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. 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 APool BPool CPool 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 B
Pool C
Iowa advanced as they were the highest seed in the group.
Pool D
Finals
Schedule 2025 Bracket, home teams listed last. GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision 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 Oregon7–3 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 MillerMichigan 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 BroderickNebraska
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