The college baseball season has come to a head, meaning we've arrived at the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament. Arguably, there isn't a better tournament or a more exciting format to determine a national champion than in college baseball. And the 2025 season offers us even more of an opportunity to witness that with the number of phenomenal teams in the mix trying to make it to Omaha for the College World Series.
LSU, a traditional powerhouse, has been the top team in college baseball this season but an argument could be made for Texas, Oregon, ACC Champion North Carolina, Oregon State and many more. Then there are teams that won't host Regionals but have a case to make some real noise, even if they don't have the nationwide brands of others. Teams like Dallas Baptist, Northeaster, UC Irvine and many more are all capable of making it to Omaha this season.
With the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket being revealed on Monday, May 26 and the tournament set to start soon, let's dive into everything fans need to know.
2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket: Regionals and seeding
Here's a look at the Regional brackets and everything seed for the teams. We start with the left side of the bracket and will note when we move to the right side of the bracket. (Note: Each National Seed is noted in parentheses)
Nashville Regional (Vanderbilt)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Vanderbilt (1) | 4 Wright State |
2 Louisville | 3 East Tennessee State |
Hattiesburg Regional (Southern Miss)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Southern Miss (16) | 4 Columbia |
2 Alabama | 3 Miami |
Tallahassee Regional (Florida State)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Florida State (9) | 4 Bethune-Cookman |
2 Northeastern | 3 Mississippi State |
Corvallis Regional (Oregon State)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Oregon State (8) | 4 Saint Mary's |
2 TCU | 3 USC |
Chapel Hill Regional (North Carolina)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 North Carolina (5) | 4 Holy Cross |
2 Oklahoma | 3. Nebraska |
Eugene Regional (Oregon)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Oregon (12) | 4 Utah Valley |
2 Arizona | 3 Cal Poly |
Conway Regional (Coastal Carolina)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Coastal Carolina (13) | 4 Fairfield |
2 Florida | 3 East Carolina |
Auburn Regional (Auburn)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Auburn (4) | 4 Central Connecticut |
2 NC State | 3 Stetson |
Now, we move on to the right side of the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket.
Austin Regional (Texas)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Texas (2) | 4 Houston Christian |
2 UTSA | 3 Kansas State |
Los Angeles Regional (UCLA)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 UCLA (15) | 4 Fresno State |
2 UC Irvine | 3 Arizona State |
Oxford Regional (Ole Miss)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Ole Miss (10) | 4 Murray State |
2 Georgia Tech | 3 Western Kentucky |
Athens Regional (Georgia)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Georgia (7) | 4 Binghamton |
2 Duke | 3 Oklahoma State |
Baton Rouge Regional (LSU)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 LSU (6) | 4 Little Rock |
2 Dallas Baptist | 3 Rhode Island |
Clemson Regional (Clemson)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Clemson (11) | 4 SC Upstate |
2 West Virginia | 3 Kentucky |
Knoxville Regional (Tennessee)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Tennessee (14) | 4 Miami (OH) |
2 Wake Forest | 3 Cincinnati |
Fayetteville Regional (Arkansas)
Top Seeds | First Opponent |
|---|---|
1 Arkansas (3) | 4 North Dakota State |
2 Kansas | 3 Creighton |
Regional Hosts and Top 16 national seeds
Host Team | Venue |
|---|---|
Georgia Bulldogs (7-seed) | Foley Field (Athens, GA) |
Auburn Tigers (4-seed) | Plainsman Park (Auburn, AL) |
Texas Longhorns (2-seed) | UFCU Disch-Falk Field (Austin, TX) |
LSU Tigers (6-seed) | Alex Box Stadium (Baton Rouge, LA) |
North Carolina Tar Heels (5-seed) | Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium (Chapel Hill, NC) |
Clemson Tigers (11-seed) | Doug Kingsmore Stadium (Clemson, SC) |
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (13-seed) | Springs Brooks Stadium (Conway, SC) |
Oregon State Beavers (8-seed) | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field (Corvallis, OR) |
Oregon Ducks (12-seed) | PK Park (Eugene, OR) |
Arkansas Razorbacks (3-seed) | Baum-Walker Stadium (Fayetteville, AR) |
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (16-seed) | Pete Taylor Park (Hattiesburg, MS) |
Tennessee Volunteers (14-seed) | Lindsey Nelson Stadium (Knoxville, TN) |
UCLA Bruins (15-seed) | Jackie Robinson Stadium (Los Angeles, CA) |
Vanderbilt Commodores (1-seed) | Hawkins Field (Nashville, TN) |
Ole Miss Rebels (10-seed) | Oxford-University Stadium (Oxford, MS) |
Florida State Seminoles (9-seed) | Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium (Tallahassee, FL) |
The Regional hosts for the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament were announced first, with 14 of the 16 hosts coming from power conferences. Coastal Carolina and Southern Miss, two programs that have been stellar with sustained success for a long time at this point. It's also of no shock to any college baseball fan that the SEC is highly represented in terms of the Regional hosts with eight programs from that conference hosting to start the tournament.
