UCLA Earns No. 1 Seed in NCAA Baseball Tournament
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- UCLA secured the No. 1 seed for the NCAA baseball tournament, finishing the regular season 51‑6 and sweeping both the Big Ten regular‑season and tournament titles.
- UCLA has been ranked No. 1 in Baseball America’s weekly polls since the preseason and entered the regionals with the most wins (51) since Tennessee’s 53 in 2022.
- Logan Reddemann anchored UCLA’s pitching staff with Easton Hawk as closer, posting a 3.31 ERA, while shortstop Roch Cholowsky is projected as the No. 1 pick in the upcoming MLB draft.
- Georgia Tech earned the No. 2 seed after sweeping the ACC and leads Division I in scoring (10.8 runs per game), batting average (.358) and slugging (.636).
- LSU, the 2025 national champion, failed to make the regional round, becoming the seventh champion since 1999 to miss a regional.
Why it matters: UCLA’s top seed guarantees a home super regional, boosting ticket sales and recruiting leverage, while LSU’s omission eliminates its chance to defend the crown and forfeits associated revenue and exposure.
