2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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2021 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season 2021
Teams64
Finals site
Champions Mississippi State  (1st title)
Runner-up Vanderbilt (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Chris Lemonis  (1st title)
MOP Will Bednar (Mississippi State)

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.

Contents

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

Super Regionals

College World Series

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, [3] NJIT, [4] Norfolk State [5] and Presbyterian [6] 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, [7] Rider qualified for the first time since 2010 [8] and Charlotte qualified for the first time since 2011. [9]

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

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf)BerthLast 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

ConferenceTotalSchools
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 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. [15] 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

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 Arkansas5
2 Nebraska 1
3 Northeastern 6
2 Nebraska 8
1 Arkansas3 6
Fayetteville Regional – Baum–Walker Stadium
2 Nebraska 52
4 NJIT3
3 Northeastern 2
4 NJIT 4
2 Nebraska18
1 Arkansas 215 2
NC State2 63
1 Louisiana Tech 18
4 Rider 2
1 Louisiana Tech 3
2 NC State8
3 Alabama 1
2 NC State 8
2 NC State14–
Ruston Regional – J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
1 Louisiana Tech 7 –
4 Rider 1
3 Alabama3
3 Alabama 8
1 Louisiana Tech10

Lubbock Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Texas Tech 6
4 Army 3
1 Texas Tech7
3 North Carolina 2
3 North Carolina 5
2 UCLA 4
1 Texas Tech8–
Lubbock Regional – Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
2 UCLA 2 –
4 Army 6
2 UCLA13
2 UCLA12
3 North Carolina 2
8 Texas Tech 3 0 –
9 Stanford159–
1 Stanford 9
4 North Dakota State 1
1 Stanford12
2 UC Irvine 4
3 Nevada 0
2 UC Irvine 7
1 Stanford4 11
Stanford Regional – Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
2 UC Irvine 88
4 North Dakota State6
3 Nevada 1
4 North Dakota State 3
2 UC Irvine18

Tucson Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Arizona 12
4 Grand Canyon 6
1 Arizona4
3 UC Santa Barbara0
3 UC Santa Barbara 14
2 Oklahoma State 4
1 Arizona5–
Tucson Regional – Hi Corbett Field
3 UC Santa Barbara2 –
4 Grand Canyon 3
2 Oklahoma State5
2 Oklahoma State 3
3 UC Santa Barbara13
5 Arizona93 16
12 Ole Miss3 123
1 Ole Miss 6
4 Southeast Missouri State 3
1 Ole Miss4
3 Florida State 3
3 Florida State 5
2 Southern Miss 2
1 Ole Miss7 12
Oxford Regional – Swayze Field
2 Southern Miss 109
4 Southeast Missouri State0
2 Southern Miss21
2 Southern Miss7
3 Florida State 4

Nashville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Vanderbilt 10
4 Presbyterian 0
1 Vanderbilt4
2 Georgia Tech 3
3 Indiana State 6
2 Georgia Tech 7
1 Vanderbilt14–
Nashville Regional – Hawkins Field
2 Georgia Tech 1111–
4 Presbyterian 2
3 Indiana State9
3 Indiana State 0
2 Georgia Tech9
4 Vanderbilt24–
13 East Carolina 0 1 –
1 East Carolina 8
4 Norfolk State 5
1 East Carolina7
2 Charlotte 5
3 Maryland 10
2 Charlotte 13
1 East Carolina9–
Greenville Regional – Clark–LeClair Stadium
3 Maryland 6 –
4 Norfolk State 0
3 Maryland16
3 Maryland2
2 Charlotte 1

Knoxville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Tennessee 9
4 Wright State 8
1 Tennessee9
3 Liberty 3
3 Liberty 11
2 Duke 6
1 Tennessee3–
Knoxville Regional – Lindsey Nelson Stadium
3 Liberty 1 –
4 Wright State 6
2 Duke14
2 Duke 4
3 Liberty15
3 Tennessee415–
LSU 2 6 –
1 Oregon 13
4 Central Connecticut 10
1 Oregon7
2 Gonzaga 3
3 LSU 0
2 Gonzaga 3
1 Oregon 1 8
Eugene Regional – PK Park
3 LSU49
4 Central Connecticut 5
3 LSU610
3 LSU9
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. [16]

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 TCU 12
4 McNeese State 4
1 TCU 6
3 Dallas Baptist8
3 Dallas Baptist 6
2 Oregon State 5
3 Dallas Baptist4 8
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
2 Oregon State 55
4 McNeese State 5
2 Oregon State10
2 Oregon State3
1 TCU 2
Dallas Baptist 60 2
Virginia5 45
1 Old Dominion 4
4 Jacksonville 3
1 Old Dominion2
2 South Carolina 1
3 Virginia 3
2 South Carolina 4
1 Old Dominion 3 3
† Columbia Regional – Founders Park
3 Virginia8410
4 Jacksonville 8
3 Virginia13
3 Virginia3
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. [17]

