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Duration | February 13, 2017 – June 27, 2017 |
Number of teams | 301 |
Preseason No. 1 | TCU (Unanimous) |
Defending Champions | Coastal Carolina |
Tournament | |
Duration | June 2–27, 2017 |
Most conference bids | SEC (8) |
College World Series | |
Champions | Florida (1st title) |
Runners-up | LSU (18th CWS Appearance) |
Winning Coach | Kevin O'Sullivan (1st title) |
MOP | Alex Faedo (Florida) |
Seasons |
The 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2017. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2017 College World Series. The College World Series, consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended June 27, 2017.
The 2017 season was also the last for one school's baseball program, and the last for two other programs in their then-current conferences. In addition, the last remaining Division I independent left for its full-time home of Division II.
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Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 29 end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Two conferences, the Big West and Pac-12, do not hold a conference tournament. The winners of these tournaments, plus the Big West and Pac-12 regular-season champions, receive automatic invitations to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Conference | Regular season winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Coach of the Year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (city) | Tournament winner |
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America East Conference | Binghamton | Toby Handley (Stony Brook) [12] | Tim Sinicki (Binghamton) [12] | 2017 America East Conference baseball tournament | Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA | UMBC |
American Athletic Conference | UCF Houston | Jake Scheiner (Houston) & Hunter Williams (Tulane) [13] | Greg Lovelady (UCF) [13] | 2017 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament | Spectrum Field • Clearwater, FL | Houston |
Atlantic 10 Conference | VCU | Logan Farrar (VCU) [14] | Larry Sudbrook (St. Bonaventure) [14] | 2017 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament | Billiken Sports Center • St. Louis, MO | Davidson |
Atlantic Coast Conference | Atlantic – Louisville Coastal – North Carolina | Brendan McKay (Louisville) [15] | Dan McDonnell (Louisville) [15] | 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament | Louisville Slugger Field • Louisville, KY | Florida State |
Atlantic Sun Conference | Jacksonville | Nick Rivera (Florida Gulf Coast} [16] | Chris Hayes (Jacksonville) [16] | 2017 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament | Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FL | Florida Gulf Coast |
Big 12 Conference | TCU Texas Tech | Hunter Hargrove (Texas Tech) & Evan Skoug (TCU) [17] | Steve Rodriguez (Baylor) | 2017 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament | Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma State |
Big East Conference | Creighton | Rylan Bannon (Xavier) [18] | Ed Blankmeyer (St. John's) [18] | 2017 Big East Conference baseball tournament | TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE | Xavier |
Big South Conference | Winthrop | D. J. Artis (Liberty) [19] | Tom Riginos (Winthrop) [19] | 2017 Big South Conference baseball tournament | Lexington County Baseball Stadium • Lexington, SC | Radford |
Big Ten Conference | Nebraska | Jake Adams (Iowa) [20] | Darin Erstad (Nebraska) [20] | 2017 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament | Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana | Iowa |
Big West Conference | Long Beach State | Keston Hiura (UC Irvine) [21] | Troy Buckley (Long Beach State) [21] | No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid | ||
Colonial Athletic Association | Northeastern | Casey Golden (UNCW) [22] | Mike Glavine (Northeastern) [22] | 2017 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament | Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC | Delaware |
Conference USA | Southern Miss | Dylan Burdeaux (Southern Miss) [23] | Scott Berry (Southern Miss) [23] | 2017 Conference USA baseball tournament | MGM Park • Biloxi, MS | Rice |
Horizon League | UIC | Rob Calabrese (UIC) [24] | Mike Dee (UIC) [24] | 2017 Horizon League baseball tournament | Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium • Chicago, IL | UIC |
Ivy League | Gehrig - Columbia & Penn Rolfe - Yale | Randell Kanamaru (Columbia) [25] | John Stuper (Yale) [25] | 2017 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series | Campus Sites | Yale |
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Fairfield | Jake Lumley (Canisius) [26] | Pat Carey (Iona) [26] | 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament | Sal Maglie Stadium • Niagara Falls, NY | Marist |
Mid-American Conference | East – Kent State West – Central Michigan | Tanner Allison (Western Michigan) [27] | Jeff Duncan (Kent State) [27] | 2017 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament | Sprenger Stadium • Avon, OH | Ohio |
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | Northern - Norfolk State Southern - Bethune–Cookman | Alex Mauricio (Norfolk State) [28] | Ben Hall (North Carolina A&T) [28] | 2017 Mid–Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament | Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD | Bethune–Cookman |
Missouri Valley Conference | Missouri State | Jake Burger (Missouri State) [29] | Keith Guttin (Missouri State) [29] | 2017 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament | Hammons Field • Springfield, MO | Dallas Baptist |
