The 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season was a college baseball season in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level. It began on February 16, 2024, with play progressing through the regular season, various conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2024 Men's College World Series (MCWS). The MCWS, consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska at Charles Schwab Field Omaha, ended on June 24, 2024, with Tennessee winning the title.
Realignment
Fifteen D-I baseball schools joined new conferences for the 2024 season, and one baseball-sponsoring school started a transition from NCAA Division II for the 2024 season. BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF joined the Big 12 Conference. BYU left the West Coast Conference, and the others left the American Athletic Conference (The American). Campbell left the Big South Conference for the Colonial Athletic Association, which adopted the new name of Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) after the 2023 baseball season. Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Rice, UAB, and UTSA left Conference USA (CUSA) for The American. Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State, and Sam Houston joined CUSA. Jacksonville State and Liberty left the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), and New Mexico State and Sam Houston the Western Athletic Conference. Le Moyne, previously a member of the D-II Northeast-10 Conference, joined the Northeast Conference (NEC). Western Illinois left the Summit League for the Ohio Valley Conference.
In addition to the above, Hartford, which had played the 2023 season as a Division I independent, joined the Commonwealth Coast Conference, now known as the Conference of New England, as part of the school's transition to NCAA Division III.
The 2024 season was the last for 18 baseball schools in their current conferences. All 11 baseball-sponsoring members of the Pac-12 Conference left for other conferences or became independent: Arizona, Arizona State and Utah joined the Big 12 Conference. California and Stanford joined the Atlantic Coast Conference. Oregon, Washington, UCLA, and USC joined the Big Ten Conference. Oregon State chose to compete as an independent. Washington State became an affiliate of the Mountain West Conference. Kennesaw State left the ASUN for CUSA. Merrimack and Sacred Heart left the Northeast Conference for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Oklahoma and Texas left the Big 12 Conference for the Southeastern Conference. Stephen F. Austin and UTRGV left the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the Southland Conference.
In addition to the above: Two baseball-sponsoring Division II schools, Mercyhurst and West Georgia, announced they would start transitions to Division I after the 2024 season. Mercyhurst joined the NEC and West Georgia the ASUN. Delaware announced on November 28, 2023 that it would leave the CAA after the 2025 season to join CUSA. UMass announced on February 29, 2024 that it would leave the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) for the Mid-American Conference after the 2025 season. La Salle announced on April 16, 2024 that it would reinstate baseball in the 2026 season, returning to its primary home of the A-10. It had dropped the sport after the 2021 season. On May 10, 2024, three baseball schools announced they would change conferences after the 2025 season: Grand Canyon and Seattle will leave the WAC for the West Coast Conference. Missouri State will leave the Missouri Valley Conference and join CUSA alongside Delaware.
Ballpark changes The 2024 season was the first for Marshall at Jack Cook Field, replacing GoMart Ballpark.
Season outlook
ESPN/USA Today CoachesRankingTeam1Wake Forest (15)2LSU (11)3Florida (5)4Arkansas5TCU6Vanderbilt7Oregon State8Tennessee9Clemson10Texas A&M11Virginia12East Carolina13Texas1415North Carolina16171819Coastal Carolina20Iowa21South Carolina22Texas Tech2324UCLA25 Perfect Game RankingTeam1Wake Forest2Arkansas3LSU4Florida5TCU6Vanderbilt7Texas A&M8Texas9Oregon State10Virginia11Tennessee12Stanford13South Carolina14North Carolina15Auburn16Iowa17East Carolina18UCLA19NC State20Kansas State21Clemson22Oklahoma State23Duke24UC Santa Barbara25Coastal CarolinaD1BaseballRankingTeam1Wake Forest2Florida3Arkansas4LSU5TCU6Vanderbilt7Oregon State8Texas A&M9Tennessee10Clemson11East Carolina12Duke13NC State14Virginia15North Carolina16Texas17UC Santa Barbara18Coastal Carolina19Alabama20Iowa21Texas Tech22UCLA23Northeastern24Kansas State25South CarolinaBaseball AmericaRankingTeam1Wake Forest2LSU3Arkansas4Florida5Oregon State6TCU7Vanderbilt8Tennessee9Clemson10Virginia11Texas A&M12South Carolina13Texas14East Carolina15Stanford16Duke17North Carolina18Texas Tech19Coastal Carolina20Iowa21Oklahoma State22NC State23Auburn24Northeastern25UC IrvineNCBWARankingTeam1Wake Forest2LSU3Florida4Arkansas5Tennessee6TCU7Vanderbilt8Oregon State9Texas10Texas A&M11Virginia12Clemson13East Carolina14Duke15South Carolina16North Carolina17Stanford18NC State19Coastal Carolina20Texas Tech21Iowa22UCLA23Alabama24UC Santa Barbara25Auburn
Conference standings
