2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

2021 NCAA Division I
Baseball Tournament

Season	2021
Teams	64
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	Mississippi State  (1st title)
Runner-up	Vanderbilt (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Chris Lemonis  (1st title)
MOP	Will Bednar (Mississippi State)
← 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 2022 →

The 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was the 74th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 64-team tournament began on Friday, June 4, 2021, as part of the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season and concluded with the 2021 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 19 and ended on June 30. ^[1] Mississippi State defeated Vanderbilt in the best-of-three final series to win their first national championship in program history.

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 299 teams. There were 30 ^{[lower-alpha 1]} teams awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Teams were divided into sixteen regionals of four teams, each of which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three game series, to determine the eight participants in the College World Series. ^[1]

Grand Canyon, ^[3] NJIT, ^[4] Norfolk State ^[5] and Presbyterian ^[6] made their NCAA tournament debuts after winning their first conference tournaments in program history. Nevada qualified for the tournament for the first time since 2000, ^[7] Rider qualified for the first time since 2010 ^[8] and Charlotte qualified for the first time since 2011. ^[9] Auburn and Louisville were the lone teams from the 2019 College World Series field to fail to qualify.

Tournament procedure

A total of 64 teams entered the tournament, with 30 of them (down from 31, due to the Ivy League having cancelled all spring sports due to COVID-19) ^[10] receiving an automatic bid by winning their conference's tournament. The remaining 34 bids were at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

On Friday, May 14, the NCAA Selection Committee announced 20 potential sites for the first round regionals due to necessary coronavirus precautions, which were reduced to 16 on May 30. ^{[11] [12]} Typically, the top sixteen teams receive national seeds and host their respective regional tournaments. However, since the committee determined only twenty potential sites, if a team outside that list of twenty were to receive a national seed, they would play their regional on the road. This had not occurred since 2010 when No. 1 seed Florida State Seminoles traveled to the Norwich Regional hosted by UConn at Dodd Memorial Stadium. ^[13] Despite receiving a national seed, Old Dominion travelled to Founders Park at the Columbia Regional hosted by the University of South Carolina.

Schedule and venues

On May 30, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the sixteen regional host sites. The Southeastern Conference led the way with seven hosts. The Big 12 Conference and Pac-12 Conference each had three regional hosts, while Conference USA, Atlantic Coast Conference, and American Athletic Conference each had one regional host. Texas led all institutions as they hosted for the 28th time. Louisiana Tech hosted for the first time in program history. ^[14]

The Super Regional sites were announced on the morning of Tuesday, June 8, after the completion of the regional round. ^[14]

Regionals

• June 4–7
  • UFCU Disch–Falk Field, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)
  • Founders Park, Columbia, South Carolina (Host: University of South Carolina)
  • PK Park, Eugene, Oregon (Host: University of Oregon)
  • Baum–Walker Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas (Host: University of Arkansas)
  • Lupton Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas (Host: Texas Christian University)
  • Florida Ballpark, Gainesville, Florida (Host: University of Florida)
  • Clark–LeClair Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina (Host: East Carolina University)
  • Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee (Host: University of Tennessee)
  • Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park, Lubbock, Texas (Host: Texas Tech University)
  • Hawkins Field, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Vanderbilt University)
  • Swayze Field, Oxford, Mississippi (Host: University of Mississippi)
  • J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park, Ruston, Louisiana (Host: Louisiana Tech University)
  • Frank Eck Stadium, South Bend, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)
  • Klein Field at Sunken Diamond, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University)
  • Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi (Host: Mississippi State University)
  • Hi Corbett Field, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)

Super Regionals

• June 11–13
  • Baum–Walker Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas (Host: University of Arkansas)
  • Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park, Lubbock, Texas (Host: Texas Tech University)
  • Hi Corbett Field, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)
  • Hawkins Field, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Vanderbilt University)
• June 12–14
  • UFCU Disch–Falk Field, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)
  • Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi (Host: Mississippi State University)
  • Founders Park, Columbia, South Carolina (Host: University of South Carolina)
  • Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee (Host: University of Tennessee)