NCAA Baseball Tournament format: How Regionals and Super Regionals work
The NCAA Baseball Tournament is one of the most unique formats in sports. It starts with Regionals with 16 host teams, as listed above, hosting four-team brackets in a double-elimination format. The host team will be the No. 1 seed in each Regional and will play the No. 4 seed while the No. 2 and 3 seeds will play one another. The winners of those games will then face one another while the losers will then face off in a consolation game. The loser of the consolation game is eliminated from each Regional while the winner of the consolation game will face the loser of the winner's bracket game. The team that wins their first two games will face the winner of that game, but will have to be beaten twice to be eliminated.
Every winner of a Regional then advances to the Super Regionals, which are hosted by the highest overall seeds still remaining in the tournament. The Super Regionals are a best-of-three series beteween Regional winners and the winner of that series will give us the eight teams that will advance to Omaha and the College World Series.
In the College World Series, the eight teams are divided into two four-team brackets and the double-elimination format used in Regionals is then in play again. The winners of each bracket advance to the College World Series Final, another best-of-three series that will determine the national champion.
When is the College World Series in Omaha?
The 2025 College World Series will be played from June 13-23 with the Final series being played June 21-23, though it could end on June 22 if a team wins two games in a row to win the best-of-three series. While many fans love to watch as much of the NCAA Baseball Tournament action as possible, the College World Series is the main event with the vaunted trip to Omaha.
Full 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament schedule
Here's a look at the full 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament schedule with dates for the Regionals, Super Regionals and College World Series, as well as matchups.
NCAA Baseball Regionals schedule
The Regionals will take place May 30 to June 2 at campus host sites mentioned above.
Region | Higher Seed | Lower Seed | Date/Time/TV Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
Chapel Hill | North Carolina (5) | Holy Cross | Fri. May 30, Noon ET (ACCN) |
Conway | Florida | East Carolina | Fri. May 30, Noon ET (ESPN2) |
Athens | Georgia (7) | Binghamton | Fri. May 30, Noon ET (SECN) |
Clemson | West Virginia | Kentucky | Fri. May 30, Noon ET (ESPNU) |
Knoxville | Wake Forest | Cincinnati | Fri. May 30, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Austin | Texas (2) | Houston Christian | Fri. May 30, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Nashville | Louisville | E Tennessee State | Fri. May 30, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Auburn | NC State | Stetson | Fri. May 30, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Fayetteville | Arkansas (3) | North Dakota State | Fri. May 30, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Hattiesburg | Alabama | Miami | Fri. May 30, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN2) |
Tallahassee | Florida State (9) | Bethune-Cookman | Fri. May 30, 3 p.m. ET (ACCN) |
Baton Rouge | LSU (6) | Little Rock | Fri. May 30, 3 p.m. ET (SECN) |
Corvallis | TCU | USC | Fri. May 30, 3 p.m. ET (ESPNU) |
Eugene | Arizona | Cal Poly | Fri. May 30, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Oxford | Georgia Tech | Western Kentucky | Fri. May 30, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Los Angeles | UCLA (15) | Fresno State | Fri. May 30, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN2) |
Chapel Hill | Oklahoma | Nebraska | Fri. May 30, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Nashville | Vanderbilt (1) | Wright State | Fri. May 30, 6 p.m. ET (SECN) |
Clemson | Clemson (11) | SC Upstate | Fri. May 30, 6 p.m. ET (ACCN) |
Conway | Coastal Carolina (13) | Fairfield | Fri. May 30, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Athens | Duke | Oklahoma State | Fri. May 30, 6 p.m. ET (ESPNU) |
Knoxville | Tennessee (14) | Miami (OH) | Fri. May 30, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Auburn | Auburn (4) | Central Connecticut | Fri. May 30, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Hattiesburg | Southern Miss (16) | Columbia | Fri. May 30, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Austin | UTSA | Kansas State | Fri. May 30, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Baton Rouge | Dallas Baptist | Rhode Island | Fri. May 30, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Tallahassee | Northeastern | Mississippi State | Fri. May 30, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Fayetteville | Kansas | Creighton | Fri. May 30, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Oxford | Ole Miss (10) | Murray State | Fri. May 30, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Corvallis | Oregon State (8) | Saint Mary's | Fri. May 30, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
Eugene | Oregon (12) | Utah Valley | Fri. May 30, 9 p.m. ET |
Los Angeles | UC Irvine | Arizona State | Fri. May 30, 9 p.m. ET (ESPN+) |
NCAA Baseball Super Regionals schedule
NCAA Super Regionals will take place from June 6-9 at campus host sites based on the higher seeds.
Full matchups and schedule will be updated when made available.
College World Series schedule
The College World Series will take place from June 13-23 with the College World Series Final being played on June 21-23.
Full matchups and schedule will be updated when made available.