2021 NCAA Division I baseball season

2021 NCAA Division I baseball season
Duration	February 19 – June 30, 2021
Number of teams	300
Preseason No. 1	Florida (CB)
Tournament
Duration	June 4–30, 2021
Most conference bids	SEC (9)
College World Series
Champions	Mississippi State (1st title)
Runners-up	Vanderbilt (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Chris Lemonis (1st title)
MOP	Will Bednar
Seasons

The 2021 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 on February 19, 2021. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2021 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, ended on June 30, 2021. The Mississippi State Bulldogs won the tournament, and were named national champions.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the season was delayed one week, and some teams opted out of playing at all for the 2021 season. The Ivy League announced on February 18 that no conference competitions would take place, to include conference championships.

Realignment

For 2021 season

• Four schools began transitions from NCAA Division II to Division I on July 1, 2020.
  • Bellarmine, already a D-I member in men's lacrosse, joined D-I for all other sports as a new member of the ASUN Conference.
  • Dixie State and Tarleton State joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
  • UC San Diego, already a de facto D-I member in men's volleyball and women's water polo (which do not have D-II championship events) as an associate member of the Big West Conference, moved the rest of its athletic program to the Big West.
• Boise State dropped baseball when the season was canceled after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared leading to baseball's second elimination because the athletic department's budget was reduced by $3 million.
• Chicago State dropped baseball in June 2020, effective immediately.
• Furman announced in May 2020 that the Paladins baseball team would be terminated due to budget concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• La Salle and North Carolina Central dropped baseball after this season.
• NJIT moved from the ASUN to the America East Conference.
• Cal State Bakersfield moved from the WAC to the Big West.

Future moves

The following schools changed conferences effective with the 2022 season:

• Five schools left the Southland Conference. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston, and Stephen F. Austin joined the WAC, and Central Arkansas joined the ASUN.
• The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference lost three members. Bethune–Cookman and Florida A&M joined the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and North Carolina A&T joined the Big South Conference.
• The Ohio Valley Conference lost Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State to the ASUN.
• Northern Colorado, a WAC baseball associate through the 2021 season, left for single-sport membership in the Summit League.
• St. Thomas, formerly of NCAA Division III's Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, also joined the Summit League after successfully obtaining an NCAA waiver for a direct transition to D-I.

Ballpark changes

• The 2021 season was the first for UConn at Elliot Ballpark, replacing J. O. Christian Field.
• Oklahoma State began play in O'Brate Stadium, replacing Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.
• Florida began play in Florida Ballpark, replacing Alfred A. McKethan Stadium.
• Omaha began play in Tal Anderson Field, replacing J. J. Isaacson Field at Seymour Smith Park.

Season outlook

Further information: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Ranking Team 1 Florida (24) 2 UCLA (2) 3 Vanderbilt (4) 4 Texas Tech 5 Ole Miss 6 Louisville (1) 7 Mississippi State 8 Arkansas 9 LSU 10 Texas 11 TCU 12 NC State 13 UC Santa Barbara 14 Virginia 15 Miami (FL) 16 Tennessee 17 Georgia Tech 18 Oklahoma State 19 Arizona 20 South Carolina 21 Florida State 22 West Virginia 23 East Carolina 24 Georgia 25 Wake Forest

Collegiate Baseball News Ranking Team 1 Florida 2 Vanderbilt 3 UCLA 4 Texas Tech 5 Ole Miss 6 Miami (FL) 7 LSU 8 UCSB 9 Mississippi State 10 Arizona 11 Louisville 12 Georgia 13 NC State 14 Virginia 15 Arizona State 16 East Carolina 17 Oklahoma State 18 Michigan 19 TCU 20 Texas 21 South Carolina 22 Arkansas 23 Coastal Carolina 24 Dallas Baptist 25 Clemson

D1Baseball Ranking Team 1 Florida 2 UCLA 3 Texas Tech 4 Vanderbilt 5 Louisville 6 Ole Miss 7 Mississippi State 8 Arkansas 9 Texas 10 TCU 11 UCSB 12 LSU 13 NC State 14 West Virginia 15 Georgia Tech 16 Virginia 17 Wake Forest 18 South Carolina 19 Tennessee 20 Oklahoma State 21 Miami (FL) 22 Arizona 23 Auburn 24 Florida State 25 East Carolina

