Georgia baseball earns No. 3 overall seed, set to host Athens Regional

After winning their first SEC regular-season title since 2008 and first SEC Tournament title in program history, the Georgia Bulldogs will be the No. 3 national seed and host a regional in Athens beginning Friday.

The Bulldogs (46-12) will play Long Island (30-20) at 7 p.m. Friday on SEC Network.

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Also competing in the Athens Regional will be Liberty (41-19) and Boston College (36-21), who will face off at 2 p.m. Friday (ESPN+).

All 16 regionals will run Friday-Monday and feature a double-elimination format. As a Top 8 national seed, if Georgia wins its regional, it will host a best-of-three super regional the following weekend with a trip to the College World Series on the line.

If Georgia advances to the super regionals, it will host the winner of the Starkville Regional, which includes host Mississippi State along with Lipscomb, Louisiana and Cincinnati.

Georgia’s most recent CWS trip came in 2008, when it finished as runner-up to Fresno State.

In coach Wes Johnson’s third season, this is Georgia’s third consecutive year hosting an Athens Regional. Johnson’s 132-46 overall record and 58-32 mark in the SEC are the most overall and conference wins by a coach in their first three years in program history.

The Bulldogs won their regional in 2024 but lost in the super regionals to N.C. State. In 2025, Georgia lost to Duke and Oklahoma State in their regional.

Top 8 national seeds

UCLA (51-6)
Georgia Tech (48-9)
Georgia (46-12)
Auburn (38-19)
North Carolina (45-11-1)
Texas (40-13)
Alabama (37-19)
Florida (39-19)

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Athens Regional schedule

FRIDAY

Game 1: Liberty vs. Boston College, 2 p.m.

Game 2: Georgia vs. Long Island, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, noon

Game 4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 5 p.m.

SUNDAY

Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, noon

Game 6: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 4, 5 p.m.

MONDAY

Game 7: If necessary, time TBA

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