Ole Miss upsets Texas A&M but will the Rebels host a regional?

May 31, 2025; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi Rebels starting pitcher Hunter Elliott (26) reacts with catcher Campbell Smithwick (12) after a strike out to end the sixth inning against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images | Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

The newly minted number 15 nationally ranked Ole Miss Rebels posted an upset series win over number 10 Texas A&M over the weekend in Oxford.

But was it enough to move the needle in the tight race for the top 16 seeds who will host the regional round of the NCAA Tournament later this month? The genius prognosticators at D1Baseball and Baseball America have been leaving the Rebels out of its top 16 as of late, and with only four games remaining in the regular season, Ole Miss (34-18, 14-13 SEC) is running out of opportunities to impress the selection committee

Just last week, Baseball America put the Rebels at No. 17 on its field of 64 projection with No. 16 Oregon State just ahead. The Beavers are a team with no conference and only games against Portland and Air Force remaining, which I would imagine a loss in any of those four games would be devastating at this juncture. The aforementioned defeated Aggies were then a No. 9 overall seed, so a series win should give Ole Miss some kind of boost.

D1Baseball who has Ole Miss ranked at 15th nationally could also move the Rebels into the top 16 in its projection expected on Tuesday. In its May 5 projection, Ole Miss sat at No. 19 and traveling to Hattiesburg as a two seed in the Southern Miss regional. The projection’s 16-seed Oregon lost its series to UCLA over the weekend, and its 9-seed Coastal Carolina endured a 1-3 week against Clemson and a series loss to Old Dominion.

Obviously all projections aside, the Rebels need another good week of baseball or none of this matters. Alabama is expected to host a regional after it easily swept South Carolina and solidified an above .500 conference record, and now Ole Miss comes into Tuscaloosa this weekend looking to take two of three and keep itself in the hosting conversation.