UNC baseball coach, players discuss winning 2025 ACC Tournament
After winning the 2025 ACC Tournament championship, Scott Forbes, Jackson Van De Brake and Gavin Gallaher discussed the Tar Heels’ performance.
With a finalized bracket, the road to Omaha is officially underway — time to play ball.
After winning its fifth SEC tournament on Sunday, Vanderbilt edged out Texas for the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament during Monday’s bracket reveal show. The Commodores, who were ranked No. 1 in the RPI rankings, are the top overall seed for the first time in the Tim Corbin era since 2007.
Rounding out the top five national seeds in the 64-team bracket were Texas, Arkansas, Auburn and North Carolina.
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The SEC continued its season-long dominance on Monday, as it had 13 of its 16 teams named to the NCAA baseball tournament bracket. Of the 13 SEC teams, eight of them are hosting a regional, which is tied for the most all time by a single conference in a single NCAA Tournament.
Postseason play gets underway on May 30 with regional play, where all games will take place at the sites of the top 16 national seeds.
Here’s what to know about the NCAA baseball tournament bracket, including a look at regional matchups, locations, how to watch information and more:
NCAA baseball tournament schedule
Here’s a full breakdown of the NCAA baseball tournament regional schedule, which was announced on Monday:
Nashville Regional(1) Vanderbilt (42-16) vs. Wright State (38-19)East Tennessee State (41-15) vs. Louisville (35-21)Hattiesburg Regional(16) Southern Miss (44-14) vs. Columbia (29-17)Miami (31-24) vs. Alabama (41-16)
Nashville Regional winner will play Hattiesburg Regional winner in the Super Regionals
Tallahassee Regional(9) Florida State (38-14) vs. Bethune-Cookman (37-21)Mississippi State (34-21) vs. Northeastern (48-9)Corvallis Regional(8) Oregon State (41-12-1) vs. Saint Mary’s (35-24)USC (35-21) vs. TCU (39-18)
Tallahassee Regional winner plays the Corvallis Regional winner in the Super Regionals
Chapel Hill Regional(5) North Carolina (42-12) vs. Holy Cross (31-25)Nebraska (32-27) vs. Oklahoma (35-20)Eugene Regional(12) Oregon (42-14) vs. Utah Valley (32-27)Cal Poly (41-17) vs. Arizona (39-18)
Chapel Hill Regional winner plays the Eugene Regional winner in the Super Regionals
Conway Regional(13) Coastal Carolina (48-11) vs. Fairfield (39-17)East Carolina (33-25) vs. Florida (38-20)Auburn Regional(4) Auburn (38-18) vs. Central Connecticut (31-15)Stetson (40-20) vs. NC State (33-19)
Auburn Regional winner plays the Conway Regional winner in the Super Regionals
Baton Rouge Regional(6) LSU (43-14) vs. Little Rock (24-32)Rhode Island (38-20) vs. Dallas Baptist (40-16)Clemson Regional(11) Clemson (44-16) vs. USC Upstate (36-23)Kentucky (29-24) vs. West Virginia (41-14)
Baton Rouge Regional winner plays the Clemson Regional winner in the Super Regionals
Fayetteville Regional(3) Arkansas (43-13) vs. North Dakota State (20-32)Creighton (41-14) vs. Kansas (43-15)Knoxville Regional(14) Tennessee (43-16) vs. Miami (Ohio) (35-21)Cincinnati (32-24) vs. Wake Forest (36-20)
The Fayetteville Regional winner will face the Knoxville Regional winner in the Super Regionals
Athens Regional(7) Georgia (42-15) vs. Binghamton (29-24)Oklahoma State (28-23) vs. Duke (37-19)Oxford Regional(10) Ole Miss (40-19) vs. Murray State (39-13)Western Kentucky (46-12) vs. Georgia Tech (40-17)
The Athens Regional winner will play the Oxford Regional winner in the Super Regionals
