Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park to host its 14th regional

This part was never in question.

Sunday is simply confirmation.

Next week, Texas A&M will host its 14th regional as Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park will be the site of the 2026 College Station Regional.

At 39-14 overall with a third-place finish in the Southeastern Conference, it is not a surprise that Michael Earley & Co. are among the 16 hosts.

However, there is plenty of intrigue surrounding the Aggies’ seeding, especially considering Florida’s late ascent and A&M’s unceremoniously quick exit in Hoover.

“That’s up to the committee,” Earley said after Friday’s loss to Auburn. “Our body of work speaks for itself. I’m not going to speak about other teams. I think they have all the information. They know what we’ve done. What I do know is we’re hosting a regional. I think we deserve to be a top-eight, but that’s for them to decide.”

However, given what his club didn’t do, combined with Florida and Southern Miss surging down the stretch, A&M has fallen two seed lines in D1Baseball’s May 24 field of 64 projection to the No. 10 national seed.

And for those still clinging to the late-April head-to-head in Gainesville, only the Diamond Sports Rating (DSR) still favors the Aggies over the Gators when it comes to the major resume metrics. A&M has a slight DSR advantage — No. 7 (1,614.53 points) vs. No. 8 (1,609.50) — while RPI (No. 11 vs. No. 14) and KPI (No. 6 vs. No. 9) give an edge to Florida.

Final seedings won’t be revealed until Monday, but the Maroon & White figure to be outside of the top-eight cut line. However, if pleasantly surprised and on the right side of that debate, it would grant home-field advantage for the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament should A&M advance.

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Texas A&M enters the 2026 NCAA Tournament with a 39-14 overall record.

In front of the 12th Man and the Raggies this season, the Ags are 27-6 inside the friendly confines of Blue Bell Park.

Further, A&M was 5-0 at home in the 2024 postseason, 5-0 at home in the 2022 postseason and 2-0 at home in the 2017 postseason.

Quick math shows that the Aggies have won an ironic 12 straight NCAA Tournament games on Aggieland soil.

What the metrics ultimately lead the NCAA Selection Committee to decide is still a mystery, but for now, we know A&M is among the seven Southeastern Conference programs hosting a regional, along with Georgia (Athens), Auburn, Texas (Austin), Florida (Gainesville), Mississippi State (Starkville) and Alabama (Tuscaloosa).

The other nine host sites will be Georgia Tech (Atlanta), North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Oregon (Eugene), Southern Miss (Hattiesburg), Kansas (Lawrence), Nebraska (Lincoln), UCLA (Los Angeles), West Virginia (Morgantown) and Florida State (Tallahassee).

Ranked among the nation’s top 25 all season, Earley’s Aggies have steadily ascended to the top 10, where they have stayed since the middle of April, peaking at No. 7.

Led by one of the nation’s elite offenses that features All-SEC selections Gavin Grahovac, Chris Hacopian, Caden Sorrell, Nico Partida and Jorian Wilson to go along with National Stopper of the Year candidate Clayton Freshcorn, A&M hopes to power its way back to America’s Heartland

The Road to Omaha will be laid out and finalized on Memorial Day when the national seed and the full field of 64 are revealed during Monday’s NCAA Selection Show at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN2.