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2018 NCAA Baseball Tournament Preview: Road to Omaha

By Neil Harrington

OMAHA, NE - JUNE 27: The University of Florida players run onto the field in celebration after defeating Louisiana State University 6-1 in game two of the Division I Men's Baseball Championship held at TD Ameritrade Park on June 27, 2017 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
OMAHA, NE - JUNE 27: The University of Florida players run onto the field in celebration after defeating Louisiana State University 6-1 in game two of the Division I Men's Baseball Championship held at TD Ameritrade Park on June 27, 2017 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) /
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TUCSON, AZ – APRIL 07: Oregon State Beavers pitcher Luke Heimlich (15) pitches during a college baseball game between Oregon State Beavers and the Arizona Wildcats on April 07, 2018, at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, AZ. (Photo by Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Corvallis Regional

  1. Oregon State (40-10-1)  RPI: 7 — At-large Pac-12 (2017 College World Series)
  2. LSU (37-25)  RPI: 34 — At-large SEC (2017 College World Series)
  3. San Diego State (39-19)  RPI: 50 — Auto-bid Mountain West (Last bid 2017)
  4. Northwestern State (37-22)  RPI: 106 —  Southland  (Last bid 2005)

Oregon State has as much talent on their roster as anyone in NCAA Baseball and is finally back at full strength with top-10 MLB (worthy) pick Nick Madrigal sparking the Beavers late in the season.

Even with off the field issues causing his draft stock to plummet, Luke Heimlich is a talented an arm in all of NCAA baseball — on a staff loaded with quality pitching.

LSU is a former shell of the 2017 College World Series runner-up squad of 2017, and with pitchers, Ma’Khail Hilliard and AJ Labbas sidelined this weekend, are in serious trouble.

San Diego State and Northwestern State are both cute stories but have no chance of contending with Oregon State or LSU, for that matter.

CTTP Predicted winner: Oregon State 

Next: Our latest 2018 MLB Mock Draft

Who else is ready for the Road to Omaha and the 2018 NCAA Baseball tournament? It’s a nice compliment to the upcoming 2018 MLB Draft, wouldn’t you say?

Statistics provided by NCAA.com, D1Baseball.com, WarrenNolan.com, and the respective NCAA Baseball team websites.

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