NCAA Baseball Super Regionals: Dates, Schedule, and Key Information

The road to Omaha for the College World Series is a thrilling journey, and a crucial step along the way is the NCAA Super Regionals. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Super Regionals, including dates, schedules, and other essential information.

NCAA Baseball Tournament Schedule: Key Dates

The NCAA baseball tournament is a multi-stage event with several key dates:

Regionals: May 30-June 2
Super Regionals: June 6-9
College World Series: June 13-22/23

The 2025 College World Series is scheduled to commence on Friday, June 13, at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.

Super Regional Dates and Format

The best-of-three Super Regional series are scheduled to take place between June 6-9, with the eight winners advancing to the College World Series. The following Super Regionals will be played Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7, with Sunday, June 8 for if necessary or weather-delayed games.

Determining Home Teams in Super Regionals

For first-round games, the highest-seeded team shall be designated as the home team. In subsequent games, the home team shall be determined according to a formula applied by the games committee.

For Game 1, the better seeded team will be the home team.
The lower seeded team will be the home team in Game 2.
If a super regional is a matchup of two national seeds (i.e., #8 national seed vs. #9 national seed):
a. For Game 1, the winner of a coin flip will be the home team.b. The loser of the coin flip will be the home team in Game 2.
A second coin flip will determine the home team in Game 3, if necessary. These coin flips must both take place during the pre-tournament meeting.

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Teams and Matchups

The full 64-school field was announced on Monday afternoon, bringing the road to Omaha into full focus. Here are some of the Super Regional matchups determined by the regional winners:

Tallahassee Regional winner plays the Corvallis Regional winner in the super regionals.
Chapel Hill Regional winner plays the Eugene Regional winner in the super regionals.
Auburn Regional winner plays the Conway Regional winner in the super regionals.
Baton Rouge Regional winner plays the Clemson Regional winner in the super regionals.
The Fayetteville Regional winner will face the Knoxville Regional winner in the super regionals.
The Athens Regional winner will play the Oxford Regional winner in the super regionals.
Austin Regional winner will play Los Angeles Regional winner in the super regionals.
Nashville Regional winner will play Hattiesburg Regional winner in the super regionals.

These matchups are determined after the completion of the Regional round, where teams compete in a double-elimination format.

Regional Sites and Teams

The NCAA Baseball Regionals begin on May 30 at 16 different sites across the country. The top 16 seeds in the bracket were each awarded a regional site where they can play home tournament games in the first weekend of action.

Here's a breakdown of the regional site locations and the teams that participated:

Tallahassee Regional (Florida State): No. 9 Florida State vs. Bethune-Cookman, Mississippi State vs. Northeastern
Athens Regional (Georgia): No. 7 Georgia vs. Binghamton, Oklahoma State vs. Duke
Auburn Regional (Auburn): No. 4 Auburn vs. Central Connecticut, Stetson vs. NC State
Austin Regional (Texas): No. 2 Texas vs. Houston Christian, Kansas State vs. UTSA
Baton Rouge Regional (LSU): No. 6 LSU vs. Little Rock, Rhode Island vs. Dallas Baptist
Chapel Hill Regional (North Carolina): No. 5 North Carolina vs. Holy Cross, Nebraska vs. Oklahoma
Clemson Regional (Clemson): No. 11 Clemson vs. USC Upstate, Kentucky vs. West Virginia
Conway Regional (Coastal Carolina): No. 13 Coastal Carolina vs. Fairfield, East Carolina vs. Florida
Corvallis Regional (Oregon State): No. 8 Oregon State vs. Saint Mary's, USC vs. TCU
Eugene Regional (Oregon): No. 12 Oregon vs. Utah Valley, Cal Poly vs. Arizona
Fayetteville Regional (Arkansas): No. 3 Arkansas vs. North Dakota State, Creighton vs. Kansas
Hattiesburg Regional (Southern Miss): No. 16 Southern Miss vs. Columbia, Miami vs. Alabama
Knoxville Regional (Tennessee): No. 14 Tennessee vs. Miami (Ohio), Cincinnati vs. Wake Forest
Los Angeles Regional (UCLA): No. 15 UCLA vs. Fresno State, Arizona State vs. UC Irvine
Nashville Regional (Vanderbilt): No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. Wright State, East Tennessee State vs. Louisville
Oxford Regional (Ole Miss): No. 10 Ole Miss vs. Murray State, Western Kentucky vs. Georgia Tech

NCAA Baseball Regionals Format

Each of the 16 regions has four teams each, and it is a double-elimination format. The teams play round-robin style, and once a team loses twice, they're out of the NCAA tournament. The winner of each region advances to the Super Regional round, which is a best-of-three series hosted at the home stadium of the top eight remaining seeds in the tournament.

Super Regional Schedule Examples

The determination of the Men’s College World Series order of first-round games both Friday, June 13, and Saturday, June 14, will be announced Monday, June 9. Baton Rouge, La. All times Central and subject to change. Gates to Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman field open 90 minutes prior to scheduled first pitch.

Example 1:

Game 1: (6) LSU (H) def.
Game 2: (6) LSU * def.

Example 2:

Game 1: (1) LSU (H) def.
Game 2: (2) Dallas Baptist (H) def.
Game 3: (4) Little Rock def.
Game 4: (1) LSU (H) def.
Game 5: (4) Little Rock (H) def.
Game 6: (4) Little Rock (H) def.
Game 7: (1) LSU* def.(1) LSU advances to best-of-three NCAA Super Regional vs.

National Seeds

Here are the top 16 national seeds for the NCAA Baseball Tournament, all of whom earned the right to host a regional site:

Vanderbilt (42-16)
Texas (42-12)
Arkansas (43-13)
Auburn (38-18)
North Carolina (42-12)
LSU (43-14)
Georgia (42-15)
Oregon State (42-12-1)
Florida State (38-14)
Ole Miss (40-19)
Clemson (44-16)
Oregon (42-14)
Coastal Carolina (48-11)
Tennessee (43-16)
UCLA (42-16)
Southern Miss (44-14)

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