2018 NCAA Division I Baseball season - wikipedia 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball season 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season Duration February 12 -- June 28, 2018 Number of teams 299 Preseason # 1 Florida ( Unanimous ) Tournament Duration June 1 -- June 28 College World Series Seasons ← 2017 2019 → The 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) at the Division I level, began in February 2018. The season is progressing through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and will conclude with the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2018 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, will end in June 2018. Contents 1 Realignment and format changes 1.1 NCAA Tournament 2 Ballpark changes 3 Season outlook 4 Conference standings 4.1 Conference winners and tournaments 5 College World Series 6 References Realignment and format changes NYIT, previously the last remaining Division I independent, moved its baseball program to its full - time home of the Division II East Coast Conference. Wichita State left the Missouri Valley Conference for the American Athletic Conference. Valparaiso left the Horizon League for the Missouri Valley Conference. Buffalo dropped their baseball program at the end of last season. The 2018 season will also be the last for USC Upstate in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Spartans will move to the Big South Conference effective July 1, 2018. NCAA tournament For the first time, the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament will seed the top 16 teams, rather than only the top 8 teams as has been the practice since 1999. This will ensure that the regional featuring the top - seeded team will be paired with the regional hosted by the 16th - seeded team, where in the past Super Regionals were paired generally along geographical lines. Ballpark changes The 2018 season will be the last for Kentucky at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The team will move into a new ballpark for the 2019 season. Season outlook For the full rankings, see 2018 NCAA Division I baseball rankings Conference Standings 2018 American Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Cincinnati 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Connecticut 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- East Carolina 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Houston 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Memphis 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- South Florida 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Tulane 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- UCF 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Wichita State 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- ‡ -- Tournament champion As of October 9, 2017 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Atlantic No. 12 Clemson -- 0 1.000 0 -- 0 -- No. 4 Florida State -- 0 1.000 0 -- 0 -- No. 18 Louisville -- 0 1.000 0 -- 0 -- NC State --. 800 0 -- 0 -- Boston College --. 667 0 -- 0 -- Notre Dame --. 667 0 -- 0 -- Wake Forest --. 400 0 -- 0 -- Coastal Pittsburgh --. 750 0 -- 0 -- Duke --. 500 0 -- 0 -- Georgia Tech --. 500 0 -- 0 -- No. 22 Miami ( FL ) --. 500 0 -- 0 -- No. 16 Virginia --. 500 0 -- 0 -- North Carolina --. 400 0 -- 0 -- Virginia Tech --. 250 0 -- 0 -- ‡ -- Tournament champion As of October 7, 2017 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Florida Gulf Coast 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Jacksonville 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Kennesaw State 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Lipscomb 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- NJIT 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- North Florida 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Stetson 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- USC Upstate 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- ‡ -- Tournament champion As of January 13, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Butler 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Creighton 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Georgetown 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- St. John 's 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Seton Hall 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Villanova 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Xavier 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- ‡ -- Tournament champion As of January 14, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT # 22 Indiana 0 -- 0 -- 6 --. 857 Iowa 0 -- 0 -- 6 --. 857 Purdue 0 -- 0 -- 6 --. 857 Minnesota 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 714 Nebraska 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 625 Ohio State 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 625 Illinois 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Penn State 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Maryland 0 -- 0 -- --. 429 Rutgers 0 -- 0 -- --. 429 Northwestern 0 -- 0 -- --. 333 Michigan 0 -- 0 -- -- 5. 286 Michigan State 0 -- 0 -- -- 5. 286 ‡ -- Tournament champion As of February 26, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Big 12 Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT # 4 Texas Tech 0 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 1.000 Oklahoma State 0 -- 0 -- --. 800 Kansas 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 # 12 TCU 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 # 27 Texas 0 -- 0 -- --. 571 Kansas State 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Oklahoma 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Baylor 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 West Virginia 0 -- 0 -- -- 5. 