NCAA Baseball Tournament 2025: Clemson Tigers' official seed, regional bracket revealed
NCAA Baseball Tournament 2025: Clemson Tigers' official seed, regional bracket revealed
The Clemson Tigers learned Sunday night that they were one of the 16 teams that will host a regional in the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament.
The Tigers (44-16 overall), ranked No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and No. 9 in RPI, now know what their potential path to Omaha looks like and which teams they'll welcome to Doug Kingsmore Stadium for the start of regional play this Friday, as well as their overall seeding and who they might face in a Super Regional.
The 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament bracket was unveiled in full on Monday. Here are the teams that will be heading to the Clemson Regional.
Clemson baseball 2025 NCAA tournament regional opponents
No. 2 seed: West Virginia Mountaineers (41-14, No. 28 in RPI)
No. 3 seed: Kentucky Wildcats (29-24, No. 38 in RPI)
No. 4 seed: USC Upstate (36-23, No. 86 in RPI)
As the No. 11 overall seed, Clemson will open regional play against USC Upstate beginning Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. It's the third consecutive year the Tigers have hosted a regional and the 19th time overall since 1980.
Clemson, No. 9 in the RPI, has a strength of schedule ranked No. 17. The Tigers are 10-10 against Quad 1 teams, 14-5 against Quad 2 opponents, 9-1 vs. Quad 3 teams, and 11-0 against Quad 4 competition.
USC Upstate, who Clemson defeated 7-0 in the regular season on March 4, captured their first Big South tournament championship on Saturday by beating Charleston Southern, 14-2. It's the first-ever NCAA regional appearance for the Spartans.
West Virginia won the Big 12 regular season title and was eliminated by Arizona in its conference tournament on Friday. The Mountaineers are No. 28 in RPI. Kentucky was eliminated from the SEC Tournament by Oklahoma on Day 1 but is No. 38 in RPI with a strength of schedule ranked ninth.
Clemson baseball potential Super Regional matchups
Clemson is paired with No. 6 seed LSU (43-14) in tournament bracket seeding. A Clemson-LSU matchup in the Super Regional would see Cam Cannarella, Aidan Knaak and the Tigers visit Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, if both regional hosts advance.
LSU will host No. 2 seed Dallas Baptist (40-16), No. 3 seed Rhode Island (38-20) and No. 4 seed Little Rock (24-32) in the Baton Rouge Regional.
NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket 2025, overall seeds 1-16
1. Vanderbilt Commodores (42-16)
2. Texas Longhorns (42-12)
3. Arkansas Razorbacks (43-13)
4. Auburn Tigers (38-18)
5. North Carolina Tar Heels (42-12)
6. LSU Tigers (43-14)
7. Georgia Bulldogs (42-15)
8. Oregon State Beavers (41-12)
9. Florida State Seminoles (38-14)
10. Ole Miss Rebels (40-13)
11. Clemson Tigers (44-16)
12. Oregon Ducks (42-14)
13. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (48-11)
14. Tennessee Volunteers (43-16)
15. UCLA Bruins (42-16)
16. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (44-14)
Clemson baseball regional schedule 2025
Clemson will open its regional against No. 4 seed USC Upstate on Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. That same day, West Virginia will face Kentucky in the No. 2 vs. No. 3 seed matchup. Start times and TV information will be announced later in the day.
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