The 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was a tournament of 64-teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national champion for the 2019 season. The 73rd annual edition of the tournament began on May 31, 2019, and concluded with the 2019 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 15 and ended on June 26.
Summit League champion Omaha made their first appearance in the tournament.
As a result of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic that started in late 2019 and subsequently forced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2020 season and tournament, this would be the last tournament held until 2021.
Tournament procedure A total of 64 teams entered the 2019 tournament. 31 automatic bids were awarded to each program that won their conference's tournament or regular season. The remaining 33 bids were "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.
The Selection Committee seeded the national seeds from 1 to 16, each of whom would host their respective regional.
The selections and seedings were completed and revealed on Monday, May 27, 2019, at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU.
All qualifying teams were placed into 16 regional double-elimination brackets of four teams. The winners of each regional advanced to a Super Regional in a best-of-three format to advance to the College World Series.
Schedule and venues The following are the sites that hosted each round of the tournament:
Regionals May 31–June 3 Foley Field, Athens, Georgia, (Host: University of Georgia) Russ Chandler Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology) Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, (Host: Louisiana State University) Boshamer Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, (Host: University of North Carolina) Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, Corvallis, Oregon (Host: Oregon State University) Baum–Walker Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas (Host: University of Arkansas) Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina, (Host: East Carolina University) Jackie Robinson Stadium, Los Angeles, California (Host: University of California, Los Angeles) Jim Patterson Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky, (Host: University of Louisville) Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park, Lubbock, Texas, (Host: Texas Tech University) Monongalia County Ballpark, Morgantown, West Virginia (Host: West Virginia University) Hawkins Field, Nashville, Tennessee, (Host: Vanderbilt University) Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Host: Oklahoma State University) Swayze Field, Oxford, Mississippi, (Host: University of Mississippi) Klein Field at Sunken Diamond, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University) Dudy Noble Field at Polk–Dement Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi, (Host: Mississippi State University)
Super Regionals June 7–10 Jackie Robinson Stadium, Los Angeles Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park, Lubbock, Texas Baum–Walker Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Boshamer Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Dudy Noble Field at Polk–Dement Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi Jim Patterson Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky Hawkins Field, Nashville, Tennessee
College World Series June 15–26 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, (Host: Creighton University)
Bids
Automatic bids
School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA appearance America East 31–21 (15–9) Tournament 2015 (Fort Worth Regional) American 28–29 (13–11) Tournament 1974 (Minneapolis District) North Carolina Atlantic Coast 46–19 (17–13) Tournament 2018 (College World Series) Atlantic Sun 42–19 (15–9) Tournament 2014 (Charlottesville Regional) Atlantic 10 38–22 (15–9) Tournament 1998 (East Regional) Big East 38–11 (13–4) Tournament 2012 (Los Angeles Regional) Big South 35–19 (19–7) Tournament 2018 (Athens Regional) Big Ten 35–25 (12–12) Tournament 2018 (Greenville Regional) Big 12 36–18 (14–9) Tournament 2018 (DeLand Regional) Big West 45–9 (19–5) Regular season 2016 (College World Series) Colonial 32–29 (12–12) Tournament 2018 (Greenville Regional) Conference USA 38–19 (21–10) Tournament 2018 (Fayetteville Regional) Horizon 