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The 2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament kicked off Friday and regional matchup action will wrap up on Monday. So far, nine teams have punched their tickets for the Super Regionals. That includes Virginia, Texas, Tennessee and Wake Forest with the best seeds and also a big Cinderella in Oral Roberts, which came from the Stillwater region as the number 4 seed. Big names like Vanderbilt, Clemson and Miami have already been eliminated from the tournament.
Seven more regionals will be decided on Monday, with LSU, Arkansas, Florida and more attempting to advance.
Below, we’ve got everything fans need to know about the annual college baseball tournament, from the format and dates to the group and top-seeded teams. Let’s dive in.
NCAA Baseball Tournament format
- The first round of play is known as the regional and it is a round-robin, double elimination format. Each of the 16 No. 1 seeds hosts its respective four-team region when possible. Each of the 16 regionals is seeded one through four. In each region, No. 1 will face No. 4 and No. 2 will face No. 3 on the first day of action. The winners of those two games then play against each other, while the losers play an elimination game.
- The winner of each region will advance to the super-regional. Comprising a total of 16 teams, the super-regional is a best-of-three series format.
- The winners of the Super Regionals – eight teams in total – advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
- The College World Series is a double-elimination format until the last two teams remain. At that point, the slates are wiped clean and it’s a best-of-three series to determine the national champion.
NCAA tournament, dates College World Series
- Regionals: June 2-5
- Super Regionals: June 9-12
- The beginning of College World Sere: June 15
- College World Series Finals: June 24-26
NCAA baseball scores, top seeds
The field of 64 included eight national seeds, who you may have considered the pre-tournament favorites to make it to Omaha. However, Clemson and Vanderbilt are already eliminated.
- Wake Forest (47-10)
- Florida (44-14)
- Arkansas (41-16)
- Clemson (43-17)
- LSU (43-15)
- Vanderbilt (41-18)
- Virginia (45-12)
- Stanford (38-16)
If a national seed wins its regional, then it hosts the super-regional if possible. Otherwise, the locations of the superregionals will be announced after the regional round has ended.
Regional Winston-Salem
Hosted by No. 1 National Seed Wake Forest.
- June 2: Wake Forest 12, George Mason 0
- June 2: Maryland 7, Northeast 2
- June 3: George Mason 11, Northeast 3
- June 3: Wake Forest 21, Maryland 6
- June 4: George Mason 11, Maryland 10
- June 4: Wake Forest 15, George Mason 1 (Wake Forest moving forward)
Regional Gainesville
Hosted by No. 2 National Seed Florida.
- June 2: Florida 3, Florida A&M 0
- June 2: Texas Tech 3, UConn 2
- June 3: UConn 9, Florida A&M 6
- June 3: Texas Tech 5, Florida 4
- June 4: Florida 8, UConn 2
- June 4: Florida 7, Texas Tech 1
- June 5: Florida vs. Texas Tech, 12 p.m. ET, ESPNU
Fayetteville regional
Hosted by No. 3 national seed Arkansas.
- June 2: Arkansas 13, Santa Clara 6
- June 2: TCU 12, Arizona 4
- June 3: Santa Clara 9, Arizona 3
- June 4: TCU 20, Arkansas 5
- June 4: Arkansas 6, Santa Clara 4
- June 5: TCU vs. Arkansas, 3 p.m. ET, ESPNU
Clemson region
Hosted by No. 4 National Seed Clemson.
- June 2: Clemson 12, Lipscomb 5
- June 2: Tennessee 8, Charlotte 1
- June 3: Charlotte 9, Lipscomb 2
- June 3: Tennessee 6, Clemson 5 (F/14)
- June 4: Charlotte 3, Clemson 2
- June 4; Tennessee 9, Charlotte 2 (Tennessee advances)
Regional Baton Rouge
Hosted by No. 5 National Seed LSU.
- June 2: LSU 7, Tulane 2
- June 2: Oregon State 18, Sam Houston State 2
- June 4: Sam Houston State 10, Tulane 2
- June 4: LSU 6, Oregon State 5
- June 4: Oregon State 3, Sam Houston State 1
- June 5: LSU vs. Oregon State, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Regional Nashville
Hosted by No. 6 National Seed Vanderbilt.
- June 2: Vanderbilt 12, Eastern Illinois 2
- June 2: Oregon 5, Xavier 4
- June 3: Xavier 7, Eastern Illinois 0
- June 3: Oregon 8, Vanderbilt 7
- June 4: Xavier 2, Vanderbilt 1
- June 4: Oregon 11, Xavier 2 (Oregon moving forward)
Regional Charlottesville
Hosted by No. 7 National Seed Virginia.
- June 2: Virginia 15, Army West Point 1
- June 2: East Carolina 14, Oklahoma 5
- June 3: Oklahoma 10, Army West Point 1
- June 3: Virginia 2, East Carolina 1
- June 4: East Carolina 8, Oklahoma 5
- June 4: Virginia 8, East Carolina 3 (Virginia advancing)
Stanford regional
Hosted by No. 8 national seed Stanford.
