2025 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2025 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	BayCare Ballpark Clearwater, FL
Champions	East Carolina  (4th title)
Winning coach	Cliff Godwin  (4th title)
MVP	Braden Burress (East Carolina)
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2025 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UTSA  ‍†‍‍y	23	–	4		.852			47	–	13		.783
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			36	–	22		.621
South Florida  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			31	–	25		.554
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			37	–	21		.638
Tulane  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			33	–	25		.569
East Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	14		.481			35	–	27		.565
Wichita State  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			20	–	36		.357
Rice  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			17	–	40		.298
UAB  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			24	–	30		.444
Memphis  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			22	–	33		.400
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida from May 20 through May 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2025 season. The East Carolina Pirates won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^[2]

This was the last conference tournament under the American Athletic Conference name. In July 2025, the conference dropped the word "Athletic" from its name, renaming itself the American Conference. ^[3]

Format and seeding

The top eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket. ^{[4] [5]}

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	UTSA	4
	8	Rice	2
						1	UTSA	6
						5	Tulane	10
	4	Florida Atlantic	3
	5	Tulane	6
											5	Tulane	6	–
											1	UTSA	3	–
	4	Florida Atlantic	8
	8	Rice	6
						1	UTSA	6
						4	Florida Atlantic	3
																	5	Tulane	2
																	6	East Carolina	8
	2	Charlotte	7
	7	Wichita State	1
						2	Charlotte	5
						6	East Carolina	6
	3	South Florida	4
	6	East Carolina	9
											6	East Carolina	9	–
											3	South Florida	7	–
	3	South Florida	4
	7	Wichita State	3
						2	Charlotte	6
						3	South Florida	7

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Tuesday, May 20
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs No. 5 Tulane	3−6	ESPN+
2	12:53 p.m	No. 1 UTSA vs No. 8 Rice	4−2
3	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 Charlotte vs No. 7 Wichita State	7−1
4	7:57 p.m.	No. 3 South Florida vs No. 6 East Carolina	4−9
Wednesday, May 21
5	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs No. 8 Rice	8−6	ESPN+
6	4:55 p.m.	No. 7 Wichita State vs No. 3 South Florida	3−4
Thursday, May 22
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 5 Tulane vs No. 1 UTSA	10−6	ESPN+
8	5:10 p.m.	No. 2 Charlotte vs No. 6 East Carolina	5−6
Friday, May 23
9	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs No. 1 UTSA	3−6	ESPN+
10	4:35 p.m.	No. 3 South Florida vs No. 2 Charlotte	7−6
Semifinals – Saturday, May 24
11	9:00 a.m.	No. 5 Tulane vs No. 1 UTSA	6−3	ESPN+
12	12:50 p.m	No. 6 East Carolina vs No. 3 South Florida	9−7
Championship – Sunday, May 25
13	12:00 p.m.	No. 5 Tulane vs No. 6 East Carolina	2−8	ESPNEWS
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

1. "Baseball Standings". theamerican.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
2. "East Carolina Defeats Tulane, 8-2, to Win 2025 American Baseball Championship presented by Regions". theamerican.org. 24 May 2025.
3. "American Conference Launches Modernized Brand Identity Ahead of Football Media Days" (Press release). American Conference. July 21, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
4. "2025 Baseball Championship presented by Regions". The American. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
5. "2025 Baseball Championship Bracket (PDF)" (PDF). theamerican.org.