As the summer heats up, so does college baseball. This is the time of year that teams battle for a chance to compete in all season. This is the 2024 NCAA Men’s College World Series!

The tournament is the culmination of the hard work Division 1 (D1) baseball players have put in thus far, with 64 teams competing for the title. To earn the chance to compete, teams needed to win their conference. Each of the teams are grouped into regional brackets to begin the tournament play, advancing to super regionals before moving into the finals.

The 2024 Tournament

All teams begin the first round with a double elimination bracket. The teams who advance then play a best-of-three series to determine who moves forward, with the winner of Bracket 1 playing the winner of Bracket 2 and so on. Below are the brackets with the winners bolded.

Bracket 1 – Knoxville

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Tennessee)
• University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss.)
• Indiana University (Indiana)
• Norther Kentucky University (N. Kentucky)

Bracket 2 – Greenville

• East Carolina University (ECU)
• Wake Forest University
• Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
• University of Evansville

Bracket 3 – Norman

• University of Oklahoma
• Duke University
• University of Connecticut (UConn)
• Oral Roberts University

Bracket 4 – Tallahassee

• Florida State University
• University of Alabama
• University of Central Florida (UCF)
• Stetson University

Bracket 5 – Fayetteville

• University of Arkansas
• Louisiana Tech University (LATECH)
• Kansas State University
• Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO)

Bracket 6 – Charlottesville

• University of Virginia
• Mississippi State University
• St. John University
• University of Pennsylvania

Bracket 7 – Tucson

• University of Arizona
• Dallas Baptist University (DBU)
• West Virginia University
• Grand Canyon University

Bracket 8 – Chapel Hill

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
• Louisiana State University (LSU)
• Wofford College
• Long Island University (LIU)

Bracket 9 – Lexington

• University of Kentucky
• Indiana State University
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Western Michigan University

Bracket 10 – Corvallis

• Oregon State University
• University of California, Irvine
• Nicholls State University
• Tulane University

Bracket 11 – Raleigh

• North Carolina State University (NC State)
• University of South Carolina
• James Madison University
• Bryant University

Bracket 12 – Athens

• University of Georgia
• University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW)
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Army University

Bracket 13 – Clemson

• Clemson University
• Vanderbilt University
• Coastal Carolina University (CO Car)
• High Point University

Bracket 14 – Stillwater

• Oklahoma State University
• University of Nebraska
• University of Florida
• Niagara University

Bracket 15 – Santa Barbara

• University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
• University of San Diego
• University of Oregon
• California State University, Fresno (Fresno State)

Bracket 16 – Bryan-College Station

• Texas A&M University
• University of Louisiana, Lafayette
• University of Texas, Austin
• Grambling State University

Quarter Finals

• Tennessee vs. Evansville (Knoxville)
• Florida St. vs. UConn (Tallahassee)
• Virginia vs. Kansas St. (Charlottesville)
• UNC vs. West Virginia (Chapel Hill)
• Oregon St. vs. Kentucky (Lexington)
• NC State vs. Georgia (Athens)
• Clemson vs. Florida (Clemson)
• Texas A&M vs. Oregon (Bryan-College Station)

Semifinals

• UNC vs. Virginia
• Tennessee vs. Florida St.
• Kentucky vs. NC State
• Texas A&M vs. Florida

Finals

After weeks of stiff competition, Tennessee and Texas A&M were the last teams standing. After 2 exciting games, the series was tied and forced to go to game 3, which was played Monday night, June 24, at 7pm ET. After 9 innings, Tennessee has finally earned the title of 2024 Men’s College World Series Champions!

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