- June 2: Stanford 13, San Jose State 2
- June 2: Texas A&M 12, Cal State Fullerton 7
- June 3: Cal State Fullerton 9, San Jose State 5
- June 3: Texas A&M 8, Stanford 5
- June 4: Stanford 6, Cal State Fullerton 5
- June 4: Stanford 13, Texas A&M 5
- June 5: Stanford vs. Texas A&M, 9 p.m. ET
Regional Coral Gables
Hosted by No. 9 National Seed Miami.
- June 2: Miami 9, Maine 1
- June 2: Texas 4, Louisiana 2
- June 3: Louisiana 19, Maine 10
- June 3: Texas 4, Miami 1
- June 4: Miami 8, Louisiana 5
- June 4: Texas 10, Miami 6 (Texas moving forward)
Conway regional
Hosted by No. 10 National Seed Coastal Carolina.
- June 2: Rider 11, Coastal Carolina 10
- June 2: Duke 12, UNC Wilmington 3
- June 3: Coastal Carolina 12, UNC Wilmington 2
- June 3: Duke 2, Rider 1
- June 4: Coastal Carolina 13, Rider 5
- June 4: Coastal Carolina 8, Duke 6
- June 5: Duke vs. Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m. ET
Regional Stillwater
Hosted by No. 11 national seed Oklahoma State.
- June 2: Oral Roberts 6, Oklahoma State 4
- June 2: Washington 9, Dallas Baptist 5
- June 3: Dallas Baptist 18, Oklahoma State 4
- June 3: Oral Roberts 15, Washington 12
- June 4: Dallas Baptist 9, Washington 1
- June 4: Oral Roberts 6, Dallas Baptist 5 (Oral Roberts moves forward)
Lexington regional
Hosted by No. 12 national seed Kentucky.
- June 2: Kentucky 4, Ball State 0
- June 2: Indiana 12, West Virginia 6
- June 3: West Virginia 13, Ball State 5
- June 3: Indiana 5, Kentucky 3
- June 4: Kentucky 10, West Virginia 0
- June 4: Kentucky 16, Indiana 6
- June 5: Kentucky v. New York. Indiana, 6 p.m
Maroon Regional
Hosted by No. 13 National Seed Auburn.
- June 2: Penn 6, Maroon 3 (F/11)
- June 2: Samford 4, Southern Miss 2 (F/10)
- June 3: Confederate Miss 7, Auburn 2
- June 3: Penn 5, Samford 4
- June 4: Southern Miss 9, Samford 4
- June 4: Southern Miss 11, Penn 2
- June 5: Penn vs. Southern Miss, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Terre Haute Regional
Hosted by No. 14 national seed Indiana State.
- June 2: Indiana State 6, Wright State 5
- June 2: Iowa 5, North Carolina 4
- June 3: North Carolina 5, Wright State 0
- June 3: Indiana State 7, Iowa 4
- June 4: Iowa 6, North Carolina 5 (F/13)
- June 4: Indiana State 11, Iowa 8 (Indiana State progresses)
Regional Colombia
Hosted by No. 15 National Seed South Carolina.
- June 2: South Carolina 19, Central Connecticut State 1
- June 2: NC State 5, Campbell 1
- June 3: Campbell 10, Central Connecticut State 5
- June 3: South Carolina 6, NC State 3
- June 4: Campbell 11, NC State 1
- June 4: South Carolina 16, Campbell 7 (South Carolina advances)
Regional Tuscaloosa
Hosted by No. 16 national seed Alabama.
- June 2: Alabama 4, Nicholls 3
- June 2: Troy 11, Boston College 10
- June 3: Boston College 14, Nicholls 6
- June 3: Alabama 11, Troy 8
- June 4: Boston College 4, Troy 1
- June 4: Alabama 8, Boston College 0 (Alabama moving forward)
College baseball bracket, notes
NCAA
Here’s a link to the full series from NCAA.com, including region-to-region combinations for the superregionals. Now for some quick takeaways on the 64-team field above:
- There will be no repeat this year, as reigning national champion Ole Miss (25-29) did not receive a bid. No team has repeated as the national champion at the Division I level since South Carolina in 2010 and 2011.
- Florida State (23-31) finished with a losing record for the first time ever, missing the postseason for the first time since 1977. Their 44 consecutive tournament appearances are a record.
- Listed alphabetically, the final four teams were Arizona, Louisiana, Oklahoma State and Troy. The first four teams to be out were Arizona State, Kansas State, Kent State and UC Irvine.
- The SEC hosted a record eight regionals. The state of South Carolina hosted three regionals, while the state of Texas hosted no regionals for the first time since 2013.
All of the above lead up to the College World Series at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. So who do you have?
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