Florida State enters the Division I college baseball tournament in the position it hopes to finish the season on top.

The Seminoles (56-12), who are in the tournament for the 25th consecutive year but have never won a College World Series, were selected as the top seed in the 64-team field Monday.

The other seeded teams are: Clemson (47-14), Alabama (48-13), Rice (47-11), Texas (48-14), South Carolina (48-14), Wake Forest (44-11-1) and Stanford (40-16).

The committee, focusing on safety and travel concerns, selected the 16 regional sites for the tournament by secret ballot after all 64 teams were selected. Teams were grouped based primarily on geographic proximity. Previously, regional sites were determined a week before the field was announced.

The Gainesville and Tallahassee regionals each consist of four Florida teams, the Palo Alto regional has just California teams, and the Baton Rouge regional has only Louisiana teams.

Florida State, which opens the double-elimination first round Friday against Stetson, finished as runners-up in 1970, ’86 and ’99. The Seminoles are on a 22-game winning streak and are one victory from setting a school record.

“I think we just had some very good pitching, and that’s what it usually amounts to,” said coach Mike Martin, who has led Florida State to 50 or more wins 20 times. “Our guys have taken advantage of every opportunity they’ve had the past five or six weeks.”