re: College Baseball Landscape: National Seeds/Regional Hosts and More

They've been doing this crap for a few years.

However, this year is different because the SEC and ACC is so much better than the rest of the country.

Sub-100 RPI teams lead the Big Ten and Pac 12. Think about that.

Texas Tech is a stretch to keep all eight national seeds from being SEC or ACC.

12 of the 13 top teams in the RPI are SEC or ACC. Texas Tech at 11 is the only one that isn't.

You can go deeper and 15 of the top 17 teams are SEC or ACC. Costal Carolina at 14 is the other exception.

Now you have another issue. If you consider the "Sun Belt" stretching from Texas to the East Coast through the Southern states, 21 of the top 22 and 27 of the top 30 teams in the RPI are in this geographic area.

This is a strange year for college baseball. Normally, there are 3-4 West Coast teams locks to host. There may only be one this year and they will be undeserving.