29–21 (18–11) Tournament 2017 (Hattiesburg Regional) Ivy League 27–14 (14–7) Championship series 2005 (Fullerton Regional) MAAC 29–27 (17–7) Tournament 2005 (Austin Regional) Mid-American 46–12 (22–5) Tournament 1995 (South Regional) Mid-Eastern 27–32 (14–10) Tournament 2015 (Gainesville Regional) Indiana State Missouri Valley 41–16 (13–8) Tournament 2014 (Bloomington Regional) Mountain West 38–14–1 (21–8–1) Tournament 2012 (Palo Alto Regional) Northeast 30–21 (16–8) Tournament 2017 (Fort Worth Regional) Ohio Valley 37–21 (22–8) Tournament 2014 (Oxford Regional) UCLA Pac-12 47–8 (24–5) Regular season 2018 (Minneapolis Regional) Patriot 35–24 (15–10) Tournament 2018 (Raleigh Regional) Vanderbilt Southeastern 49–10 (23–7) Tournament 2018 (Nashville Super Regional) SoCon 35–27 (14–10) Tournament 2015 (Tallahassee Regional) McNeese State Southland 35–24 (16–14) Tournament 2003 (Houston Regional) Southern Southwestern Athletic 32–22 (18–6) Tournament 2009 (Baton Rouge Regional) Summit 30–22–1 (21–11) Tournament First Appearance Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 35–24–1 (16–13) Tournament 2018 (Conway Regional) West Coast 32–23 (15–12) Tournament 2000 (Fullerton Regional) Western Athletic 39–23 (18–9) Tournament 2017 (Palo Alto Regional)
At–large Team Conference Record (Conf) Last NCAA appearance Arizona State Pac-12 37–17 (16–13) 2016 (Fort Worth Regional) Arkansas SEC 41–17 (20–10) 2018 College World Series Finals Auburn SEC 33–25 (14–16) 2018 (Gainesville Super Regional) Big 12 34–17 (14–8) 2018 (Stanford Regional) Pac-12 32–18 (17–11) 2015 (College Station Regional) Clemson ACC 34–24 (15–15) 2018 (Clemson Regional) UConn American 36–23 (12–12) 2018 (Conway Regional) Dallas Baptist MVC 41–18 (14–7) 2018 (Fayetteville Regional) Duke ACC 31–25 (15–15) 2018 (Athens Regional) American 43–15 (20–4) 2018 (Greenville Regional) C-USA 40–19 (22–8) 2018 (Gainesville Regional) Florida SEC 33–24 (13–17) 2018 College World Series Florida State ACC 36–21 (17–13) 2018 (Tallahassee Regional) Georgia SEC 44–15 (21–9) 2018 (Athens Regional) ACC 41–17 (19–11) 2016 (Gainesville Regional) Big Ten 36–19 (15–9) 2015 (Champaign Regional) Illinois State MVC 34–24 (14–7) 2010 (Louisville Regional) Indiana Big Ten 36–21 (17–7) 2018 (Austin Regional) Louisville ACC 43–15 (21–9) 2018 (Lubbock Regional) LSU SEC 37–24 (17–13) 2018 (Corvallis Regional) Miami (FL) ACC 39–18 (18–12) 2016 College World Series Michigan Big Ten 41–18 (16–7) 2017 (Chapel Hill Regional) Mississippi State SEC 46–13 (20–10) 2018 College World Series NC State ACC 42–17 (18–12) 2018 (Raleigh Regional) Big Ten 31–22 (15–9) 2017 (Corvallis Regional) Ole Miss SEC 37–25 (16–14) 2018 (Oxford Regional) Oregon State Pac-12 36–18–1 (21–8) 2018 National champions Stanford Pac-12 41–11 (22–7) 2018 (Stanford Regional) TCU Big 12 32–26 (11–13) 2017 College World Series Tennessee SEC 38–19 (14–16) 2005 College World Series Texas A&M SEC 37–21–1 (16–13–1) 2018 (Austin Regional) Texas Tech Big 12 39–17 (16–8) 2018 College World Series West Virginia Big 12 37–20 (13–11) 2017 (Winston-Salem Regional)
By Conference Conference Total Schools SEC10 Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt ACC8 Clemson, Duke, Florida State, , Louisville, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina Big Ten5 , Indiana, Michigan, , Big 125 , , TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia Pac-125 Arizona State, , Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA American3 , UConn, Missouri Valley3 Dallas Baptist, Illinois State, Indiana State 2 , America East1 Atlantic Sun1 Atlantic 101 Big East1 Big South1 Big West1 Colonial1 Horizon1 Ivy1 MAAC1 Mid-American1 Mid-Eastern1 Mountain West1 Northeast1 Ohio Valley1 Patriot1 SoCon1 Southland1 McNeese State Southwestern1 Southern Sun Belt1 Coastal Carolina Summit1 WAC1 West Coast1
National seeds The sixteen national seeds, which hosted the regionals, were announced on the Selection Show on May 27 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU. Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the College World Series.
1. UCLA
2. Vanderbilt
3.
4. Georgia
5. Arkansas
6. Mississippi State
7. Louisville
8. Texas Tech
9.
10.
11. Stanford
12. Ole Miss
13. LSU
14. North Carolina
15. West Virginia
16. Oregon State
Regionals and Super Regionals Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.
