The No. 7 national seed Georgia Bulldogs will host the Athens Regional. Georgia is the No. 7 national seed in the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive year. The Bulldogs are looking to advance to the super regionals for a second consecutive year.

The Athens Regional will start on Friday, May 30. Georgia opens the NCAA Tournament against Binghamton. The winner of the Georgia-Binghamton game will play the winner of the Duke versus Oklahoma State game on Saturday. The losers of the two opening games will face off in an elimination game on Saturday.

The winner of the Athens Regional will advance to play the winner of the Oxford Regional in a three-game series in the super regionals. The Oxford Regional features No. 10 national seed Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, Western Kentucky and Murray State.

Ranking the four teams in the Athens Regional

1. Georgia Bulldogs

Record: 42-15, 18-12 in SEC

Home record: 29-4

RPI: No. 2

Georgia baseball has significant NCAA Tournament experience and leads the nation in home runs with 133. The Bulldogs will be tough to beat at home. Georgia has not lost a home series all season and played in the most difficult conference in the nation. The SEC had 13 teams make the NCAA Tournament.

2. Duke Blue Devils

Record: 37-19, 17-13 in ACC

Away record: 7-9 (1-1 neutral)

RPI: No. 31

Duke baseball has made the NCAA Tournament three straight seasons. The Blue Devils won the 2024 ACC Championship. Duke put together an impressive record in one of the country's toughest baseball conferences. Duke won a three-game regular season series at No. 11 national seed Clemson, which shows that they can beat anybody in the country.

3. Oklahoma State Cowboys

Record: 28-23, 15-12 in Big 12

Away record: 5-12 (5-5 neutral)

RPI: No. 44

Oklahoma State was one of the better teams in the Big 12 this spring. The Cowboys won the Big 12 Tournament in 2024 and hosted a regional last year, so Oklahoma State has a lot of NCAA Tournament experience on its roster.

Oklahoma State left-handed pitcher Harrison Bodendorf was named first-team All-Big and was named as the conference's co-newcomer of the year.

4. Binghamton Bearcats

Record: 29-24, 13-11 in American East

Away record: 11-17 (5-1 neutral)

RPI: No. 163

Binghamton baseball won the American East over the Bryant Bulldogs in extra innings. Binghamton is 8-3 over their last 11 games and enters the Athens Regional with some serious momentum.

"All year long I wasn't sure how good this team was, but I knew we had tremendous spirit and fight," said Binghamton manager Tim Sinicki. "Yes we are talented, but we always found ways to win ball games and never gave up. I'm so proud of the kids. It's been a long week in beautiful Maine, but we're happy to be coming home with a championship."

Notably, Binghamton split (2-2) a series at Missouri earlier this year, so they do have experience against SEC foes. However, Missouri (16-39, 3-27 in SEC) had an awful season and was by far the worst team in the SEC. Georgia swept Missouri (3-0) in early May.

Our Athens Regional rankings also reflect the seeding the regional.

This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Sizing up Georgia baseball's Athens Regional