College Podcast: Field of 64 Analysis
26 May 2026

College Podcast: Field of 64 Analysis

Baseball America

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The NCAA college baseball field of 64 is set, and Jacob Rudner, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper are excited to talk about who's in, who has a tough or easy regional, who has a complaint about being snubbed and who could win it all.


(00:00) Analyzing the national seeds

(07:30) The toughest regional this weekend

(12:45) Trying to understand seeding decisions

(19:30) N.C. State makes the tourney in Elliott Avent's final season

(22:00) Baffled by the Wolfpack not being a Last Four Team in

(24:00) Why we think Mercer should have made it

(30:00) The goalposts for what mid-majors need to do keeps changing

(33:15) The ACC and SEC came out quite well

(37:55) The plight of UTSA

(44:10) Looking at Michigan's case

(46:50) Predicting the champion

(51:30) Picking a sleeper who could win it all

(55:00) Picking toughest/weakest regional

(59:30) Players we are excited to see



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