College World Series

• June 19–30
  • TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (Host: Creighton University)

Bids

Of the 64 qualified to play in the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, 35 competed in the previous tournament in 2019. Grand Canyon, ^[15] NJIT, ^[16] Norfolk State ^[17] and Presbyterian ^[18] all made their NCAA tournament debuts after winning their first conference tournaments in program history. Nevada qualified for the tournament for the first time since 2000, ^[19] Rider qualified for the first time since 2010 ^[20] and Charlotte qualified for the first time since 2011. ^[21]

Notable teams that failed to qualify included Auburn and Louisville, who both advanced to the 2019 College World Series.

School	Conference	Record (Conf)	Berth	Last NCAA Appearance
Alabama	SEC	31–24 (12–17)	At-large	2014 (Tallahassee Regional)
Arizona	Pac-12	40–15 (21–9)	Regular Season	2017 (Lubbock Regional)
Arizona State	Pac-12	32–20 (16–14)	At-large	2019 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Arkansas	SEC	46–10 (22–8)	Tournament	2019 College World Series
Army West Point	Patriot	28–23 (15–10)	Tournament	2019 (Lubbock Regional)
Campbell	Big South	35–16 (28–9)	At-large	2019 (Greenville Regional)
Central Connecticut	Northeast	28–13 (21–9)	Tournament	2019 (Fayetteville Regional)
Central Michigan	Mid-American	40–16 (31–9)	Regular Season	2019 (Starkville Regional)
Charlotte	Conference USA	39–19 (24–8)	At-large	2011 (Tempe Regional)
Dallas Baptist	Missouri Valley	37–15 (18–6)	Tournament	2019 (Lubbock Regional)
Duke	ACC	32–20 (16–17)	Tournament	2019 (Morgantown Regional)
East Carolina	American	41–15 (20–8)	At-large	2019 (Louisville Super Regional)
Fairfield	Metro Atlantic	37–3 (33–1)	At-large	2016 (Lubbock Regional)
Florida	SEC	38–20 (17–13)	At-large	2019 (Lubbock Regional)
Florida State	ACC	30–22 (20–16)	At-large	2019 College World Series
Georgia Tech	ACC	29–23 (21–15)	At-large	2019 (Atlanta Regional)
Gonzaga	West Coast	33–17 (20–7)	Regular Season	2018 (Minneapolis Regional)
Grand Canyon	Western Athletic	39–19–1 (29–7)	Tournament	First appearance
Indiana State	Missouri Valley	30–19 (14–10)	At-large	2019 (Nashville Regional)
Jacksonville	ASUN	16–32 (4–15)	Tournament	2018 (Gainesville Regional)
Liberty	ASUN	39–14 (19–2)	At-large	2019 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	40–18 (22–8)	At-large	2016 (Starkville Regional)
LSU	SEC	34–22 (13–17)	At-large	2019 (Baton Rouge Super Regional)
Maryland	Big Ten	28–16 (28–16)	At-large	2017 (Winston-Salem Regional)
McNeese State	Southland	32–28 (21–18)	Tournament	2019 (Nashville Regional)
Miami (FL)	ACC	32–19 (20–15)	At-large	2019 (Starkville Regional)
