College baseball regional host sites 2024: SEC & ACC to have five sites each as Arizona surprises with its inclusion

The 16 regional sites for the 77th NCAA Division I baseball championship were revealed on Sunday. These will be the areas where the double-elimination college baseball regional tournaments will be played.

The winners of the regionals will qualify for the regional final. The regional finalists will battle in a best-of-three super-regional series with the eight winners making the College World Series.

The SEC and ACC will have the most schools hosting the regionals with five each while Big 12 (Oklahoma and Oklahoma State) and Pac-12 (Arizona and Oregon State) have two apiece.

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What are the 16 regional sites for college baseball?

The areas chosen for the regionals are Athens, Georgia; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Charlottesville, Virginia; Clemson, South Carolina; Bryan-College Station, Texas; Corvallis, Oregon; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Greenville, North Carolina; Knoxville, Tennessee; Lexington, Kentucky; Norman, Oklahoma; Raleigh, North Carolina; Santa Barbara, California; Stillwater, Oklahoma; Tallahassee, Florida and Tucson, Arizona.

The host schools of the regionals are Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Clemson, Texas A&M, Oregon State, Arkansas, East Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, NC State, UC Santa Barbara, Oklahoma State, Florida State and Arizona. As regional hosts, the college institutions are part of the 64-team championship field, also known as the Field of 64.

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Is Mississippi State hosting a college baseball regional?

Unfortunately, Mississippi State will not host a regional tournament this year as the committee picked five SEC schools as hosts for the regionals. They are Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas A&M.

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Conferences with most college baseball regional hosting sites

The Atlantic Coast and the Southeastern Conferences each have five schools hosting regional tournaments while the Big 12 and the Pac-12 have two apiece. The American Athletic Conference and the Big West have one each.

CONFERENCE	NUMBER OF REGIONAL SITES
Atlantic Coast	5 (Clemson, Florida State, NC State, North Carolina, Virginia)
Southeastern	5 (Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas A&M)
Big 12	2 (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State)
Pac-12	2 (Arizona, Oregon St.)
American	1 (East Carolina)
Big West	1 (UC Santa Barbara)

This is the second time UC Santa Barbara will host the regional, but the first time on its field. It previously hosted the regional at a neutral site in 2015 at Lake Elsinore.

On the other hand, for the 36th time, Florida State will hold a baseball regional in tournament history. Oklahoma will host the event for the first time in 14 years while Oklahoma State is hosting the regional for the third straight season.

Arkansas, Clemson, Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Virginia each hosted the regionals last year. Meanwhile, Arizona was picked as the regional host for the 16th time in program history. It will be the third time the Hi Corbett Field will host the regionals.

The Wildcats made it to their 43rd NCAA Tournament appearance after winning the Pac-12 Conference over the USC Trojans. They also clinched the Pac-12 regular season title with a walk-off win over Oregon State in Tucson.

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