The 2022 NCAA Baseball Tournament is underway, and a handful of teams have punched their tickets to the Sweet 16. Six teams -- Tennessee, Auburn, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Texas and Texas A&M won their regionals on Sunday to move on. The other 10 spots in the next round will be filled out Monday. Monday's slate includes a rematch of Oklahoma State vs. Arkansas after the Cowboys had a ridiculous pair of wins on Sunday that featured the team combining to score 43 runs.
Before we get to the bracket, scores, and more, you should know that the structure of the NCAA Baseball Tournament is a bit different from the more familiar hoops variant. Here are a few takeaways on that front:
The field this year includes 31 automatic bids via conference championships and 33 at-large entrants. The first round of play is known as the regional, and it's double-elimination format. Each of the 16 No. 1 seeds hosts its respective four-team regional, when possible. Each of the 16 regionals are seeded one through four. In each region, No. 1 faces No. 4, and No. 2 faces No. 3 on the first day of action. The winners of those two games then play each other, while the losers play an elimination game.The winner of each regional advances to the super regional. The super regional, which includes a total of 16 teams, is a best-of-three series format.The winners of the super regionals -- eight teams in all -- advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.The College World Series is a double-elimination format until the final two teams are left standing. At that point, slates are wiped clean, and it's a best-of-three series to determine the national champion.The field of 64 also includes eight national seeds, which you may consider the pre-tourney favorites to reach Omaha. Here they are for this year, ranked in order with their regular-season record:
Tennessee, 53-7Stanford, 40-14Oregon State, 44-14Virginia Tech, 41-12Texas A&M, 37-18Miami-FL, 39-18Oklahoma State, 39-20East Carolina, 42-18NCAA baseball tournament schedule
Regionals: Starts Friday, June 3; ends Monday, June 6Super Regionals: Starts Friday, June 10; ends Monday, June 13College World Series opener: Friday, June 17
College World Series Finals (best of 3): Starts Saturday, June 25
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Complete bracket
And here's a link to NCAA.com's full bracket, which includes region vs. region pairings for the super regionals.
Knoxville Regional
Hosted by No. 1 national seed Tennessee.
Friday, June 3
Campbell 15, Georgia Tech 8Tennessee 10, Alabama State 0Saturday, June 4
Georgia Tech 13, Alabama State 4 (Alabama State eliminated)Tennessee 12, Campbell 7Sunday, June 5
Georgia Tech 16, Campbell 5 (Campbell eliminated)Tennessee 9, Georgia Tech 6 (Tennessee advances, Georgia Tech eliminated)Auburn Regional
Hosted by No. 14 national seed Auburn.
Friday, June 3
Florida St. 5, UCLA 3Auburn 19, Southeastern La. 7Saturday, June 4
UCLA 16, Southeastern La. 2 (Southeastern La. eliminated)Auburn 21, Florida St. 7Sunday, June 5
UCLA 2, Florida State 1 (Florida State eliminated)Auburn 9, UCLA 0 (Auburn advances, UCLA eliminated)Blacksburg Regional
Hosted by No. 4 national seed Virginia Tech.
Friday, June 3
Columbia 8, Gonzaga 2Virginia Tech 15, Wright State 9
Saturday, June 4
Gonzaga 11, Wright State 9 (Wright State eliminated)Virginia Tech 24, Columbia 4Sunday, June 5
Columbia 15, Gonzaga 6 (Gonzaga eliminated)Virginia Tech 7, Columbia 2 (Virginia Tech advances, Columbia eliminated)Stillwater Regional
Hosted by No. 7 national seed Oklahoma State.
Friday, June 3
Arkansas 7, Grand Canyon 1Oklahoma State 10, Missouri State 5
Saturday, June 4
Missouri State 8, Grand Canyon 7 (Grand Canyon eliminated)Arkansas 20, Oklahoma State 12Sunday, June 5
Oklahoma State 29, Missouri State 15 (Missouri State eliminated)Oklahoma State 14, Arkansas 10Monday, June 6
Oklahoma State vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m. ETGreenville Regional
Hosted by No. 8 national seed East Carolina.
Friday, June 3
East Carolina 17, Coppin State 1Virginia 7, Coastal Carolina 2Saturday, June 4
Coastal Carolina 10, Coppin State 8 (Coppin State eliminated)East Carolina 4, Virginia 2Sunday, June 5
Coastal Carolina 7, Virginia 6 (Virginia eliminated)Coastal Carolina 9, East Carolina 1Monday, June 6
East Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m. ETGainesville Regional
Hosted by No. 13 national seed Florida.
Friday, June 3
Oklahoma 16, Liberty 3Florida 7, Central Michigan 3
Saturday, June 4
Central Michigan 3, Liberty 2 (Liberty eliminated)Oklahoma 9, Florida 4Sunday, June 5
Florida 6, Central Michigan 5 (Central Michigan eliminated)Florida 7, Oklahoma 2Monday, June 6
Oklahoma vs. Florida, 1 p.m. ETCollege Park Regional
Hosted by No. 15 national seed Maryland.
