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Brentley’s Bracketology: Predicting 2023 NCAA men’s golf regional fields

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Another week, another round of bracketology.

As the final men’s conference tournaments finish up, here is a prediction of which teams will make regionals, what seeds they’ll receive and where they’ll be sent.

The official regional fields will be revealed Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. Each of the six regionals will be contested on May 15-17. There 81 total teams that qualify for postseason, and the top five teams (and top individual not on an advancing team) from each regional will advance to the 30-team NCAA Championship on May 26-31 at Grayhawk.

As for the magic number – the Golfstat ranking of the final at-large berth – it’s at No. 67, as of Golfstat’s April 30 update, with that team being Oregon State. That factors in two teams inside the number that are under .500 and therefore don’t satisfy the .500 rule – No. 57 Notre Dame and No. 63 USC.

Wright State, Sam Houston State and UCF are the first three teams out. And Kent State, which finished fourth at the MAC Championship on Tuesday, likely will fall outside of the magic number while not bumping any other teams out.

Here’s a projection of how this year’s six regionals will look when the fields are finalized:

(Note: Automatic qualifiers are listed with their conference in parentheses; *-projected conference champion)

Auburn Regional

Auburn University Club, Auburn, Alabama (Auburn)

  • 1. Vanderbilt
  • 2. Tennessee
  • 3. Auburn
  • 4. Colorado State
  • 5. Ohio State
  • 6. Washington
  • 7. TCU
  • 8. Chattanooga
  • 9. Houston (American)
  • 10. Marquette (Big East)
  • 11. Indiana
  • 12. Augusta (Southland)
  • 13. Lehigh (Patriot)

Salem Regional

The Cliffs at Keowee Falls, Salem, South Carolina (Clemson)

  • 1. North Carolina
  • 2. Georgia Tech (ACC)
  • 3. Texas A&M
  • 4. San Diego State (Mountain West)
  • 5. Georgia Southern
  • 6. Arkansas
  • 7. Purdue
  • 8. New Mexico
  • 9. Clemson
  • 10. Furman
  • 11. Middle Tennessee State
  • 12. Davidson (Atlantic-10)
  • 13. Princeton (Ivy)
  • 14. Siena (MAAC)

East Lansing Regional

Eagle Eye GC, East Lansing, Michigan (Michigan State)

  • 1. Illinois (Big Ten)
  • 2. Florida (SEC)
  • 3. Texas
  • 4. Ole Miss
  • 5. Kansas State
  • 6. East Tennessee State (SoCon)
  • 7. Liberty (ASUN)
  • 8. San Diego
  • 9. UNCG
  • 10. Michigan State
  • 11. Wisconsin
  • 12. Northern Illinois (MAC)
  • 13. Long Island (Northeast)
  • 14. Purdue-Fort Wayne (Horizon)

Las Vegas Regional

Bear’s Best, Las Vegas (UNLV)

  • 1. Arizona State
  • 2. Stanford (Pac-12)
  • 3. Virginia
  • 4. Oklahoma State
  • 5. Northwestern
  • 6. Georgia
  • 7. Cincinnati
  • 8. San Francisco
  • 9. Little Rock (Ohio Valley)
  • 10. Long Beach State (Big West)
  • 11. Oregon State
  • 12. Illinois State (Missouri Valley)
  • 13. Kansas City (Summit)

Norman Regional

Jimmie Austin OU GC, Norman, Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

  • 1. Texas Tech
  • 2. Oklahoma (Big 12)
  • 3. Alabama
  • 4. Oregon
  • 5. Wake Forest
  • 6. Duke
  • 7. LSU
  • 8. North Florida
  • 9. N.C. State
  • 10. Kansas
  • 11. UNCW (Colonial)
  • 12. Louisiana (Sun Belt)
  • 13. Longwood (Big South)
  • 14. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (SWAC)

Morgan Hill Regional

The Institute GC, Morgan Hill, California (San Jose State)

  • 1. Pepperdine
  • 2. Florida State
  • 3. Mississippi State
  • 4. Arizona
  • 5. Louisville
  • 6. Baylor
  • 7. Missouri
  • 8. BYU (West Coast)
  • 9. Colorado
  • 10. Cal
  • 11. Charlotte (C-USA)
  • 12. Grand Canyon (WAC)
  • 13. Northern Colorado (Big Sky)