2025 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2025 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsEast Carolina (4th title)
Winning coachCliff Godwin (4th title)
MVPBraden Burress (East Carolina)
2025 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UTSA ‍‍‍y 23 4   .852 47 13   .783
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 18 9   .667 36 22   .621
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 31 25   .554
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 37 21   .638
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 33 25   .569
East Carolina  ‍‍y 13 14   .481 35 27   .565
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 20 36   .357
Rice  ‍‍‍ 10 17   .370 17 40   .298
UAB  ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 24 30   .444
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 22 33   .400
† – Conference champion
‡ – champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 31, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida from May 20 through May 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2025 season. The East Carolina Pirates won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

The top eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.[3][4]

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 UTSA 4
8 Rice 2
1 UTSA 6
5 Tulane 10
4 Florida Atlantic 3
5 Tulane 6
5 Tulane 6
1 UTSA 3
4 Florida Atlantic 8
8 Rice 6
1 UTSA 6
4 Florida Atlantic 3
5 Tulane 2
6 East Carolina 8
2 Charlotte 7
7 Wichita State 1
2 Charlotte 5
6 East Carolina 6
3 South Florida 4
6 East Carolina 9
6 East Carolina 9
3 South Florida 7
3 South Florida 4
7 Wichita State 3
2 Charlotte 6
3 South Florida 7

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Tuesday, May 20
1 9:00 a.m. No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs No. 5 Tulane 3−6 ESPN+
2 12:53 p.m No. 1 UTSA vs No. 8 Rice 4−2
3 4:00 p.m. No. 2 Charlotte vs No. 7 Wichita State 7−1
4 7:57 p.m. No. 3 South Florida vs No. 6 East Carolina 4−9
Wednesday, May 21
5 1:00 p.m. No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs No. 8 Rice 8−6 ESPN+
6 4:55 p.m. No. 7 Wichita State vs No. 3 South Florida 3−4
Thursday, May 22
7 1:00 p.m. No. 5 Tulane vs No. 1 UTSA 10−6 ESPN+
8 5:10 p.m. No. 2 Charlotte vs No. 6 East Carolina 5−6
Friday, May 23
9 1:00 p.m. No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs No. 1 UTSA 3−6 ESPN+
10 4:35 p.m. No. 3 South Florida vs No. 2 Charlotte 7−6
Semifinals – Saturday, May 24
11 9:00 a.m. No. 5 Tulane vs No. 1 UTSA 6−3 ESPN+
12 12:50 p.m No. 6 East Carolina vs No. 3 South Florida 9−7
Championship – Sunday, May 25
13 12:00 p.m. No. 5 Tulane vs No. 6 East Carolina 2−8 ESPNEWS
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". theamerican.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
  2. ^ "East Carolina Defeats Tulane, 8-2, to Win 2025 American Baseball Championship presented by Regions". theamerican.org. 24 May 2025.
  3. ^ "2025 Baseball Championship presented by Regions". The American. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  4. ^ "2025 Baseball Championship Bracket (PDF)" (PDF). theamerican.org.