The 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on June 1, 2017, as part of the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2017 College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Nebraska. The CWS started on June 17 and ended on June 27.
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 299 teams. Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were 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 then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three-game series, to determine the eight participants in the College World Series.
Bids
Automatic bids School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA Appearance America East 23–23 (11–9) Tournament 2001 (Wilson Regional) American 40–19 (15–9) Tournament 2015 (Houston Regional) Florida State ACC 39–20 (14–14) Tournament 2016 (Tallahassee Regional) Atlantic Sun 42–18 (13–8) Tournament First Appearance Atlantic 10 32–24 (13–11) Tournament First Appearance Big 12 30–25 (8–14) Tournament 2016 (Clemson Regional) Big East 32–25 (10–6) Tournament 2016 (Nashville Regional) Big South 27–30 (11–13) Tournament 2015 (Nashville Regional) Big Ten 38–20 (15–9) Tournament 2015 (Springfield Regional) Big West 37–17–1 (20–4) Regular season 2016 (Coral Gables Regional) Colonial 34–21 (15–9) Tournament 2001 (Columbus Regional) Conference USA 31–29 (17–14) Tournament 2016 (Baton Rouge Regional) Horizon 39–15 (22–8) Tournament 2008 (College Station Regional) Ivy League 30–16 (16–4) Championship series 1993 (Central I Regional) Metro Atlantic 32–21 (16–8) Tournament 2009 (Tallahassee Regional) Mid-American 31–26 (13–11) Tournament 2015 (Champaign Regional) Mid–Eastern 33–23 (15–8) Tournament 2016 (Gainesville Regional) Missouri Valley 40–19 (15–6) Tournament 2016 (Lubbock Regional) Mountain West 41–19 (20–10) Tournament 2015 (Lake Elsinore Regional) Northeast 36–20 (21–7) Tournament 2010 (Tallahassee Regional) Ohio Valley 40–19 (23–7) Tournament 2009 (Clemson Regional) Oregon State Pac–12 49–4 (27–3) Regular season 2015 (Dallas Regional) Patriot 23–25 (12–8) Tournament 1978 (Northeast Regional) LSU Southeastern 43–17 (21–9) Tournament 2016 (Baton Rouge Regional) Southern 35–22 (14–10) Tournament 1997 (South I Regional) Southland 40–20 (19–11) Tournament 2016 (Lafayette Regional) Southwestern Athletic 20–32 (14–10) Tournament 2015 (College Station Regional) Summit 42–14 (25–4) Tournament 2016 (Fort Worth Regional) South Alabama Sun Belt 39–19 (22–8) Tournament 2016 (Tallahassee Regional) BYU West Coast 37–19 (20–7) Tournament 2002 (Los Angeles Regional) Western Athletic 32–27 (12–12) Tournament 2014 (San Luis Obispo Regional)
By conference Conference Total Schools SEC8 Arkansas, , Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt ACC7 Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, , , , Wake Forest Big 127 , , , TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia Big Ten5 Indiana, , , , Pac-124 Arizona, Oregon State, , UCLA American3 , , Big East2 , Big West2 Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA2 , Missouri Valley2 , Southland2 , America East1 Atlantic 101 Atlantic Sun1 Big South1 Colonial1 Horizon1 Ivy1 MAAC1 Mid-American1 MEAC1 Mountain West1 NEC1 Ohio Valley1 Patriot1 Southern1 Summit1 Sun Belt1 South Alabama SWAC1 West Coast1 BYU WAC1
National seeds The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round: Oregon State North Carolina † Florida LSU Texas Tech † TCU Louisville †
Bold indicates College World Series participant † indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament ‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament
Regionals and Super Regionals Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.
