The NCAA Division I men’s golf postseason is almost here.
The NCAA men’s regional round will be played May 13-15 at six different sites, with 13 or 14 teams at each site. The 81 teams consist of 30 automatic qualifiers that won their respective conference championships and 51 at-large bids. Five teams will advance from each regional to the NCAA Championship in La Costa.
The selection show is scheduled for May 1st at 2pm ET on Golf Channel.
The way the NCAA committee selects at-large bids and assigns regional rankings may be different this year. Since the Golfstat rankings are no longer available, the committee’s main resource is Mark Broadie’s National College Golf Rankings. The NCAA Competition Oversight Committee updated the selection criteria for this season only, allowing golf committees to use other established ranking systems in addition to Broadie’s ranking. However, the Golf weekThe /Sagarin classification is also no longer published, so it is unknown whether any other classification has been established enough to be considered. Golf Channel has learned that teams have been asked to submit pride sheets, or resumes, to further assist the committee.
Currently, the general cutoff point in Broadie’s classification, known as the magic number, is number 68, which is the state of Colorado. This also takes into account four teams currently under .500 – No. 53 Pepperdine, No. 58 Oregon State, No. 63 North Carolina State and No. 65 Colorado. The Wolfpack are already eliminated while the Waves will have to win the West Coast Conference Championship to advance to regionals. No. 62 South Carolina is another team to watch, as the Gamecocks need to avoid finishing last in the SEC Championship to remain at .500 or better.
• NCAA DI Men’s Golf Conference Championship Schedule and Results
Here’s a projection of what this year’s six regionals will look like once the fields are finalized:
(Note: Automatic qualifiers are listed with their conferences in parentheses; projected conference champions are listed in parentheses as these tournaments have not yet been completed.)
(Updated April 23.)
BATON ROUGE REGIONAL
1. Auburn
2. Texas Tech
3. Virginia
4. Oregon
5. Duke
6. LSU (host)
7. Missouri
8. Louisville
9. Houston
10. South Carolina
11. West Virginia
12. Little Rock (Ohio Valley)
13. Loyola (Md.) (Patriot)
14. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (SWAC)
WESTERN LAFAYETTE REGION
1. Vanderbilt
2.Arkansas
3. Oklahoma
4. Georgia
5. Purdue (host)
6. Ohio State
7. Mississippi State
8. South Florida
9. Fresno State
10. Washington State
11. Grand Canyon
12. Kent State (MAC)
13. Wright State (Horizon)
14. Siena (MAAC)
RANCHO SANTA FÉ REGIONAL
1. Arizona State
2. Washington
3. Florida
4. Texas A&M
5. Oklahoma State
6. Notre Dame
7. UNC Greensboro
8. Indiana
9. UNLV
10. San Diego (host)
11. Florida Gulf Coast
12. State of North Dakota (Summit)
13. Howard (Northeast)
MONTE DA CAPELA REGION
1. North Carolina (ACC) (host)
2.Alabama
3. Georgia Tech
4. Lime
5. Awakened Forest
6. Baylor
7. BYU
8. Loyola Marymount
9.Utah
10. Clemson
11. Colorado State
12. Lipscomb (ASUN)
13. Yale (Ivy League)
14. Winthrop (192)
AUSTIN REGION
1. Old Miss
2.Arizona
3. Texas (host)
4. East Tennessee State
5. UCLA
6. San Diego State
7. SMU
8. Northwest
9. Long Beach State
10. Stetson
11. Augusta (Southland)
12. State of Arkansas (Sun Belt)
13. Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley)
STANFORD REGIONAL
1. Florida State
2.Tennessee
3.Illinois
4. New Mexico
5. Stanford (host)
6. North Florida
7. VCU
8. Chattanooga
9. College of Charleston
10. State of São José
11. Sam Houston (C-USA)
12. Marquette (Great East)
13. Sacramento State (Big Sky)