Mountain West Conference | New Mexico | Danny Sheehan (San Diego State) & Jack Zoellner (New Mexico) [30] | Ray Birmingham (New Mexico) [30] | 2017 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament | Santa Ana Star Field • Albuquerque, NM | San Diego State |
Northeast Conference | Bryant | Mickey Gasper (Bryant) [31] | Charlie Hickey (Central Connecticut) [31] | 2017 Northeast Conference baseball tournament | Dodd Stadium • Norwich, CT | Central Connecticut |
Ohio Valley Conference | Tennessee Tech | Ben Fisher (Eastern Kentucky) & Niko Hulsizer (Morehead State) [32] | Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) [32] | 2017 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament | Choccolocco Park • Oxford, AL | Tennessee Tech |
Pac-12 Conference | Oregon State | Nick Madrigal (Oregon State) [33] | Pat Casey (Oregon State) [33] | No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid | ||
Patriot League | Navy | Travis Blue (Navy) [34] | Jim Foster (Army) [34] | 2017 Patriot League baseball tournament | Campus Sites | Holy Cross |
Southeastern Conference | East – Florida West – LSU | Brent Rooker (Mississippi State) [35] | Nick Mingione (Kentucky) [35] | 2017 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | LSU |
Southern Conference | Mercer | Bryson Bowman (Western Carolina) [36] | Craig Gibson (Mercer) [36] | 2017 Southern Conference baseball tournament | Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC | UNC Greensboro |
Southland Conference | McNeese State | Taylor Schwaner (Southeastern Louisiana) [37] | Justin Hill (McNeese State) [37] | 2017 Southland Conference baseball tournament | Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX | Sam Houston State |
Southwestern Athletic Conference | East – Jackson State West – Grambling State | Marshawn Taylor (Grambling State) [38] | James Cooper (Grambling State) [38] | 2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament | Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA | Texas Southern |
The Summit League | Oral Roberts | Noah Cummings (Oral Roberts) [39] | Ryan Folmar (Oral Roberts) [39] | 2017 Summit League baseball tournament | J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK | Oral Roberts |
Sun Belt Conference | East – Coastal Carolina West – UT Arlington | Billy Cooke (Coastal Carolina) [40] | Darin Thomas (UT Arlington) [40] | 2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament | J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA | South Alabama |
West Coast Conference | Gonzaga BYU Loyola Marymount | Riley Adams (San Diego) [41] | Mark Machtolf (Gonzaga) [41] | 2017 West Coast Conference baseball tournament | Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA | BYU |
Western Athletic Conference | Grand Canyon | Garrison Schwartz (Grand Canyon) [42] | Andy Stankiewicz (Grand Canyon) [42] | 2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament | Hohokam Stadium • Mesa, AZ | Sacramento State |
The 2017 College World Series began on June 17 in Omaha, Nebraska.
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This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2017 season until the day before the first day of the 2018 season.
Team | Former coach | Interim coach | New coach | Reason |
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Alabama | Greg Goff | None | Brad Bohannon | Fired |
Bethune-Cookman | Jason Beverlin | Barrett Shaft | Jonathan Hernandez | Resigned |
California | David Esquer | None | Mike Neu | Departed for Stanford |
Cincinnati | Ty Neal | None | Scott Googins | Resigned |
The Citadel | Fred Jordan | None | Tony Skole | Retired |
Dayton | Tony Vittorio | None | Jayson King | Resigned |
East Tennessee State | Tony Skole | None | Joe Pennucci | Departed for The Citadel |
Louisiana-Monroe | Bruce Peddie | None | Mike Federico | Fired |
Maryland | John Szefc | None | Rob Vaughn | Departed for Virginia Tech |
North Florida | Smoke Laval | None | Tim Parenton | Fired |
Oklahoma | Pete Hughes | None | Skip Johnson | Fired |
Pacific | Mike Neu | None | Ryan Garko | Departed for California |
San Jose State | Jason Hawkins | Brad Sanfilippo | Resigned | |
South Carolina | Chad Holbrook | None | Mark Kingston | Resigned |
South Florida | Mark Kingston | None | Billy Mohl | Departed for South Carolina |
Stanford | Mark Marquess | None | David Esquer | Retired |
Tennessee | Dave Serrano | None | Tony Vitello | Resigned |
Texas-Rio Grande Valley | Manny Mantrana | None | Derek Matlock | Resigned |
Towson | Mike Gottlieb | None | Matt Tyner | Fired |
UMass | Mike Stone | None | Matt Reynolds | Retired [57] |
Virginia Tech | Pat Mason | None | John Szefc | Fired |
Xavier | Scott Googins | None | Billy O'Conner | Departed for Cincinnati |
2016 teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000: [58]
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LSU Tigers | 418,291 | 10,725 |
The Louisville Cardinals are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. The Cardinals teams play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, beginning in the 2014 season. While playing in the Big East Conference from 2005 through 2013, the Cardinals captured 17 regular season Big East titles and 33 Big East Tournament titles totaling 50 Big East Championships across all sports. On November 28, 2012, Louisville received and accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and became a participating member in all sports in 2014. In 2016, Lamar Jackson won the school its first Heisman Trophy.
