The Road to Omaha is underway. Sixty-four teams begin play today in the NCAA Baseball Tournament, all with hopes of being one of the eight teams to make it to Omaha next month. By Sunday, or perhaps Monday, we will be down to 16 teams that advance to next weekend's Super Regionals. For the fifth straight year, Wake Forest is back in the tournament, a feat only 12 other teams can claim. The Demon Deacons play Kentucky today in the first game of the Morgantown Regional. Will they survive and make it to the Super Regionals? To do so, after today's game, they will most likely have to get past host and No. 16 national seed West Virginia. Before the games began, our staff made their predictions as to which team would win each Regional. And yes, our staff was almost unanimous in predicting Wake Forest would win the Morgantown Regional. We had only one on our team predict host West Virginia to win the Regional, but when you see who, well, it tracks - he loves to be the outlier. Morgantown Regional PredictionThe Wake Forest Demon Deacons (38-19, 16-14 ACC) are the No. 2 seed in Morgantown. They are joined by No. 1 seed West Virginia (39-14), No. 3 seed Kentucky (31-21), and No. 4 seed Binghamton.Friday's games include Wake versus Kentucky, followed by West Virginia versus Binghamton. The winners of both games play each other Saturday night. The losers of both games will play Saturday afternoon, and the losing team will become the first eliminated from the Regional.Consensus Pick to win the Morgantown Regional:Wake Forest Seven members of the Wake Forest On SI staff made predictions on the Regionals. Of those, six chose the Deacs. JD is the only one to choose the Mountaineers. Morgantown Regional InformationFor more information on the Morgantown Regional, we have made it easy to find our content:Here is the schedule for the Morgantown Regional:Game 1: No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Kentucky - Friday, May 29, 12 pm ET, ESPN2Game 2: No. 1 West Virginia vs. No. 4 Binghamton - Friday, May 29, 5 pm ET, ESPN+Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5Game 7 (if necessary): If Game 5 winner also wins Game 6Predicting the Other RegionalsCheck out our picks for the other 15 Regionals. You'll find some interesting choices. Let us know how we did. Do you agree? What would you change? Los Angeles RegionalThe winner of the Morgantown Regional will play the winner of the Los Angeles Regional in the Super Regionals. The teams:- No. 1 UCLA- Virginia Tech- Cal Poly- St Mary'sUnanimous Pick: UCLAMar 1, 2026; Arlington, TX, USA; UCLA Bruins against Mississippi State Bulldogs during the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images | Dustin Safranek-Imagn ImagesAtlanta RegionalThe teams:- No. 2 Georgia Tech- Oklahoma- The Citadel- University of Illinois-ChicagoUnanimous Pick: Georgia TechAthens RegionalThe teams:- No. 3 Georgia- Boston College- Liberty- Long Island UniversityConsensus Pick: GeorgiaSix writers picked Georgia; Alex picked LibertyAuburn RegionalThe teams:- No. 4 Auburn- UCF- NC State- MilwaukeeConsensus Pick: AuburnFive writers picked Auburn; Carson and Sean both picked UCFChapel Hill RegionalThe teams:- No. 5 North Carolina- Tennessee- East Carolina- VCUConsensus Pick: UNCFive writers picked UNC; Alex picked Tennessee and Sean picked East CarolinaAustin RegionalThe teams:- No. 6 Texas- UC Santa Barbara- Tarleton State- Holy CrossConsensus Pick: TexasFive writers picked Texas; Alex and Carson both picked UC Santa BarbaraTuscaloosa RegionalThe teams:- No. 7 Alabama- Oklahoma State- USC Upstate- Alabama StateConsensus Pick: Oklahoma StateFour writers (Alex, Barry, Carson, JD) picked Oklahoma State; three writers (Justin, Sean, Seth) picked AlabamaGainesville RegionalThe teams:- No. 8 Florida- Miami- Troy- RiderConsensus Pick: FloridaFour writers (Barry, Carson, JD, Justin) picked Florida; three writers (Alex, Sean, Seth) picked MiamiHattiesburg RegionalThe teams:- No. 9 Southern Miss- Virginia- Jacksonville State- Little RockConsensus Pick: Southern MissFour writers (Alex, Carson, JD, Seth) picked Southern Miss; three writers (Barry, Justin, Sean)Tallahassee RegionalJun 22, 2025; Omaha, Neb, USA; Coastal Carolina Chanticleers second baseman Blake Barthol (7) throws to first base against the LSU Tigers during the seventh inning at Charles Schwab Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images | Steven Branscombe-Imagn ImagesThe teams:- No. 10 Florida State- Coastal Carolina- Northern Illinois- St. John'sConsensus Pick: Florida StateFour writers (Barry, JD, Justin, Sean) picked Florida State; three writers (Alex, Carson, Seth) picked Coastal CarolinaEugene RegionalThis is one of four Regionals in which our team predicted three different teams to win. The teams:- No. 11 Oregon- Oregon State- Washington State- YaleConsensus Pick: Oregon StateFour writers (Alex, Barry, Carson, JD) picked Oregon State; Justin and Seth both picked Oregon; Sean picked Washington StateCollege Station RegionalThis is one of four Regionals in which our team predicted three different teams to win. The teams:- No. 12 Texas A&M- USC- Texas State- LamarConsensus Pick: Texas A&MFive writers picked Texas A&M; Carson picked Lamar; Seth picked Texas StateLincoln RegionalThis is one of four Regionals in which our team predicted three different teams to win. The teams:- No. 13 Nebraska- Ole Miss- Arizona State- South Dakota StatePlurality Pick: Arizona StateThree writers (Barry, Carson, Sean) picked Arizona State; two writers picked Nebraska (JD, Seth) two writers picked Ole Miss (Alex, Justin)Starkville RegionalThe teams- No. 14 Mississippi State- Cincinnati- Louisiana- LipscombConsensus Pick: Mississippi StateFive writers picked Mississippi State; two writers (Alex, Barry) picked CincinnatiLawrence RegionalThis is one of four Regionals in which our team predicted three different teams to win. The teams:- No. 15 Kansas- Arkansas- Missouri State- NortheasternConsensus pick: ArkansasFour writers (Barry, JD, Justin, Seth) picked Arkansas; two writers (Alex, Carson) picked Kansas; one writer (Sean) picked NortheasternMeet the Staff As the NCAA Baseball Tournament continues, our staff will make predictions each round. You will see our leaderboard. Each correct Regional pick will give that writer 10 points. Each correct Super Regional pick is 20 points. Each correct College World Series bracket pick is 30 points. And picking the correct national champion is worth 40 points. Here are the writers on our team who made the predictions:Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow
Our Staff Picks Every NCAA Baseball Regional Winner — Including Wake Forest’s Fate
Predicting every NCAA baseball regional champion ahead of opening pitch, including whether the Deacs advance out of Morgantown.