Austin Regional(2) Texas (42-12) vs. Houston Christian (32-23)Kansas State (31-24) vs. UTSA (44-13)Los Angeles Regional(15) UCLA (42-16) vs. Fresno State (31-27)Arizona State (35-22) vs. UC Irvine (41-15)
Austin Regional winner will play Los Angeles Regional winner in the Super Regionals
NCAA baseball tournament national seeds
Here’s a full breakdown of the top 16 national seeds for the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament, all of whom earned the right to host a regional site:
Vanderbilt (42-16)Texas (42-12)Arkansas (43-13)Auburn (38-18)North Carolina (42-12)LSU (43-14)Georgia (42-15)Oregon State (42-12-1)Florida State (38-14)Ole Miss (40-19)Clemson (44-16)Oregon (42-14)Coastal Carolina (48-11)Tennessee (43-16)UCLA (42-16)Southern Miss (44-14)NCAA baseball tournament regional site locations
Here’s a full breakdown of the regional site locations for the NCAA baseball tournament, which were listed in alphabetical order and announced by the NCAA on Sunday:
Tallahassee Regional (Florida State)Athens Regional (Georgia)Auburn Regional (Auburn)Austin Regional (Texas)Baton Rouge Regional (LSU)Chapel Hill Regional (North Carolina)Clemson Regional (Clemson)Conway Regional (Coastal Carolina)Corvallis Regional (Oregon State)Eugene Regional (Oregon)Fayetteville Regional (Arkansas)Hattiesburg Regional (Southern Miss)Knoxville Regional (Tennessee)Los Angeles Regional (UCLA)Nashville Regional (Vanderbilt)Oxford Regional (Ole Miss)NCAA baseball tournament automatic bids
As previously noted by USA TODAY, here’s who received an automatic bid to the NCAA baseball tournament by ways of winning their respective conference tournaments:
America East: BinghamtonAAC: East CarolinaASUN: Stetson*Atlantic 10: Rhode IslandACC: North CarolinaBig 12: ArizonaBig East: CreightonBig South: USC UpstateBig Ten: NebraskaBig West: Cal PolyCAA: NortheasternConference USA: Western KentuckyHorizon League: Wright StateIvy League: ColumbiaMAAC: FairfieldMAC: Miami (OH)Missouri Valley: Murray StateMountain West: Fresno StateNEC: Central ConnecticutOhio Valley: Little RockPatriot: Holy CrossSEC: VanderbiltSouthland: Houston ChristianSouthern: East Tennessee StateSWAC: Bethune-CookmanSummit: North Dakota StateSun Belt: Coastal CarolinaWCC: Saint Mary’sWAC: Utah Valley
* Stetson declared automatic qualifier for ASUN after tournament championship game canceled
When does the NCAA baseball tournament start?
The 2025 NCAA baseball tournament will start on May 30 with regional play. The best-of-three super regional series are scheduled to take place between June 6-9 with the eight winners of the super regionals advancing to the College World Series. The College World Series will start four days later on June 13.
Here’s a breakdown of the key dates for the NCAA baseball tournament schedule:
Regionals:Â May 30-June 2Super Regionals:Â June 6-9College World Series:Â June 13-22/23When is the College World Series?College World Series 2025 start date: Friday, June 13College World Series 2025 end date: Sunday, June 22/Monday, June 23
The 2025 College World Series is set to start on Friday, June 13 at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska. The CWS is scheduled to run through Sunday, June 22 or Monday, June 23 depending on whether the CWS championship series goes to the “if necessary” Game 3.
How to watch NCAA baseball tournament: TV channel, streaming options
The 2025 NCAA baseball tournament will be carried across the ESPN family of networks, with specific game TV channel information yet to be announced at the time of this writing. Streaming options include ESPN+, ESPN’s subscription streaming service, and Fubo, which carries the ESPN family of networks and offers a free trial to new subscribers.