Megan Lynn Gibson-Loftin is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional softball pitcher and current pitching coach at Houston. Gibson-Loftin played college softball for Texas A&M where she is the career leader in offense walks and led them to a runner-up finish at the 2008 Women's College World Series. She also ranks top-10 in the latter category and home runs in the Big 12 Conference. She was selected by the Philadelphia Force as the second overall pick in the 2008 NPF Draft, eventually playing for four seasons. After the Force folded she was picked up by the Tennessee Diamonds in 2010.
The Louisville Cardinals baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of the University of Louisville, located in Louisville, Kentucky. The program was a member of the NCAA Division I American Athletic Conference for the 2014 season and joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in July 2014. The Cardinals have played at Jim Patterson Stadium since the venue opened during the 2005 season. Dan McDonnell has been the program's head coach since the start of the 2007 season. As of the end of the 2017 season, the program has appeared in 13 NCAA tournaments and five College World Series. In conference postseason play, it has won two Big East Conference baseball tournaments. In regular season play, it has won two Metro Conference titles, four Big East Conference titles, one American Athletic Conference title, and four Atlantic Coast Conference titles. Louisville also set the ACC record for most conference wins in a season with 25 during the 2015 season.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper is an American publication based in Arizona that considers itself the "voice of amateur baseball" which has been published for over 40 years. The publication gives out several awards: Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year, Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year, and Collegiate Baseball All-Americans.
The 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 18, 2011. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2011 College World Series. The College World Series consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament. Although it was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska, it was played at the newly constructed TD Ameritrade Park for the first time. It concluded on June 29, 2011, with the final game of the best of three championship series. South Carolina defeated Florida two games to none to claim their second championship.
The 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 17, 2012. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2012 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park concluded on June 25, 2012 with the final game of the best of three championship series. Arizona defeated two-time defending champion South Carolina two games to none to claim their fourth championship.
The 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 15, 2013. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2013 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park concluded on June 25, 2013 with the final game of the best of three championship series. UCLA defeated Mississippi State two games to none to claim their first championship.
The 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November and ended with the Final Four in New Orleans, April 7–9.
The Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the Atlantic Coast Conference's most outstanding coach. The award was first given after the 1981 season.
The 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 14, 2014. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2014 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 25, 2014 with the final game of the best-of-three championship series between Vanderbilt and Virginia, won by Vanderbilt.
Brendan Joel McKay is an American professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. The Rays selected McKay in the first round, with the fourth overall selection, of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He played college baseball at the University of Louisville.
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2017. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season ended with the Final Four in San Antonio on April 2, 2018. Practices officially began on September 29, 2017.
The 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2018. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2018 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 28, 2018.
The 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began February 15, 2019. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2019 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 26, 2019. The Vanderbilt Commodores won the tournament, and were consequently named national champions.
The 2019 NCAA Division I Softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began February 7, 2019. The season will progress through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and will conclude with the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2019 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament will be held annually in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, will end in June 2019.
The 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 19, 2021. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2021 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 30, 2021. The Mississippi State Bulldogs won the tournament, and were consequently named national champions.
The 2021 NCAA Division I Softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2021. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2021 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament was held in Oklahoma City at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, and ended on June 10, 2021.
The 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2021 and concluded on March 13, 2022. The 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 15 and concluded on April 4 with the championship game at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season was a college baseball season in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level. It began on February 18, 2022, with play progressing through the regular season, various conference tournaments and championship series, and concluding with the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2022 Men's College World Series. The Men's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha, ended on June 26, 2022.
The 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 17, 2023. The regular season was followed by many conference tournaments and championship series, and the season concluded with the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2023 Men's College World Series. The Men's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha, ended on June 26, 2023, with LSU winning the title.