We are now one week away from crowning a D2 Baseball national champion as the College World Series begins today in Cary, N.C. So, what better time for our final D2 Baseball BRacketology Powered by BennettRank?
As we have with other brackets, the team with the higher BennettRank is the team which is projected to win each game. Yet, projections sometimes don’t play out as they should when you get into a double elimination tournament; only two of the eight College World Series participants – Franklin Pierce (East) and Millersville (Atlantic) – were the top seeds in their respective regionals.
So, with that, here’s how BennettRank projects the 2016 D2 College World Series.
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Saturday, May 28
Game 1: BR-2 Millersville def. BR-32 Angelo State
Game 2: BR-21 Cal Poly Pomona def. BR-51 Southern Indiana
Game 3: BR-5 Nova Southeastern def. BR-9 Franklin Pierce
Game 4: BR-1 Lander def. BR-27 Central Missouri
Monday, May 30
Game 5: BR-32 Angelo State (Loser Game 1) def. BR-51 Southern Indiana (Loser Game 2) (Southern Indiana eliminated)
Game 6: BR-2 Millersville (Winner Game 1) def. BR-21 Cal Poly Pomona (Winner Game 2)
Tuesday, May 31
Game 7: BR-9 Franklin Pierce (Loser Game 3) def. BR-27 Central Missouri (Loser Game 4) (Central Missouri eliminated)
Game 8: BR-1 Lander (Winner Game 4) def. BR-5 Nova Southeastern (Winner Game 3)
Wednesday, June 1
Game 9: BR-9 Franklin Pierce (Winner Game 7) def. BR-21 Cal Poly Pomona (Loser Game 6) (Cal Poly Pomona eliminated)
Game 10: BR-5 Nova Southeastern (Loser Game 8) vs. BR-32 Angelo State (Winner Game 5) (Angelo State eliminated)
Thursday, June 2
Game 11: BR-1 Lander (Winner Game 8) def. BR-9 Franklin Pierce (Winner Game 9) (Franklin Pierce eliminated)
Game 12: BR-2 Millersville (Winner Game 6) def. BR-5 Nova Southeastern (Winner Game 10) (Nova Southeastern)
Best-of-Three Championship Series
Friday, June 3
Game 13: BR-1 Lander (Winner Game 11) def. BR-2 Millersville (Winner Game 12)
Saturday, June 4
Game 14: BR-2 Millersville def. BR-1 Lander
Game 15 (If Necessary): BR-1 Lander def. BR-2 Millersville