Michigan	Big Ten	27–17 (27–17)	At-large	2019 College World Series Runner-up
Mississippi State	SEC	40–15 (20–10)	At-large	2019 College World Series
NC State	ACC	30–17 (19–14)	At-large	2019 (Greenville Regional)
Nebraska	Big Ten	31–12 (31–12)	Regular Season	2019 (Oklahoma City Regional)
Nevada	Mountain West	25–18 (22–9)	Regular Season	2000 (Palo Alto Regional)
NJIT	America East	26–22 (23–17)	Tournament	First appearance
Norfolk State	Mid-Eastern	25–26 (18–10)	Tournament	First appearance
North Carolina	ACC	27–25 (18–18)	At-large	2019 (Chapel Hill Super Regional)
North Dakota State	Summit	41–17 (20–11)	Tournament	2014 (Corvallis Regional)
Northeastern	Colonial	36–10 (20–3)	Tournament	2018 (Raleigh Regional)
Notre Dame	ACC	30–11 (25–10)	At-large	2015 (Champaign Regional)
Oklahoma State	Big 12	35–17–1 (12–12)	At-large	2019 (Lubbock Super Regional)
Old Dominion	Conference USA	42–14 (22–10)	Tournament	2014 (Columbia Regional)
Ole Miss	SEC	41–19 (18–12)	At-large	2019 (Fayetteville Super Regional)
Oregon	Pac-12	37–14 (20–10)	At-large	2015 (Springfield Regional)
Oregon State	Pac-12	34–22 (16–14)	At-large	2019 (Corvallis Regional)
Presbyterian	Big South	22–21 (18–16)	Tournament	First appearance
Rider	Metro Atlantic	23–16 (18–16)	Tournament	2010 (Austin Regional)
Samford	Southern	35–22 (20–10)	Tournament	2018 (Tallahassee Regional)
South Alabama	Sun Belt	33–20 (15–9)	Tournament	2017 (Hattiesburg Regional)
South Carolina	SEC	33–21 (16–14)	At-large	2018 (Fayetteville Super Regional)
South Florida	American	28–27 (14–14)	Tournament	2018 (DeLand Regional)
Southeast Missouri State	Ohio Valley	30–20 (17–10)	Tournament	2016 (Starkville Regional)
Southern	Southwestern Athletic	20–28 (13–11)	Tournament	2019 (Starkville Regional)
Southern Miss	Conference USA	37–19 (22–9)	At-large	2019 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Stanford	Pac-12	33–14 (17–10)	At-large	2019 (Starkville Super Regional)
TCU	Big 12	40–17 (17–7)	Tournament	2019 (Fayetteville Regional)
Tennessee	SEC	45–16 (20–10)	At-large	2019 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Texas	Big 12	42–15 (17–7)	At-large	2018 College World Series
Texas Tech	Big 12	36–15 (14–10)	At-large	2019 College World Series
UC Irvine	Big West	40–16 (32–8)	Regular Season	2014 College World Series
UC Santa Barbara	Big West	39–18 (29–11)	At-large	2019 (Stanford Regional)
UCLA	Pac-12	35–18 (18–12)	At-large	2019 (Los Angeles Super Regional)
UConn	Big East	33–16 (13–4)	Tournament	2019 (Oklahoma City Regional)
Vanderbilt	SEC	40–15 (19–10)	At-large	2019 National Champions
VCU	Atlantic 10	37–14 (13–3)	Tournament	2015 (Dallas Regional)
Virginia	ACC	29–23 (18–18)	At-large	2017 (Fort Worth Regional)
Wright State	Horizon	35–11 (28–4)	Tournament	2018 (Stanford Regional)

