2023 NCAA baseball tournament bracket, regional matchups: Wake Forest lands top overall seed

The field of 64 also includes eight national seeds, which you may consider the pre-tourney favorites to reach Omaha. Here are this year’s eight national seeds:

Wake Forest (47-10)
Florida (44-14)
Arkansas (41-16)
Clemson (43-17)
LSU (43-15)
Vanderbilt (41-18)
Virginia (45-12)
Stanford (38-16)
If a national seed wins its regional, then it hosts the super regional when possible. Otherwise, the sites of the super regionals will be announced after the regional round concludes. Regional play gets underway on Friday, June 2. Now, here are the matchups for all 16 regionals — reminder that each region is seeded one through four and is hosted by one of the 16 national seeds.

Winston-Salem Regional
Hosted by No. 1 national seed Wake Forest.

No. 1 Wake Forest (47-10) vs. No. 4 George Mason (34-25)
No. 2 Maryland (41-19) vs. No. 3 Northeastern (44-14)

Gainesville Regional
Hosted by No. 2 national seed Florida.

No. 1 Florida (44-14) vs. No. 4 Florida A&M (29-28)
No. 2 UConn (43-15) vs. No. 3 Texas Tech (39-21)


Fayetteville Regional
Hosted by No. 3 national seed Arkansas.

No. 1 Arkansas (41-16) vs. No. 4 Santa Clara (35-18)
No. 2 TCU (37-22) vs. No. 3 Arizona (33-24)

Clemson Regional
Hosted by No. 4 national seed Clemson.

No. 1 Clemson (43-17) vs. No. 4 Lipscomb (36-24)
No. 2 Tennessee (38-19) vs. No. 3 Charlotte (34-26)

Baton Rouge Regional
Hosted by No. 5 national seed LSU.

No. 1 LSU (43-15) vs. No. 4 Tulane (19-40)
No. 2 Oregon State (39-18) vs. No. 3 Sam Houston State (38-23)

Nashville Regional
Hosted by No. 6 national seed Vanderbilt.

No. 1 Vanderbilt (41-18) vs. No. 4 Eastern Illinois (34-20)
No. 2 Oregon (37-20) vs. No. 3 Xavier (37-23)

Charlottesville Regional
Hosted by No. 7 national seed Virginia.

No. 1 Virginia (45-12) vs. No. 4 Army West Point (38-16)
No. 2 East Carolina (45-17) vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (31-26)

Stanford Regional
Hosted by No. 8 national seed Stanford.

No. 1 Stanford (38-16) vs. No. 4 San Jose State (31-25)
No. 2 Texas A&M (36-25) vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton (31-22)

Coral Gables Regional
Hosted by No. 9 national seed Miami.

No. 1 Miami (40-19) vs. No. 4 Maine (31-19)
No. 2 Texas (38-20) vs. No. 3 Louisiana (40-22)

Conway Regional
Hosted by No. 10 national seed Coastal Carolina.

No. 1 Coastal Carolina (39-19) vs. No. 4 Rider (35-19)
No. 2 Duke (35-21) vs. No. 4 UNC Wilmington (34-21)

Stillwater Regional
Hosted by No. 11 national seed Oklahoma State.

No. 1 Oklahoma State (41-18) vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts (46-11)
No. 2 Dallas Baptist (45-14) vs. No. 3 Washington (34-18)

Lexington Regional
Hosted by No. 12 national seed Kentucky.

No. 1 Kentucky (36-18) vs. No. 4 Ball State (36-21)
No. 2 West Virginia (39-18) vs. No. 3 Indiana (41-18)

Auburn Regional
Hosted by No. 13 national seed Auburn.

No. 1 Auburn (34-21-1) vs. No. 4 Penn (32-14)
No. 2 Southern Miss (41-17) vs. No. 3 Samford (36-23)

Terre Haute Regional
Hosted by No. 14 national seed Indiana State.

No. 1 Indiana State (42-15) vs. No. 4 Wright State (39-21)
No. 2 Iowa (38-14) vs. No. 3 North Carolina (35-22)

Columbia Regional
Hosted by No. 15 national seed South Carolina.

No. 1 South Carolina (39-19) vs. No. 4 Central Connecticut (36-12)
No. 2 Campbell (44-13) vs. No. 3 NC State (35-19)

Tuscaloosa Regional
Hosted by No. 16 national seed Alabama.

No. 1 Alabama (40-19) vs. No. 4 Nicholls (32-22)
No. 2 Boston College (35-18) vs. No. 3 Troy (39-20)
Here’s a link to NCAA.com’s full bracket, which includes region vs. region pairings for the super regionals. Now for some quick hit takeaways on the 64-team field laid out above:

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