Baseball America Ranking Team 1 Florida 2 UCLA 3 Texas Tech 4 Ole Miss 5 Virginia 6 Vanderbilt 7 Louisville 8 Mississippi State 9 Florida State 10 LSU 11 Miami 12 Texas 13 TCU 14 Arkansas 15 Arizona 16 Duke 17 NC State 18 South Carolina 19 Tennessee 20 Michigan 21 UC Santa Barbara 22 Georgia Tech 23 Oklahoma 24 UCF 25 Alabama

NCBWA Ranking Team 1 Florida 2 UCLA 3 Vanderbilt 4 Texas Tech 5 Ole Miss 6 Louisville 7 Mississippi State 8 Arkansas 9 Texas 10 Miami (FL) 11 NC Stateт 12 TCUт 13 LSU 14 UC Santa Barbara 15 Virginia 16 Florida State 17 Arizona 18 Georgia Tech 19 East Carolina 20 Tennessee 21 West Virginia 22 Oklahoma 23 South Carolina 24 Georgia 25 Auburn

Conference standings

2021 America East Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Division A Albany  x‍‍‍ 20 – 18   .526 22 – 25   .468 Maine  ‍‍‍ 16 – 17   .485 22 – 22   .500 UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍ 18 – 20   .474 19 – 28   .404 Hartford  ‍‍‍ 18 – 20   .474 18 – 20   .474 Division B Stony Brook  x‍‍‍ 25 – 10   .714 31 – 18   .633 NJIT  ‍‍‡‍y 23 – 17   .575 27 – 23   .540 Binghamton  ‍‍‍ 16 – 20   .444 16 – 20   .444 UMBC  ‍‍‍ 12 – 26   .316 17 – 26   .395 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 American Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 12 East Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 8   .714 44 – 17   .721 Tulane  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 31 – 24   .564 Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 13   .581 31 – 23   .574 Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 18 – 14   .563 29 – 26   .527 UCF  ‍‍‍ 18 – 14   .563 31 – 30   .508 South Florida  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 14   .500 31 – 30   .508 Houston  ‍‍‍ 7 – 21   .250 19 – 34   .358 Memphis  ‍‍‍ 7 – 25   .219 18 – 39   .316 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Rhode Island  x‍‍‍ 14 – 6 – 0   .700 28 – 26 – 1   .518 Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 21 – 19 – 0   .525 La Salle  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 32 – 21 – 0   .604 Fordham  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 24 – 19 – 0   .558 St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300 7 – 24 – 0   .226 UMass  ‍‍‍ 3 – 16 – 0   .158 13 – 29 – 0   .310 South VCU  x‍‍‡‍y 13 – 3 – 0   .813 38 – 16 – 0   .704 Dayton  ‍‍‍ 12 – 4 – 0   .750 25 – 27 – 0   .481 George Washington  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 26 – 19 – 0   .578 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 27 – 24 – 0   .529 Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 17 – 31 – 0   .354 Richmond  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 19 – 17 – 0   .528 George Mason  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17 – 0   .292 14 – 29 – 0   .326 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball
2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Atlantic No. 10 Notre Dame  x‍‍‍y 25 – 10   .714 34 – 13   .723 No. 4 NC State  ‍‍‍y 19 – 14   .576 37 – 19   .661 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 20 – 16   .556 31 – 24   .564 Louisville  ‍‍‍ 16 – 16   .500 28 – 22   .560 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 16 – 20   .444 25 – 27   .481 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 – 22   .313 20 – 27   .426 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10 – 23   .303 21 – 28   .429 Coastal Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y 21 – 15   .583 31 – 25   .554 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y 20 – 15   .571 33 – 21   .611 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 18 – 18   .500 36 – 27   .571 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 18 – 18   .500 28 – 27   .509 Duke  ‍‍‡‍y 16 – 17   .485 33 – 22   .600 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 16 – 17   .485 23 – 20   .535 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 16 – 20   .444 27 – 25   .519 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 1, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 ASUN Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Liberty  x‍‍‍y 19 – 2   .905 41 – 16   .719 Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 29 – 22   .569 Lipscomb  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 18 – 29   .383 Bellarmine  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 13 – 36   .265 North Alabama  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 7 – 40   .149 South Florida Gulf Coast  x‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 28 – 20   .583 North Florida  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 22 – 23   .489 Stetson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 26 – 23   .531 Jacksonville  ‍‍‡‍y 3 – 15   .167 16 – 34   .320 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UConn  ‍†‍‡‍y 13 – 4   .765 34 – 19   .642 Creighton  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6   .714 24 – 15   .615 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 23 – 25   .479 Xavier  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11   .577 28 – 26   .519 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 21 – 14   .600 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385 19 – 21   .475 Butler  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 14 – 23   .378 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 6 – 19   .240 6 – 25   .194 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball
