Date | R | 主隊 v 客隊 | - |
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05/05 18:00 | - | 德克薩斯農工大學科珀斯克里斯蒂分校 v 馬克尼斯州立 | 10-13 |
05/05 18:00 | - | 候斯頓 v 中佛羅里達 | Cancelled |
05/05 18:00 | - | SE Louisiana v 新奧爾良 | 5-7 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 博林格林 v 西密歇根 | 0-11 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 馬歇爾 v 喬治亞州立 | 8-17 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 東肯塔基 v Bellarmine | 4-3 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 托萊多 v 東密歇根 | 11-1 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 印第安納州立 v 貝爾蒙特 | 6-4 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 阿肯色 v 肯塔基 | 4-7 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 田納西理工 v 東伊利諾 | 16-14 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 史丹森 v 奥斯汀皮耶 | 7-12 |
05/05 17:00 | - | Kent State v 邁阿密俄亥俄 | 8-9 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 阿拉巴馬 v 密西西比州立 | 10-5 |
05/05 17:00 | - | Morehead State v 田納西馬丁 | 20-22 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 范德堡 v 喬治亞 | 7-11 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 維克森林 v 西卡羅來納 | 10-5 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 海軍 v 賓州州立 | 9-1 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 喬治亞理工 v 克萊姆森 | 3-9 |
05/05 17:00 | - | The Citadel v UNC格林斯伯勒 | 1-4 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 新墨西哥州立 v 路易斯安那理工 | 12-6 |
05/05 17:00 | - | St Louis v George Mason | 5-4 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 普渡 v 印第安納 | 4-5 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 辛辛那提 v 西弗吉尼亞 | 8-2 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 巴特勒 v Xavier | 7-12 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 佛羅理達灣岸 v 傑克森維爾 | 9-8 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 佛羅里達農工 v 白求恩-考克曼 | 3-5 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 杜克 v 朗沃德 | 23-3 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 拉馬爾 v Northwestern State | 7-1 |
05/05 17:00 | - | 斯蒂芬奧斯汀 v 猶他理工 | 2-1 |
05/05 16:30 | - | 北卡羅來納州立大學狼群 v 佛羅裏達州立 | 1-8 |
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.[]