Where Oregon baseball sits in latest NCAA bracket projections

There is no more margin for error. The final regular season series at PK Park will have all of the Oregon Ducks' postseason hopes on the line.

Oregon will host USC in Eugene to close out the regular season and wrap up Big Ten play. The Ducks are fourth in the conference standings, but if they can take down the Trojans, they could finish as high as second place before heading to Omaha for the conference tournament.

Still, there are postseason implications beyond the Big Ten tournament in play for the Ducks. The latest batch of projections for the NCAA Tournament has the Ducks ranging from hosting a regional on their home turf to taking their show on a cross-country flight for the first round.

D1Baseball projects the Ducks to clinch the No. 16 overall seed, earning the final bid to host a regional round. That's a big deal, and one that will likely only happen if the Ducks can take care of the Trojans this weekend. It would be Oregon's second consecutive season hosting a regional.

The projected field for the Eugene Regional isn't easy. SEC powerhouse Arkansas would make the trip to the Pacific Northwest as the No. 2 seed in the regional. Gonzaga, which the Ducks beat recently in Eugene, would be the No. 3 seed, while Wright State takes the final spot.

The winner of the Eugene Regional would match up against the winner of the Los Angeles Regional, which UCLA is projected to host. The Ducks took one of three games from the Bruins last weekend.

USA TODAY is more pessimistic about Oregon's hopes for the regional round. The projections from USA TODAY have the Ducks as a No. 2 seed traveling across the country into SEC territory in Gainesville, Florida. The Florida Gators would host the regional as the projected No. 10 overall seed. The Ducks would be joined by No. 3 seed NC State and No. 4 seed SIU-Edwardsville.