2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament


The 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 1, 2018 as part of the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2018 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 16 and ended on June 28. Oregon State defeated Arkansas in the best-of-three final series to win the championship.
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams. Thirty-one teams will be awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams will be selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
Teams were divided into sixteen regionals of four teams, which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions competed in Super Regionals, a best-of-three-game series, to determine the eight participants in the College World Series. For the first time, the Tournament seeded the top 16 teams instead of pairing teams generally along geographical lines.

Bids

Automatic bids

By conference

National seeds

16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show Monday, May 28 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU. The 16 national seeds host the Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to College World Series.
1. Florida
2.
3. Oregon State
4. Ole Miss
5. Arkansas
6. North Carolina
7.
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9. Texas Tech
10. Clemson
11. '
12.
13. Texas
14. '
15. Coastal Carolina
16. NC State

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.

Gainesville Super Regional

Lubbock Super Regional

Fayetteville Super Regional

Austin Super Regional

Corvallis Super Regional

Chapel Hill Super Regional

Nashville Super Regional

Hosted by Vanderbilt at Hawkins Field

Fullerton Super Regional

Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field

College World Series

The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Participants

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

Game results

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PKevin AbelOregon State
PBlaine KnightArkansas
1BJared GatesArkansas
2BHunter StovallMississippi State
3BCasey MartinArkansas
SSCadyn GrenierOregon State
OFDominic FletcherArkansas
OFHeston KjerstadArkansas
OFTrevor LarnachOregon State
DHTyler MaloneOregon State
C & MOPAdley RutschmanOregon State

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
PlaceSchoolRecord
1st 3 Oregon State11–2
2nd 5 Arkansas9–3
3rd 1 Florida7–4
3rdMississippi State8–4
5th 6 North Carolina6–2
5th 9 Texas Tech6–3
7th 13 Texas5–3
7thWashington5–3
9thAuburn4–2
9thCal State Fullerton4–2
9thDuke5–3
9th 14 Minnesota3–2
9thSouth Carolina4–2
9th 11 Stetson3–2
9thTennessee Tech5–3
9thVanderbilt4–2
17th 10 Clemson2–2
17thConnecticut2–2
17thDallas Baptist2–2
17thFlorida Atlantic3–2
17th 8 Georgia2–2
17thHouston2–2
17thIndiana2–2
17thLouisville2–2
17thLSU2–2
17th 16 NC State2–2
17thOklahoma2–2
17thOklahoma State2–2
17th 4 Ole Miss2–2
17th 2 Stanford2–2
17thUCLA2–2
17thUNC Wilmington2–2
33rdArmy1–2
33rdBaylor1–2
33rd 15 Coastal Carolina1–2
33rd 12 East Carolina1–2
33rdGonzaga1–2
33rdJacksonville1–2
33rdKent State1–2
33rdMissouri State1–2
33rdNorthwestern State1–2
33rdPurdue1–2
33rdSamford1–2
33rdSouth Florida1–2
33rdSouthern Miss1–2
33rdSt. John's1–2
33rdTexas A&M1–2
33rdTroy1–2
49thCampbell0–2
49thCanisius0–2
49thColumbia0–2
49th 7 Florida State0–2
49thHartford0–2
49thLIU Brooklyn0–2
49thMorehead State0–2
49thNew Mexico State0–2
49thNorth Carolina A&T0–2
49thNortheastern0–2
49thOhio State0–2
49thOral Roberts0–2
49thSaint Louis0–2
49thSan Diego State0–2
49thTexas Southern0–2
49thWright State0–2

Record by conference

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.
Nc is non–conference records, i.e., with the records of teams within the same conference having played each other removed.

Media coverage

Radio

provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It was streamed at westwoodonesports.com, on TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Bishop acting as field reporter.

Television

carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across its networks. During the Regionals and Super Regionals ESPN offered a dedicated channel, ESPN Bases Loaded, carried live look-ins and analysis across all games in progress.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series
Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series Championship Series