Full NCAA Baseball Tournament field of 64 officially set

The road to Omaha is now underway, and all 64 teams to make the NCAA baseball tournament now know their path to making it to the College World Series. After the 16 regional host sites were announced on Sunday night, the NCAA revealed the full bracket and Field of 64 on Monday afternoon.

A few teams surprisingly stole some bids by winning their conference tournaments over the weekend, which made the bubble even tighter. The bubble has been perceived to be weaker this season, but the strength of No. 1 and 2 seeds across the tournament are well-documented.

In each regional, four teams will battle in a double elimination-style pod to determine a winner. The regional’s No. 1 seed will battle the No. 4 seed, while the No. 2 seed takes on the No. 3 seed to kick things off. The last team left without two losses will advance to super regionals.

The NCAA baseball tournament will get underway on Friday, with the opening round of regionals beginning then. Some regionals will wrap up on Sunday, but if a deciding Game 7 is necessary to crown a regional champion, that will be played on Monday.

The winner of each regional will move on to face the winner of the super regional they are paired up with. As an example, the winner of the highest-seeded regional will take on the winner of the 16th-seeded regional. The super regional round is a best-of-three format, with the winner advancing in the NCAA baseball tournament and earning the opportunity to play for a national championship in the College World Series in Omaha.

The full NCAA Baseball Tournament field

Last four in: Arizona, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Troy

First four out: Arizona State, Kansas State, Kent State, UC Irvine