By conference

Conference	Total	Schools
SEC	9	Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
ACC	8	Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia
Pac-12	6	Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA
Big 12	4	TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State
Conference USA	4	Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, Southern Miss
Big Ten	3	Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska
American	2	East Carolina, South Florida
ASUN	2	Liberty, Jacksonville
Big South	2	Campbell, Presbyterian
Big West	2	UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara
Metro Atlantic	2	Fairfield, Rider
Missouri Valley	2	Dallas Baptist, Indiana State
America East	1	NJIT
Atlantic 10	1	VCU
Big East	1	UConn
Colonial	1	Northeastern
Horizon	1	Wright State
Mid-American	1	Central Michigan
Mid-Eastern	1	Norfolk State
Mountain West	1	Nevada
Northeast	1	Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley	1	Southeast Missouri State
Patriot	1	Army
Southern	1	Samford
Southland	1	McNeese State
Southwestern Athletic	1	Southern
Summit	1	North Dakota State
Sun Belt	1	South Alabama
West Coast	1	Gonzaga
Western Athletic	1	Grand Canyon

National seeds

The sixteen national seeds were announced on the Selection Show on Monday, May 31, 2021 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. ^[22] Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the 2021 College World Series.

1. Arkansas
2. Texas
3. Tennessee
4. Vanderbilt
5. Arizona
6. TCU
7. Mississippi State
8. Texas Tech
9. Stanford
10. Notre Dame
11. Old Dominion
12. Ole Miss
13. East Carolina
14. Oregon
15. Florida
16. Louisiana Tech

Regionals and Super Regionals

Further information: 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament – Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.

Fayetteville Super Regional

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Arkansas	13
	4	NJIT	8
						1	Arkansas	5
						2	Nebraska	1
	3	Northeastern	6
	2	Nebraska	8
											1	Arkansas	3	6
	Fayetteville Regional – Baum–Walker Stadium
											2	Nebraska	5	2
	4	NJIT	3
	3	Northeastern	2
						4	NJIT	4
						2	Nebraska	18
																	1	Arkansas	21	5	2
																		NC State	2	6	3
	1	Louisiana Tech	18
	4	Rider	2
						1	Louisiana Tech	3
						2	NC State	8
	3	Alabama	1
	2	NC State	8
											2	NC State	14	–
	Ruston Regional – J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
											1	Louisiana Tech	7	–
	4	Rider	1
	3	Alabama	3
						3	Alabama	8
						1	Louisiana Tech	10

Lubbock Super Regional

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Texas Tech	6
	4	Army	3
						1	Texas Tech	7
						3	North Carolina	2
	3	North Carolina	5
	2	UCLA	4
											1	Texas Tech	8	–
	Lubbock Regional – Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
											2	UCLA	2	–
	4	Army	6
	2	UCLA	13
						2	UCLA	12
						3	North Carolina	2
																	8	Texas Tech	3	0	–
																	9	Stanford	15	9	–
	1	Stanford	9
	4	North Dakota State	1
						1	Stanford	12
						2	UC Irvine	4
	3	Nevada	0
	2	UC Irvine	7
											1	Stanford	4	11
	Stanford Regional – Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
											2	UC Irvine	8	8
	4	North Dakota State	6
	3	Nevada	1
						4	North Dakota State	3
						2	UC Irvine	18

Tucson Super Regional

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Arizona	12
	4	Grand Canyon	6
						1	Arizona	4
						3	UC Santa Barbara	0
	3	UC Santa Barbara	14
	2	Oklahoma State	4
											1	Arizona	5	–
	Tucson Regional – Hi Corbett Field
											3	UC Santa Barbara	2	–
	4	Grand Canyon	3
	2	Oklahoma State	5
						2	Oklahoma State	3
						3	UC Santa Barbara	13
																	5	Arizona	9	3	16
																	12	Ole Miss	3	12	3
	1	Ole Miss	6
	4	Southeast Missouri State	3
						1	Ole Miss	4
						3	Florida State	3
	3	Florida State	5
	2	Southern Miss	2
											1	Ole Miss	7	12
	Oxford Regional – Swayze Field
											2	Southern Miss	10	9
	4	Southeast Missouri State	0
	2	Southern Miss	21
						2	Southern Miss	7
						3	Florida State	4

Nashville Super Regional

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Vanderbilt	10
	4	Presbyterian	0
						1	Vanderbilt	4
						2	Georgia Tech	3
	3	Indiana State	6
	2	Georgia Tech	7
											1	Vanderbilt	14	–
	Nashville Regional – Hawkins Field
											2	Georgia Tech	1111	–
	4	Presbyterian	2
	3	Indiana State	9
						3	Indiana State	0
						2	Georgia Tech	9
																	4	Vanderbilt	2	4	–
																	13	East Carolina	0	1	–
	1	East Carolina	8
	4	Norfolk State	5
						1	East Carolina	7
						2	Charlotte	5
	3	Maryland	10
	2	Charlotte	13
											1	East Carolina	9	–
	Greenville Regional – Clark–LeClair Stadium
											3	Maryland	6	–
	4	Norfolk State	0
	3	Maryland	16
						3	Maryland	2
						2	Charlotte	1