286 ‡ -- Tournament champion As of 25 February 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Big West Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Cal Poly 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Cal State Fullerton 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Cal State Northridge 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Hawaii 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Long Beach State 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- UC Davis 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- UC Irvine 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- UC Riverside 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- UC Santa Barbara 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- As of January 14, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT College of Charleston 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Delaware 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Elon 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Hofstra 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- James Madison 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Northeastern 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Towson 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- UNC Wilmington 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- William & Mary 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- ‡ -- Tournament champion As of January 15, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Conference USA baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Florida Atlantic 0 -- 0 -- --. 800 Middle Tennessee 0 -- 0 -- --. 800 UAB 0 -- 0 -- --. 800 Marshall 0 -- 0 -- --. 750 No. 13 Southern Miss 0 -- 0 -- --. 750 Louisiana Tech 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Western Kentucky 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 UTSA 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Charlotte 0 -- 0 -- --. 600 Rice 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 FIU 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Old Dominion 0 -- 0 -- --. 400 † -- Conference champion ‡ -- Tournament champion y -- Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of February 21, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball Template : 2018 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Template : 2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings 2018 Mountain West Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Air Force 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Fresno State 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- Nevada 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- New Mexico 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- San Diego State 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- San Jose State 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- UNLV 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- As of January 16, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball Template : 2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings 2018 Pac - 12 Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT # 2 Oregon State 0 -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 1.000 # 14 Stanford 0 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 1.000 # 11 UCLA 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 833 Southern California 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 833 Arizona 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 California 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Washington 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Oregon 0 -- 0 -- --. 600 Arizona State 0 -- 0 -- --. 333 Washington State 0 -- 0 -- -- 6. 250 Utah 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 6. 000 As of February 25, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT East No. 2 Florida 0 -- 0 -- 8 --. 889 No. 6 Kentucky 0 -- 0 -- 8 --. 889 No. 5 Vanderbilt 0 -- 0 -- 8 --. 889 Georgia 0 -- 0 -- 7 --. 875 Missouri 0 -- 0 -- 6 --. 667 No. 23 South Carolina 0 -- 0 -- 6 --. 667 Tennessee 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 625 West No. 18 Auburn 0 -- 0 -- 9 -- 0 1.000 No. 30 Alabama 0 -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 1.000 No. 20 Ole Miss 0 -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 1.000 No. 17 Texas A&M 0 -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 1.000 No. 15 Arkansas 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 714 No. 14 LSU 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 625 Mississippi State 0 -- 0 -- -- 5. 375 ‡ -- Tournament champion As of February 27, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT East Tennessee State 0 -- 0 -- --. 750 Mercer 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 VMI 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Furman 0 -- 0 -- --. 600 Samford 0 -- 0 -- --. 600 UNC Greensboro 0 -- 0 -- --. 600 The Citadel 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Wofford 0 -- 0 -- --. 400 Western Carolina 0 -- 0 -- -- 5. 167 ‡ -- Tournament champion As of February 23, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Southland Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Abilene Christian 0 -- 0 -- -- 0 1.000 Texas A&M -- Corpus Christi 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 New Orleans 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Northwestern State 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Sam Houston St 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 SE Louisiana 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Incarnate Word 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Central Arkansas 0 -- 0 -- --. 333 Houston Baptist 0 -- 0 -- --. 333 Lamar 0 -- 0 -- --. 333 Nicholls State 0 -- 0 -- --. 250 McNeese State 0 -- 0 -- 0 --. 000 Stephen F. Austin 0 -- 0 -- 0 --. 000 † -- Conference champion ‡ -- Tournament champion y -- Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of February 20, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Summit League baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT Oral Roberts 0 -- 0 -- -- 0 1.000 Omaha 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 North Dakota State 0 -- 0 -- --. 