Following its 17-5 midweek drumming of No. 19 Louisville and back-to-back series victories over then ranked No. 4 Tennessee and South Carolina, Kentucky held firm as a No. 2 seed in On3’s Jonathan Wagner‘s latest Field of 64 Projections.

After teetering on the bubble just weeks ago, the ‘Cats have now won seven of their last 10 games and are solidly in the Tournament. If selected for the 2025 NCAA Tournament, it will mark the first time in program history that the Kentucky Baseball program has made back-to-back-to-back appearances in the Big Dance.

In just two weeks, Kentucky’s RPI has jumped from No. 39 to No. 29 after the ‘Cats won consecutive conference series for the first time this season.

Kentucky is currently projected in the Chapel Hill Regional, alongside No. 1 seed North Carolina, No. 3 seed UConn and No. 4 seed Bryant. Both Kentucky and North Carolina made an appearance in last season’s Men’s College World Series and went 1-2 in the event.

North Carolina, currently ranked No. 4 in D1Baseball’s latest Top 25 Rankings, sits at 33-10 (15-9) and are seemingly locks to host a Regional in Chapel Hill for the second consecutive season. UConn boasts a 26-17 (11-4) record in the Big East and would be making its seventh straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Finally, Bryant (22-16-1, 10-5) are seemingly favorites to earn the America East bid to the Big Dance, which would be its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008.

This upcoming week will be huge for the ‘Cats, as they will play a midweek game at Western Kentucky on Tuesday before traveling to Starkville for a road conference series clash with Mississippi State. The Hilltoppers are currently among On3’s Last Four In, while the Bulldogs are among the First Four Out. To say these four games this week for Kentucky’s opponents are massive would be an understatement.