Knoxville Super Regional

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Tennessee	9
	4	Wright State	8
						1	Tennessee	9
						3	Liberty	3
	3	Liberty	11
	2	Duke	6
											1	Tennessee	3	–
	Knoxville Regional – Lindsey Nelson Stadium
											3	Liberty	1	–
	4	Wright State	6
	2	Duke	14
						2	Duke	4
						3	Liberty	15
																	3	Tennessee	4	15	–
																		LSU	2	6	–
	1	Oregon	13
	4	Central Connecticut	10
						1	Oregon	7
						2	Gonzaga	3
	3	LSU	0
	2	Gonzaga	3
											1	Oregon	1	8
	Eugene Regional – PK Park
											3	LSU	4	9
	4	Central Connecticut	5
	3	LSU	610
						3	LSU	9
						2	Gonzaga	4

Columbia Super Regional

The Columbia Super Regional between Dallas Baptist and Virginia was held at Founders Park due to NCAA COVID-19 guidelines for the 2021 tournament mandating that all Super Regionals take place at one of the original sixteen regional sites regardless of the winners of those regionals. ^[23]

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	TCU	12
	4	McNeese State	4
						1	TCU	6
						3	Dallas Baptist	8
	3	Dallas Baptist	6
	2	Oregon State	5
											3	Dallas Baptist	4	8
	Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
											2	Oregon State	5	5
	4	McNeese State	5
	2	Oregon State	10
						2	Oregon State	3
						1	TCU	2
																		Dallas Baptist	6	0	2
																		Virginia	5	4	5
	1	Old Dominion	4
	4	Jacksonville	3
						1	Old Dominion	2
						2	South Carolina	1
	3	Virginia	3
	2	South Carolina	4
											1	Old Dominion	3	3
	† Columbia Regional – Founders Park
											3	Virginia	8	410
	4	Jacksonville	8
	3	Virginia	13
						3	Virginia	3
						2	South Carolina	2

†Old Dominion was unable to host at their home stadium, Bud Metheny Baseball Complex in Norfolk, Virginia, due to inadequate facilities according to NCAA regional hosting guidelines. ^[24]

Starkville Super Regional

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Mississippi State	8
	4	Samford	4
						1	Mississippi State	16
						2	VCU	4
	3	Campbell	4
	2	VCU	19
											1	Mississippi State	6	–
	Starkville Regional – Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium
											3	Campbell	5	–
	4	Samford	13
	3	Campbell	16
						3	Campbell	19
						2	VCU	10
																	7	Mississippi State	9	1	11
																	10	Notre Dame	8	9	7
	1	Notre Dame	10
	4	Central Michigan	0
						1	Notre Dame	26
						2	UConn	3
	3	Michigan	1
	2	UConn	6
											1	Notre Dame	14	–
	South Bend Regional – Frank Eck Stadium
											4	Central Michigan	2	–
	4	Central Michigan	8
	3	Michigan	2
						4	Central Michigan	14
						2	UConn	9

Austin Super Regional

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Texas	11
	4	Southern	0
						1	Texas	10
						2	Arizona State	3
	3	Fairfield	6
	2	Arizona State	7
											1	Texas	12	–
	Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field
											3	Fairfield	2	–
	4	Southern	2
	3	Fairfield	6
						3	Fairfield	9
						2	Arizona State	7
																	2	Texas	4	12	–
																		South Florida	3	4	–
	1	Florida	3
	4	South Florida	5
						4	South Florida	10
						2	Miami (FL)	2
	3	South Alabama	0
	2	Miami (FL)	1
											4	South Florida	0	6
	Gainesville Regional – Florida Ballpark
											3	South Alabama	4	4
	1	Florida	1
	3	South Alabama	19
						3	South Alabama	7
						2	Miami (FL)	2

