good footnotes, three of them out-pitch their opponent on paper, and two of them (Cal Poly, Little Rock) are the better-rested team in their series. Omaha is going to have a face it has never seen before.
Best-of-three, June 5–8, higher seed hosts. Win the series, punch a ticket to the Men’s College World Series in Omaha. Full BSI preview for each:
West Virginia Survived Five Games in Four Days. The Reward Is a Rested Cal Poly.
Two Sets of Trojans, One Ticket to Omaha. And Neither Has Ever Been This Far.
North Carolina Swept Its Regional in Three Games. USC Needed Seven to Escape.
Auburn Lost Its Opener and Won Four Straight. Ole Miss Won Two Games in Extra Innings.
Kansas Won the First Regional in Its History. Oklahoma Walked Off Georgia Tech to Get Here.
Alabama Is One Series From Its First Omaha Trip Since 1999. A 4-Seed That Won’t Leave Stands in the Way.
Texas Rolled Through Austin. Oregon Did the Same in Eugene. Now the Rest Runs Out.
Georgia Has Beaten Mississippi State Four Times This Year. It Opens Game 1 Without Its Cleanup Hitter.
All regional results, scores, seeds, and dates verified against NCAA.com, ESPN, and the schools’ official athletics sites (June 1–3, 2026).
