NCAA baseball tournament bracket, schedule, format on road to College World Series

College baseball's version of March Madness will play out in the month of June, but the drama is similar as the field of 64 sets a course for Omaha, Nebraska, and the Men's College World Series.

The nation's top 16 teams have the benefit of playing the opening round of the NCAA Division I baseball tournament on their home fields, with the top eight retaining the advantage in the next round if they're able to advance. The local flavor and passionate fanbases always generate a little extra excitement as the tourney progresses.

Eight teams will eventually make it to Omaha to determine the 2024 national champion following regionals and super regionals.

When are NCAA baseball regionals?

The NCAA Division I baseball tournament begins with the regionals, hosted by the top 16 overall seeds, from Friday, May 31-, Monday, June 3.

Each regional features four teams, and the format for regionals is double elimination – so a team is eliminated when it loses two games. The losers of the first two games will play each other in an elimination game, while the winners will play each other, and it plays out from there. The team to emerge without two defeats wins the regional.

When are NCAA baseball super regionals?

The 16 regional winners advance to the super regionals, held June 7-9 and June 8-10.

The super regionals are formatted into a bracket similar to March Madness. The No. 1 seed regional winner will face the No. 16 seed regional winner, the No. 2 seed vs. No. 15 seed, and so on. The better seed hosts a best-of-three series, and the winner advances to the Men's College World Series.

When does College World Series start?

The eight super regional champions advance to Omaha for the Men's College World Series. Double-elimination play begins June 14, with the best-of-three College World Series final June 22, 23 and 24 (if necessary).

2024 NCAA baseball regionals matchups

Friday's schedule

All times Eastern

Athens Regional

No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Army, 1 p.m., ESPN+

No. 2 UNC-Wilmington vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech, 7 p.m., ESPN+

Bryan-College Station Regional

No. 1 Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Grambling, 1 p.m., ESPN+

No. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 3 Texas, 6 p.m., ESPNU

Chapel Hill Regional

No. 2 LSU vs. No. 3 Wofford, 12 p.m., ESPNU

No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 4 LIU Brooklyn, 6 p.m. ESPN+

Charlottesville Regional

No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Pennsylvania, 12 p.m., ESPN+

No. 2 Mississippi State vs. No. 3 St. John’s, 7 p.m., ESPN+

Clemson Regional

No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 3 Coastal Carolina, 12 p.m., ESPN2

No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 High Point, 7 p.m., ACCN

Corvallis Regional

No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 Nicholls, 4 p.m., ESPN+

No. 1 Oregon St. vs. No. 4 Tulane, 9 p.m., ESPNU

Fayetteville Regional

No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Southeast Missouri State, 3 p.m., ESPN+

No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 3 Kansas State, 8 p.m., ESPN+

Greenville Regional

No. 1 East Carolina vs. No. 4 Evansville, 1 p.m., ESPN+

No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Virginia Commonwealth, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Knoxville Regional

No. 2 Southern Mississipppi vs. No. 3 Indiana, 1 p.m., ESPN+

No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Northern Kentucky, 7 p.m., SECN

Lexington Regional

No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 4 Western Michigan, 12 p.m., SECN

No. 2 Indiana State vs. No. 3 Illinois, 7 p.m., ESPN+

Norman Regional

No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Connecticut, 1 p.m., ESPN+

No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts, 7 p.m., ESPN+

Raleigh Regional

No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 3 James Madison, 2 p.m., ESPN+

No. 1 NC State vs. No. 4 Bryant, 7 p.m, ESPN+

Santa Barbara Regional

No. 2 San Diego vs. No. 3 Oregon, 3 p.m., ESPNU

No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 Fresno State, 9 p.m., ESPN+

Stillwater Regional

No. 2 Nebraska vs. No. 3 Florida, 3 p.m., ESPN+

No. 1 Oklahoma State vs. No. 4 Niagara, 7 p.m., ESPN+

Tallahassee Regional

No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 4 Stetson, 12 p.m., ACCN

No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Central Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Tucson Regional

No. 2 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 3 West Virginia, 3 p.m., ESPN2

No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon, 9 p.m., ESPN+

USA TODAY's Jordan Mendoza contributed to this report.