College World Series

Main article: 2021 College World Series

The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
		NC State	10
	9	Stanford	4
							NC State	1
						4	Vanderbilt	0
	5	Arizona	6
	4	Vanderbilt	712
												NC State	1	–
	Bracket 1
											4	Vanderbilt	3	– [upper-alpha 1]
	9	Stanford	14
	5	Arizona	5
						9	Stanford	5
						4	Vanderbilt	6
																	4	Vanderbilt	8	2	0
																	7	Mississippi State	2	13	9
	3	Tennessee	0
		Virginia	6
							Virginia	5
						7	Mississippi State	6
	7	Mississippi State	2
	2	Texas	1
											7	Mississippi State	5	4
	Bracket 2
											2	Texas	8	3
	3	Tennessee	4
	2	Texas	8
						2	Texas	6
							Virginia	2

Bracket 1

June 19, 2021 1:10 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 1	Stanford	4–10	NC State	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 22,193
	LP: Brandon Beck (9–2)	Boxscore	WP: Reid Johnston (9–3) Sv: Evan Justice (12)

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June 19, 2021 6:09 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 2	Vanderbilt	7–6 (F/12)	Arizona	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 23,870
	WP: Chris McElvain (5–1)	Boxscore	LP: Vince Vannelle (5–3)

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June 21, 2021 1:08 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 5	Arizona	5–14	Stanford	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 19,341
	LP: Garrett Irvin (6–3)	Boxscore	WP: Alex Williams (5–2) Sv: Jacob Palisch (2)

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June 21, 2021 6:07 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 6	NC State	1–0	Vanderbilt	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 23,712
	WP: Sam Highfill (9–2) Sv: Evan Justice (13)	Boxscore	LP: Jack Leiter (10–4)

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June 23, 2021 6:08 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 9	Vanderbilt	6–5	Stanford	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 22,804
	WP: Luke Murphy (4–1)	Boxscore	LP: Brandon Beck (9–3)

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June 25, 2021 2:07 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 11	NC State	1–3	Vanderbilt	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 20,538
	LP: Garrett Payne (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Kumar Rocker (14–3) Sv: Luke Murphy (9)

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June 26, 2021 1:07 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 13	NC State	WO	Vanderbilt	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha

Bracket 2

June 20, 2021 1:09 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 3	Tennessee	0–6	Virginia	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 22,130
	LP: Chad Dallas (11–2)	Boxscore	WP: Andrew Abbott (9–6) Sv: Matt Wyatt (1)

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June 20, 2021 6:09 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 4	Texas	1–2	Mississippi State	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 23,885
	LP: Ty Madden (7-5)	Boxscore	WP: Will Bednar (8–1) Sv: Landon Sims (11)

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June 22, 2021 1:07 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 7	Texas	8–4	Tennessee	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 19,150
	WP: Tanner Witt (5–0)	Boxscore	LP: Sean Hunley (7–5)

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June 22, 2021 6:07 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 8	Virginia	5–6	Mississippi State	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 22,803
	LP: Stephen Schoch (4–2)	Boxscore	WP: Cade Smith (3–0) Sv: Landon Sims (12)

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June 24, 2021 6:07 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 10	Virginia	2–6	Texas	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 23,173
	LP: Matt Wyatt (4–2)	Boxscore	WP: Cole Quintanilla (5–0 Sv: Aaron Nixon (9)

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June 25, 2021 6:56 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 12	Mississippi State	5–8	Texas	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 24,003
	LP: Brandon Smith (4–4)	Boxscore	WP: Aaron Nixon (4–3)

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June 26, 2021 6:08 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 14	Mississippi State	4–3	Texas	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Attendance: 21,883
	WP: Landon Sims (5–0)	Boxscore	LP: Cole Quintanilla (5–1)