Conference winners and tournaments Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ConferenceRegular Season WinnerConference Player of the YearConference Pitcher of the YearConference Coach of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerAmerica East Conference Bryant Gavin Noriega, Bryant Luke Johnson, UMBC Ryan Klosterman, Bryant 2024 America East Conference baseball tournament Baseball Complex • Vestal, NY BryantAmerican Athletic Conference East Carolina Carter Cunningham, East Carolina Trey Yesavage, East Carolina Cliff Godwin, East Carolina 2024 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL TulaneAtlantic 10 Conference Saint Louis Brandon Eike, VCU Nick Wissman, Dayton Darin Hendrickson, Saint Louis 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Capital One Park • Tysons, VA VCUAtlantic Coast Conference Atlantic - ClemsonCoastal - North Carolina James Tibbs III, Florida State Chase Burns, Wake Forest Scott Forbes, North Carolina 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Truist Field • Charlotte, NC DukeAtlantic Sun Conference Austin PeayFlorida Gulf CoastStetson Lyle Miller-Green, Austin Peay Jesse Barker, Central Arkansas Roland Fanning, Austin Peay 2024 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FL StetsonBig 12 Conference Oklahoma Max Belyeu, Texas Payton Tolle, TCU Skip Johnson, Oklahoma 2024 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX Oklahoma StateBig East Conference UConn Christian Ficca, Georgetown Ian Cooke, UConn St. John's (Mike Hampton, head coach 2024 Big East Conference baseball tournament Prasco Park • Mason, OH St. John'sBig South Conference Joel Dragoo, Presbyterian Daniel Eagen, Presbyterian Elton Pollock, Presbyterian 2024 Big South Conference baseball tournament Truist Point • High Point, NC High PointBig Ten Conference Josh Kuroda-Grauer, Rutgers Brett Sears, Nebraska Dan Hartleb, Illinois 2024 Big Ten baseball tournament Charles Schwab Field Omaha • Omaha, NE NebraskaBig West Conference Myles Smith, UC Irvine Ryan Gallagher, UC Santa Barbara Andrew Checketts, UC Santa Barbara No tournament; regular-season champion earns auto bidCoastal Athletic Association Tyler MacGregor, Northeastern & Tanner Thach, UNCW Nate Knowles, William & Mary Chad Holbrook, Charleston 2024 Coastal Athletic Association baseball tournament Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC UNC WilmingtonConference USA Ethan Bates, Louisiana Tech Ryan Johnson, Dallas Baptist Dan Heefner, Dallas Baptist & Lane Burroughs, Louisiana Tech 2024 Conference USA baseball tournament J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA Dallas BaptistHorizon League Liam McFadden-Ackman, Northern Kentucky SP: Brandon Decker, OaklandRP: Kevin Fee, Purdue Fort Wayne Dizzy Peyton, Northern Kentucky & Alex Sogard, Wright State 2024 Horizon League baseball tournament Hosted by regular-season champion Northern Kentucky Ivy League Wyatt Henseler, Callan Fang, Brett Boretti, 2024 Ivy League baseball championship series Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, NY Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Eric Rataczak, Niagara Colin McVeigh, Fairfield Rob McCoy, Niagara 2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament Clover Stadium • Pomona, NY NiagaraMid-American Conference Bowling Green Nathan Archer, Bowling Green Merritt Beeker, Ball State Kyle Hallock, Bowling Green 2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Mercy Health Stadium • Avon, OH Western MichiganMissouri Valley Conference Kendal Ewell, UIC Brennyn Cutts, Indiana State Mitch Hannahs, Indiana State 2024 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Charles H. Braun Stadium • Evansville, IN EvansvilleMountain West Conference Jay Thomason, Air Force & Jake Holland, New Mexico Seungmin Shim, Air Force Mike Kazlausky, Air Force 2024 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA Fresno StateNortheast Conference Evan Bouldin, Delaware State Kieran Etwaru, Delaware State Pat Egan, Sacred Heart 2024 Northeast Conference baseball tournament Heritage Financial Park • Fishkill, NY LIUOhio Valley Conference Roman Kuntz, Morehead State Jacob Weatherley, Little Rock Chris Curry, Little Rock 2024 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament Marion Stadium • Marion, IL Southeast Missouri StatePac-12 Conference Arizona Travis Bazzana, Oregon State Bryson Van Sickle, Utah Chip Hale, Arizona 2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZ ArizonaPatriot League Sean Keys, Bucknell Justin Lehman, Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross 2024 Patriot League baseball tournament Campus sites ArmySoutheastern Conference Eastern – KentuckyTennesseeWestern – Arkansas Charlie Condon, Georgia Hagen Smith, Arkansas Nick Mingione, Kentucky 2024 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL TennesseeSouthern Conference UNC Greensboro Caleb Cozart, UNC Greensboro Michael Ross, Samford Cody Ellis, UNC Greensboro 2024 Southern Conference baseball tournament Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC WoffordSouthland Conference Lamar Edgar Alvarez Nicholls Brooks Caple Lamar Will Davis Lamar 2024 Southland Conference baseball tournament Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA NichollsSouthwestern Athletic Conference East - West - Ali LaPread, Alabama State Caleb Granger, Florida A&M Jamey Shouppe, Florida A&M & Michael Robertson, Texas Southern 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA Grambling StateThe Summit League St. Thomas Cael FrostSouth Dakota State Jakob HallOral Roberts Evan PorterOmaha 2024 Summit League baseball tournament J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK Oral RobertsSun Belt Conference Louisiana Kyle DeBarge, Louisiana LP Langevin, Louisiana Matt Deggs, Louisiana 2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL Southern MissWest Coast Conference Jakob Christian, San Diego Carter Gaston, Portland Brock Ungricht, San Diego 2024 West Coast Conference baseball tournament Las Vegas Ballpark • Las Vegas, NV San DiegoWestern Athletic Conference Tyler Wilson, Grand Canyon Brett Lanman, Abilene Christian Gregg Wallis, Grand Canyon 2024 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament Hohokam Stadium • Mesa, AZ Tarleton
Men's College World Series
Award winners