Predicting the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament

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We have reached tournament time, with arguably the most enjoyable weekend for college baseball fans. Prospects1500 writers Shaun Kernahan, Kurt Moody and Michael Kelley are skipping the top 25 ranks this week, and providing our predictions for the NCAA tournament. The three of us all have a different team coming out of the Oxford regional, while we also all differed on who makes it to Omaha in the Chapel Hill-Eugene Super Regional. Here is how we see the full tournament shaking out.

	Regional Winners	Shaun	Kurt	Michael
Nashville
1	Vanderbilt* (1)	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt
2	Louisville
3	East Tennessee State*
4	Wright State*
Hattiesburg
1	Southern Miss (16)	Alabama	Alabama	Alabama
2	Alabama
3	Miami
4	Columbia*
Austin
1	Texas (2)	Texas	Texas	Texas
2	UTSA
3	Kansas State
4	Houston Christian*
Los Angeles
1	UCLA (15)	UCLA	UCLA	Arizona St.
2	UC Irvine
3	Arizona State
4	Fresno State*
Fayetteville
1	Arkansas (3)	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas
2	Kansas
3	Creighton*
4	North Dakota State*
Knoxville
1	Tennessee (14)	Tennessee	Tennessee	Tennessee
2	Wake Forest
3	Cincinnati
4	Miami (OH)*
Auburn
1	Auburn (4)	Auburn	Auburn	Auburn
2	NC State
3	Stetson*
4	Central Connecticut*
Conway
1	Coastal Carolina* (13)	Florida	Coastal Carolina	Florida
2	Florida
3	East Carolina*
4	Fairfield*
Chapel Hill
1	North Carolina* (5)	Oklahoma	North Carolina	North Carolina
2	Oklahoma
3	Nebraska*
4	Holy Cross*
Eugene
1	Oregon (12)	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
2	Arizona*
3	Cal Poly*
4	Utah Valley*
Baton Rouge
1	LSU (6)	LSU	LSU	LSU
2	Dallas Baptist
3	Rhode Island*
4	Little Rock*
Clemson
1	Clemson (11)	Kentucky	Clemson	Kentucky
2	West Virginia
3	Kentucky
4	USC Upstate*
Athens
1	Georgia (7)	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia
2	Duke
3	Oklahoma State
4	Binghamton*
Oxford
1	Ole Miss (10)	Georgia Tech	Western Kentucky	Ole Miss
2	Georgia Tech
3	Western Kentucky*
4	Murray State*
Corvallis
1	Oregon State (8)	Oregon State	Oregon State	TCU
2	TCU
3	Southern California
4	Saint Mary’s*
Tallahassee
1	Florida State (9)	Florida State	Florida State	Florida State
2	Northeastern*
3	Mississippi State
4	Bethune-Cookman*

Here are the teams we see making it to Omaha:

Shaun	Kurt	Michael
Vanderbilt, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Oklahoma, LSU, Georgia, Oregon State	Vanderbilt, UCLA, Arkansas, Auburn, North Carolina, LSU, Georgia, Oregon State	Vanderbilt, Texas, Tennessee, Florida, Arizona, LSU, Georgia, Florida State

And finally, our National Championship selections are:

Shaun	Kurt	Michael
LSU	Arkansas	Texas

Shaun Kernahan

Shaun Kernahan is the MLB Draft correspondent for Prospects1500. When not at a game, chances are the TV and/or tablet has a game on and he has a notepad out taking notes. When not scouting draft prospects, he is the Director of Baseball Operations for the Mile High Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate wood bat league in Colorado. Shaun can be found on Twitter at @ShaunKernahan.

Kurt Moody

Based deep in the heart of Texas, I am surrounded by the absolute best of college baseball year after year. From midweeks at The Dish to weekends watching Olsen Magic, I love the energy of D1 college baseball. For the past five years, I have been covering the Detroit Tigers organization for Prospects1500 while also ranking MLB Draft eligible players as they join the FYPD and Dynasty world.

Being able to learn from the game’s best coaches and watch the student athletes passionately compete is a blessing I do not take lightly. While rooted in SEC country, I am a B1G Ten truther to my core. I will always stop for a prospect discussion or for random baseball trivia. You can usually find me throughout the baseball season walking the baselines and concourses. Remember friends, “Every game is someone’s first game!”

Michael Kelley

Born in Arizona. Raised in the Midwest, and with lots of baseball. When I’m not writing about baseball or purchasing my next baseball card, I can be seen coasting down the highway to yet another travel baseball tournament with my wife and son. I love the Braves, bat flips and outfield assists.