Week 12 Nerdcast: 2026 Field of 64 Projection

From The D1Baseball Podcast by Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt, Joe Healy | D1Baseball

April 28, 2026 · 1h 46m

About this episode

The episode discusses the current projections for the Field of 64 in college baseball as of Week 12 in 2026.

Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt are joined by D1Baseball’s resident Bracketologist, Mark Etheridge, to discuss how the Field of 64 looks in Week 12 of the 2026 college baseball season! 00:00 Selection Day Countdown 00:52 Early Host Debates 01:44 UCLA Locked at No. 1 03:08 Georgia Tech and Texas Cases 04:24 Texas A&M vs Georgia vs North Carolina 07:47 RPI Flaws and Projections 19:07 Settling the Top Eight 25:24 Hosts 9-16 29:40 SEC Host Logjam 32:29 Magnolia State Trio 35:32 Florida and Alabama Outlook 38:09 SEC Bubble Debate 39:49 ACC Hosts Tighten 40:18 Boston College RPI Trap 41:53 Final Host Picks 44:31 USC Metrics Mystery 47:41 Podding Teams 17-20 49:17 Pods 21-32 Build 53:56 Conference Auto-Bids 54:49 ACC Bubble Watch 58:58 American 3-Bid Talk 01:01:18 Big 12 Bubble Clears 01:04:36 Big Ten and Big West 01:07:20 CUSA and Mid-Majors 01:09:27 Ivy Chaos and MAAC 01:11:20 MAC At-Large Debate 01:13:04 Missouri Valley Coin Flip 01:13:48 Mountain West Switch 01:14:35 NEC Pick and Banter 01:15:09 OVC Logjam Leader 01:15:55 Patriot League Trends 01:16:57 SEC Bubble Chaos 01:24:05 SoCon and Southland Picks 01:26:21 Sun Belt Bubble Teams 01:28:14 WAC and WCC Outlook 01:29:03 Building…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt

Guest: Mark Etheridge

Topics covered

college baseball
Field of 64 projection
bracketology
RPI analysis
SEC hosts
ACC hosts
bubble teams

Keywords

Field of 64
college baseball
bracketology
RPI
SEC
ACC
bubble teams
projections
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Organizations: D1Baseball

Places: UCLA, Georgia Tech, Texas, Texas A&M, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Boston College, Missouri Valley

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