2021 Big South Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Campbell ‍†‍‍y 28 – 9   .757 37 – 18   .673 USC Upstate ‍‍‍ 28 – 12   .700 37 – 16   .698 Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 27 – 13   .675 29 – 23   .558 Presbyterian ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 16   .529 22 – 23   .489 Radford ‍‍‍ 17 – 19   .472 23 – 23   .500 Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 18 – 22   .450 18 – 26   .409 Winthrop ‍‍‍ 16 – 21   .432 19 – 27   .413 UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 14 – 26   .350 15 – 33   .313 High Point ‍‍‍ 12 – 25   .324 14 – 31   .311 Longwood ‍‍‍ 10 – 25   .286 17 – 32   .347 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 19 Nebraska  ‍†‍‍y 31 – 12   .721 34 – 14   .708 No. 24 Maryland  ‍‍‍y 28 – 16   .636 30 – 18   .625 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 27 – 17   .614 27 – 19   .587 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 26 – 18   .591 26 – 18   .591 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 26 – 18   .591 26 – 18   .591 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 22 – 20   .524 22 – 20   .524 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 22 – 22   .500 22 – 22   .500 Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 21 – 23   .477 21 – 23   .477 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 24   .429 18 – 24   .429 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 – 21   .417 15 – 21   .417 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 27   .386 17 – 27   .386 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 16 – 26   .381 16 – 26   .381 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 31   .162 6 – 31   .162 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Big 12 Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 3 Texas ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 50 – 17 – 0   .746 No. 8 TCU ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 41 – 19 – 0   .683 No. 9 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 39 – 17 – 0   .696 No. 23 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 12 – 12 – 0   .500 36 – 19 – 1   .652 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 27 – 28 – 0   .491 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 31 – 20 – 0   .608 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 34 – 23 – 0   .596 West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 25 – 27 – 0   .481 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 30 – 27 – 0   .526 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 26, 2021 Rankings from D1baseball
2021 Big West Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 17 UC Irvine  ‍†‍‍y 32 – 8   .800 43 – 18   .705 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍y 29 – 11   .725 41 – 20   .672 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 26 – 14   .650 28 – 15   .651 Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 21 – 19   .525 31 – 25   .554 Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 21 – 19   .525 21 – 19   .525 UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 21 – 19   .525 24 – 28   .462 Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 17 – 19   .472 20 – 23   .465 Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 16 – 24   .400 24 – 26   .480 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍ 13 – 23   .361 20 – 35   .364 UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 12 – 28   .300 15 – 36   .294 UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 8 – 32   .200 14 – 43   .246 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Northeastern  x‍‍‡‍y 20 – 3   .870 36 – 12   .750 Towson  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 21 – 36   .368 Hofstra  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 17 – 22   .436 Delaware  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 12 – 22   .353 South UNC Wilmington  x‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 32 – 22   .593 Elon  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 22 – 22   .500 College of Charleston  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 27 – 25   .519 William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 14 – 29   .326 James Madison  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 11 – 17   .393 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Conference USA baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT East Charlotte x‍‍‍y 24 – 8 – 0   .750 40 – 21 – 0   .656 No. 16 Old Dominion ‍‍‡‍y 22 – 10 – 0   .688 44 – 16 – 0   .733 Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 18 – 14 – 0   .563 32 – 25 – 0   .561 Western Kentucky ‍‍‍ 15 – 17 – 0   .469 27 – 29 – 0   .482 FIU ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 20 – 31 – 0   .392 Marshall ‍‍‍ 6 – 26 – 0   .188 10 – 35 – 0   .222 West No. 22 Louisiana Tech x‍‍‍y 22 – 8 – 0   .733 42 – 20 – 0   .677 No. 23 Southern Miss ‍‍‍y 22 – 9 – 0   .710 40 – 21 – 0   .656 UTSA ‍‍‍ 14 – 17 – 0   .452 22 – 26 – 0   .458 Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍ 12 – 19 – 1   .391 24 – 29 – 1   .454 Rice ‍‍‍ 11 – 20 – 1   .359 23 – 29 – 1   .443 UAB ‍‍‍ 11 – 21 – 0   .344 18 – 36 – 0   .333 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball
2021 Horizon League baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Wright State  ‍†‍‡‍y 28 – 4   .875 35 – 13   .729 UIC  ‍‍‍ 28 – 11   .718 30 – 18   .625 Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 24 – 16   .600 32 – 24   .571 Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 17 – 23   .425 22 – 33   .400 Oakland  ‍‍‍ 13 – 23   .361 19 – 28   .404 Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 14 – 25   .359 17 – 31   .354 Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍ 7 – 29   .194 10 – 36   .217 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Fairfield ‍†‍‍y 33 – 1   .971 38 – 5   .884 Monmouth ‍‍‍ 22 – 10   .688 24 – 13   .649 Rider ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 16   .529 23 – 18   .561 Canisius ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 20 – 16   .556 Marist ‍‍‍ 17 – 9   .654 18 – 11   .621 Niagara  ‍‍‍ 17 – 15   .531 16 – 17   .485 Siena ‍‍‍ 14 – 22   .389 15 – 24   .385 Manhattan ‍‍‍ 12 – 22   .353 12 – 24   .333 Quinnipiac ‍‍‍ 7 – 21   .250 7 – 21   .250 Saint Peter's ‍‍‍ 4 – 24   .143 4 – 24   .143 Iona ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214 3 – 11   .214 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Central Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 31 – 9   .775 42 – 18   .700 Ball State  ‍‍‍ 29 – 11   .725 38 – 18   .679 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 23 – 17   .575 30 – 26   .536 Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 23 – 17   .575 24 – 26   .480 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 21 – 19   .525 23 – 33   .411 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 19 – 21   .475 25 – 31   .446 Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15   .483 21 – 22   .488 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 18 – 22   .450 20 – 30   .400 Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15 – 25   .375 21 – 30   .412 Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15 – 25   .375 16 – 38   .296 Akron  ‍‍‍ 8 – 32   .200 15 – 36   .294 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball
