Year: | 2017 |
Division: | Division I |
Teams: | 64 |
Collegeworldseriesballpark: | TD Ameritrade Park |
City: | Omaha, Nebraska |
Champions: | Florida Gators |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Cwscount: | 16th |
Coach: | Kevin O'Sullivan |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mop: | Alex Faedo |
Mopteam: | Florida |
Television: | ESPN Networks |
Tournament Link: | NCAA Division I Baseball Championship |
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.[1]
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 299 teams.[2] 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.
School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Berth | Last NCAA Appearance | |
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23–23 (11–9) | 2001 (Wilson Regional) | ||||
40–19 (15–9) | 2015 (Houston Regional) | ||||
Florida State | 39–20 (14–14) | 2016 (Tallahassee Regional) | |||
42–18 (13–8) | First Appearance | ||||
32–24 (13–11) | First Appearance | ||||
30–25 (8–14) | 2016 (Clemson Regional) | ||||
32–25 (10–6) | 2016 (Nashville Regional) | ||||
27–30 (11–13) | 2015 (Nashville Regional) | ||||
38–20 (15–9) | 2015 (Springfield Regional) | ||||
37–17–1 (20–4) | Regular season | 2016 (Coral Gables Regional) | |||
34–21 (15–9) | 2001 (Columbus Regional) | ||||
31–29 (17–14) | 2016 (Baton Rouge Regional) | ||||
39–15 (22–8) | 2008 (College Station Regional) | ||||
30–16 (16–4) | 1993 (Central I Regional) | ||||
32–21 (16–8) | 2009 (Tallahassee Regional) | ||||
31–26 (13–11) | 2015 (Champaign Regional) | ||||
33–23 (15–8) | 2016 (Gainesville Regional) | ||||
40–19 (15–6) | 2016 (Lubbock Regional) | ||||
41–19 (20–10) | 2015 (Lake Elsinore Regional) | ||||
36–20 (21–7) | 2010 (Tallahassee Regional) | ||||
40–19 (23–7) | 2009 (Clemson Regional) | ||||
Oregon State | 49–4 (27–3) | Regular season | 2015 (Dallas Regional) | ||
23–25 (12–8) | 1978 (Northeast Regional) | ||||
43–17 (21–9) | 2016 (Baton Rouge Regional) | ||||
35–22 (14–10) | 1997 (South I Regional) | ||||
40–20 (19–11) | 2016 (Lafayette Regional) | ||||
20–32 (14–10) | 2015 (College Station Regional) | ||||
42–14 (25–4) | 2016 (Fort Worth Regional) | ||||
South Alabama | 39–19 (22–8) | 2016 (Tallahassee Regional) | |||
BYU | 37–19 (20–7) | 2002 (Los Angeles Regional) | |||
32–27 (12–12) | 2014 (San Luis Obispo Regional) |
Conference | Total | Schools | |
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SEC | 8 | Arkansas,, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt | |
ACC | 7 | Clemson, Florida State, Louisville,,,, Wake Forest | |
Big 12 | 7 | ,,, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia | |
Big Ten | 5 | Indiana,,,, | |
Pac-12 | 4 | ||
American | 3 | ,, | |
Big East | 2 | , | |
Big West | 2 | Cal State Fullerton, | |
Conference USA | 2 | , | |
Missouri Valley | 2 | , | |
Southland | 2 | , | |
America East | 1 | ||
Atlantic 10 | 1 | ||
Atlantic Sun | 1 | ||
Big South | 1 | ||
Colonial | 1 | ||
Horizon | 1 | ||
Ivy | 1 | ||
MAAC | 1 | ||
Mid-American | 1 | ||
MEAC | 1 | ||
Mountain West | 1 | ||
NEC | 1 | ||
Ohio Valley | 1 | ||
Patriot | 1 | ||
Southern | 1 | ||
Summit | 1 | ||
Sun Belt | 1 | South Alabama | |
SWAC | 1 | ||
West Coast | 1 | BYU | |
WAC | 1 |
The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round:
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
Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.
