By Amelia Stein | CHARLOTTE,N.C. – 2025/05/27 09:24:35

For the first time as 2022, nine Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) baseball teams have been selected to compete in the 2025 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which begins on Friday, May 30. This marks the 21st consecutive season that the ACC has secured at least six teams in the NCAA tournament, and the sixth straight season with at least eight teams making the 64-team field.

Three ACC teams will host regional sites: ACC Champions North Carolina, ACC Tournament runner-up clemson, and Florida State. Each regional will feature four teams playing in a double-elimination format, with all 16 regionals scheduled from Friday, May 30, to Monday, June 2, if necessary.

north Carolina, the 2025 ACC Baseball Champions, will host a regional for the 14th time. The Tar Heels aim to advance to thier second consecutive Men’s College world Series,starting at Boshamer Stadium. The Chapel Hill Regional includes No. 2 seed Oklahoma, No. 3 seed and Big Ten Champion Nebraska, and No. 4 seed and Patriot League champion Holy Cross. North Carolina’s first tournament game is against Holy Cross.

Florida State will host a regional at Dick Howser Stadium for the 37th time, the most of any school. After appearing in the 2024 Men’s College World series, the Seminoles enter the 2025 NCAA Tournament as a top-10 team and the No. 9 national seed. Florida State will host No. 2 seed Northeastern, No. 3 seed Mississippi State, and No. 4 seed and SWAC Champion Bethune-Cookman, opening against Bethune-Cookman.

Clemson, the No. 11 national seed, hosts a regional for the third consecutive year and the 19th time since 1980.This marks their 47th NCAA Tournament appearance,the fifth most in NCAA history.The clemson Regional includes No. 2 seed West Virginia, No. 3 seed Kentucky,and No. 4 seed USC Upstate, who won the Big South. Clemson will play USC Upstate in their first game.

Other ACC Teams in the NCAA Tournament

“Each regional field features four teams playing in a double-elimination format.”

Duke will begin the NCAA Tournament as the no. 2 seed in the Athens Regional,facing No. 3 seed Oklahoma state in their first game. The Athens Regional also includes No. 1 seed Georgia and No. 4 seed and America East Champion Binghamton.

ACC Regular Season champion Georgia Tech will compete in the Oxford Regional, hosted by Ole Miss, as the No. 2 seed. The Yellow Jackets will face No. 3 seed and Conference USA Champion Western Kentucky in their first contest. The Oxford Regional also includes No. 4 seed and Missouri Valley Champion Murray State.

Louisville is the No. 2 seed in the Nashville Regional,hosted by Vanderbilt,the No. 1 national seed.The Cardinals will meet No. 3 seed and SoCon Champion East Tennessee State in their opening round.Wright State,the Horizon League champion and No.4 seed, completes the Nashville Regional.

NC State will participate in the Auburn Regional as the No. 2 seed, matching up against No. 3 seed and ASUN champion Stetson in their opening round. The Auburn Regional also includes No. 1 seed Auburn and no. 4 seed and Northeast Conference Champion Central connecticut.

Wake Forest begins their journey to Omaha as the No. 2 seed in the Knoxville Regional, hosted by No. 1 seed Tennessee. The Demon Deacons will play No. 3 seed Cincinnati. No.4 seed Miami (Ohio), who won the Mid-American Conference, completes the Knoxville Regional.

In the Hattiesburg Regional, Miami is the No. 3 seed and will meet No.2 seed Alabama in their opening contest. The Hurricanes are joined by No.1 seed Southern Mississippi and No. 4 seed and Ivy League Champion Columbia.

Road to the College World Series

The regional format is a double-elimination tournament, with the 16 winning teams advancing to Super Regionals from June 6-8. The top eight teams will host the Super Regionals on-campus in a best-of-three series, with the eight winners advancing to Omaha for the Men’s College World Series.

An ACC team has reached the Men’s College World Series in each of the previous 18 years it has been held, with multiple ACC teams reaching the MCWS 12 times during that span. The ACC has placed 35 teams in the past 18 Men’s College World Series, averaging just under two per season.