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Key takeaways
- After being ranked No. 1 all season long, UCLA is the top-overall seed in this year's tournament.
- For the fifth time, the SEC is hosting nearly half of all regionals with seven schools hosting, including Georgia, Auburn, Texas, Texas A&M, Florida, Mississippi State and Alabama.
- After not hosting any regionals in 2025, the Big 12 has two hosts this postseason.
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After being ranked No. 1 all season long, UCLA is the top-overall seed in this year's tournament. The rest of the top eight seeds include Georgia Tech at No. 2, Georgia at No. 3, Auburn at No. 4, North Carolina at No. 5, Texas at No. 6, Alabama at No. 7 and Florida at No. 8.
For the fifth time, the SEC is hosting nearly half of all regionals with seven schools hosting, including Georgia, Auburn, Texas, Texas A&M, Florida, Mississippi State and Alabama.
After not hosting any regionals in 2025, the Big 12 has two hosts this postseason. Kansas is hosting a regional for the first time in program history in Lawrence, and West Virginia is hosting for just the second time in Morgantown. The Big Ten is hosting three regionals (UCLA, Oregon and Nebraska) as is the ACC (Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Florida State) and the one school outside the Power 4 hosting is Southern Miss.