2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern Division Norfolk State  x‍‍‡‍y 18 – 10   .643 25 – 28   .472 Delaware State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 18   .419 15 – 27   .357 Coppin State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 10 – 29   .256 Southern Division North Carolina Central  x‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607 27 – 20   .574 Florida A&M  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13   .536 22 – 33   .400 North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍ 17 – 15   .531 22 – 32   .407 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Florida A&M is ineligible for postseason play and conference championships due to NCAA sanctions. As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 6   .750 41 – 16   .719 Indiana State  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 31 – 21   .596 Bradley  ‍‍‍ 12 – 10   .545 20 – 22   .476 Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13   .536 40 – 20   .667 Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 21 – 23   .477 Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 23 – 34   .404 Evansville  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 28 – 27   .509 Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 16 – 35   .314 ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 12, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Mountain West Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Nevada  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 9   .710 25 – 20   .556 San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 22 – 14   .611 30 – 16   .652 UNLV  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 20 – 13   .606 Air Force  ‍‍‍ 18 – 16   .529 26 – 22   .542 Fresno State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 18   .471 20 – 25   .444 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 16 – 25   .390 San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 19   .095 6 – 30   .167 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball
2021 Northeast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Bryant  ‍†‍‍ 21 – 4 – 0   .840 27 – 14 – 1   .655 Central Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 28 – 15 – 0   .651 Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 17 – 9 – 0   .654 23 – 25 – 0   .479 LIU  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11 – 0   .621 20 – 15 – 0   .571 Merrimack  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 19 – 22 – 0   .463 Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267 9 – 28 – 0   .243 Wagner  ‍‍‍ 7 – 22 – 0   .241 11 – 25 – 0   .306 Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19 – 0   .208 9 – 28 – 0   .243 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 10   .630 30 – 22   .577 Murray State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 33 – 25   .569 Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 24 – 23   .511 Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 26 – 27   .491 Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 23 – 33   .411 Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 22 – 25   .468 Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 25 – 23   .521 Belmont  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 22 – 30   .423 SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 23 – 27   .460 Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 21 – 32   .396 UT Martin  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 19 – 29   .396 ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Patriot League baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division Army  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 10   .600 28 – 25   .528 Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13   .480 14 – 17   .452 Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 10 – 20   .333 South Division Lehigh  ‍†‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 24 – 19   .558 Navy  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 17 – 15   .531 Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15   .423 11 – 22   .333 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball
2021 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 5 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 45 – 18   .714 No. 10 Oregon ‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 39 – 16   .709 No. 7 Stanford ‍‍‍y 17 – 10   .630 39 – 17   .696 No. 21 UCLA ‍‍‍y 18 – 12   .600 37 – 20   .649 Arizona State ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 33 – 22   .600 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 37 – 24   .607 California ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 29 – 26   .527 Washington State ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 26 – 23   .531 USC ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 25 – 26   .490 Utah ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 17 – 33   .340 Washington ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 20 – 30   .400 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 23, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern No. 6 Tennessee  x‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 50 – 18   .735 No. 2 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 19 – 10   .655 49 – 18   .731 Florida  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 38 – 22   .633 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 34 – 23   .596 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 31 – 25   .554 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 29 – 23   .558 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 15 – 36   .294 Western No. 5 Arkansas  x‍†‍‡‍y 22 – 8   .733 50 – 13   .794 No. 1 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 50 – 18   .735 No. 13 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12   .600 45 – 22   .672 No. 18 LSU  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 38 – 25   .603 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 12 – 17   .414 32 – 26   .552 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 25 – 27   .481 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 29 – 27   .518 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Blue Samford  ‍‍‡‍y 20 – 10   .667 35 – 24   .593 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448 24 – 25   .490 VMI  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 18 – 29   .383 UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 27 – 25   .519 Red Wofford  ‍‍‍ 21 – 9   .700 36 – 21   .632 Mercer  ‍‍‍ 18 – 9   .667 35 – 22   .614 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 14 – 11   .560 28 – 21   .571 The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 4 – 25   .138 12 – 39   .235 ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball
2021 Southland Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Abilene Christian  ‍†‍‍ 25 – 13   .658 36 – 21   .632 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 20 – 14   .588 25 – 29   .463 New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 23 – 17   .575 29 – 28   .509 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 20 – 15   .571 30 – 25   .545 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 22 – 17   .564 32 – 24   .571 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 20 – 16   .556 27 – 26   .509 McNeese State  ‍‍‡‍y 21 – 18   .538 32 – 30   .516 Lamar  ‍‍‍ 17 – 19   .472 25 – 23   .521 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 18 – 22   .450 23 – 28   .451 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 17 – 22   .436 20 – 31   .392 Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍ 17 – 23   .425 21 – 28   .429 Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 16 – 24   .400 21 – 34   .382 Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 11 – 27   .289 14 – 38   .269 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East Jackson State  x‍‍‍ 24 – 0   1.000 34 – 9   .791 Alabama State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7   .667 23 – 19   .548 Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 – 13   .409 9 – 20   .310 Alcorn State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 16   .273 7 – 20   .259 Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 17   .000 0 – 20   .000 West Prairie View A&M  x‍‍‍ 12 – 7   .632 14 – 18   .438 Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 17 – 27   .386 Southern  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 11   .542 20 – 29   .408 Texas Southern  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 12 – 35   .255 Arkansas–Pine Bluff  ‍‍‍ 8 – 14   .364 8 – 30   .211 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2021 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2021 Summit League baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Oral Roberts ‍†‍‍ 19 – 7   .731 31 – 23   .574 North Dakota State  ‍‍‡‍y 20 – 11   .645 42 – 19   .689 Omaha  ‍‍‍ 14 – 12   .538 22 – 25   .468 South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 15 – 32   .319 Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 11 – 29   .275 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball
2021 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East Division South Alabama  x‍‍‡‍y 15 – 9   .625 36 – 22   .621 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 34 – 23   .596 Troy  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 27 – 26   .509 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524 21 – 31   .404 Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 18 – 37   .327 Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 27 – 24   .529 West Division Louisiana  x‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 32 – 23   .582 UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 27 – 30   .474 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 26 – 26   .500 Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 21 – 30   .412 Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 19 – 30   .388 Texas State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 21 – 36   .368 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 West Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 25 Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 7   .741 34 – 19   .642 San Diego  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 33 – 12   .733 San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 25 – 28   .472 BYU  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 23 – 27   .460 Portland  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 24 – 26   .480 Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14   .481 20 – 29   .408 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 20 – 25   .444 Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 25 – 26   .490 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 18 – 33   .353 Pacific  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 17 – 34   .333 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball	2021 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT California Baptist  ‍†‍‍ 29 – 7 – 0   .806 40 – 16 – 0   .714 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‡‍y 29 – 7 – 0   .806 39 – 21 – 1   .648 Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 22 – 14 – 0   .611 35 – 22 – 0   .614 Dixie State  ‍‍‍ 21 – 15 – 0   .583 24 – 32 – 0   .429 UTRGV  ‍‍‍ 20 – 15 – 0   .571 32 – 26 – 0   .552 New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 20 – 0   .444 20 – 34 – 0   .370 Tarleton State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 23 – 0   .361 20 – 35 – 0   .364 Seattle  ‍‍‍ 10 – 22 – 0   .313 18 – 33 – 0   .353 Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 7 – 24 – 0   .226 11 – 36 – 0   .234 Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 8 – 28 – 0   .222 10 – 47 – 0   .175 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball

Conference winners and tournaments

Of the 32 Division I all-sports athletic conferences, 31 sponsor baseball, with the Big Sky Conference the only exception. All but one of these conferences played in the 2021 season; the Ivy League opted out of the season due to COVID-19 concerns. Several conferences canceled or modified their conference tournaments for 2021, with the Big Ten, Mid-American, Mountain West and West Coast joining the Big West and Pac-12 in forgoing a tournament to end the regular season. For those conferences holding a tournament, the teams in each conference that won their regular season title were given the top seeds in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments received automatic invitations to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Conferences that do not hold a tournament award their automatic bids to the regular-season champion.

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (city)	Tournament winner
America East Conference	Division A – Albany Division B – Stony Brook			2021 America East Conference baseball tournament	Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY	NJIT
American Athletic Conference	East Carolina			2021 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament	BayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FL	South Florida
ASUN Conference	Division 1 – Liberty Division 2 – Florida Gulf Coast			2021 ASUN Conference baseball tournament	Division round: Campus sites Semifinals and final: Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville
Atlantic 10 Conference	North – Rhode Island South – VCU			2021 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament	The Diamond • Richmond, VA	VCU
Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic – Notre Dame Coastal – Georgia Tech			2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament	Truist Field • Charlotte, NC	Duke
Big 12 Conference	Texas/TCU			2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	TCU
Big East Conference	UConn			2021 Big East Conference baseball tournament	Prasco Park • Mason, OH	UConn
Big South Conference	Campbell			2021 Big South Conference baseball tournament	Segra Stadium • Fayetteville, NC	Presbyterian
Big Ten Conference	Nebraska			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Big West Conference	UC Irvine			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic Association	Northeastern			2021 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament	Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC	Northeastern
Conference USA	East – Charlotte West –Louisiana Tech			2021 Conference USA baseball tournament	J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA	Old Dominion
Horizon League	Wright State			2021 Horizon League baseball tournament	Regular season champion home stadium	Wright State
Ivy League	No conference competition for 2021 season.
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Fairfield			2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Richmond County Bank Ballpark • Staten Island, NY	Rider
Mid-American Conference	Central Michigan			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Northern – Norfolk State Southern – North Carolina Central			2021 Mid–Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VA	Norfolk State
Missouri Valley Conference	Dallas Baptist			2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament	Itchy Jones Stadium • Carbondale, IL	Dallas Baptist
Mountain West Conference	Nevada			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Northeast Conference	Bryant			2021 Northeast Conference baseball tournament	Dodd Stadium • Norwich, CT	Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley Conference	Southeast Missouri State			2021 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament	The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN	Southeast Missouri State
Pac-12 Conference	Arizona			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot League	Lehigh			2021 Patriot League baseball tournament	Campus Sites	Army
Southeastern Conference	Eastern – Tennessee Western – Arkansas			2021 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	Arkansas
Southern Conference	Blue – Samford Red – Wofford			2021 Southern Conference baseball tournament	Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC	Samford
Southland Conference	Abilene Christian			2021 Southland Conference baseball tournament	Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA	McNeese State
Southwestern Athletic Conference	East – Jackson State West – Prairie View A&M			2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Smith–Wills Stadium • Jackson, MS	Southern
Summit League	Oral Roberts			2021 Summit League baseball tournament	Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE	North Dakota State
Sun Belt Conference	East – South Alabama West – Louisiana/UT Arlington			2021 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament	Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL	South Alabama
West Coast Conference	Gonzaga			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Western Athletic Conference	California Baptist/Grand Canyon			2021 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Hohokam Stadium • Mesa, AZ	Grand Canyon

Coaching changes

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2021 season until the day before the first day of the 2022 season.

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason
Central Arkansas	Allen Gum	Nick Harlan		Retired
Chicago State	Steve Joslyn	N/A		Program discontinued
Furman	Brett Harker	N/A		Program discontinued
Rice	Matt Bragga
Texas A&M	Rob Childress