The Road to Omaha Begins: Tigers Land No. 8 Overall Seed

National seeds were announced this morning, with LSU's late close pushing them up into the last spot in the top eight.

The Road To Omaha Goes Through Baton Rouge! The Tigers are a national seed. #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/Y02TODCf5t

— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) May 30, 2016

Seeding is as follows:

1. Florida

2. Louisville

3. Miami

4. Texas A&M

5. Texas Tech

6. Miss State

7. Clemson

8. LSU

Four SEC schools in the top eight seeds. As for this weekend's Baton Rouge Regional, Utah Valley, Rice and Southeastern will be on hand, with the winner paired with the NC State Regional that features the top-seeded Wolfpack, Coastal Carolina, St. Mary's and Navy.

Tigers will take on Utah Valley on Friday at 2 p.m. CST.