College baseball's race to Omaha begins this week.
Sixty-four teams prepare to enter the regional stage of the 2024 College World Series tournament, which starts on Friday. Only 16 of those teams will move on to the super regionals, where the College World Series field eventually narrows down to its final eight. That group will go to Omaha, Nebraska for the Men's College World Series double-elimination bracket to determine this year's champion.
Most of college baseball's conference tournaments concluded this past weekend, determining 30 automatic bids for conference winners. The remaining 34 spots will be filled by teams that earn at-large bids for strong regular season and conference tournament performances. Sixteen of the best teams in college baseball get to host the regional matchups and also receive automatic bids to the tournament ahead of Monday's selection show.
After Monday's official bracket reveal, here's the full schedule for the 2024 College World Series.
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College World Series schedule 2024
- Selection show: Monday, May 27, noon ET | ESPN2
- Regionals: Friday, May 31 - Monday, June 3
- Super regionals: Friday, June 7 - Sunday, June 9 OR Saturday, June 8 - Monday, June 10
- Men's College World Series: Friday, June 14 - Sunday, June 23/Monday, June 24
- College World Series Final: Saturday, June 22 - Sunday, June 23/Monday, June 24
2024 Men's College World Series: Regional host sites
The following schools earned the right to host a regional in this year's tournament. Here are the sites for each regional competition, as well as the host school and team record for each as announced on Sunday.
- Athens, Georgia – Georgia (39-15)
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina – North Carolina (42-13)
- Charlottesville, Virginia – Virginia (41-15)
- Clemson, South Carolina – Clemson (41-14)
- Bryan-College Station, Texas – Texas A&M (44-13)
- Corvallis, Oregon – Oregon State (42-14)
- Fayetteville, Arkansas – Arkansas (43-14)
- Greenville, North Carolina – East Carolina (43-15)
- Knoxville, Tennessee – Tennessee (50-11)
- Lexington, Kentucky – Kentucky (40-14)
- Norman, Oklahoma – Oklahoma (37-19)
- Raleigh, North Carolina – NC State (33-20)
- Santa Barbara, California – UC Santa Barbara (42-12)
- Stillwater, Oklahoma – Oklahoma State (40-17)
- Tallahassee, Florida – Florida State (42-15)
- Tucson, Arizona – Arizona (36-21)
2024 Men's College World Series: National seeds (top 16)
The following teams earned national seeds in this year's tournament, as announced on Monday's selection show.
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Texas A&M Aggies
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Clemson Tigers
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Florida Seminoles
- Oklahoma Sooners
- N.C. State Wolfpack
- Oklahoma State
- Virginia Cavaliers
- Arizona Wildcats
- UC Santa Barbara
- Oregon State Beavers
- East Carolina Pirates
2024 Men's College World Series: Regional brackets and schedules
The regional bracket is a double-elimination bracket, so a team isn't eliminated until they've lost twice. Winners of the initial matchups play each other; the losers also play each other. The winners of the second games advance to the regional finals.
Winners of the regional finals advance to the best-of-3 super regional stage.
Seeds below are solely within the regional matchups and differ from the national seeds listed above.
All times ET. Games will be broadcast across ESPN networks and ESPN+.
Athens, Georgia
- No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Army | May 31, 1 p.m.
- No. 2 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech | May 31, 7 p.m.
Regional winner plays Raleigh regional winner in super regional.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 4 Long Island | May 31, Noon
- No. 2 LSU vs. No. 3 Wofford | May 31, 6 p.m.
Regional winner plays Tucson regional winner in super regional.
Charlottesville, Virginia
- No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Penn | May 31, Noon
- No. 2 Mississippi State vs. No. 3 St. John's | May 31, 7 p.m.
Regional winner plays Fayetteville regional winner in super regional.
Clemson, South Carolina
- No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 High Point | May 31, 7 p.m.
- No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 3 Coastal Carolina | May 31, Noon
Regional winner plays Stillwater regional winner in super regional.
