Date | R | 主隊 v 客隊 | - |
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05/05 20:05 | - | 加州大學聖巴巴拉分校 v 聖地亞哥加州大學 | 12-3 |
05/05 20:05 | - | 聖迭戈 v 聖塔克拉拉 | 14-4 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 密西西比 v 奧本 | 9-10 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 聖地亞哥州立 v Fresno State | 5-2 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 加州大學河濱分校 v Cal State Bakersfield | 3-0 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 華盛頓州 v 俄勒岡州 | 6-10 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 太平洋大學 v Gonzaga | 9-10 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 加州大學爾灣分校 v Cal Poly | 2-11 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 加州大學戴維斯 v 長灘州立 | 4-3 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 聖道 v 尼古拉斯州立 | 7-10 |
05/05 20:00 | - | 亚利桑那州立 v 華盛頓 | 21-18 |
05/05 19:30 | - | 東田納西州立 v VMI | 9-0 |
05/05 19:05 | - | 內華達拉斯維加斯 v 新墨西哥 | 2-14 |
05/05 19:05 | - | 俄勒岡 v 猶他 | 7-9 |
05/05 19:00 | - | 加德納韋伯 v Wofford | 4-8 |
05/05 19:00 | - | 密西西比河谷州 v 傑克遜州立 | 3-22 |
05/05 19:00 | - | 俄克拉荷馬 v 德州理工 | 8-7 |
05/05 19:00 | - | 阿拉巴馬農工大學 v 阿拉巴馬州立 | 4-7 |
05/05 19:00 | - | 東卡羅萊納 v 南佛羅里達 | 4-5 |
05/05 19:00 | - | 南加州大學 v 加利福尼亞 | 3-6 |
05/05 19:00 | - | 亞利桑那 v 斯坦福 | 7-2 |
05/05 19:00 | - | 大峽谷 v 加州浸會大學 | 9-1 |
05/05 18:30 | - | 聖十字 v 利哈伊 | 0-4 |
05/05 18:05 | - | 愛荷華 v 西北 | 6-5 |
05/05 18:05 | - | 密歇根州 v 密歇根 | 8-10 |
05/05 18:05 | - | 達拉斯浸會 v 傑克遜維爾州立 | 5-4 |
05/05 18:05 | - | 艾伯林基督 v UT格蘭德河谷 | 6-9 |
05/05 18:00 | - | 普渡大學韋恩堡分校 v 威斯康星密爾沃基 | 6-15 |
05/05 18:00 | - | Northern Illinois v 鮑爾州立 | 10-13 |
05/05 18:00 | - | 陶森 v Coll Of Charleston | Cancelled |
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In the United States, college baseball is sanctioned mainly by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); in Japan, it is governed by the All Japan University Baseball Federation (JUBF).
In comparison to American football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional players, as baseball's professional minor leagues are more extensive, with a greater history of supplying players to Major League Baseball (MLB). Moving directly from high school to the professional level is more common in baseball than in football or basketball. However, if players opt to enroll at a four-year college, they must complete three years of college to regain professional eligibility, or have turned at least age 21 before starting their third year of college. Players who enroll at junior colleges (i.e., two-year institutions) regain eligibility after one year at that level. During the ongoing NCAA regular season, 301 teams have competed at the Division I level in the United States, with top teams progressing through the regular season, various conference tournaments and championship series, and the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament to play for the Division I championship in the 2023 Men's College World Series.
The first intercollegiate baseball game took place in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1859, between squads representing Amherst College and Williams College. Amherst won, 73–32. This game was one of the last played under an earlier version of the game known as "Massachusetts rules", which prevailed in New England until the "Knickerbocker Rules" (or "New York Rules") developed in the 1840s gradually became accepted. The first ever nine-man team college baseball game under the Knickerbocker Rules still in use today was played in New York on November 3, 1859, between the Fordham Rose Hill Baseball Club of St. John's College (now Fordham University) against The College of St. Francis Xavier, now known as Xavier High School.
Students at many colleges began organizing games between colleges, particularly after the Civil War, first in the northeastern United States but quickly throughout the country. By the late 1870s, several northeastern schools were playing regular home and home series. The team with the best record claimed a "National Championship." Arguments over professional and graduate players led to the creation of the American College Base Ball Association in late 1879, consisting of six northeastern schools which sought to govern such issues and organize games. This organization lasted until 1887, when it dissolved in acrimony and waves of realignment. The Western Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association were formed in the 1890s as multi-sport conferences. The first tournament to name a national champion was held at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, resulting in Yale being crowned champion. No other such tournament was held until the first College World Series in 1947.
Traditionally, college baseball has been played in the early part of the year, with a relatively short schedule and during a time when cold (and/or rainy) weather hinders the ability for games to be played, particularly in the northern and midwestern parts of the U.S. These and other factors have historically led colleges and universities across the nation to effectively consider baseball a minor sport, both in scholarships as well as money and other points of emphasis.
College baseball's popularity has increased greatly since the 1980s.[] As increased efforts to popularize the sport resulted in better players and overall programs, more television and print media coverage began to emerge. The ESPN family of networks have greatly increased television coverage of the NCAA playoffs and the College World Series since 2003.[]
For 2008 and succeeding seasons, the NCAA mandated the first ever start date for Division I baseball, thirteen weeks before the selection of the NCAA tournament field, which takes place on Memorial Day.[]