2025 college baseball tournament selection show: Time, how to watch the bracket reveal
The field of 64 teams competing for the 2025 NCAA college baseball championship will be announced at 12 p.m. ET on Monday, May 26 on ESPN2.
The 64 teams will be placed in 16 different four-team regions, with teams seeded one through four to compete in a double-elimination format.
Games start with regionals and continue on to super regionals before the Men’s College World Series begins Friday, June 13, at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, NE. Click or tap here for last year’s MCWS schedule. Tennessee won the 2024 title, beating Texas A&M in three games and became the first No. 1 overall seed to win it all since 1999.
REGIONAL HOSTS: Click or tap here to see the 2025 DI baseball championship regional hosts
2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament: Schedule
- Selection show: Monday, May 26 at 12 p.m. ET | ESPN2
- Regionals: Friday – Monday, May 30 – June 2
- Super Regionals: Friday – Monday, June 6-9
- First day of MCWS games: Starts Friday, June 13
- MCWS finals: Saturday – Sunday/Monday, June 21 – 22/23
More on how the tournament works:
What is the difference between the Division I baseball tournament and the Men’s College World Series?
The NCAA Division I baseball tournament is a 64-team tournament that starts in May. After two rounds of play (which each consist of multiple games), there are just eight teams left. These eight teams then travel to Omaha, Nebraska for the Men’s College World Series. The MCWS is the culmination of the DI tournament, where the teams compete in two brackets, with the winners of each meeting in the MCWS finals, a best-of-three series to decide the NCAA champion.
When did the Men’s College World Series start?
The first-ever NCAA DI baseball tournament was in 1947, and would barely be recognized as the same tournament nowadays. The 1947 tournament featured just eight teams, which were divided into two four-team, single-elimination brackets. The two winners — California and Yale — then met in a best-of-three final in Kalamazoo, Michigan. California would go undefeated through the inaugural CWS and beat Yale to capture the first title.
How are teams selected for the NCAA Division I baseball tournament?
Since 1954, the NCAA DI baseball tournament field has been split into two qualifying groups: the automatic berths, and the at-large selections. Since 2025, 29 conference champions receive automatic berths, and 35 teams receive at-large bids, decided by the NCAA DI Baseball Committee.