Hosted by Texas A&M at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head Coach | Previous CWS Appearances | Best CWS Finish | CWS Record Not including this year | |
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39–22 (15–9) | 17 (last: 2015) | 1st (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004) | 34–29 | ||||
Florida | 47–18 (21–9) | 10 (last: 2016) | 2nd (2005, 2011) | 14–21 | |||
Florida State | 45–21 (14–14) | 21 (last: 2012) | 2nd (1970, 1986, 1999) | 28–42 | |||
Louisville | 52–10 (23–6) | (last: 2014) | 5th (2007) | 1–6 | |||
LSU | 48–17 (21–9) | (last: 2015) | 1st | 36–24 | |||
Oregon State | 54–4 (27–3) | (last: 2013) | 1st (2006, 2007) | 13–8 | |||
TCU | 47–16 (16–8) | (last: 2016) | 3rd (2010, 2015, 2016) | 8–8 | |||
Texas A&M | 41–21 (16–14) | (last: 2011) | 5th (1951, 1993) | 2–10 |
Seeds listed below (in the column before each team's name) indicate national seeds only
Date | Game | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Winning pitcher | Losing pitcher | Save | Notes |
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June 17 | Game 1 | 6–5 | Jake Mulholland (7–1) | Blake Workman (6–3) | ||||
Game 2 | 5–4 | Jared Poché (11–3) | Tyler Holton (10–3) | Zack Hess (2) | ||||
June 18 | Game 3 | 8–4 | Corbin Martin (7–4) | – | ||||
Game 4 | 3–0 | Alex Faedo (8–2) | Jared Janczak (9–1) | Michael Byrne (17) | ||||
June 19 | Game 5 | 6–4 | Chase Haney (3–2) | Jack Pabich (1–3) | Drew Carlton (7) | |||
Game 6 | 13–1 | Bryce Fehmel (6–2) | Eric Walker (8–2) | – | ||||
June 20 | Game 7 | 4–1 | Brian Howard (12–3) | Stephen Kolek (4–5) | Sean Wymer (2) | Texas A&M eliminated | ||
Game 8 | 5–1 | Brady Singer (8–5) | Kade McClure (8–4) | – | ||||
June 21 | Game 9 | 7–4 | Jared Poché (12–3) | Cole Sands (6–4) | Zack Hess (3) | Florida State eliminated | ||
June 22 | 4–3 | Sean Wymer (6–4) | Nick Bennett (5–1) | – | Louisville eliminated | |||
Game 11 | 3–1 | Alex Lange (10–5) | Zack Hess (4) | |||||
Game 12 | 9–2 | Charles King (1–3) | Jackson Kowar (12–1) | – | ||||
June 24 | Game 13 | 6–1 | Caleb Gilbert (7–1) | Bryce Fehmel (6–3) | – | Oregon State eliminated | ||
Game 14 | 3–0 | Alex Faedo (9–2) | Jared Janczak (9–2) | Michael Byrne (18) | TCU eliminated | |||
Finals | ||||||||
June 26 | Game 1 | 4–3 | Brady Singer (9–5) | Michael Byrne (19) | ||||
June 27 | Game 2 | 6–1 | Tyler Dyson (4–0) | Jared Poché (12–4) | Jackson Kowar (1) | Florida wins CWS | ||
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.[3]
Position | Player | School | ||
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P | Alex Faedo (MOP) | style= | Florida | |
style= | Florida | |||
C | style= | LSU | ||
1B | style= | Florida State | ||
2B | style= | Oregon State | ||
3B | style= | Florida State | ||
SS | style= | Cal State Fullerton | ||
OF | style= | LSU | ||
style= | Florida | |||
style= | LSU | |||
DH | style= | Louisville |
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
Place | School | Record | |
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1st | 3 Florida | 10–3 | |
2nd | 4 LSU | 9–3 | |
3rd | 1 Oregon St | 7–2 | |
6 TCU | 8–2 | ||
5th | Florida State | 7–3 | |
7 Louisville | 6–2 | ||
7th | Cal State Fullerton | 5–3 | |
Texas A&M | 5–2 | ||
9th < | -- All of these teams lost in the same round, so therefore they have the same placing even if they played and won an extra game by going through the loser's bracket --> | Davidson | 3–2 |
Kentucky | 4–3 | ||
Long Beach St. | 5–3 | ||
Mississippi State | 4–3 | ||
Missouri State | 3–3 | ||
Sam Houston St. | 4–3 | ||
Vanderbilt | 3–3 | ||
Wake Forest | 4–2 | ||
17th < | -- All of these teams lost in the same round, so therefore they have the same placing even if they played and won an extra game by going through the loser's bracket --> | Arkansas | 3–2 |
Auburn | 2–2 | ||
Bethune–Cookman | 2–2 | ||
Clemson | 3–2 | ||
Dallas Baptist | 2–2 | ||
Houston | 2–2 | ||
NC State | 2–2 | ||
2 North Carolina | 2–2 | ||
Rice | 2–2 | ||
Southern Miss | 2–2 | ||
8 Stanford | 2–2 | ||
Texas | 2–2 | ||
5 Texas Tech | 2–2 | ||
West Virginia | 2–2 | ||
Xavier | 2–2 | ||
Yale | 2–2 | ||
33rd | Arizona | 1–2 | |
BYU | 1–2 | ||
Florida Gulf Coast | 1–2 | ||
Holy Cross | 1–2 | ||
Indiana | 1–2 | ||
Iowa | 1–2 | ||
Maryland | 1–2 | ||
Oklahoma | 1–2 | ||
Oral Roberts | 1–2 | ||
San Diego State | 1–2 | ||
South Alabama | 1–2 | ||
South Florida | 1–2 | ||
Southeastern Louisiana | 1–2 | ||
Tennessee Tech | 1–2 | ||
UNC Greensboro | 1–2 | ||
Virginia | 1–2 | ||
49th | Baylor | 0–2 | |
Central Connecticut State | 0–2 | ||
Delaware | 0–2 | ||
Marist | 0–2 | ||
Michigan | 0–2 | ||
Nebraska | 0–2 | ||
Ohio | 0–2 | ||
Oklahoma State | 0–2 | ||
Radford | 0–2 | ||
Sacramento State | 0–2 | ||
St. John's | 0–2 | ||
Texas Southern | 0–2 | ||
UCF | 0–2 | ||
UCLA | 0–2 | ||
UIC | 0–2 | ||
UMBC | 0–2 |
Conference |
| Record | Win % | Record | Win % | |||||||
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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 |
Nc is non–conference records, i.e., with the records of teams within the same conference having played each other removed.
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.
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.
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