Southern Miss baseball ranked No. 15 going into NCAA Tournament

On Sunday, we found out that Hattiesburg was going to be one of the NCAA’s 16 regional host sites. That wasn’t too much of a surprise.

On Monday, we found out that Ole Miss landed the No. 3 seed in the Coral Gables Regional. Now that was a surprise — especially after the Rebels were listed by multiple outlets as one of the “First Four Out.”

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Nevertheless, two teams from Mississippi are going to the NCAA Tournament and will vie for a spot in Omaha.

Heading into regionals, which begin on Friday, here are D1Baseball’s top 25 rankings:

1. Tennessee
2. Stanford
3. Oregon State
4. Virginia Tech
5. Texas A&M
6. Oklahoma State
7. Miami
8. Louisville
9. Oklahoma
10. East Carolina
11. North Carolina
12. Maryland
13. Texas State
14. Gonzaga
15. Southern Miss
16. Texas
17. Notre Dame
18. Florida
19. UCLA
20. UC Santa Barbara
21. Georgia Southern
22. TCU
23. Arkansas
24. Texas Tech
25. Auburn