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2017 NCAA Division I baseball season

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Preseason #1
  
TCU (Unanimous)

Number of teams
  
301

Duration
  
June 2–June 29

Duration
  
February 13, 2017–June 29, 2017

The 2017 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, begins in February 2017. The season will progress through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and conclude with the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2017 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 2017.

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Realignment

  • Coastal Carolina left the Big South Conference for the Sun Belt Conference. The move officially took effect hours after Coastal won the College World Series.
  • North Dakota, a member of the Western Athletic Conference in baseball (as well as swimming and diving for both sexes), dropped baseball.
  • Season outlook

    For the full rankings, see 2017 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

    Conference winners and tournaments

    Twenty-nine athletic conferences each 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. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

    College World Series

    The 2017 College World Series will begin on June 17 in Omaha, Nebraska.

    Coaching changes

    This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2017 season until the day before the first day of the 2017 season.

    References

    2017 NCAA Division I baseball season Wikipedia