Tennessee baseball wraps up the regular season with a 41-15 record, which is good enough to earn it a second seed in the NCAA Tournament.
This means Tennessee won't host in the Regional Round, as the Vols are projected to travel to Atlanta and match with ACC Champion Georgia Tech.
The Yellow Jackets finished the year with a 39-16 record and went 19-11 in conference play, which is surprisingly good enough to claim gold in the ACC.
Georgia Tech has been a different team at home this year, posting an impressive 26-9 record at home, compared to a 13-6 road record.
Their reward for winning the ACC is hosting the defending national champions with something to prove after a disappointing end to conference play.
Tennessee is coming off five straight SEC series losses, which has frustrated the team. They have been unable to close a series after winning the first game and losing the next two games.
The Vols join Arizona State and Columbia in the Atlanta Region. If this projection holds, Tennessee will face Arizona State as its first-round opponent.
Tennessee's NCAA Tournament draw is actually more favorable than its SEC Tournament draw. The Vols are the No. 8 seed in the SEC Tournament, and they will face Texas in the second round.
The Tennessean has also shared its projection for the NCAA Tournament, offering a different but also favorable draw. In their projection, the Vols landed in the Chapel Hill region with North Carolina, Oklahoma State, and Miami-Ohio.
If Tennessee were to leave that region, it would face the winner of the Tuscaloosa Region, which consists of Alabama, Dallas Baptist, Duke, and Long Island.
Tennessee's performance in the SEC Tournament could change where the Vols land in postseason action. A bad performance could drop them into a less favorable part of the bracket, while a good performance could give them a chance to return to the College World Series.