Baseball Conferences

There are nearly 30 Division 1 baseball conference in 2025, with almost 300 teams involved to attempt to make it to the College World Series in Omaha at the completion of the regular season. In 2024, the Tennessee Volunteers, coached by Tony Vitello were the champions of the College World Series. Texas A&M finished second. At the 2025 preseason, most experts are picking one of three teams to win it all and they are LSU, Texas A&M or Georgia.

 

American East Conference

Bryant opens Feb 14 at Davidson College

Binghamton Feb 14 at Texas State University

Maine opens Feb 14 vs Louisiana Tech

NJIT  opens Feb 14 at High Point

UAlbany opens Feb 21 at Lamar

UMBC  opens Feb 21 at Stetson

UMass Lowell  opens Feb 14 vs Mercyhurst

 

American Athletic Conference

East Carolina
UTSA
Tulane
Wichita State
UAB
Florida Atlantic 12-15 28-29
Charlotte 12-15 24-34
Rice 11-16 23-36
South Florida 11-16 26-29
Memphis

 

Atlantic 10 Conference

St Louis

VCU

Dayton

Richmond

Geo Washington

UMASS

St Joseph’s

Rhode Island

Davidson

Fordham

St Bonaventure

George Mason

 

Atlantic Coast Conference

Clemson

NC State

Florida State

Louisville

Wake Forest

Notre Dame

Boston College

North Carolina

Virginia

Duke

Georgia Tech

Virginia Tech

Miami

Pitt

 

Atlantic Sun Conference

Austin Peay

Bellarmine

Central Arkansas

EKU

Lipscomb

North Alabama

FGCU

Jacksonville

North Florida

Queens

Stetson

West Georgia

Big 12

Arizona

Arizona State

Baylor

BYU

Cincinnati

Colorado

Kansas

Kansas State

Houston

Oklahoma State

TCU

Texas Tech

West Virginia

UCF

 

Big East

UConn

St Johns

Georgetowne

Xavier

Villanova

Creighton

Seton Hall

Butler

 

Big South Conference

Charleston Southern

Gardner-Web

High Point

Longwood

Presbyterian

Radford

 

Big Ten

Illinois

Iowa

Indiana

Maryland

Michigan

Michigan State

Minnesota

Nebraska

Northwestern

Ohio State

Oregon

Penn state

Purdue

Rutgers

UCLA

USC

Washington

 

Big West

Cal Poly

Cal State Bakersfield

Cal State Fullerton

Hawaii

Long Beach State

UC Davis

UC Irvine

UC Riverside

UC San Diego

UC Santa Barbara

 

Coastal Athletic Association

Charleston

UNCW

Northeastern

Delaware

William and Mary

Hofstra

Campbell

Stony Brook

Monmouth

Elon

NC A&T

Towson

 

Conference USA

Dallas Baptist

FIU

Jacksonville State

Kennesaw State

Liberty

LaTech

MTSU

NM State

Sam Houston

WKU

 

Horizon League

Milwaukee

Northern Kentucky

Oakland

Purdue Fort Wayne

Wright State

Youngstown State

 

Ivy League

Columbia

Princeton

Cornell

Penn

Yale

Harvard

Dartmouth

Brown

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Canisus

Fairfield

Iona

Manhattan

Marist

Merrimcak

Mount Mt. Mary’s

Niagara

Quinnipac

Rider

Sacred Heart

St. Peter’s

Siena

 

Mid-American Conference

Akron

Ball State

Bowling Green

Buffalo

Central Michigan

Eastern Michigan

Ken State

Miami (Ohio)

Northern Illinois

Ohio

Toledo

Western Michigan

 

Missouri Valley

Indiana State

Murray State

Evansville

Illinois State

UIC

Southern Illinois

Belmont

Missouri State

Valparaiso

Bradley

 

Mountain West Conference

Air Force

New Mexico

Fresno State

Nevada

San Jose State

UNLV

San Diego State

 

Northeast Conference

Sacred Heart

LIU

Merrimack

Wagner

Delaware State

FDU

Central Connecticut

LaMoyne

Stone Hill

Coppin State

Norfolk State

Maryland Eastern Shore

 

Ohio Valley Conference

Little Rock

Southeast Missouri

Morehead State

Southern Indiana

Tennessee Tech

Eastern Illinois

SIUEUT Martin

Lindenwood

Western Illinois

 

Patriot League (check this)

American

Boston University

Loyola Maryland

Navy

Richmond

Bucknell

Lafayette

Lehigh

Georgetowne

Holy Cross

North Alabama

Army

Colgate

 

SEC

Auburn

Florida

Georgia

Kentucky

LSU

Ole Miss

Mississippi State

Missouri

Oklahoma

South Carolina

Tennessee

 

Southern Conference

UNC Greensboro

Samford

ETSU

Western Carolina

Wofford

VMI

Mercer

The Citadel

 

Southwestern Athletic Conference

AAMU

ASU

Alcorn State

BCU

FAMU

Grambling

Jackson

MVSU

PVAM

Southern

TVU

UAPB

 

Summit League

  • University of Denver
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • University of North Dakota
  • North Dakota State University
  • University of Nebraska Omaha
  • Oral Roberts University
  • University of St. Thomas
  • University of South Dakota
  • South Dakota State University

 

Sun Belt Conference

Louisiana

So Miss

Troy

James Madison

Georgia Southern

App State

Coastal Carolina

Old Dominion

South Alabama

Texas State

Georgia State

ULM

Marshall

Arkansas State

 

West Coast Conference

Gonzaga

LMU

Pacific

Pepperdine

Portland

St. Mary’s

San Diego

San Francisco

Santa Clara

 

Western Athletic Conference

Utah Valley

Abilene Christian

California Baptist

Grand Canyon

Sacramento State

Seattle U

Tarleton State

UT Arlington

Utah Tech

 

 

Tom’s Top 25 in 2025

  1. LSU – on the backs of William Schmidt, Derek Curreil, Anthony Eyanson  tis team is loaded
  2. Texas A&M – runner-up from 2024 return a plethora of  talent in Gavin Grahovic and Jace LaViolette
  3. Virginia – great bats in line-up
  4. Arkansas- loads of pitching
  5. Tennessee – national champs in 2024 look to repeat with additions such as Cardon Appenzeller and Gary Morse and solid pitching.
  6. Georgia- big bats for Dawgs with Tre Phelps and portal players like Christian Adams and Ryan Black
  7. UNC – bullpen has been shored up with Dalton Pence and power hitter Luke Stephenson on offense.
  8. Oregon State – powerful bats returning Elijah Hainline  along with U  of Washington transfer ss Avia Arquette and 3B Trent Caraway with pitchers LHP Nelson Keljia and likely the Friday guy.
  9. Florida State – Jamie Arnold is the top pitcher on the roster,Evan Chrest will likely get a weekend rotation spot and Max Williams will leads the offense.
  10. Florida – Key returners: Luke Heyman C/1B (,246, 16 HRs, 52 RBIs), Brody Donay C/DH (.246, 14 HRs. 32 RBIs), Cade Kurland 2B (.245, 14 HRs, 44 RBi’s
  11. Oregon
  12. NC State
  13. Duke
  14. Clemson-best 1/2 pitching in the country
  15. Vanderbilt
  16. Wake Forest- This team might go far with returning talent
  17. Mississippi State
  18. Oklahoma State
  19. Texas
  20. Arizona
  21. TCU
  22. Nebraska
  23. Dallas Baptist
  24. UCSB
  25. Indiana

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