Bracketology: A Look at Who Tennessee is Projected to Face in the NCAA Tournament

Bracketology: A Look at Who Tennessee Vols Baseball is Projected to Face in the NCAA Tournament

Jack Foster | May 19, 2022

Tennessee baseball's regular season has three games remaining, as the Vols head down to Starkville this weekend to take on Mississippi State.

After that for the Vols and the rest of the SEC is the conference tournament in Hoover, Alabama, where UT has already locked up the No. 1 seed after outright winning the SEC last Friday.

And the season keeps on going from there, as the Vols will then return to Knoxville to host the regional round of the NCAA Tournament in the first weekend of June. The super regionals will follow, which Tennessee will host if they advance through the regionals, the the coveted College World Series in Omaha would be the top-ranked Vols last stop.

Tennessee's opponents in Hoover will be no mystery, and the Vols have not played against only three conference teams this season.

At the regionals, however, the Vols are more than likely to meet an unfamiliar foe; something Tennessee did last year that nearly ended in disaster.

That being said, let's take a look at who the Vols are projected to go toe-to-toe with in the NCAA Regionals.

Bracketology projections from D1Baseball, Baseball America and College Sports Madness are below.

D1Baseball.com

Knoxville Regional:

No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Delaware State (23-21, 20-14 Mid-Eastern Conference (1st))

No. 2 Connecticut (43-10, 16-2 (1st)) vs. No. 3 Clemson (32-21, 10-16 ACC (6th))

Baseball America

Knoxville Regional

No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Alabama State (28-22, 19-7 Southwestern Athletic Conference (1st))

No. 2 Georgia Southern* (35-17, 20-7 Sun Belt) vs. No. 3 Clemson

*= Opponent Vols have played this season

College Sports Madness

Knoxville Regional

No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Delaware State

No. 2 Stanford (34-14, 18-9 Pac-12 (2nd)) vs. No. 3 Campbell (34-16, 18-3 Big South (1st))

The Knoxville regional will begin on June 3 and go through June 6.

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Published May 19, 2022

JACK FOSTER

Jack is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville majoring in Journalism/Electronic Media. Jack grew up in Paris, Tennessee, but now spends the majority of his time in Knoxville doubling as a student and sports journalist for Volunteer Country. Jack has been a sports junkie since he was a young kid and always watched NFL football with his dad on Sundays. Jack still follows the NFL religiously, as he is an avid fantasy football player. Jack started with Volunteer Country in May of 2021 and has since helped provide full coverage of football, baseball and men's and women's basketball. Jack also works as a recurring member of WUTK's Rock Solid Sports show on Wednesdays and Fridays, and he also serves as head sports producer of The Volunteer Channel's Vol News, a student-run show at the University. When Jack is not watching or covering sports, find him on the golf course or back home spending time with his parents, younger sister and friends. Follow Jack on Twitter and Instagram by clicking "Twitter" and "Instagram" to see all of his work with Volunteer Country as well as student media.