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Could the Eyes of Texas Be Upon Wake Forest in the Post Season?

Originally posted on Wake Forest Demon Deacons on SI
By Barry Lewis | Last updated Apr 16, 2026 11:30 AM ET

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With just over a month left in the regular season of college basketball, it's time for one of the sport's most anticipated parts of the season - postseason speculation. It's a time we start thinking about which 64 teams will keep playing when the calendar flips to June and which eight teams might make it to Omaha.

How about the Wake Forest Demon Deacons? Have they shown us enough to give us hope of any baseball beyond the ACC Tournament in Charlotte? Well, right now, despite some recent losses, the prospects of postseason play are looking good for the Deacs.

On Tuesday, Wake Forest defeated No. 7 Coastal Carolina by a score of 10-5. Head Coach Tom Walter earned his 950th career win. And, more importantly for this particular discussion, Wake's RPI - a key metric used in determining postseason play - jumped up one spot to No. 24.

D1Baseball.com, one of the premier online resources for college baseball, released their latest "Field of 64" projections on Tuesday. They currently have Wake Forest as the No. 2 seed in the Austin Regional. Other teams in that projected regional are the 1-seed Texas (the No. 3 national seed), 3-seed Texas State and 4-seed New Mexico (the projected automatic qualifier for the Mountain West).

This week's projections have eight ACC teams making the tournament, with four of those projected as national seeds and hosting regionals. That's behind the SEC (13 teams in the tournament; six national seeds) and just ahead of the Big 12 (7 teams in the tournament, two national seeds).

The projections also have four of Wake's nonconference opponents in the Field of 64 - No. 8 national seed Coastal Carolina, High Point, Indiana State, and Liberty.

Projected ACC Schools in the NCAA Baseball Tournament

Boston College (27-12, 11-7 ACC) - Projected No. 2 seed in the Gainesville Regional
Florida State (25-11, 9-6 ACC) - Projected No.10 national seed and hosting a Regional in Tallahassee
Georgia Tech (31-5, 15-3 ACC) - Projected No. 2 national seed and hosting a Regional in Atlanta
Miami (27-9, 8-7 ACC) - Projected No. 2 seed in the College Station Regional
North Carolina (31-6-1, 13-5 ACC) - Projected No. 6 national seed and hosting a Regional in Chapel Hill
NC State (25-12, 8-7 ACC) - Projected No. 3 seed in the Lawrence Regional
Virginia (26-12, 10-8 ACC) - Projected No. 11 national seed and hosting a Regional in Charlottesville
Wake Forest (25-13, 9-9 ACC) - Projected No. 2 seed in the Austin Regional

Wake Forest's Nonconference Opponents Projected in the NCAA Baseball Tournament

Coastal Carolina (26-10) - Projected No. 8 national seed and hosting a Regional in Conway
High Point (24-12) - Projected No. 3 seed in the Charlottesville Regional
Indiana State (18-19) - Projected No. 4 seed in the Tuscaloosa Regional
Liberty (26-10) - Projected No. 2 seen in the Los Angeles (UCLA) Regional