Judd Utermark
With Ole Miss going one and done at the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., versus Missouri, what are the latest baseball bracketology predictions for the Rebels?
Right now, they are predicted to head out West.
If the Rebels had shown a little more in their conference tournament, they were on the bubble to host. That bubble, however, burst with their opening-round loss to Missouri in the SEC Tiurnament.
Baseball America has the Rebels (36-21, 15-15 SEC) traveling out West to Oregon for the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The Oregon Ducks would be the No. 1 seed in the four-team Regional followed by Ole Miss, Virginia and Washington State. The Rebels would tangle with Virginia in a first-round game of the double-elimination tournament.
The bracketology will change today as more and more conference tournaments play out.
2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket Projection
| PROJECTED FIELD OF 64 | ||||
| Westwood, Calif. | Corvallis, Ore. | |||
| 1. (1) UCLA^* (Big Ten) | 1. (16) Oregon State^ (Independent) | |||
| 2. (32) Miami (ACC) | 2. (17) West Virginia (Big 12) | |||
| 3. Texas State (Sun Belt) | 3. Gonzaga* (WCC) | |||
| 4. Oral Roberts* (Summit) | 4. Cal Baptist* (WAC) | |||
| Atlanta, Ga. | Eugene, Ore. | |||
| 1. (2) Georgia Tech^* (ACC) | 1. (15) Oregon^ (Big Ten) | |||
| 2. (29) Oklahoma (SEC) | 2. (19) Ole Miss (SEC) | |||
| 3. UCF (Big 12) | 3. Virginia (ACC) | |||
| 4. LIU* (NEC) | 4. Washington State* (Mountain West) | |||
| Athens, Ga. | Lawrence, Kan. | |||
| 1. (3) Georgia^* (SEC) | 1. (14) Kansas^* (Big 12) | |||
| 2. (31) Arizona State (Big 12) | 2. (18) USC (Big Ten) | |||
| 3. UTSA* (AAC) | 3. Mercer* (Southern) | |||
| 4. UConn* (Big East) | 4. Wright State* (Horizon) | |||
| Austin, Texas. | Starkville, Miss. | |||
| 1. (4) Texas^ (SEC) | 1. (13) Mississippi State^ (SEC) | |||
| 2. (30) Boston College (ACC) | 2. (20) Wake Forest (ACC) | |||
| 3. Liberty (CUSA) | 3. Southeast Missouri State* (OVC) | |||
| 4. Holy Cross* (Patriot) | 4. Lamar* (Southland) | |||
| Chapel Hill, N.C. | Lincoln, Neb. | |||
| 1. (5) North Carolina^ (ACC) | 1. (12) Nebraska^ (Big Ten) | |||
| 2. (26) Tennessee (SEC) | 2. (21) Cincinnati (Big 12) | |||
| 3. East Carolina* (AAC) | 3. Miami (OH)* (MAC) | |||
| 4. Binghamton* (America East) | 4. UIC* (MVC) | |||
| Auburn, Ala. | Hattiesburg, Miss. | |||
| 1. (6) Auburn^ (SEC) | 1. (11) Southern Miss^* (Sun Belt) | |||
| 2. (28) UC Santa Barbara* (Big West) | 2. (22) Arkansas (SEC) | |||
| 3. TCU (Big 12) | 3. High Point* (Big South) | |||
| 4. Bethune-Cookman* (SWAC) | 4. Campbell* (CAA) | |||
| Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Tallahassee, Fla. | |||
| 1. (7) Alabama^ (SEC) | 1. (10) Florida State^ (ACC) | |||
| 2. (27) Missouri State (CUSA) | 2. (23) Jacksonville State* (CUSA) | |||
| 3. Michigan (Big Ten) | 3. Troy (Sun Belt) | |||
| 4. Yale* (Ivy) | 4. Rider* (MAAC) | |||
| College Station, Texas. | Gainesville, Fla. | |||
| 1. (8) Texas A&M^ (SEC) | 1. (9) Florida^ (SEC) | |||
| 2. (25) Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) | 2. (24) Oklahoma State (Big 12) | |||
| 3. Virginia Tech (ACC) | 3. Louisiana (Sun Belt) | |||
| 4. Saint Joseph’s* (A10) | 4. North Florida* (ASUN) | |||
* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host
Bolded denotes team has clinched its leagues automatic bid
Last Four In
Louisiana (Sun Belt)
East Carolina (AAC)
Michigan (Big Ten)
Texas State (Sun Belt)
First Four Out
Kentucky (SEC)
NC State (ACC)
Kent State (MAC)
Western Carolina (Southern)
Next Four Out
UAB (AAC)
South Alabama (Sun Belt)
Purdue (Big Ten)
Vanderbilt (SEC)