2017 NCAA Division I baseball season

2017 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	301
Tournament
College World Series
Seasons

The 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, begins in February 2017. The season will progress through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and conclude with the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2017 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, will end in June 2017.

Realignment

• Coastal Carolina left the Big South Conference for the Sun Belt Conference. The move officially took effect hours after Coastal won the College World Series.
• North Dakota, a member of the Western Athletic Conference in baseball (as well as swimming and diving for both sexes), dropped baseball.

Conference standings

2017 American Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UCF  ‍†‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 40 – 22   .645 No. 27 Houston  ‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 9   .625 42 – 21   .667 South Florida  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 42 – 19   .689 Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 33 – 25   .569 Tulane  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 27 – 31   .466 Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 28 – 30   .483 Memphis  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 30 – 29   .508 East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 32 – 28   .533 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2017 Big 12 Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 19 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 45 – 17   .726 No. 4 TCU  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 50 – 18   .735 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 12 – 11   .522 35 – 24   .593 Baylor  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 34 – 23   .596 West Virginia  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 36 – 26   .581 No. 28 Texas  ‍‍‍y 11 – 12   .478 39 – 24   .619 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 30 – 28   .517 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‡‍y 8 – 14   .364 30 – 27   .526 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 29 – 26   .527 † – Conference champion ‡ – Conference Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Eastern No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 52 – 19 – 0   .732 No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 43 – 23 – 0   .652 No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 15 – 13 – 1   .534 36 – 25 – 1   .589 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 36 – 23 – 0   .610 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 35 – 25 – 0   .583 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 25 – 32 – 0   .439 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7 – 21 – 0   .250 27 – 25 – 0   .519 Western No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 52 – 20 – 0   .722 No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18 – 11 – 0   .621 45 – 19 – 0   .703 No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 40 – 27 – 0   .597 No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 41 – 23 – 0   .641 No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 37 – 26 – 0   .587 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 32 – 25 – 0   .561 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 5 – 24 – 1   .183 19 – 34 – 1   .361 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2017 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Mercer  ‍†‍‍ 17 – 6   .739 39 – 17   .696 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 15 – 8   .652 28 – 28   .500 UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 10   .583 36 – 24   .600 Furman  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 33 – 28   .541 Wofford  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 28 – 30   .483 Samford  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 33 – 26   .559 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 30 – 29   .508 The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 16 – 35   .314 VMI  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 24 – 34   .414 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Conference winners and tournaments

Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
America East Conference				2017 America East Conference Baseball Tournament	Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA
American Athletic Conference				2017 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL
Atlantic 10 Conference				2017 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament	Billiken Sports Center • St. Louis, MO
Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic - Coastal -			2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Louisville Slugger Field • Louisville, KY
Atlantic Sun Conference				2017 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament	Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FL
Big 12 Conference				2017 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
Big East Conference				2017 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE
Big South Conference	North - South -			2017 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Lexington County Baseball Stadium • Lexington, SC
Big Ten Conference				2017 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	TBD
Big West Conference				No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic Association				2017 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament	Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC
Conference USA				2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament	MGM Park • Biloxi, MS
Horizon League				2017 Horizon League Baseball Tournament	TBD (home field of regular-season champion)
Ivy League	Gehrig - Rolfe -		—	2017 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Campus Sites
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference				2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Sal Maglie Stadium • Niagara Falls, NY
Mid-American Conference	East - West -			2017 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	All Pro Freight Stadium • Avon, OH
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Northern - Southern -			2017 Mid–Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD
Missouri Valley Conference				2017 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	Hammons Field • Springfield, MO
Mountain West Conference				2017 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament	TBD (home field of regular-season champion)
Northeast Conference				2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament	Dodd Stadium • Norwich, CT
Ohio Valley Conference				2017 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	Choccolocco Park • Oxford, AL
Pac-12 Conference				No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot League				2017 Patriot League Baseball Tournament	Campus Sites
Southeastern Conference	East – West –			2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL
Southern Conference				2017 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC
Southland Conference				2017 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament	Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX
Southwestern Athletic Conference	East - West -			2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA
The Summit League				2017 The Summit League Baseball Tournament	J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK
Sun Belt Conference				2017 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament	J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA
West Coast Conference				2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA
Western Athletic Conference				2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Hohokam Stadium • Mesa, AZ

College World Series

Main article: 2017 College World Series

The 2017 College World Series will begin on June 17 in Omaha, Nebraska.

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Championship series
	1	Oregon State	6
		Cal State Fullerton	5
						1	Oregon State	13
						4	LSU	1
		Florida State	4
	4	LSU	5
											1	Oregon State	1	1
											4	LSU	3	6
		Cal State Fullerton	4
		Florida State	6
							Florida State	4
						4	LSU	7
																	4	LSU	3	1	–
																	3	Florida	4	6	–
	3	Florida	3
	6	TCU	0
						3	Florida	5
						7	Louisville	1
	7	Louisville	8
		Texas A&M	4
											3	Florida	2	3
											6	TCU	9	0
	6	TCU	4
		Texas A&M	1
						6	TCU	4
						7	Louisville	3

Coaching changes

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2017 season until the day before the first day of the 2017 season.

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason