There's plenty to be determined when it comes to regional hosts and bubble teams entering this week's slate of conference tournaments, but Wake Forest appears well on its way to being the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament.
In this week's projections by The Times-Picayune/Advocate, the Demon Deacons (45-9) lead the way while teams like Florida (42-13) and Clemson (39-17) continue to climb in national seeding.
Dallas Baptist (42-13) dips just out of the hosting picture this week, allowing Indiana State (38-17) to move up as the No. 16 overall seed.
Texas, East Carolina, Indiana and Southern Miss all remain in contention for possible host sites, but each team will have to work to do in conference tournament action this week.
Winston-Salem
1. Wake Forest* (1)
2. Iowa
3. Texas State
4. Fairfield*
Gainesville
1. Florida* (2)
2. Troy
3. Arizona State
4. Alabama State*
Fayetteville
1. Arkansas (3)
2. Washington
3. Kansas State
4. San Diego State*
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Stanford
1. Stanford* (4)
2. Alabama
3. UC-Santa Barbara*
4. Loyola-Marymount*
Baton Rouge
1. LSU (5)
2. North Carolina
3. Oregon
4. Nicholls*
Nashville
1. Vanderbilt (6)
2. Southern Miss
3. UC-Irvine
4. Lipscomb*
Clemson
1. Clemson (7)
2. Dallas Baptist*
3. Texas A&M
4. Penn*
Conway
1. Coastal Carolina* (8)
2. Campbell*
3. Northeastern
4. Central Connecticut*
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Charlottesville
1. Virginia (9)
2. East Carolina*
3. UNC-Wilmington*
4. Maine*
Morgantown
1. West Virginia* (10)
2. UConn*
3. Kent State*
4. Saint Joseph's*
Coral Gables
1. Miami (11)
2. Auburn
3. Texas Tech
4. Oral Roberts*
Columbia
1. South Carolina (12)
2. Boston College
3. Southern Cal
4. Samford*
Stillwater
1. Oklahoma State (13)
2. Oregon State
3. Notre Dame
4. Grand Canyon*
Durham
1. Duke (14)
2. Tennessee
3. Maryland*
4. Army*
Lexington
1. Kentucky (15)
2. Texas
3. North Carolina State
4. Morehead State*
Terre Haute
1. Indiana State* (16)
2. Indiana
3. TCU
4. Wright State*
*Automatic bid
