College Baseball Bracket 2025: Start Time, Streaming Info & How to Watch the NCAA Selection Show

ESPN2 will reveal the 64 teams competing for the 2025 NCAA college baseball championship at 12 p.m. ET on Monday, May 26.

The 64 teams will compete in a double-elimination format, with teams seeded one through four in 16 distinct four-team regions.

On Friday, June 13, at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, the Men’s College World Series gets underway after regionals and super regionals. For last year’s MCWS schedule, tap or click here. In 2024, Tennessee became the first No. 1 overall seed to win the whole tournament since 1999 after defeating Texas A&M in three games.

2025 NCAA DI baseball tournament: Schedule

Selection show: Monday, May 26 at 12 p.m. ET (tentative) | 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

How is the Men’s College World Series different from the Division I baseball tournament?

The 64-team NCAA Division I baseball tournament begins play in May. Only eight teams remain after the two rounds of play, which each include several games. A trip to Omaha, Nebraska for the Men’s College World Series follows for these eight teams. The DI tournament culminates in the MCWS, when teams pit themselves against one another in two brackets. The champions of each bracket advance to the MCWS finals, a best-of-three series that determines the NCAA champion.

What was the beginning of the Men’s College World Series?

In 1947, the first NCAA DI baseball tournament was held, and it is barely recognized as such today. Only eight teams participated in the 1947 event, which was split into two single-elimination brackets of four teams each. In Kalamazoo, Michigan, the two winners—Yale and California—then faced off in a best-of-three final. California would win the first title after defeating Yale and going undefeated during the first CWS.

How are baseball teams selected for the NCAA DI tournament?

The NCAA DI baseball tournament field has been divided into two qualifying categories since 1954: the at-large selections and the automatic berths. Since 2025, the NCAA DI Baseball Committee has determined that 35 schools will earn at-large bids and 29 conference winners will receive automatic berths.