The 2013 baseball season is in the home stretch and Clemson is in contention to host an NCAA Regional.  Each week we will take a look at where the Tigers stand in the push to host.

The path to the Super Regionals and much easier for the teams that are named a Regional Host.  A number of factors are considered when selecting the teams to host including record, RPI, Strength of Schedule (SOS), facilities, bids and other factors.

With the Tiger’s 7-0 week their RPI is up to No. 12 and we have moved the to a likely host position.

This week’s TCI Regional Host projections are:

Host Locks (9)

The following teams will be locks to host a regional and have a great chance to be a national seed:

North Carolina (45-6) – RPI (2) – SOS (18)

LSU (45-7) – RPI (4) – SOS (40)

Vanderbilt (45-6) – RPI (1) – SOS ( 21)

Virginia (42-8) – RPI (3) – SOS ( 26)

Oregon State (41-8) – RPI (6) – SOS (39)

Florida State (41-10) – RPI (5) – SOS (25)

NC State (39-12) – RPI (7) – SOS (9)

Oregon (40-11) – RPI (8) – SOS (33)

Cal State Fullerton (41-8) – RPI (9) – SOS (72)

Likely Hosts (4)

The following teams are not locks, but are very likely to host:

South Carolina (37-14) – RPI (11) – SOS (20)

Mississippi State (37-15) – RPI (10) – SOS (6)

Indiana (38-11) – RPI (15) – SOS (87)

Clemson (37-15) – RPI (12) – SOS (15)

Bubble Teams (6)

Right now it looks like three of these teams will host:

Ole Miss (35-17) – RPI (20) – SOS (22)

Louisville (42-10) – RPI (21) – SOS (117)

UCLA (34-14) – RPI (16) – SOS (27)

Arizona State (32-15) – RPI (17) – SOS (31)

South Alabama (39-14) – RPI (14) – SOS (47)

Kansas State (37-15) – RPI (22) – SOS (56)

Fat Lady Warming Up

The following teams are still alive, but barely:

Georgia Tech (32-20) – RPI (18) – SOS (2)

Virginia Tech (33-19) – RPI (13) – SOS (4)