2025 Big Ten baseball tournament

2025 Big Ten
baseball tournament

Teams	12
Format	Pool Play and Single-elimination
Finals site	Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	Nebraska  (2nd title)
Winning coach	Will Bolt  (2nd title)
Television	BTN
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2025 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 5 Oregon  ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			42	–	16	–	0		.724
No. 13 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			48	–	16	–	0		.750
Iowa  ‍‍‍	21	–	9	–	0		.700			33	–	22	–	1		.598
USC  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Washington  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Indiana  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Michigan  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Nebraska  ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	15	–	0		.500			33	–	29	–	0		.532
Penn State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Illinois  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			30	–	24	–	0		.556
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			25	–	27	–	0		.481
Maryland  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Purdue  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			24	–	28	–	0		.462
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	5	–	25	–	0		.167			13	–	37	–	0		.260
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 20 through May 25, and aired on the Big Ten Network. ^[2] Nebraska won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Format and seeding

The 2025 tournament was contested under Pool Play and a single-elimination among the top twelve Big Ten Conference baseball teams with the best regular season conference winning percentage. These twelve teams received tournament seeds, number one through twelve, according to the team's final placement in the regular season standings. A run rule (10 run lead after 7 innings) was in effect for the tournament.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
#1 Oregon	#2 UCLA	#3 Iowa	#4 USC
#8 Nebraska	#7 Michigan	#6 Indiana	#5 Washington
#12 Michigan State	#11 Illinois	#10 Rutgers	#9 Penn State

Pool A

	Pool A	ORE	NEB	MSU
1	Oregon		0–1	1–0
8	Nebraska	1–0		1–0
12	Michigan State	0–1	0–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(8) Nebraska	2	2	0	12	7	+5	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(1) Oregon	2	1	1	7	9	−2	.500	Eliminated
3	(12) Michigan State	2	0	2	6	9	−3	.000

Source:

Pool B

	Pool B	UCLA	MICH	ILL
2	UCLA		1–0	1–0
7	Michigan	0–1		0–1
11	Illinois	0–1	1–0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(2) UCLA	2	2	0	15	11	+4	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(11) Illinois	2	1	1	12	13	−1	.500	Eliminated
3	(7) Michigan	2	0	2	10	13	−3	.000

Source:

Pool C

	Pool C	IOWA	IND	RUT
3	Iowa		0–1	1–0
6	Indiana	1–0		0–1
10	Rutgers	0–1	1–0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(3) Iowa	2	1	1	4	8	−4	.500	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(10) Rutgers	2	1	1	8	6	+2	.500	Eliminated
3	(6) Indiana	2	1	1	7	5	+2	.500

Source:

Iowa advanced as they were the highest seed in the group. [3]

Pool D

	Pool D	USC	WASH	PSU
4	USC		1–0	0–1
5	Washington	0–1		0–1
9	Penn State	1–0	1–0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(9) Penn State	2	2	0	7	4	+3	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(4) USC	2	1	1	7	7	0	.500	Eliminated
3	(5) Washington	2	0	2	8	11	−3	.000

Source:

Finals

	Semifinals May 24					Final May 25
	8	Nebraska	6
	9	Penn State	3
						8	Nebraska	5
						2	UCLA	0
	3	Iowa	3
	2	UCLA	9

Schedule

2025 Bracket, home teams listed last. [4]

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television	Attendance
Pool Play - Tuesday, May 20
1	10:00 a.m.	#11 Illinois vs #7 Michigan	6–5(10)	BTN	2,843
2	2:35 p.m.	#10 Rutgers vs #6 Indiana	5–2
3	6:23 p.m.	#12 Michigan State vs #8 Nebraska	4–5(10)
Pool Play – Wednesday, May 21
4	10:00 a.m.	#2 UCLA vs #11 Illinois	8–6	BTN	2,343
5	2:00 p.m.	#9 Penn State vs #5 Washington	5–3
6	6:00 p.m.	#3 Iowa vs #10 Rutgers	4–3
Pool Play - Thursday, May 22
7	9:05 a.m.	#7 Michigan vs #2 UCLA	5–7	BTN	1,909
8	1:03 p.m.	#4 USC vs #9 Penn State	1–2
9	5:11 p.m.	#1 Oregon vs #12 Michigan State	4–2
10	9:02 p.m.	#6 Indiana vs #3 Iowa	5–0
Pool Play - Friday, May 23
11	10:00 a.m.	#5 Washington vs #4 USC	5–6	BTN	--
Pool Play and Semifinals - Saturday, May 24
12	9:00 a.m.	#8 Nebraska vs #1 Oregon	7–3	BTN	8,541
13	1:00 p.m.	#2 UCLA vs #3 Iowa	9–3
14	5:00 p.m.	#8 Nebraska vs #9 Penn State	6–3
Championship - Sunday, May 25
15	2:00 p.m.	#2 UCLA vs #8 Nebraska	0–5	BTN	15,139
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

The following players are members of the 2025 Big Ten Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.

Position	Player	School
C	Noah Miller	Michigan
1B	Drake Westcott	Illinois
2B	Cayden Brumbaugh	Nebraska
3B	Roman Martin	UCLA
SS	Roch Cholowsky	UCLA
DH	Dominic Hellman	Oregon
OF	Devin Taylor	Indiana
	Gabe Swansen	Nebraska
	Paxton Kling	Penn State
P	Cade Obermueller	Iowa
	Jackson Brockett	Nebraska
	Luke Broderick	Nebraska

References

1. "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
2. "Big Ten extends baseball tournament in Omaha". NCAA. April 23, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
3. "Big Ten Conference Announces 2025 Baseball Tournament Bracket". Big Ten Conference. May 17, 2025. Retrieved May 30, 2025. Should pool play produce identical records, the highest-seeded team in the tie would advance.
4. "Big Ten baseball tournament schedule". Big Ten. February 20, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.