The bracket has been set and the NCAA baseball tournament is ready to get underway.
Much like the NCAA basketball tournament, the field consists of 64 schools, which will be whittled down to 16 super regional teams and then eight College World Series competitors, which takes place in Omaha, Neb. Each of the top 16 teams were seeded by the selection committee and will host a regional of four teams each. The top eight seeds are in line to host a super regional, granted they win their regional first.
The winners of each regional will advance to the super regionals for a best-of-three series at the home field of the higher seed of each matchup (June 7-10). The eight winners of the super regionals will then move on to the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha (June 15-26).
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The 2019 NCAA Tournament field was announced on Monday, May 27, with UCLA (47-8) and Vanderbilt (49-10) given the top two seeds. Defending champion Oregon State (36-18-1) and runner-up Arkansas (41-17) were also among the 16 teams awarded No. 1 seeds.
Below are the top 16 seeds, along with the bracket and schedule for the 2019 NCAA baseball tournament, which begins Friday, May 31.
NCAA baseball tournament seeds, regional hosts
| 1. UCLA (47-8) |
| 2. Vanderbilt (49-10) |
| 3. Georgia Tech (41-17) |
| 4. Georgia (44-15) |
| 5. Arkansas (41-17) |
| 6. Mississippi State (46-13) |
| 7. Louisville (43-15) |
| 8. Texas Tech (39-17) |
| 9. Oklahoma State (36-18) |
| 10. East Carolina (43-15) |
| 11. Stanford (41-11) |
| 12. Ole Miss (37-25) |
| 13. LSU (37-24) |
| 14. North Carolina (42-17) |
| 15. West Virginia (37-20) |
| 16. Oregon State (36-18-1) |
NCAA baseball tournament bracket: Regionals, schedule, results
Regionals will be played at these host sites in a double-elimination format from May 31-June 3. The winner of each regional will be matched up in a 1-16 format (No. 1 winner vs. No. 16 winner, No. 2 winner vs. No. 15 winner, etc.) in the super regionals.
Strikethrough indicates team has been eliminated.
Los Angeles Regional (No. 1 UCLA)
No. 1 UCLA (47-8, Pac-12 champion)
No. 3 Loyola Marymount (32-23, West Coast champion)
Corvallis Regional (No. 16 Oregon State)
No. 2 Creighton (38-11, Big East champion)
No. 3 Michigan (41-18, at-large)
Lubbock Regional (No. 8 Texas Tech)
No. 1 Texas Tech advances to face Oklahoma City regional winner
No. 1 Texas Tech (39-17, at-large)
Oklahoma City Regional (No. 9 Oklahoma State)
No. 1 Oklahoma State (36-18, Big 12 champion)
No. 2 UConn (36-23, at-large)
Fayetteville Regional (No. 5 Arkansas)
No. 1 Arkansas advances to face Ole Miss
No. 1 Arkansas (41-17, at-large)
Oxford Regional (No. 12 Mississippi)
No. 1 Ole Miss advances to face Arkansas
No. 1 Ole Miss (37-25, at-large)
Athens Regional (No. 4 Georgia)
No. 3 Florida State advances to face LSU
No. 3 Florida State (36-21, at-large)
Baton Rouge Regional (No. 13 LSU)
No. 1 LSU advances to face Florida State
No. 1 LSU (37-24, at-large)
Starkville Regional (No. 6 Mississippi State)
No. 1 Mississippi State advances to face Stanford regional winner
No. 1 Mississippi State (46-13, at-large)
Stanford Regional (No. 11 Stanford)
No. 1 Stanford (41-11, at-large)
No. 3 Fresno State (38-14-1, Mountain West champion)
Atlanta Regional (No. 3 Georgia Tech)
No. 2 Auburn advances to face North Carolina
No. 2 Auburn (33-25, at-large)
Chapel Hill Regional (No. 14 North Carolina)
No. 1 North Carolina advances to face Auburn
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No. 1 North Carolina (42-17, ACC champion)
Louisville Regional (No. 7 Louisville)
No. 1 Louisville (43-15, at-large)
No. 3 Illinois State (34-24, at-large)
Greenville Regional (No. 10 East Carolina)
No. 1 East Carolina (43-15, at-large)
No. 3 Campbell (35-19, Big South champion)
Nashville Regional (No. 2 Vanderbilt)
No. 1 Vanderbilt advances to face Duke
No. 1 Vanderbilt (49-10, SEC champion)
Morgantown Regional (No. 15 West Virginia)
No. 3 Duke advances to face Vanderbilt
No. 3 Duke (31-25, at-large)
NCAA baseball tournament bracket: Super regionals, schedule, scores
Best-of-three series; winners advance to College World Series.
This section will be updated with the super regionals matchups once regionals are complete.
College World Series schedule
After the super regionals (June 7-10), the College World Series will start June 15, with the best-of-three championship series beginning June 24. This section will be updated when the CWS field is set.
NCAA Tournament players to watch
When looking at impact players in the NCAA Tournament, the first guy that comes to mind is Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman, the clear-cut favorite to go No. 1 overall in the MLB Draft. He hit .419 – the second straight year he has batted over .400 – to go along with 17 home runs and a .580 OBP for the Beavers this season.
Other top ten MLB Draft prospects who are competing in the NCAA Tournament include a pair of Pac-12 sluggers: Cal first baseman Andrew Vaughn (.387/.549/.728) and Arizona State outfielder Hunter Bishop (.347 AVG, 22 home runs). Vanderbilt outfielder J.J. Bleday (26 home runs, 1.219 OPS), Baylor catcher Shea Langeliers (.304/.372/.485) and TCU pitcher Nick Lodolo (2.48 ERA, 125Ks in 98 IP) are also hot draft prospects to keep an eye on.
16 of the 25 Golden Spikes Award semifinalists will be in the NCAA Tournament, a list that includes Rutschman, Vaughn, Bishop and Bleday. Mississippi State (OF Jake Mangum, P Ethan Small) and Texas A&M (Ps John Doxakis, Asa Lacy) are among the tournament teams with multiple semifinalists in action.
College World Series past champions
USC holds the record for most College World Series titles with 12. LSU (6), Texas (6) and Arizona State (5) are right behind the Trojans, although LSU’s 2009 title is the most recent of any of the four teams. The Longhorns have made 36 CWS appearances, more than any other school. Here are the results of the previous 10 College World Series.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Most Outstanding Player |
| 2019 | TBD | … | … |
| 2018 | Oregon State | Arkansas | C Adley Rutschman |
| 2017 | Florida | LSU | P Alex Faedo |
| 2016 | Coastal Carolina | Arizona | P Andrew Beckwith |
| 2015 | Virginia | Vanderbilt | P Josh Sborz |
| 2014 | Vanderbilt | Virginia | SS Dansby Swanson |
| 2013 | UCLA | Mississippi State | P Adam Plutko |
| 2012 | Arizona | South Carolina | OF Rob Refsnyder |
| 2011 | South Carolina | Florida | 2B Scott Wingo |
| 2010 | South Carolina | UCLA | OF Jackie Bradley Jr. |
| 2009 | LSU | Texas | OF Jared Mitchell |