Bryan-College Station, Texas
- No. 1 Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Grambling | May 31, 1 p.m.
- No. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 3 Texas | May 31, 6 p.m.
Regional winner plays Santa Barbara regional winner in super regional.
Corvallis, Oregon
- No. 1 Oregon State vs. No. 4 Tulane | May 31, 9 p.m.
- No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 Nicholls | May 31, 4 p.m.
Regional winner plays Lexington regional winner in super regional.
Fayetteville, Arkansas
- No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 4 SE Missouri State | May 31, 3 p.m.
- No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 3 Kansas State | May 31, 8 p.m.
Regional winner plays Charlottesville regional winner in super regional.
Greenville, North Carolina
- No. 1 East Carolina vs. No. 4 Evansville | May 31, 1 p.m.
- No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 VCU | May 31, 6 p.m.
Regional winner plays Knoxville regional winner in super regional.
Knoxville, Tennessee
- No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Northern Kentucky | May 31, 1 p.m.
- No. 2 Southern Miss vs. No. 3 Indiana | May 31, 7 p.m.
Regional winner plays Greenville regional winner in super regional.
Lexington, Kentucky
- No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 4 Western Michigan | May 31, 7 p.m.
- No. 2 Indiana State vs. No. 3 Illinois | May 31, 1 p.m.
Regional winner plays Corvallis regional winner in super regional.
Norman, Oklahoma
- No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts | May 31, 1 p.m.
- No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 UConn | May 31, 7 p.m.
Regional winner plays Tallahassee regional winner in super regional.
Raleigh, North Carolina
- No. 1 N.C. State vs. No. 4 Bryant | May 31, 7 p.m.
- No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 3 James Madison | May 31, 2 p.m.
Regional winner plays Athens regional winner in super regional.
Santa Barbara, California
- No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 Fresno State | May 31, 9 p.m.
- No. 2 San Diego vs. No. 3 Oregon | May 31, 3 p.m.
Regional winner plays Bryan-College Station regional winner in super regional.
Stillwater, Oklahoma
- No. 1 Oklahoma State vs. No. 4 Niagara | May 31, 7 p.m.
- No. 2 Nebraska vs. No. 3 Florida | May 31, 3 p.m.
Regional winner plays Clemson regional winner in super regional.
Tallahassee, Florida
- No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 4 Stetson | May 31, Noon
- No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 UCF | May 31, 6 p.m.
Regional winner plays Norman regional winner in super regional.
Tucson, Arizona
- No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon | May 31, 9 p.m.
- No. 2 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 3 West Virginia | May 31, 3 p.m.
Regional winner plays Chapel Hill regional winner in super regional.
2024 Men's College World Series: Omaha bracket and schedule
June 14
- Game 1: TBD vs. TBD, 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 2:TBD vs. TBD, 7p.m. | ESPN
June 15
- Game 3: TBD vs. TBD, 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 4:TBD vs. TBD, 7p.m. | ESPN
June 16
- Game 5: TBD vs. TBD, 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 6:TBD vs. TBD, 7p.m. | ESPN
June 17
- Game 7: TBD vs. TBD, 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 8:TBD vs. TBD, 7p.m. | ESPN
June 18
- Game 9: TBD vs. TBD, 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 10:TBD vs. TBD, 7p.m. | ESPN
June 19
- Game 11: TBD vs. TBD, 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 12:TBD vs. TBD, 7p.m. | ESPN
June 20
- Game 13 (if necessary): TBD vs. TBD, 2 p.m. | TBD
- Game 14 (if necessary):TBD vs. TBD, 7p.m. | TBD
June 22
- MCWS Final Game 1: TBD vs. TBD, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
June 23
- MCWS Final Game 2: TBD vs. TBD, 2p.m. | ABC
June 24
- MCWS Final Game 3 (if necessary): TBD vs. TBD, 7p.m. | ESPN
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