Texas baseball: SEC and NCAA seedings are still in play for final week of regular season

Texas Longhorns outfielder Maddox Monsour (32) celebrates scoring in the eighth inning as the Texas Longhorns take on the UTSA Roadrunners at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Texas won the game 11-8. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman)

SEC seeding still at stake for Texas during regular season's final week

So, are these last three games against last-place Missouri (23-27, 6-21) meaningless? Not really. Some stakes will still be in play at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

First off, Texas is playing for seeding in the SEC Tournament, which begins next Tuesday in Hoover, Ala., and wraps up five days later. If the regular season ended today, Texas would be the No. 3 seed in the 16-team SEC showcase and would thus earn a double-bye. (The No. 1 and No. 4 seeds play their first games next Thursday while the No. 2 and 3 seeds' quarterfinals will be next Friday.)

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Texas controls its destiny when it comes to securing that double-bye, but a shortcut to the SEC quarterfinals has not yet been secured. Only 2½ games separate Texas and a ninth-place slot that would guarantee a spot in the SEC Tournament's first game Tuesday.

Here's how the top nine teams in the SEC are finishing the regular season:

• Georgia (41-11, 21-6) is at Auburn (35-15, 16-11).

• Texas A&M (37-12, 16-10) hosts Mississippi State (38-14, 15-12).

• Texas (37-12, 16-10) hosts Missouri (23-27, 6-21).

• Alabama (35-17, 16-11) hosts Ole Miss (34-18, 14-13).

• Auburn (35-15, 16-11) hosts Georgia.

• Florida (34-18, 15-12) is at LSU (29-24, 9-18).

• Mississippi State (34-18, 15-12) is at Texas A&M.

• Arkansas (34-18, 15-12) is at Kentucky (30-18, 12-15).

• Ole Miss (34-18, 14-13) is at Alabama.

Texas Longhorns head coach Jim Schlossnagle watches batters warm up in the first inning as the Texas Longhorns play the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the second of a three game series at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, May 2, 2026. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman)

Top-eight seeding in the NCAA Tournament is still at play

Texas is also looking to put the finishing touches on the résumé that it will submit before the NCAA Tournament's bracket is revealed May 25. With the No. 4 RPI and the No. 6 ranking in the D1Baseball and Baseball America polls, a home regional — which is awarded to the top 16 seeds in the 64-team field — is a safe bet for Texas.

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However, UT would like to wrap up a top-eight seed. That would give the Longhorns the right to host a super regional if they advance past the NCAA Tournament's first weekend.

On Tuesday, USA Today projected Texas as the No. 5 overall seed while Baseball America had UT as the No. 6 seed. So the Longhorns seemingly have some wiggle room with which to work. A series loss to Missouri and a quick exit from the conference tournament, though, wouldn't help the Longhorns' case if a team projected behind them finished out their season strongly.