Los Angeles Super Regional
Lubbock Super Regional
†Due to flooding in the Stillwater area, including their home field Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Oklahoma State hosted their regional at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.
Fayetteville Super Regional
Baton Rouge Super Regional
Chapel Hill Super Regional
Starkville Super Regional
Louisville Super Regional
Nashville Super Regional
College World Series The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
Participants School Conference Record (Conf) Head coach Super Regional Previous CWS Appearances CWS Best Finish CWS W-L Record Arkansas SEC 46–18 (20–10) Fayetteville 9(last: 2018) 2nd(1979, 2018) 15–18 Auburn SEC 38–26 (14–16) Chapel Hill 4(last: 1997) 4th(1967) 3–8 Florida State ACC 41–21 (17–13) Baton Rouge 22(last: 2017) 2nd(1970, 1986, 1999) 29–44 Louisville ACC 49–16 (21–9) Louisville 4(last: 2017) 5th(2007, 2017) 2–8 Michigan Big Ten 46–20 (16–7) Los Angeles 7(last: 1984) 1st(1953, 1962) 12–12 Mississippi State SEC 51–13 (20–10) Starkville 10(last: 2018) 2nd(2013) 12–20 Texas Tech Big 12 44–18 (16–8) Lubbock 3(last: 2018) 5th(2016, 2018) 2–6 Vanderbilt SEC 54–11 (23–7) Nashville 3(last: 2015) 1st(2014) 11–6
Bracket Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
Game results Date Game Winning team Score Losing team Winning pitcher Losing pitcher Save Notes June 15 Game 1 Michigan 5–3 Game 2 1–0 Arkansas June 16 Game 3 3–1 Louisville Game 4 5–4 Auburn – June 17 Game 5 5–4 Arkansas Game 6 Michigan 2–0 – June 19 Game 7 Louisville 5–3 Auburn Game 8 Vanderbilt 6–3 Game 9 4–1 June 20 Game 10 Louisville 4–3 – Game 11 Michigan 15–3 Game 12 Vanderbilt 3–2 Louisville FinalsJune 24 Game 1 Michigan 7–4 Vanderbilt June 25 Game 2 Vanderbilt 4–1 Michigan Isaiah Paige (4–1) – June 26 Game 3 Vanderbilt 8–2 Michigan
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Kumar Rocker (MOP) Vanderbilt Tommy Henry Michigan C Philip Clarke Vanderbilt 1B Jimmy Kerr Michigan 2B Ako Thomas Michigan 3B Austin Martin Vanderbilt SS Jack Blomgren Michigan OF J. J. Bleday Vanderbilt Drew Campbell Louisville Jesse Franklin Michigan DH Cameron Warren Texas Tech
Final standings Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only Place School Record 1st 2 Vanderbilt10–2 2ndMichigan9–4 3rd 7 Louisville 8–3 8 Texas Tech7–3 5thFlorida State6–2 6 Mississippi State6–2 7th 5 Arkansas5–3Auburn5–3 9th Duke4–2 10 East Carolina4–3 13 LSU3–2 14 North Carolina4–2 9 Oklahoma State4–3 12 Ole Miss4–2 11 Stanford4–3 1 UCLA5–3 17th Campbell2–2Creighton3–2Dallas Baptist2–2Fresno State2–2 4 Georgia2–2 3 Georgia Tech2–2Illinois State2–2Indiana State2–2Jacksonville State2–2Loyola Marymount2–2Miami2–2Southern Miss2–2TCU2–2Tennessee2–2Texas A&M2–2UConn3–2 33rdArizona State1–2Baylor1–2Central Connecticut State1–2Central Michigan1–2Cincinnati1–2Clemson1–2Coastal Carolina1–2Florida1–2Florida Atlantic1–2Indiana1–2Liberty1–2Nebraska 1–2Ohio State1–2Quinnipiac1–2Sacramento State1–2 15 West Virginia1–2 49thArmy0–2California0–2Florida A&M0–2Fordham0–2Harvard0–2Illinois0–2McNeese State0–2Mercer0–2NC State0–2Omaha0–2 16 Oregon State0–2Southern0–2Stony Brook0–2UC Santa Barbara0–2UIC0–2UNC Wilmington0–2
Record by conference