Florida (35-18, 13-14 SEC) has won five straight series, including against a top-five Arkansas last month, and has all but locked up a 17th straight NCAA Tournament bid. Before heading to Austin, the Gators were projected to be a No. 3 regional seed by D1Baseball.com. They were No. 13 in the RPI Monday and close at home against Alabama.

The top team in the country hasn't won a series in May after Florida took two of three games over No. 1 Texas in the weekend series. The Gators closed the series with a 4-1 win Sunday, with the previous results being 8-2 Gators on Friday and 5-2 Longhorns on Saturday.

Probability says Texas A&M players were grieving the loss of a season that most expected would end in a return trip to the College World Series, or even the national championship that escaped their grasp a season prior.