Starkville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Mississippi State 8
4 Samford 4
1 Mississippi State16
2 VCU 4
3 Campbell 4
2 VCU 19
1 Mississippi State6–
Starkville Regional – Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium
3 Campbell 5 –
4 Samford 13
3 Campbell16
3 Campbell19
2 VCU 10
7 Mississippi State91 11
10 Notre Dame 8 97
1 Notre Dame 10
4 Central Michigan 0
1 Notre Dame26
2 UConn 3
3 Michigan 1
2 UConn 6
1 Notre Dame14–
South Bend Regional – Frank Eck Stadium
4 Central Michigan 2 –
4 Central Michigan8
3 Michigan 2
4 Central Michigan14
2 UConn 9

Austin Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Texas 11
4 Southern 0
1 Texas10
2 Arizona State 3
3 Fairfield 6
2 Arizona State 7
1 Texas12–
Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field
3 Fairfield 2 –
4 Southern 2
3 Fairfield6
3 Fairfield9
2 Arizona State 7
2 Texas412–
South Florida 3 4 –
1 Florida 3
4 South Florida 5
4 South Florida10
2 Miami (FL) 2
3 South Alabama 0
2 Miami (FL) 1
4 South Florida0 6
Gainesville Regional – Florida Ballpark
3 South Alabama 44
1 Florida 1
3 South Alabama19
3 South Alabama7
2 Miami (FL) 2

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 State1
4 Vanderbilt 0
5 Arizona 6
4 Vanderbilt 712
NC State 1 –
Bracket 1
4 Vanderbilt3– [upper-alpha 1]
9 Stanford14
5 Arizona 5
9 Stanford 5
4 Vanderbilt6
4 Vanderbilt 82 0
7 Mississippi State2 139
3 Tennessee 0
Virginia 6
Virginia 5
7 Mississippi State6
7 Mississippi State 2
2 Texas 1
7 Mississippi State5 4
Bracket 2
2 Texas 83
3 Tennessee 4
2 Texas8
2 Texas6
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Team123456789 R H E
Mississippi State100100000250
Vanderbilt70000010X850
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
Team123456789 R H E
Vanderbilt010000001243
Mississippi State10412050X13140
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
Team123456789 R H E
Mississippi State1200204009120
Vanderbilt000000000013
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 State. 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. [19]

PositionPlayerSchool
P Will Bednar (MOP)Mississippi State
Jack Leiter Vanderbilt
C Logan Tanner Mississippi State
1BLuke HancockMississippi State
2BTim TawaStanford
3B Zack Gelof Virginia
SSLane ForsytheMississippi State
OF Tanner Allen Mississippi State
Brock JonesStanford
Rowdey JordanMississippi State
DH Ivan Melendez Texas

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

PlaceSchoolRecord
1stNo. 7 Mississippi State10–3
2ndNo. 4 Vanderbilt9–3
3rdNo. 2 Texas8–2
NC State7–2
5thNo. 9 Stanford6–3
Virginia7–4
7thNo. 3 Tennessee5–2
No. 5 Arizona5–3
9thNo. 1 Arkansas4–3
Dallas Baptist4–3
No. 13 East Carolina3–2
LSU4–3
No. 10 Notre Dame4–2
No. 12 Ole Miss4–3
South Florida3–3
No. 8 Texas Tech3–2
17thCampbell2–2
Central Michigan2–2
Fairfield2–2
Georgia Tech2–2
Liberty2–2
No. 16 Louisiana Tech2–2
Maryland2–2
Nebraska3–2
No. 11 Old Dominion2–2
No. 14 Oregon2–2
Oregon State3–2
South Alabama3–2
Southern Miss3–2
UC Irvine3–2
UCLA2–2
UC Santa Barbara2–2
33rdAlabama1–2
Arizona State1–2
Charlotte1–2
Duke1–2
Florida State1–2
Gonzaga1–2
Indiana State1–2
Miami (FL)1–2
NJIT1–2
North Carolina1–2
North Dakota State1–2
Oklahoma State1–2
South Carolina1–2
No. 6 TCU1–2
UConn1–2
VCU1–2
49thArmy0–2
Central Connecticut0–2
No. 15 Florida0–2
Grand Canyon0–2
Jacksonville0–2
McNeese State0–2
Michigan0–2
Nevada0–2
Norfolk State0–2
Northeastern0–2
Presbyterian0–2
Rider0–2
Samford0–2
Southeast Missouri St0–2
Southern0–2
Wright State0–2

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Nc RecordNc Win %RFSRWSNSCSNC
SEC 938–23.62333–18.6476632†21
ACC 824–18.57124–18.5714321†––
Big 12 413–8.61913–8.6192211––
Pac-12 619–14.57618–13.581522–––
American 26–5.5456–5.54522––––
Missouri Valley 25–5.5005–5.50011––––
Conference USA 48–8.5008–8.5003–––––
Big Ten 35–6.4555–6.4552–––––
Big West 25–4.5565–4.5562–––––
ASUN 22–4.3332–4.3331–––––
Big South 22–4.3332–4.3331–––––
Metro Atlantic 22–4.3332–4.3331–––––
Mid-American 12–2.5002–2.5001–––––
Sun Belt 13–2.6003–2.6001–––––
Other165–32.1355–32.135––––––

† 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 provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It also streamed all CWS games at westwoodonesports.com on Tunein and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop provided 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) provided the analysis. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham.

