2025 Big Ten baseball tournament

2025 Big Ten
baseball tournament
Teams12
FormatPool Play and Single-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNebraska (2nd title)
Runner-upUCLA (1st title game)
Winning coachWill Bolt (2nd title)
MVPRoch Cholowsky (UCLA)
TelevisionBTN
2025 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 5 Oregon ‍†‍‍y 22–8–0 .73342–16–0 .724
No. 13 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 22–8–0 .73348–16–0 .750
Iowa ‍‍‍ 21–9–0 .70033–22–1 .598
USC  ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60037–23–0 .617
Washington  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .56729–28–0 .509
Indiana ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53332–24–0 .571
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53333–23–0 .589
Nebraska ‍‍‡‍y 15–15–0 .50033–29–0 .532
Penn State ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50033–23–0 .589
Rutgers ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50029–28–0 .509
Illinois ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .46730–24–0 .556
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43328–27–0 .509
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43325–27–0 .481
Maryland ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .40027–29–0 .482
Purdue ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36731–23–0 .574
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .33324–28–0 .462
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 5–25–0 .16713–37–0 .260
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament 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:

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:

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:

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:

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.

PositionPlayerSchool
CNoah MillerMichigan
1BDrake WestcottIllinois
2BCayden BrumbaughNebraska
3BRoman MartinUCLA
SSRoch CholowskyUCLA
DHDominic HellmanOregon
OFDevin TaylorIndiana
Gabe SwansenNebraska
Paxton KlingPenn State
PCade ObermuellerIowa
Jackson BrockettNebraska
Luke BroderickNebraska

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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