2025 Big Ten baseball tournament

2025 Big Ten
baseball tournament
Teams12
FormatPool Play and Single-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNebraska (2nd title)
Winning coachWill Bolt (2nd title)
TelevisionBTN
2025 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 5 Oregon ‍†‍‍y 22 – 8 – 0   .733 42 – 16 – 0   .724
No. 13 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 8 – 0   .733 48 – 16 – 0   .750
Iowa ‍‍‍ 21 – 9 – 0   .700 33 – 22 – 1   .598
USC  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 37 – 23 – 0   .617
Washington  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 29 – 28 – 0   .509
Indiana ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 32 – 24 – 0   .571
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 33 – 23 – 0   .589
Nebraska ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 15 – 0   .500 33 – 29 – 0   .532
Penn State ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 33 – 23 – 0   .589
Rutgers ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 29 – 28 – 0   .509
Illinois ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 30 – 24 – 0   .556
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 28 – 27 – 0   .509
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 25 – 27 – 0   .481
Maryland ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 27 – 29 – 0   .482
Purdue ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 31 – 23 – 0   .574
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 24 – 28 – 0   .462
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 25 – 0   .167 13 – 37 – 0   .260
† – Conference champion
‡ – champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 2, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 20 through May 25, and aired on the Big Ten Network.[2] Nebraska won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Format and seeding

The 2025 tournament was contested under Pool Play and a single-elimination among the top twelve Big Ten Conference baseball teams with the best regular season conference winning percentage. These twelve teams received tournament seeds, number one through twelve, according to the team's final placement in the regular season standings. A run rule (10 run lead after 7 innings) was in effect for the tournament.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
#1 Oregon #2 UCLA #3 Iowa #4 USC
#8 Nebraska #7 Michigan #6 Indiana #5 Washington
#12 Michigan State #11 Illinois #10 Rutgers #9 Penn State

Pool A

Pool A ORE NEB MSU
1 Oregon 0–1 1–0
8 Nebraska 1–0 1–0
12 Michigan State 0–1 0–1
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 (8) Nebraska 2 2 0 12 7 +5 1.000 Advanced to Semifinals
2 (1) Oregon 2 1 1 7 9 −2 .500 Eliminated
3 (12) Michigan State 2 0 2 6 9 −3 .000
Source: [1]

Pool B

Pool B UCLA MICH ILL
2 UCLA 1–0 1–0
7 Michigan 0–1 0–1
11 Illinois 0–1 1–0
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 (2) UCLA 2 2 0 15 11 +4 1.000 Advanced to Semifinals
2 (11) Illinois 2 1 1 12 13 −1 .500 Eliminated
3 (7) Michigan 2 0 2 10 13 −3 .000
Source: [[2]]

Pool C

Pool C IOWA IND RUT
3 Iowa 0–1 1–0
6 Indiana 1–0 0–1
10 Rutgers 0–1 1–0
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 (3) Iowa 2 1 1 4 8 −4 .500 Advanced to Semifinals
2 (10) Rutgers 2 1 1 8 6 +2 .500 Eliminated
3 (6) Indiana 2 1 1 7 5 +2 .500
Source: [3]

Iowa advanced as they were the highest seed in the group.[3]

Pool D

Pool D USC WASH PSU
4 USC 1–0 0–1
5 Washington 0–1 0–1
9 Penn State 1–0 1–0
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 (9) Penn State 2 2 0 7 4 +3 1.000 Advanced to Semifinals
2 (4) USC 2 1 1 7 7 0 .500 Eliminated
3 (5) Washington 2 0 2 8 11 −3 .000
Source: [4]

Finals

Semifinals May 24 Final May 25
      
8 Nebraska 6
9 Penn State 3
8 Nebraska 5
2 UCLA 0
3 Iowa 3
2 UCLA 9

Schedule

2025 Bracket, home teams listed last.[4]

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Pool Play - Tuesday, May 20
1 10:00 a.m. #11 Illinois vs #7 Michigan 6–5(10) BTN 2,843
2 2:35 p.m. #10 Rutgers vs #6 Indiana 5–2
3 6:23 p.m. #12 Michigan State vs #8 Nebraska 4–5(10)
Pool Play – Wednesday, May 21
4 10:00 a.m. #2 UCLA vs #11 Illinois 8–6 BTN 2,343
5 2:00 p.m. #9 Penn State vs #5 Washington 5–3
6 6:00 p.m. #3 Iowa vs #10 Rutgers 4–3
Pool Play - Thursday, May 22
7 9:05 a.m. #7 Michigan vs #2 UCLA 5–7 BTN 1,909
8 1:03 p.m. #4 USC vs #9 Penn State 1–2
9 5:11 p.m. #1 Oregon vs #12 Michigan State 4–2
10 9:02 p.m. #6 Indiana vs #3 Iowa 5–0
Pool Play - Friday, May 23
11 10:00 a.m. #5 Washington vs #4 USC 5–6 BTN --
Pool Play and Semifinals - Saturday, May 24
12 9:00 a.m. #8 Nebraska vs #1 Oregon 7–3 BTN 8,541
13 1:00 p.m. #2 UCLA vs #3 Iowa 9–3
14 5:00 p.m. #8 Nebraska vs #9 Penn State 6–3
Championship - Sunday, May 25
15 2:00 p.m. #2 UCLA vs #8 Nebraska 0–5 BTN 15,139
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

The following players are members of the 2025 Big Ten Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.

Position Player School
C Noah Miller Michigan
1B Drake Westcott Illinois
2B Cayden Brumbaugh Nebraska
3B Roman Martin UCLA
SS Roch Cholowsky UCLA
DH Dominic Hellman Oregon
OF Devin Taylor Indiana
Gabe Swansen Nebraska
Paxton Kling Penn State
P Cade Obermueller Iowa
Jackson Brockett Nebraska
Luke Broderick Nebraska

References

  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  2. ^ "Big Ten extends baseball tournament in Omaha". NCAA. April 23, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2025 Baseball Tournament Bracket". Big Ten Conference. May 17, 2025. Retrieved May 30, 2025. Should pool play produce identical records, the highest-seeded team in the tie would advance.
  4. ^ "Big Ten baseball tournament schedule". Big Ten. February 20, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
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