Corvallis Super Regional
Long Beach Super Regional
Tallahassee Super Regional
Baton Rouge Super Regional
Gainesville Super Regional
Fort Worth Super Regional
Louisville Super Regional
College Station Super Regional Hosted by Texas A&M at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
College World Series The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach Previous CWS Appearances Best CWS Finish CWS RecordNot including this year Big West 39–22 (15–9) 17(last: 2015) 1st(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004) 34–29 Florida SEC 47–18 (21–9) 10(last: 2016) 2nd(2005, 2011) 14–21 Florida State ACC 45–21 (14–14) 21(last: 2012) 2nd(1970, 1986, 1999) 28–42 Louisville ACC 52–10 (23–6) (last: 2014) 5th(2007) 1–6 LSU SEC 48–17 (21–9) (last: 2015) 1st 36–24 Oregon State Pac-12 54–4 (27–3) (last: 2013) 1st(2006, 2007) 13–8 TCU Big 12 47–16 (16–8) (last: 2016) 3rd(2010, 2015, 2016) 8–8 Texas A&M SEC 41–21 (16–14) (last: 2011) 5th(1951, 1993) 2–10
Bracket Seeds listed below (in the column before each team's name) indicate national seeds only
Game results Date Game Winning team Score Losing team Winning pitcher Losing pitcher Save Notes June 17 Game 1 6–5 Jake Mulholland (7–1) Blake Workman (6–3) Game 2 LSU 5–4 Florida State Jared Poché (11–3) Tyler Holton (10–3) Zack Hess (2) June 18 Game 3 Louisville 8–4 Texas A&M Corbin Martin (7–4) – Game 4 Florida 3–0 TCU Alex Faedo (8–2) Jared Janczak (9–1) Michael Byrne (17) June 19 Game 5 Florida State 6–4 Cal State Fullerton Chase Haney (3–2) Jack Pabich (1–3) Drew Carlton (7) Game 6 Oregon State 13–1 LSU Bryce Fehmel (6–2) Eric Walker (8–2) – June 20 Game 7 TCU 4–1 Texas A&M Brian Howard (12–3) Stephen Kolek (4–5) Sean Wymer (2) Texas A&M eliminatedGame 8 Florida 5–1 Louisville Brady Singer (8–5) Kade McClure (8–4) – June 21 Game 9 LSU 7–4 Florida State Jared Poché (12–3) Cole Sands (6–4) Zack Hess (3) Florida State eliminated June 22 TCU 4–3 Louisville Sean Wymer (6–4) Nick Bennett (5–1) – Louisville eliminated Game 11 LSU 3–1 Oregon State Alex Lange (10–5) Zack Hess (4) Game 12 TCU 9–2 Florida Charles King (1–3) Jackson Kowar (12–1) – June 24 Game 13 LSU 6–1 Oregon State Caleb Gilbert (7–1) Bryce Fehmel (6–3) – Oregon State eliminated Game 14 Florida 3–0 TCU Alex Faedo (9–2) Jared Janczak (9–2) Michael Byrne (18) TCU eliminatedFinalsJune 26Game 1 Florida 4–3 LSU Brady Singer (9–5) Michael Byrne (19) June 27 Game 2 Florida 6–1 LSU Tyler Dyson (4–0) Jared Poché (12–4) Jackson Kowar (1) Florida wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Alex Faedo (MOP) Florida Brady Singer Florida C Michael Papierski LSU 1B Drew Mendoza Florida State 2B Nick Madrigal Oregon State 3B Dylan Busby Florida State SS Timmy Richards Cal State Fullerton OF Antoine Duplantis LSU Austin Langworthy Florida Zach Watson LSU DH Brendan McKay Louisville
