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NCAA Baseball Tournament seeding: Which teams will host regionals, supers before College World Series?

austin curtright, usa today network
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The College World Series is nearly here, with the first 16 seeds of the NCAA Baseball Tournament being announced on Sunday night.

The 16 teams named on Sunday will each host a four-team regional at their home field, with the top eight (or highest remaining) seeds also clinching home-field advantage for the super regionals should they advance.

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The SEC ended up with several teams inside of the top 16, including Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia and Texas A&M. While the SEC had a loaded conference this season, there were numerous upsets in the SEC Baseball Tournament, with South Carolina, Vanderbilt and LSU making the semifinals alongside Tennessee, which defeated LSU in the finals on Sunday.

Here are the 16 hosts of the NCAA baseball tournament's regional round:

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Who is the No. 1 overall seed of the 2024 Baseball Tournament?

While it was largely a formality, Tennessee was officially named the No. 1 overall seed Monday during the seeding show.

The Vols finished 50-11 (22-8 SEC) and tied with Kentucky atop the conference standings. But the SEC Tournament win Sunday sealed the deal for Tennessee.

2024 Baseball Tournament top 16 seeds

Note: Teams are in order of announcement, not by ranking.

  1. Tennessee Volunteers

  2. Kentucky Wildcats

  3. Texas A&M Aggies

  4. North Carolina Tar Heels

  5. Arkansas Razorbacks

  6. Clemson Tigers

  7. Georgia Bulldogs

  8. Florida State Seminoles

  9. Oklahoma Sooners

  10. NC State Wolfpack

  11. Oklahoma State Cowboys

  12. Virginia Cavaliers

  13. Arizona Wildcats

  14. UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

  15. Oregon State Beavers

  16. East Carolina Pirates

2024 Baseball Tournament super regional hosts

  1. Tennessee

  2. Kentucky

  3. Texas A&M

  4. North Carolina

  5. Arkansas

  6. Clemson

  7. Georgia

  8. Florida State

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NCAA Baseball Tournament seeding: Which teams will host regionals, supers?