Kansas was a bubble team. Rivals.com, in its latest projection of the 64-team NCAA Tournament, snuck the Jayhawk baseball team in as a three-seed, and one of its last five teams to make the field. Expect all that to change when the projections are released today.

When the Jayhawks went out this weekend and earned their biggest series victory of the season — yes, even considering the sweep of then-No. 1 Texas at the Hog — they firmly thrust their name into the postseason discussion.

After showing an inability to win a road series against an inferior team (see: Texas Tech two weekends ago), Kansas silenced its doubters in resounding fashion in Norman, Okla. Kansas used big first innings and (surprise, surprise) brilliant pitching performances to win two of three against No. 9 Oklahoma.

With just two series left in the regular season — at surging Missouri and against No. 16 Kansas State, in which they play one game in Manhattan and two in Lawrence — the breakthrough on the road was an absolute must for the Jayhawks, whose 23-3 home record has been offset by a disappointing 7-11 mark on the road.

Kansas, which fell in extra innings in the final game of the series Sunday after taking the first two games 5-4 and 9-5, may have finally gotten its name written in ink on the NCAA bracket.

But the Jayhawks’ series victory against the Sooners this weekend did more than all but solidify their chances to become a postseason team. This weekend proved to the Jayhawks, and to their potential opponents, that they have the ability to take on some of the best competition in the country and win.

The bracket is split up into 16 four-team regionals, from which one team advances to a super regional. All the Jayhawks want right now is to be penned into one of those 64 slots, because anything can happen from there. Last year’s national champion Fresno State came out of its regional as the fourth seed before going on a miracle run to the title.

But to win in the postseason, Kansas will need to win on the road. Rivals.com had Kansas in, before this weekend, as the three-seed in the Atlanta Regional, hosted by Georgia Tech. Baseball America had it as the four-seed in Houston, hosted by Rice. No matter where they end up, the Jayhawks won’t be hosting, which means they will have to knock off a higher-ranked team at least once, likely twice, away from home.

Before this weekend, they couldn’t win two of three on the road no matter the opponent. But now, the Jayhawks may have the confidence to make some noise come June.

— — Edited by Grant Treaster