USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. Texas baseballentered theSEC tournamentastheteam to beat in the country, as highlighted by taking the conference by storm in their first regular season away from the Big 12. Despite that, the Longhorns' trip to Hoover Met Stadium in Hoover, Alabama was short-lived, as they sustained an earlyquarterfinal exit vs. Tennesseeon Thursday in extra innings. The loss for the Longhorns was their seventh of the month, and the fourth in their last seven games. It also meant that Texas will have to wait until Memorial Day to officially hear its name called for its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament as an at-large team, as it failed to secure the SEC's automatic bid. Asked whether Thursday's loss to the defending national champions kills any momentum going into the NCAA Tournament, Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle said he doesn't think so and proceeded to tell a story. "No, I don't think so. It'll be whatever we make it. 2015 (I) was at TCU and we went two and out in the conference tournament, and Coach Garrido, first text message I had, was this is the best thing to ever happen to your team. And that team was the second of four straight College World Series teams,"Schlossnagle said at the SEC tournamenton Thursday. "It'll be whatever we make it. We've got to get home. We've got work to do. We've got to make sure we're prepared for next weekend." The Longhorns are 42-12 in their first year under Schlossangle, who famously left Texas A&M for Texas during the offseason after the College World Series. Texas is looking to make it back to the CWS for the first time since 2022, which would be their nation's best 39th trip to Omaha, Nebraska. Here is where the Longhorns stand ahead of the NCAA Tournament selection: PerWarren Nolan Baseball,Texas has the fifth-best RPI ranking in the country. Texas' loss to Tennessee on Thursday dropped the Longhorns from No. 4 to No. 5 in the NCAA's RPI rankings. The Longhorns will head into the NCAA Tournament selection show with a 17 Quad 1 wins, which ranks the most in the country this season by a single program. In its latest projections, which were released on Friday,D1 Baseballstill has Texas projected as the top overall seed in the 64-team bracket. The Longhorns are slated to host the Austin Regional, which would consist of UTSA as the No. 2 seed, Austin Peay as the No. 3 seed and Houston Christian as the No. 4 seed. Similarly,Baseball Americastill has Texas as the projected top overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament. In Baseball America's projections, also released on Friday, the Longhorns would host Northeastern as the No. 2 seed, Kansas State as the No. 3 seed and Houston Christian as the No. 4 seed in the Austin Regional. 11Point7 College Baseball, a college baseball podcast, differs from both D1 Baseball and Baseball America in its projections for the Longhorns' seeding. In this projection, Texas is now listed as the No. 3 national seed after Thursday's loss. The Longhorns would still host the Austin Regional, with UTSA as the No. 2 seed, Arizona State as the No. 3 seed and Houston Christian as the No. 4 seed. Here's the full 2025 NCAA baseball tournament schedule: Selection show:Monday, May 26, Noon ET Regionals:May 30-June 2 Super Regionals:June 6-9 College World Series:June 13-23 TV:ESPN Live stream:ESPN +|Fubo This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Texas baseball NCAA tournament projections: Where Longhorns could land
