Mississippi State, the 5 seed, beats 12 seed Georgia and beats 4 seed South Carolina. They then lose to 9 seed Kentucky in an upset and lose to 1 seed Florida, eliminating them immediately before the semifinal game.
Mississippi State, a regional 2 seed in the Lafayette Regional, beats regional 3 seed San Diego State and 4 seed Jackson State. Louisiana–Lafayette, having lost their first game to Jackson State, beats San Diego State and Jackson State, then beats Mississippi State twice to win the regional. Mississippi State finishes 2nd in the regional.
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.