Brentley’s Bracketology: Predicting 2025 NCAA D-I Men’s Golf Regional Fields

Brentley’s Bracketology: Predicting 2025 NCAA D-I Men’s Golf Regional Fields image

NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals: Who’s Dancing and Where?

The NCAA Division I men’s golf regionals are just around the corner, set for May 12-14 across six different sites. Each regional will host 13 or 14 teams, with the top five from each advancing to the NCAA Championship at La Costa.

The 81-team field includes 28 automatic qualifiers (conference champions) and 53 at-large bids. Golf Channel will reveal the official selections on April 30 at 1 p.m. ET.

As conference championships wrap up, here’s how this year’s regionals might shake out:

UPDATED: APRIL 21

Top overall seed: Ole Miss
Last four in: Louisiana, Kennesaw State, Kentucky, Sam Houston
First teams out: St. Mary’s, Michigan, Arkansas State, Elon
Ineligible due to .500 rule: Clemson, Loyola Marymount

Note: Projected conference champions are italicized.

Seminole Legacy Club, Tallahassee, Florida (Florida State)

1. Ole Miss (SEC)
2. Florida State (ACC)
3. UCLA
4. Louisville
5. Georgia Tech
6. Oregon
7. Purdue
8. New Mexico
9. Troy (Sun Belt)
10. New Mexico State (CUSA)
11. Kansas State
12. Richmond (A-10)
13. Illinois State (Missouri Valley)
14. Florida A&M (SWAC)

Auburn University Club, Auburn, Alabama (Auburn)

1. Auburn
2. Virginia
3. Utah
4. Long Beach State (Big West)
5. Tennessee
6. UNLV
7. Notre Dame
8. Santa Clara
9. Marquette
10. Pacific
11. North Carolina State
12. Augusta (Southland)
13. Loyola (Md.) (Patriot)

Atkins GC, Urbana, Illinois (Illinois)

1. Texas
2. Illinois (Big Ten)
3. Alabama
4. Arizona
5. Northwestern
6. Colorado
7. San Diego
8. Wake Forest
9. USC
10. Arkansas
11. Michigan State
12. Princeton (Ivy)
13. Xavier (Big East)
14. Fairfield (MAAC)

Poplar Grove GC, Amherst, Virginia (Liberty)

1. Oklahoma State (Big 12)
2. North Carolina
3. San Diego State (Mountain West)
4. Pepperdine (West Coast)
5. BYU
6. South Florida
7. Stanford
8. Colorado State
9. Grand Canyon (WAC)
10. College of Charleston (Coastal)
11. Iowa State
12. Kent State (MAC)
13. Oral Roberts (Summit)
14. Long Island (Northeast)

Montreux G&CC, Reno, Nevada (Nevada)

1. Arizona State
2. Florida
3. Texas A&M
4. South Carolina
5. Mississippi State
6. Texas Tech
7. Houston
8. Charlotte
9. Cal
10. Furman (SoCon)
11. Louisiana
12. Sam Houston
13. Longwood (Big South)

Gold Mountain GC, Bremerton, Washington (Washington)

1. Oklahoma
2. LSU
3. Vanderbilt
4. Duke
5. SMU
6. Georgia
7. Kansas
8. Little Rock (Ohio Valley)
9. Florida Gulf Coast (ASUN)
10. TCU
11. Kennesaw State
12. Kentucky
13. Wright State (Horizon)

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