Four Big Ten Teams Selected for the NCAA Baseball Championship

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Four Big Ten teams have qualified for the 78th NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which opens May 30-June 2 at 16 regional sites. Nebraska received the conference's automatic berth after winning the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday while Oregon, UCLA and USC received at-large berths into the 64-team field.

Oregon (42-14), the No. 12 seed overall, will host the Eugene Regional and meet Utah Valley (32-27) on Friday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The winner will face either Arizona (39-18) or Cal Poly (41-17). The Ducks, who have played in back-to-back Super Regionals, are making their fifth-straight trip to the NCAAs and their 12th appearance overall.

No. 15 seed UCLA (42-16) stays home to host the Los Angeles Regional, encountering Fresno State (31-27) on Friday at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The winner meets either UC Irvine (41-15) or Arizona State (35-22). The Bruins, who won a share of the Big Ten regular season title, will be making their 26th NCAA appearance all-time and their first since 2022. UCLA captured a national championship in 2013.

USC (35-21) travels to the Corvallis Regional and takes on TCU (39-18) on Friday at 3 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The winner squares off against either No. 8 seed Oregon State (42-12-1) or Saint Mary’s (35-24). The Trojans earn their 42nd trip to the NCAA Tournament having won 12 national championships (their last in 1998). It is USC’s first NCAA berth since 2015.

Nebraska (32-27) heads to the Chapel Hill Regional to play Oklahoma (35-20) on Friday at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The winner meets either No. 5 seed North Carolina (42-12) or Holy Cross (31-25). The Cornhuskers are making their second-straight NCAA appearance and their 19th overall.

Sixteen teams will advance from the double-elimination regionals to eight super regional sites scheduled for June 6-9. The Men's College World Series takes place June 13-22 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Neb.