Week 12 Nerdcast: 2026 Field of 64 Projection + Bubble Breakdown

Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt are joined by D1Baseball’s resident Bracketologist, Mark Etheridge, to discuss how the Field of 64 looks in Week 12 of the 2026 college baseball season!

00:00 Selection Day Countdown
00:52 Early Host Debates
01:44 UCLA Locked at No. 1
03:08 Georgia Tech and Texas Cases
04:24 Texas A&M vs Georgia vs North Carolina
07:47 RPI Flaws and Projections
19:07 Settling the Top Eight
25:24 Hosts 9-16
29:40 SEC Host Logjam
32:29 Magnolia State Trio
35:32 Florida and Alabama Outlook
38:09 SEC Bubble Debate
39:49 ACC Hosts Tighten
40:18 Boston College RPI Trap
41:53 Final Host Picks
44:31 USC Metrics Mystery
47:41 Podding Teams 17-20
49:17 Pods 21-32 Build
53:56 Conference Auto-Bids
54:49 ACC Bubble Watch
58:58 American 3-Bid Talk
01:01:18 Big 12 Bubble Clears
01:04:36 Big Ten and Big West
01:07:20 CUSA and Mid-Majors
01:09:27 Ivy Chaos and MAAC
01:11:20 MAC At-Large Debate
01:13:04 Missouri Valley Coin Flip
01:13:48 Mountain West Switch
01:14:35 NEC Pick and Banter
01:15:09 OVC Logjam Leader
01:15:55 Patriot League Trends
01:16:57 SEC Bubble Chaos
01:24:05 SoCon and Southland Picks
01:26:21 Sun Belt Bubble Teams
01:28:14 WAC and WCC Outlook
01:29:03 Building the Last Four
01:33:15 Vandy vs Michigan Showdown
01:41:28 Soft Bubble Recap
01:43:36 Final Thoughts and Thanks