Finals

Game 1

June 28, 2021 6:00 p.m. (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mississippi State	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Vanderbilt	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	8	5	0
WP: Jack Leiter (11–4)   LP: Christian MacLeod (6–6)   Sv: Nick Maldonado (9) Home runs: MSU: Kamren James (12) VAN: Jayson Gonzalez (9) Attendance: 24,052 Boxscore

Game 2

June 29, 2021 6:00 p.m. (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Vanderbilt	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3
Mississippi State	1	0	4	1	2	0	5	0	X	13	14	0
WP: Preston Johnson (4–0)   LP: Christian Little (3–2) Home runs: VAN: CJ Rodriguez (5), Maxwell Romero Jr. (4) MSU: None Attendance: 24,122 Boxscore

Game 3

June 30, 2021 6:00 p.m. (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mississippi State	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	9	12	0
Vanderbilt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
WP: Will Bednar (9–1)   LP: Kumar Rocker (14–4)   Sv: Landon Sims (13) Home runs: MSU: Kellum Clark (5), Logan Tanner (15) VAN: None Attendance: 24,052 Boxscore

Awards

The 2021 College World Series Most Outstanding Player was pitcher Will Bednar of Mississippi. In addition to the Most Outstanding Player, an All-Tournament team was selected for the College World Series.

All-CWS Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. ^[26]

Position	Player	School
P	Will Bednar (MOP)	Mississippi State
	Jack Leiter	Vanderbilt
C	Logan Tanner	Mississippi State
1B	Luke Hancock	Mississippi State
2B	Tim Tawa	Stanford
3B	Zack Gelof	Virginia
SS	Lane Forsythe	Mississippi State
OF	Tanner Allen	Mississippi State
	Brock Jones	Stanford
	Rowdey Jordan	Mississippi State
DH	Ivan Melendez	Texas

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

Place	School	Record
1st	No. 7 Mississippi State	10–3
2nd	No. 4 Vanderbilt	9–3
3rd	No. 2 Texas	8–2
	NC State	7–2
5th	No. 9 Stanford	6–3
	Virginia	7–4
7th	No. 3 Tennessee	5–2
	No. 5 Arizona	5–3
9th	No. 1 Arkansas	4–3
	Dallas Baptist	4–3
	No. 13 East Carolina	3–2
	LSU	4–3
	No. 10 Notre Dame	4–2
	No. 12 Ole Miss	4–3
	South Florida	3–3
	No. 8 Texas Tech	3–2
17th	Campbell	2–2
	Central Michigan	2–2
	Fairfield	2–2
	Georgia Tech	2–2
	Liberty	2–2
	No. 16 Louisiana Tech	2–2
	Maryland	2–2
	Nebraska	3–2
	No. 11 Old Dominion	2–2
	No. 14 Oregon	2–2
	Oregon State	3–2
	South Alabama	3–2
	Southern Miss	3–2
	UC Irvine	3–2
	UCLA	2–2
	UC Santa Barbara	2–2
33rd	Alabama	1–2
	Arizona State	1–2
	Charlotte	1–2
	Duke	1–2
	Florida State	1–2
	Gonzaga	1–2
	Indiana State	1–2
	Miami (FL)	1–2
	NJIT	1–2
	North Carolina	1–2
	North Dakota State	1–2
	Oklahoma State	1–2
	South Carolina	1–2
	No. 6 TCU	1–2
	UConn	1–2
	VCU	1–2
49th	Army	0–2
	Central Connecticut	0–2
	No. 15 Florida	0–2
	Grand Canyon	0–2
	Jacksonville	0–2
	McNeese State	0–2
	Michigan	0–2
	Nevada	0–2
	Norfolk State	0–2
	Northeastern	0–2
	Presbyterian	0–2
	Rider	0–2
	Samford	0–2
	Southeast Missouri St	0–2
	Southern	0–2
	Wright State	0–2

