List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
The following is a list of schools that participate in NCAA Division I baseball.[1] In the 2019 season, 297 Division I schools competed. These teams compete to go the 64-team Division I baseball tournament and then to Omaha, Nebraska, and TD Ameritrade Park, for the eight-team College World Series (CWS).
Conference affiliations are current for the canceled 2020 NCAA baseball season. Numbers of appearances in the NCAA Tournament and CWS, plus CWS titles, are current through the 2019 college baseball season.[2][3]
Division I programs
Schools in transition
These schools are in transition from Division II to Division I. For scheduling purposes, they are considered to be Division I institutions, but they will not be eligible for the NCAA tournament until completing the transition.
School | Nickname | Home field | Conference | National titles | Full membership |
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California Baptist University | Lancers | James W. Totman Stadium | WAC | July 2022[8] | |
University of North Alabama | Lions | Mike D. Lane Field | ASUN | July 2022[9] | |
Merrimack College | Warriors | Warrior Baseball Diamond | NEC | July 2023[10] |
School | Nickname | Home field | Future Conference | National titles | Full Membership |
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Bellarmine University | Knights | Knights Baseball Field | ASUN | July 2024[11] | |
University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) | Tritons | Triton Ballpark | Big West | July 2024[12] | |
Dixie State University | Trailblazers | Bruce Hurst Field | WAC | July 2024[13] | |
Tarleton State University | Texans | Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex | WAC | July 2024[14] |
New programs
Boise State announced in April 2017 that it was eliminating its Pac-12 wrestling program immediately. Although no time frame was initially given, wrestling will be replaced by baseball, which the Broncos have not played since 1980.[15] Boise State would later set the return of varsity baseball for the 2020 season,[16] which was canceled owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The team will compete in the Mountain West Conference alongside the rest of the athletic program.
In September 2017, Akron, a member of the Mid-American Conference, announced that it was planning to reinstate its baseball program, which had been dropped after the 2015 season. At the time of announcement, the return of baseball was tentatively set for the unplayed 2020 season.[17]
Eliminated programs
- The University at Buffalo announced in April 2017 that the Bulls were eliminating baseball and three other sports for financial reasons.[18]
- Furman University announced in May 2020 that the Paladins baseball team would be terminated due to budget concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]
Notes
- UConn joins the Big East Conference in July 2020.
- Oklahoma State opened the 2020 season at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. O'Brate Stadium had been scheduled to open in late March 2020, by which time the season had been canceled.
- Marshall plans to open a new on-campus ballpark for the 2021 season.
- North Carolina A&T joins the Big South Conference in July 2021.
- Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) did not exist until the 2018–19 school year, having been established as one of the two new institutions formed when the Indiana University and Purdue University systems dissolved Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). The IPFW athletic program was inherited by PFW, and shortly before the institutional split, the athletic program branding was changed from "Fort Wayne" to "Purdue Fort Wayne".
- Purdue Fort Wayne joins the Horizon League in July 2020.
- CSU Bakersfield joins the Big West Conference in July 2020.
- UTRGV was founded in 2013 and began full operation in 2015, following the merger of two University of Texas System campuses—the NCAA Division I University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) and the University of Texas at Brownsville, a member of the NAIA. The former UTPA athletic program became the UTRGV program after the merger; UTRGV is therefore credited with all of UTPA's appearances in the NCAA tournament.
References
- "NCAA Sports Sponsorship: Division I Men's Baseball". NCAA.org. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- "2017 College World Series: NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bracket announced". May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- "Division I Championship History". Retrieved June 28, 2017.
- "Division I Baseball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- "Baseball Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- "Championship History (baseball)" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- "Div II Baseball Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- "Cal Baptist moving to NCAA Division I". The Press-Enterprise & Digital First Media. January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- "UNA to move to Division 1, join ASUN". DecaturDaily.com. December 7, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- "Merrimack Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference". Northeast Conference/sidearmsports.com. September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- "DONE D-1 DEAL". wdrb.com. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- "CSU Bakersfield, UC San Diego to Join Big West Conference" (Press release). Big West Conference. November 27, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- "Blazing a New Trail: Dixie State Accepts Invitation to Join Western Athletic Conference" (Press release). Dixie State Trailblazers. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- "Tarleton State University to Join Western Athletic Conference in 2020-21" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. November 12, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- "Anger, frustration, shock: Wrestlers grapple with loss of Boise State program". Idaho Statesman. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- "Gary Van Tol Named Boise State Head Baseball Coach" (Press release). Boise State Broncos. November 28, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- "University of Akron Looks to Bring Back Baseball, Add Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). Akron Zips. September 19, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- "UB Reduces Its Intercollegiate Sports Teams from 20 to 16". The University at Buffalo. April 3, 2017. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- Connolly, Matt (May 18, 2020). "Furman cuts two sports, including baseball, amid coronavirus budget hits". The State. Retrieved May 18, 2020.