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When does the 2022 college baseball season start?

By Ethan Lee

OMAHA, NEBRASKA - JUNE 30: Tanner Allen #5 of the Mississippi St. hits a double against Vanderbilt in the top of the sixth inning during game three of the College World Series Championship at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on June 30, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
OMAHA, NEBRASKA - JUNE 30: Tanner Allen #5 of the Mississippi St. hits a double against Vanderbilt in the top of the sixth inning during game three of the College World Series Championship at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on June 30, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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The 2022 college baseball season Opening Day is set for Feb. 18.

The 2022 college baseball season is almost upon us. January is winding down and February is almost here. And because February is almost here, that means the college baseball season is about to start.

The season doesn’t start at the beginning of the month, and not everyone will begin at the exact same time due to a list of constraints that must be navigated, but it is about to get underway.

Here’s when college baseball will get going.

When will the 2022 college baseball season begin?

The college baseball season will officially get started on Feb. 18. Some teams may not start that day, but they’ll get going shortly after that.

Like their softball contemporaries, there are certain baseball programs that have to account for being located in a colder climate. It’s not uncommon to see teams from the Midwest make a trip elsewhere to play.

Take the Kansas Jayhawks and the Illinois Fighting Illini for example here. The Jayhawks and Fighting Illini will face off in Corpus Christi, Texas (home to the original Whataburger).

Up in Arlington, Texas at Globe Life Field, the State Farm College Baseball Showdown will have a few different high-profile programs in town to compete in a mini-tournament. The Auburn Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Kansas State Wildcats, Arizona Wildcats, and Michigan Wolverines will be present.

Notable college baseball games to watch on Feb. 18

The Long Beach State Dirtbags, one of the best underdog programs around, is headed to Starkville to face the defending national champs, the Mississippi State Bulldogs. It’s a bit of a David vs. Goliath sort of matchup that LBSU won last time these teams met in 2020. That game time hasn’t been announced yet, but it’s a must-watch matchup.

Another series to keep an eye on would be the Oklahoma State Cowboys’ road trip to Nashville to face the Vanderbilt Commodores which starts at 5:30 p.m. ET. This matchup features two teams that are aiming to make it back to Omaha.

It’ll definitely be worth keeping an eye on Arlington as the College Baseball Showdown hosts a few teams looking to make a splash on the national picture. Auburn will face Oklahoma at 12 p.m. After that, Kansas State and Arizona will play at 4 p.m. Rounding out the day in north Texas are the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Michigan Wolverines at 8 p.m.

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