Friday, June 3
UConn 8, Wake Forest 7Maryland 23, Long Island 2Saturday, June 4
Wake Forest 10, Long Island 4 (Long Island eliminated)UConn 10, Maryland 5Sunday, June 5
Maryland 10, Wake Forest 5 (Wake Forest eliminated)Maryland 7, UConn 6Monday, June 6
Maryland vs. UConn, 7 p.m. ETCollege Station Regional
Hosted by No. 5 national seed Texas A&M.
Friday, June 3
Texas A&M 8, Oral Roberts 2Louisiana 7, TCU 6Saturday, June 4
TCU 3, Oral Roberts 1 (Oral Roberts eliminated)Texas A&M 9, Louisiana 6Sunday, June 5
TCU 6, Louisiana 1 (Louisiana eliminated)Texas A&M 15, TCU 9 (Texas A&M advances, TCU eliminated)Austin Regional
Hosted by No. 9 national seed Texas.
Friday, June 3
Texas 11, Air Force 3Louisiana Tech 12, Dallas Baptist 5Saturday, June 4
Air Force 5, Dallas Baptist 1 (Dallas Baptist eliminated)Texas 5, Louisiana Tech 2Sunday, June 5
Air Force 9, Louisiana Tech 7Texas 10, Air Force 1 (Texas advances, Air Force eliminated)Chapel Hill Regional
Hosted by No. 10 national seed North Carolina.
Friday, June 3
North Carolina 15, Hofstra 4VCU 8, Georgia 1Saturday, June 4
Georgia 24, Hofstra 1 (Hofstra eliminated)VCU 4, North Carolina 3Sunday, June 5
North Carolina 6, Georgia 5 (Georgia eliminated)North Carolina 19, VCU 8Monday, June 6
North Carolina vs. VCU, 6 p.m. ETHattiesburg Regional
Hosted by No. 11 national seed Southern Mississippi.
Friday, June 3
Southern Miss. 2, Army 0LSU 14, Kennesaw State 11Saturday, June 4
Kennesaw State 9, Army 8 (Army eliminated)LSU 7, Southern Miss 6Sunday, June 5
Southern Miss 4, Kennesaw State 3 (Kennesaw State eliminated)Southern Miss 8, LSU 4Monday, June 6
LSU vs. Southern Miss, 4 p.m. ETLouisville Regional
Hosted by No. 12 national seed Louisville.
Friday, June 3
Louisville 7, Southeast Missouri State 2Michigan 8, Oregon 6Saturday, June 4
Oregon 18, Southeast Missouri State 6 (Southeast Missouri State eliminated)Michigan 7, Louisville 3Sunday, June 5
Louisville 8, Oregon 5 (Oregon eliminated)Louisville 20, Michigan 1Monday, June 6
Louisville vs. Michigan, 12 p.m. ETStatesboro Regional
Hosted by No. 16 national seed Georgia Southern.
Friday, June 3
Notre Dame 3, Texas Tech 2Saturday, June 4
Georgia Southern 8, UNC Greensboro 0Texas Tech 2, UNC Greensboro 0 (UNC Greensboro eliminated)Notre Dame 6, Georgia Southern 4Sunday, June 5
Texas Tech 3, Georgia Southern 1 (Georgia Southern eliminated)Notre Dame 2, Texas Tech 1 (Notre Dame advances, Texas Tech eliminated)Stanford Regional
Hosted by No. 2 national seed Stanford.
Friday, June 3
Stanford 20, Binghamton 7Texas State 7, UC-Santa Barbara 3Saturday, June 4
UC-Santa Barbara 9, Binghamton 4 (Binghamton eliminated)Texas State 5, Stanford 2Sunday, June 5
Stanford 8, UC-Santa Barbara 4 (UCSB eliminated)Stanford 8, Texas State 4Monday, June 6
Stanford vs. Texas State, 10 p.m. ETCorvallis Regional
Hosted by No. 3 national seed Oregon State.
Friday, June 3
Oregon State 5, New Mexico State 4 (F/10)San Diego 3, Vanderbilt 2Saturday, June 4
Vanderbilt 21, New Mexico State 1 (New Mexico State eliminated)Oregon State 12, San Diego 3Sunday, June 5
Vanderbilt 14, San Diego 4 (San Diego eliminated)Vanderbilt 8, Oregon State 1Monday, June 6
Vanderbilt vs. Oregon State, 4 p.m. ETCoral Gables Regional
Hosted by No. 6 national seed Miami-FL. Games in Miami were postponed from Friday to Saturday due to a Tropical Storm Warning in the region.
Saturday, June 4
Miami 11, Canisius 6Ole Miss 7, Arizona 4Sunday, June 5
Arizona 7, Canisius 5 (Canisius eliminated)Ole Miss 2, Miami 1 Arizona 4, Miami 3 (Miami eliminated)Monday, June 6
Ole Miss vs. Arizona, 1 p.m. ETAll of the above leads up to the College World Series at Omaha's Charles Schwab Field, which gets underway on Friday, June 17. So who ya got?