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Nc Record	Nc Win %	RF	SR	WS	NS	CS	NC
SEC	9	38–23	.623	33–18	.647	6	6	3	2†	2	1
ACC	8	24–18	.571	24–18	.571	4	3	2	1†	–	–
Big 12	4	13–8	.619	13–8	.619	2	2	1	1	–	–
Pac-12	6	19–14	.576	18–13	.581	5	2	2	–	–	–
American	2	6–5	.545	6–5	.545	2	2	–	–	–	–
Missouri Valley	2	5–5	.500	5–5	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
Conference USA	4	8–8	.500	8–8	.500	3	–	–	–	–	–
Big Ten	3	5–6	.455	5–6	.455	2	–	–	–	–	–
Big West	2	5–4	.556	5–4	.556	2	–	–	–	–	–
ASUN	2	2–4	.333	2–4	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big South	2	2–4	.333	2–4	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Metro Atlantic	2	2–4	.333	2–4	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mid-American	1	2–2	.500	2–2	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	1	3–2	.600	3–2	.600	1	–	–	–	–	–
Other	16	5–32	.135	5–32	.135	–	–	–	–	–	–

^† Includes a game declared no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols with NC State. Vanderbilt advanced to the CWS Finals.

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Nc is non–conference records, i.e., with the records of teams within the same conference having played each other removed.

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media will provide nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It also will stream all CWS games at westwoodonesports.com on Tunein and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop will provide pxp on games leading up to the Championship Series. Bishop (Gms 6, 8-10, 12), Jeff Leise (Gms 2, 4-5), Damon Benning (Gms 1, 3, 7, 11), and Gary Sharp (Gms 13-14) will provide the analysis. The Championship Series will be called by Kugler and Scott Graham.

Television

ESPN will air every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and the College World Series across its networks.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals

Bob Wischusen and Gregg Olson: Austin, Texas Mike Monaco and Gaby Sánchez: Columbia, South Carolina Clay Matvick and Ben McDonald: Eugene, Oregon Steve Lenox and Lance Cormier: Fayetteville, Arkansas Anish Shroff and Keith Moreland: Fort Worth, Texas Jon Meterparel and Nick Belmonte: Gainesville, Florida Chris Cotter and Danan Hughes: Greenville, North Carolina Mark Neely and Adam Greenberg: Knoxville, Tennessee

Dave Neal and Chris Burke: Lubbock, Texas Mike Couzens and Greg Swindell: Nashville, Tennessee Tom Hart and Kyle Peterson: Oxford, Mississippi Sam Ravech and Roddy Jones: Ruston, Louisiana Mike Morgan and Todd Walker: South Bend, Indiana John Schriffen and Xavier Scruggs: Stanford, California Roy Philpott and Jay Walker: Starkville, Mississippi Roxy Bernstein and Wes Clements: Tucson, Arizona

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Super Regionals

Mike Monaco and Eduardo Pérez: Austin, Texas John Schriffen and Gaby Sánchez: Columbia, South Carolina Mike Morgan and Todd Walker: Fayetteville, Arkansas Tom Hart and Chris Burke: Knoxville, Tennessee

Karl Ravech and Mike Rooney: Lubbock, Texas Clay Matvick and Ben McDonald: Nashville, Tennessee Dave Neal and Kyle Peterson: Starkville, Mississippi Roxy Bernstein and Wes Clements: Tucson, Arizona

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College World Series

Tom Hart, Chris Burke, Ben McDonald, and Kris Budden: Afternoons, Thursday night

Karl Ravech, Eduardo Pérez, Kyle Peterson, and Kris Budden: Evenings minus Thursday

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CWS Championship Series

Karl Ravech, Eduardo Pérez, Kyle Peterson, and Kris Budden

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Notes

1. Game declared no contest due to COVID-19 protocols with NC State. Vanderbilt advanced in the tournament. ^[25]

1. The Ivy League canceled its 2021 season, dropping the number of automatic bids from 31 to 30 for the 2021 tournament. ^[2]

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External links

• Official Bracket at NCAA.com