Final standings Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only Place School Record 1st 3 Florida10–3 2nd 4 LSU9–3 3rd 1 Oregon St7–2 6 TCU8–2 5thFlorida State7–3 7 Louisville6–2 7thCal State Fullerton5–3Texas A&M5–2 9th Davidson3–2Kentucky4–3Long Beach St.5–3Mississippi State4–3Missouri State3–3Sam Houston St.4–3Vanderbilt3–3Wake Forest4–2 17th Arkansas3–2Auburn2–2Bethune–Cookman2–2Clemson3–2Dallas Baptist2–2Houston2–2NC State2–2 2 North Carolina2–2Rice2–2Southern Miss2–2 8 Stanford2–2Texas2–2 5 Texas Tech2–2West Virginia2–2Xavier2–2Yale2–2 33rdArizona1–2BYU1–2Florida Gulf Coast1–2Holy Cross1–2Indiana1–2Iowa1–2Maryland1–2Oklahoma1–2Oral Roberts1–2San Diego State1–2South Alabama1–2South Florida1–2Southeastern Louisiana1–2Tennessee Tech1–2UNC Greensboro1–2Virginia1–2 49thBaylor0–2Central Connecticut State0–2Delaware0–2Marist0–2Michigan0–2Nebraska0–2Ohio0–2Oklahoma State0–2Radford0–2Sacramento State0–2St. John's0–2Texas Southern0–2UCF0–2UCLA0–2UIC0–2UMBC0–2
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin % Record Win % SEC 8 40–21 36–17 8 6 3 2 2 1 Big 12 7 15–14 15–14 4 1 1 1 Pac-12 4 10–8 10–8 2 1 1 1 ACC 7 25–15 25–15 6 3 2 Big West 2 10–6 7–3 2 2 1 Missouri Valley 2 5–5 5–5 2 1 Southland 2 5–5 5–5 1 1 Atlantic 10 1 3–2 3–2 1 1 Conference USA 2 4–4 4–4 2 American 3 3–6 3–6 1 Big East 2 2–4 2–4 1 Big Ten 5 3–10 3–10 13–38 13–38 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 NRG Media 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 Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Bishop acting as field reporter.
Television ESPN 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 in the same channel allotments as its "Goal Line" and "Buzzer Beater" services for football and basketball), which carried live look-ins and analysis across all games in progress.
Broadcast assignments
Regionals Steve Lenox and JT Snow: Stanford, California Jason Benetti and Todd Walker: Tallahassee, Florida Anish Shroff and Jay Walker: Lexington, Kentucky Roy Philpott and Rusty Ensor: Clemson, South Carolina Jim Barbar and JP Arencibia: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mike Morgan and Nick Belmonte: Gainesville, Florida Richard Cross and David Dellucci: Hattiesburg, Mississippi Tom Hart and Chris Burke: Louisville, Kentucky Super Regionals Tom Hart, Kyle Peterson, Chris Burke, and Laura Rutledge: Louisville, Kentucky Mike Morgan and Jay Walker: College Station, Texas Anish Shroff and Gabe Gross: Long Beach, California Jason Benetti and Mike Rooney: Corvallis, Oregon College World Series Tom Hart, Chris Burke, Ben McDonald, and Mike Rooney: Afternoons, Wed night Karl Ravech, Eduardo Pérez, Kyle Peterson, and Laura Rutledge: Evenings minus Wed
Regionals Doug Sherman and John Gregory: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Trey Bender and Jerry Kindall: Lubbock, Texas Lowell Galindo and Keith Moreland: Houston, Texas Alex Perlman and Lance Cormier: Fayetteville, Arkansas Dave Neal and Ben McDonald: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mike Couzens and Greg Swindell: Fort Worth, Texas Roxy Bernstein and Wes Clements: Corvallis, Oregon Clay Matvick and Kyle Peterson: Long Beach, California Super Regionals Clay Matvick and Eduardo Pérez: Tallahassee, Florida Dari Nowkhah and Carlos Peña: Gainesville, Florida Lowell Galindo and Keith Moreland: Fort Worth, Texas Dave Neal and Ben McDonald: Baton Rouge, Louisiana College World Series Championship Series Karl Ravech, Eduardo Pérez, Kyle Peterson, and Laura Rutledge
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