Television

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

Broadcast assignments

Regionals

[20]

Super Regionals

[21]

College World Series

[22]

CWS Championship Series

[22]

Notes

  1. ↑ Game declared no contest due to COVID-19 protocols with NC State. Vanderbilt advanced in the tournament. [18]
  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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The Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represents the University of Mississippi in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team participates in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They are currently coached by Mike Bianco and play at Swayze Field. They have competed in the College World Series six times, with their first national championship coming in 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arkansas Razorbacks baseball</span> Baseball team representing the University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and is coached by Dave Van Horn. The program started in 1897, and is in its 102nd season of play in 2024. Arkansas is one of only four schools in the SEC to turn a profit from its baseball program in recent years, along with SEC Western division rivals LSU, Mississippi State and Ole Miss.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball</span> College baseball team

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team represents the University of Southern Mississippi in NCAA Division I college baseball. They participate as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The team has been to 20 NCAA Tournaments and served as an NCAA Regional host in 2003, 2017, 2022 and NCAA Super Regional host in 2022,2023. The Southern Miss baseball team has produced 19 All-Americans. and currently has 4 players on Major League rosters. Southern Miss has won six Conference USA Regular Season Championships and seven Tournament Championships and was the only team in CUSA to participate in every conference baseball tournament from the conference's inception until their departure following the 2022 season. During their inaugural season in The Sun Belt Conference, the Golden Eagles captured the SBC Tournament Championship. The Golden Eagles' rich history began in 1912 with a game against the Detroit Tigers, a contest which Southern Miss lost by a score of 24–2. The Golden Eagles play at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi and consistently rank in the top 10 nationally in NCAA attendance figures. During the 2023 season, Southern Miss "sold out" every seat for Pete Taylor Park including several hundred "standing room only" seats.

The 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was held from May 29 through June 24, 2009 and is part of the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 25, 2009. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

The 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2011 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 29, 2011.

The 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 31, 2013, as part of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2013 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 15 and ended with the final round on June 25. The UCLA Bruins swept the Mississippi State Bulldogs in a best-of-three series to win the NCAA National Championship, the university's first in baseball and the 109th national title in all sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament</span> American college baseball tournament

The 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 30, 2014, as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 14, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014, with the Vanderbilt Commodores upsetting the 3rd seed Virginia Cavaliers 3–2 in the decisive Game 3.

The 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 29, 2015, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2015 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 13 and ended on June 24 with the Virginia Cavaliers upsetting the defending champion Vanderbilt Commodores 4–2 in the decisive Game 3 and thereby avenging their CWS Finals loss to Vanderbilt the previous year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament</span> US college baseball tournament

The 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2016, as part of the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2016 College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 18, 2016, and ending on June 30, 2016. The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of 298 eligible teams. Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid, as champions of their conferences; the remaining 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

The 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on June 1, 2017, as part of the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2017 College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Nebraska. The CWS started on June 17 and ended on June 27.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament</span> American college sports championship

The 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, June 1, 2018, as part of the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2018 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 16 and ended on June 28. The Oregon State Beavers defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks in the best-of-three final series to win the championship.

The 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was a tournament of 64-teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national champion for the 2019 season. The 73rd annual edition of the tournament began on May 31, 2019, and concluded with the 2019 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 15 and ended on June 26.

The 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was the 75th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 64-team tournament began on Friday, June 3 as part of the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season and concluded with the 2022 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 17 and ended on June 27. Ole Miss swept Oklahoma to win their first national championship in program history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team</span> American college baseball season

The 2022 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rebels played their home games at Swayze Field. In 2022, the Rebels went from the last team into the field of 64 NCAA tournament to the National Champions. The Rebels began their post-season with a loss in the SEC Tournament to Vanderbilt before they got hot. As the 3 seed in the Miami regional, the Rebels demolished the field, defeating Arizona, the host team Miami, and Arizona again to head to a Super Regional. In the Super Regionals, the Rebels traveled to Hattiesburg, MS where Southern Mississippi played host. In front of record crowds, Ole Miss outscored Southern Miss 15-0 in a two-game routing to head to Omaha for the first time since 2014. In Omaha, the Rebels remained hot, taking down Auburn and SEC foe Arkansas, before losing its first postseason game to Arkansas in a potential elimination game for the Razorbacks. In game three of the series against Arkansas, Rebel pitcher Dylan DeLucia threw a complete-game shutout to push the Rebels to their first College World Series championship game in program history. The Rebels ran through Oklahoma in two games to win the 2022 College World Series and complete their last-to-first run. The team was featured in the 2022 documentary, Belief: The Season Ole Miss Baseball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament</span> American college sports championship

The 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was the 76th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 64-team tournament began on Friday, June 2, as part of the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season and ended with the 2023 Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 16 and ended on June 26. LSU defeated Florida in the best-of-three final series to win their seventh national championship in program history.

The 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament is the ongoing 77th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 64-team tournament began on Friday, May 31, as part of the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season and end with the 2024 Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 14 and end on June 23/24.

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