NCAA baseball tournament 2017: Bracket, schedule, scores, and format

The 2017 NCAA baseball tournament kicked off Friday with all 64 teams in action. Oregon State (49-4) is this year’s top overall national seed, followed by UNC, Florida, and LSU. These latter two are among eight SEC teams playing in this year’s postseason, the most of any conference in the country.

Last year’s tournament champions, Coastal Carolina, failed to make the cut this year.

The opening regional round ranks the country’s top eight national seeds and the next eight regional host clubs. At these 16 sites, four teams gather for a double-elimination mini-tournament. The winners of the national seed regionals are then paired off with the winners of the non-national seed regionals, and they play best-of-three series during the tournament’s super regional weekend.

The eight remaining teams from the super regional round make the trek to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series proper. They’re split off into two groups of four and replay the mini-tournament style brackets of the first round. The winners of those two brackets will then stay in Omaha for a best-of-three head-to-head series for the tournament’s closing weekend.

Every game of the entire tournament can be streamed at WatchESPN. The network’s coverage is especially fun during the opening weekend, when viewers can split-screen up to four separate games simultaneously. We’ll update this post throughout the weekend with winners and losers bracket matchups, times, and scores.

All times Eastern

Game 1: No. 1 LSU (4) def. No. 4 Texas Southern, 15-7
Game 2: No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana def. No. 3 Rice, 12-6

Game 3: No. 3 Rice elimin. No. 4 Texas Southern, 13-6
Game 4: No. 1 LSU (4) vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana, Saturday 8 p.m., WatchESPN

Game 1: No. 2 FGCU def. No. 3 Michigan, 10-6
Game 2: No. 4 Davidson def. No. 1 UNC (2), 8-4

Game 3: No. 1 UNC (2) elimin. No. 3 Michigan, 8-1
Game 4: No. 2 Davidson def. No. 2 FGCU, 2-1

Game 1: No. 2 Vanderbilt def. No. 3 St. John’s, 13-4
Game 2: No. 1 Clemson def. No. 4 UNC Greensboro, 5-4

Game 3: No. 4 UNC Greensboro elimin. No. 3 St. John’s, 3-1
Game 4: No. 2 Vanderbilt def. No. 1 Clemson, 9-4

Game 1: No. 3 Yale def. No. 2 Nebraska, 5-1
Game 2: No. 1 Oregon State def. No. 4 Holy Cross, 8-2

Game 3: No. 4 Holy Cross elimin. No. 2 Nebraska, 7-4
Game 4: No. 3 Yale vs. No. 1 Oregon State, Saturday 10 p.m., WatchESPN

Game 1: No. 2 Missouri State def. No. 3 Oklahoma State, 6-5
Game 2: No. 1 Arkansas def. No. 4 Oral Roberts, 3-0

Game 3: No. 4 Oral Roberts elimin. No. 3 Oklahoma State, 14-6
Game 4: No. 2 Missouri State def. No. 1 Arkansas, 5-4

Game 1: No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 3 Dallas Baptist, Friday 4 p.m., ESPNU and WatchESPN (rained out)
Game 2: No. 1 TCU def. vs. No. 4 Central Connecticut State, 3-0

Game 3: No. 2 Virginia def. No. 3 Dallas Baptist, 6-3
Game 4: No. 1 TCU (6) vs. No. 4 Central Connecticut State, Saturday 10 p.m., WatchESPN

Game 1: No. 2 South Florida def. No. 3 Bethune-Cookman, 9-1
Game 2: No. 1 Florida (3) def. No. 4 Marist, 10-6

Game 3: No. 3 Bethune-Cookman elimin. No. 4 Marist, 4-2
Game 4: No. 1 Florida (3) def. No. 2 South Florida, 4-1 (12 innings)

Game 1: No. 1 Southern Miss def. No. 4 Illinois-Chicago, 8-7
Game 2: No. 3 South Alabama def. No. 2 Mississippi State, 6-3

Game 3: No. 2 Illinois-Chicago vs. No. 2 Mississippi State, Saturday 2 p.m., WatchESPN
Game 4: No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 3 South Alabama, Saturday 7 p.m., WatchESPN

Game 1: No. 3 Texas A&M def. No. 2 Baylor, 8-5
Game 2: No. 4 Iowa def. No. 1 Houston, 6-3

Game 3: No. 1 Houston elimin. No. 2 Baylor, 17-3
Game 4: No. 3 Texas A&M def. No. 4 Iowa, 3-2

Game 1: No. 1 Kentucky def. No. 4 Ohio, 6-4
Game 2: No. 3 N.C. State def. No. 2 Indiana, 7-6

Game 3: No. 2 Indiana elimin. No. 4 Ohio, 11-2
Game 4: No. 3 NC State def. No. 1 Kentucky, 5-4

Game 1: No. 2 Texas def. No. 3 UCLA, 3-2
Game 2: No. 1 Long Beach State def. No. 4 San Diego State, 6-0

Game 3: No. 4 San Diego State elimin. No. 3 UCLA, 3-2 (13 innings)
Game 4: No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Long Beach State, Saturday TBA, WatchESPN

Game 1: No. 2 Oklahoma def. No. 3 Xavier, 7-2
Game 2: No. 1 Louisville (7) def. No. 4 Radford, 11-6

Game 3: No. 3 Xavier elimin. No. 4 Radford, 3-1
Game 4: No. 1 Louisville (7) def. No. 2 Oklahoma, 11-1

Game 1: No. 1 Texas Tech (5) def. No. 4 Delaware, 5-2
Game 2: No. 3 Sam Houston State def. No. 2 Arizona, 5-4

Game 3: No. 2 Arizona elimin. No. 4 Delaware, 6-5 (12 innings)
Game 4: No. 1 Texas Tech (5) def. No. 3 Sam Houston State, 6-0

Game 2: No. 3 BYU elimin. No. 4 Sacramento State, 6-1
Game 3: No. 2 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 1 Stanford (8), vs. 4-1

Game 4: No. 1 Stanford def. No. 3 BYU, 9-1
Game 5: No. 2 Cal State Fullerton elimin. No. 1 Stanford, 4-2

Game 1: No. 3 Auburn def. No. 2 UCF, 7-4
Game 2: No. 4 Tennessee Tech def. No. 1 FSU, 3-1

Game 3: No. 1 FSU elimin. No. 2 UCF, 6-1
Game 4: No. 3 Auburn def. No. 4 Tennessee Tech, 5-3

Game 1: No. 2 West Virginia def. No. 3 Maryland, 9-1
Game 2: No. 1 Wake Forest def. No. 4 UMBC, 11-3

Game 3: No. 3 Maryland elimin. No. 4 UMBC, 16-2
Game 4: No. 1 Wake Forest def. No. 2 West Virginia, 4-3