INDIANAPOLIS – The field of 64 teams competing for the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
The national top eight seeds are UCLA (42-14), LSU (48-10), Louisville (43-16), Florida (44-16), Miami (Florida) (44-14), Illinois (47-8-1), TCU (43-11) and Missouri State (45-10). The top eight seed for Missouri State marks a first for a Missouri Valley Conference institution.
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) lead all conferences in the number of teams in the championship field with seven. The Pacific-12 (Pac-12) has six institutions, while the Big 10 had a league record five selected.
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Making the tournament for the first time includes Radford of the Big South Conference, Florida A&M of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Houston Baptist of the Southland Conference and Bakersfield of the Western Athletic Conference. Overall, 27 of the 64 teams were in the field last year.
Miami (Florida) is in the field for the 43rd consecutive year, extending its own record. Florida State is making its 38th straight appearance, second all-time. Other long consecutive streaks: Cal State Fullerton (24), Rice (21) and Arkansas (13).
Each of the 16 regionals features four teams, playing a double-elimination format. The regionals are scheduled to be conducted from Friday, May 29, to Monday, June 1 (if necessary). Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.NCAA.com/cws, Monday, June 1 at approximately 11 p.m. (ET).
The 69th Men’s College World Series begins play Saturday, June 13, at the TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
A complete bracket, including records and match-ups, is below and attached.
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FIELD BY CONFERENCE (31)
Southeastern 7 (Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt)
Atlantic Coast 7 [Clemson, Florida St., Louisville, Miami (FL), North Carolina St., Notre Dame, Virginia]
Pacific-12 6 (Arizona St., California, Oregon, Oregon St., Southern California, UCLA)
Big Ten 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan)
American Athletic 4 (East Carolina, Houston, Tulane, South Fla.)
Big 12 3 (Oklahoma St., TCU, Texas)
Conference USA 3 (Fla. Atlantic, FIU, Rice)
Missouri Valley 3 (Bradley, Dallas Baptist, Missouri St.)
Big South 2 (Coastal Caro., Radford)
Big West 2 (Cal St. Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara)
Colonial 2 (Col. of Charleston, UNCW)
America East 1 (Stony Brook)
Atlantic-10 1 (VCU)
Atlantic Sun 1 (Lipscomb)
Big East 1 [St. John’s (NY)]
Horizon 1 (Wright St.)
Ivy 1 (Columbia)
Metro Atlantic 1 (Canisius)
Mid-American 1 (Ohio)
Mid-Eastern 1 (Florida A&M)
Mountain West 1 (San Diego St.)
Northeast 1 (Sacred Heart)
Ohio Valley 1 (Morehead St.)
Patriot 1 (Lehigh)
Southern 1 (Mercer)
Southland 1 (Houston Baptist)
Southwestern 1 (Texas Southern)
Summit 1 (Oral Roberts)
Sun Belt 1 (La.-Lafayette)
West Coast 1 (Pepperdine)
Western Athletic 1 (Bakersfield)
2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship (all times Eastern)
Baton Rouge Regional hosted by LSU
#1 *LSU (48-10) vs. #4 Lehigh (25-29), 4 p.m., SECN/ESPN3
#2 UNCW (39-16) vs. #3 Tulane (34-23), 8 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Champaign Regional hosted by Illinois
#1 *Illinois (47-8-1) vs. #4 Ohio (36-19), 8 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Notre Dame (36-21) vs. #3 Wright St. (41-15), 1 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
College Station Regional hosted by Texas A&M
#1 *Texas A&M (45-11) vs. #4 Texas Southern (31-17), 7 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Coastal Caro. (38-19) vs. #3 California (34-19), 1 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Coral Gables Regional hosted by Miami (FL)
#1 *Miami (FL) (44-14) vs. #4 FIU (29-29), 7 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 East Carolina (40-20) vs. #3 Columbia (31-15), 1 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Dallas Regional hosted by Dallas Baptist
#1 *Dallas Baptist (43-13) vs. #4 VCU (37-22), 7 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Oregon St. (38-16-1) vs. #3 Texas (30-25), 2:30 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Fort Worth Regional hosted by TCU
#1 *TCU (43-11) vs. #4 Sacred Heart (23-30-1), 7 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 North Carolina St. (34-21) vs. #3 Stony Brook (34-14-1), 2:30 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Fullerton Regional hosted by Cal. St. Fullerton
#1 *Cal St. Fullerton (34-22) vs. #4 Pepperdine (30-27), 10 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Arizona St. (34-21) vs. #3 Clemson (32-27), 6 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Gainesville Regional hosted by Florida
#1 *Florida (44-16) vs. #4 Florida A&M (23-23), 7 p.m., SECN/ESPN3
#2 Fla. Atlantic (40-17) vs. #3 South Fla. (33-24-1), 1 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Houston Regional hosted by Houston
#1 *Houston (42-18) vs. #4 Houston Baptist (28-25), 8 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Rice (35-20) vs. #3 La.-Lafayette (39-21), 3:30 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Lake Elsinore, California hosted by UC Santa Barbara
#1 *UC Santa Barbara (40-15-1) vs. #4 San Diego St. (40-21), 10 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Southern California (37-19) vs. #3 Virginia (34-22), 6 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Los Angeles Regional hosted by UCLA
#1 *UCLA (42-14) vs. #4 Bakersfield (36-22-1), 11 p.m., ESPNU/WatchESPN
#2 Ole Miss (30-26) vs. #3 Maryland (39-21), 7 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Louisville Regional hosted by Louisville
#1 *Louisville (43-16) vs. #4 Morehead St. (38-20), 6 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Bradley (35-19) vs. #3 Michigan (37-23), 2 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Nashville Regional hosted by Vanderbilt
#1 *Vanderbilt (42-19) vs. #4 Lipscomb (39-18), 8 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Radford (43-14) vs. #3 Indiana (34-22), 3 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Springfield Regional hosted by Missouri St.
#1 *Missouri St. (45-10) vs. #4 Canisius (34-28), 6 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Iowa (39-16) vs. #3 Oregon (37-23), 1 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
Stillwater Regional hosted by Oklahoma St.
#1 *Oklahoma St. (37-18) vs. #4 St. John’s (NY) (39-14), 7 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Arkansas (35-22) vs. #3 Oral Roberts (41-14), 1 p.m., SECN/ESPN3
Tallahassee Regional hosted by Florida St.
#1 *Florida St. (41-19) vs. #4 Mercer (35-21), 6 p.m., ESPN3/WatchESPN
#2 Col. of Charleston (43-13) vs. #3 Auburn (35-24), Noon, ESPN3/WatchESPN
