The 2024 college baseball is season is coming to its conclusion and conference tournament season is upon us. The top teams of each league will duke it out with the hopes of securing their conference’s automatic bid for the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament.
Below, we’ll go over the tournament formats for all 30 Division I leagues.
AAC: Clearwater, FL
Total teams: 8
Format: Double elimination, two pools (No. 1, 4, 5, 8 seeds and No. 2, 3, 6, 7 seeds). Both pool winners play one-off Championship Game.
Schedule: May 21-26
America East: Binghamton, NY
Total teams: 6
Format: Single elimination for 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5 games, then four-team double elimination bracket.
Schedule: May 22-25
ASUN: DeLand, FL
Total teams: 8
Format: Teams are split into two pools. The top two teams from each pool advances to the semifinals and the winner of those games advances to the championship.
Schedule: May 21-26
ACC: Charlotte, NC
Total teams: 12
Format: Teams are split into four pools. The winners of each pool will advance to four-team, single elimination tournament.
Schedule: May 21-26
Atlantic 10: Tysons, VA
Total teams: 7
Format: Double elimination, top seed receives first-round bye.
Schedule: May 21-25
Big 12: Arlington, TX
Total teams: 8
Format: Double elimination, top two seeds receive first-round bye.
Schedule: May 21-25
Big East, Mason, OH
Total teams: 4
Format: Double elimination.
Schedule: May 22-25
Big South: High Point, NC
Total teams: 4
Format: Double elimination.
Schedule: May 23-25
Big Ten: Omaha
Total teams: 8
Format: Double elimination.
Schedule: May 21-26
Big West
Format: No tournament. Regular season champion automatically qualifies for NCAA’s.
CAA: Wilmington, NC
Total teams: 6
Format: Double elimination, top two seeds receive first-round bye.
Schedule: May 22-26
Conference USA: Ruston, LA
Total teams: 8
Format: Double elimination.
Schedule: May 22-26
Horizon League: Highest available seed
Total teams: 6
Format: Double elimination, top two seeds receive first-round bye.
Schedule: May 22-25
Ivy League: New York, NY
Total teams: 4
Format: Double elimination.
Schedule: May 17-20
MAAC: Pomona, NY
Total teams: 6
Format: Double elimination, top two seeds receive first-round bye.
Schedule: May 22-25
MAC: Avon, OH
Total teams: 6
Format: Double elimination, top two seeds receive first-round bye.
Schedule: May 22-26
Missouri Valley: Evansville, IN
Total teams: 8
Format: Double elimination, top two seeds receive first-round bye.
Schedule: May 21-25
Mountain West: San Diego
Total teams: 4
Format: Double elimination
Schedule: May 23-26
NEC: Wappingers Falls, NY
Total teams: 6
Format: Double elimination, top two seeds receive first-round bye.
Schedule: May 22-26
Ohio Valley: Marion, IL
Total teams: 8
Format: Single elimination for first two rounds before tournament becomes double elimination. 3/4 seeds receive single bye, 1/2 seeds receive double-bye.
Schedule: May 22-25
Pac-12: Scottsdale, AZ
Total teams: 9
Format: Teams are split into three pools. Winners of each pool and a Wild Card team (remaining team with best record) will advance to four-team, single-elimination tournament.
Schedule: May 21-25
Patriot League: West Point, NY
Total teams: 4
Format: Best-of-three series in semifinals and championship round. Navy and Army already won their respective semifinal series and will face each other for the Patriot League title.
Schedule: May 11-21
SEC: Hoover, AL
Total teams: 12
Format: Division winners and next two teams with highest winning percentage receives top four seeds and a first-round bye. Bottom eight seeds will play a single-elimination first round before entering double elimination bracket. Tournament reverts back to single elimination in the semifinals and championship round.
Schedule: May 21-26
SoCon: Greenville, SC
Total teams: 8
Format: Bottom four seeds play single-elimination round before bracket becomes double elimination. 3/4 seeds receive single bye, 1/2 seeds receive double-bye.
Schedule: May 22-26
Southland: Hammond, LA
Total teams: 8
Format: Double elimination.
Schedule: May 22-25
SWAC: Atlanta
Total teams: 8
Format: Eight teams split into two double elimination brackets. Winners of each bracket advance to play each other in championship game.
Schedule: May 22-26
Summit League: Tulsa, OK
Total teams: 4
Format: Double elimination.
Schedule: May 22-25
Sun Belt: Montgomery, AL
Total teams: 10
Format: Bottom four seeds play single-elimination round before bracket becomes double elimination.
Schedule: May 21-26
WCC: Las Vegas
Total teams: 6
Format: Bottom four seeds play single-elimination round before bracket becomes double elimination.
Schedule: May 22-25
WAC: Mesa, AZ
Total teams: 8
Format: Bottom four seeds play single-elimination round before bracket becomes double elimination. 3/4 seeds receive single bye, 1/2 seeds receive double-bye.
Schedule: May 21-25