600 Fort Wayne 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Western Illinois 0 -- 0 -- 0 --. 000 South Dakota State 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 5. 000 ‡ -- Tournament champion As of February 24, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT East Division Coastal Carolina 0 -- 0 -- 7 --. 778 No. 11 South Alabama 0 -- 0 -- 7 --. 778 Georgia Southern 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 625 Georgia State 0 -- 0 -- --. 571 Troy 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Appalachian State 0 -- 0 -- --. 429 West Division Louisiana -- Monroe 0 -- 0 -- 6 --. 750 Texas -- Arlington 0 -- 0 -- --. 750 Little Rock 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Arkansas State 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Texas State 0 -- 0 -- --. 429 Louisiana 0 -- 0 -- -- 5. 286 ‡ -- Tournament champion As of February 27, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball 2018 West Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT San Diego 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 714 Saint Mary 's 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 Santa Clara 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 San Francisco 0 -- 0 -- --. 667 BYU 0 -- 0 -- 5 --. 625 Portland 0 -- 0 -- --. 500 Pacific 0 -- 0 -- --. 429 Pepperdine 0 -- 0 -- --. 429 Gonzaga 0 -- 0 -- --. 333 Loyola Marymount 0 -- 0 -- -- 5. 167 ‡ -- Tournament champion As of February 25, 2018 ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball Template : 2018 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conference winners and tournaments Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 29 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. Two conferences, the Big West and Pac - 12, do not hold a conference tournament. The winners of these tournaments, plus the Big West and Pac - 12 regular - season champions, receive automatic invitations to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Player of the Year Conference Coach of the Year Conference Tournament Tournament Venue City Tournament Winner American East Conference 2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament Mahaney Diamond Orono, ME American Athletic Conference 2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Spectrum Field Clearwater, FL Atlantic 10 Conference 2018 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament Tucker Field at Barcroft Park Arlington, VA Atlantic Coast Conference 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC Atlantic Sun Conference 2018 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament Harmon Stadium Jacksonville, FL Big 12 Conference 2018 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, OK Big East Conference 2018 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament Prasco Park Mason, OH Big South Conference 2018 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament Liberty Baseball Stadium Lynchburg, VA Big Ten Conference 2018 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, NE Big West Conference No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid Colonial Athletic Association 2018 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park Harrisonburg, VA Conference USA 2018 Conference USA Baseball Tournament MGM Park Biloxi, MS Horizon League 2018 Horizon League Baseball Tournament Hosted by regular - season champion Ivy League 2018 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Campus sites Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Richmond County Bank Ballpark Staten Island, NY Mid-American Conference 2018 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament Sprenger Stadium Avon, OH Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL Missouri Valley Conference 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX Mountain West Conference 2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA Northeast Conference 2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament Dodd Stadium Norwich, CT Ohio Valley Conference 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament Choccolocco Park Oxford, AL Pac -- 12 Conference No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid Patriot League 2018 Patriot League Baseball Tournament Campus sites Southeastern Conference 2018 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL Southern Conference 2018 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament Fluor Field Greenville, SC Southland Conference 2018 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament Constellation Field Sugar Land, TX Southwestern Athletic Conference 2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Wesley Barrow Stadium New Orleans, LA The Summit League 2018 Summit League Baseball Tournament J.L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK Sun Belt Conference 2018 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament M.L. Tigue Moore Field Lafayette, LA West Coast Conference 2018 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Banner Island Ballpark Stockton, CA Western Athletic Conference 2018 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Hohokam Stadium Mesa, AZ College World Series Main article : 2018 College World Series The 2018 College World Series will begin on June 16 in Omaha, Nebraska. References Jump up ^ `` Baseball program to join East Coast Conference for 2017 - 2018 academic year '' ( Press release ). NYIT Bears. May 5, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Wichita State to become a member of the American Athletic Conference ''. American Athletic Conference. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` It 's Official. Welcome, Valparaiso ''. Missouri Valley Conference. May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017. 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Question: when does college baseball season start and end
Answer: February 12–June 28, 2018