2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
College baseball tournament
The 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 30, 2014, as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 14, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014, with the Vanderbilt Commodores upsetting the 3rd seed Virginia Cavaliers 3–2 in the decisive Game 3.
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams. A total of 31 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-3-game series that determined the 8 participants of the College World Series.
Bids
Automatic bids
By conference
National seeds
The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round:
Oregon State †
Florida †
Virginia
Indiana †
Florida State †
Louisiana–Lafayette ‡
TCU
LSU †
Bold indicates College World Series participant
† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament
‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament
Regionals and Super Regionals
Bold indicates winner.
Stillwater Super Regional
Austin Super Regional
Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Louisville Super Regional
Nashville Super Regional
Lubbock Super Regional
Hosted by Texas Tech at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
Fort Worth Super Regional
Lafayette Super Regional
Charlottesville Super Regional
College World Series
The 2014 College World Series began on June 14, 2014, and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. It concluded on June 25, 2014, with Vanderbilt winning the national championship by defeating Virginia 2 games to 1 in the final round.
Participants
Bracket
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.
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