The 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 17, 2023. The regular season was followed by many conference tournaments and championship series, and the season concluded with the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2023 Men's College World Series. The Men's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha, ended on June 26, 2023, with LSU winning the title.
A total of 22 baseball-sponsoring schools changed conferences after the 2022 season.
Incarnate Word had announced plans to leave the SLC for the WAC after the 2022 season,[17] but days before that move was to take effect, the school announced it was staying in the SLC.[18]
The 2023 season was the last for 15 baseball schools in their then-current conferences, as well as the aforementioned Hartford's only season as a D-I independent.
Two Division I members adopted new names after the 2022 season. Neither school's nickname was affected.
| Collegiate Baseball News [29] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | Team | |
| 1 | LSU | |
| 2 | Florida | |
| 3 | Stanford | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | Tennessee | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | Arkansas | |
| 8 | Miami (FL) | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | |
| 10 | Wake Forest | |
| 11 | North Carolina | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | |
| 13 | UCLA | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | TCU | |
| 16 | Virginia | |
| 17 | Texas Tech | |
| 18 | Southern Miss | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | ||
| 21 | Maryland | |
| 22 | Mississippi State | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | ||
| 25 | Texas | |
Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
| Conference | Regular season winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Pitcher of the Year | Conference Coach of the Year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (city) | Tournament winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Jenkins, 1B, Maine[30] | Luke Johnson, SP, UMBC | Nick Derba, Maine | Maine | |||||
| Brock Rodden, 2B, Wichita State[31] | Dalton Fowler, SP, Memphis | Loren Hibbs, Wichita State | Tulane | |||||
| Edrick Felix, 2B, Florida Gulf Coast[32] | Logan Van Treeck, SP, Lipscomb | Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb | Lipscomb | |||||
| Ryan Wilson, OF, Davidson[33] | Fritz Hamburg, Saint Joseph's | George Mason | ||||||
| Kyle Teel, C, Virginia[34] | Rhett Lowder, SP, Wake Forest | Tom Walter, Wake Forest | Clemson | |||||
| JJ Weatherholt, 1B, West Virginia[35] | Lucas Gordon, SP, Texas | Randy Mazey, West Virginia | TCU | |||||
| Dominic Freeberger, 3B, UConn[36] | Jake Bloss, SP, Georgetown | Seton Hall (Rob Sheppard, head coach) | Xavier | |||||
| Lawson Harrill, OF, Campbell[37] | Bobby Alcock, SP, Gardner–Webb | Justin Haire, Campbell | Campbell | |||||
| Matt Shaw, SS, Maryland[38] | Rob Vaughn, Maryland | Maryland | ||||||
| Caden Kendle, OF, UC Irvine &<br>Jakob Simons, OF, CSUN[39] | Nico Zeglin, SP, Long Beach State | Eric Newman, UC San Diego | No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid | |||||
| Ben Williamson, 3B, William & Mary[40] | Ty Good, SP, Charleston | Mike Glavine, Northeastern | UNC Wilmington | |||||
| Nolan Schanuel, 1B, Florida Atlantic[41] | Simon Miller, RP, UTSA | Dan Heefner, Dallas Baptist | Charlotte | |||||
| Noah Fisher, SS, Northern Kentucky[42] | SP: Sebastian Gongora, Wright State RP: Brandon Decker. Oakland | Alex Sogard, Wright State | Wright State | |||||
| Andy Blake, SS, Columbia[43] | Ryan Dromboski, SP, Penn | John Yurkow, Penn | Penn | |||||
| Charlie Pagliarini, 3B, Fairfield[44] | Rider | |||||||
| Jeron Williams, SS, Toledo[45] | Joe Whitman, SP, Kent State | Jeff Duncan, Kent State | Ball State | |||||
| Spencer Nivens, OF, Missouri State[46] | Connor Fenlong, SP, Indiana State | Mitch Hannahs, Indiana State | Indiana State | |||||
| Sam Kulasingam, 1B, Air Force[47] | TJ Fondtain, SP, San Diego State | Mark Martinez, San Diego State &<br> Brad Sanfilippo, San Jose State | San Jose State | |||||
| Sam Mongelli, SS, Sacred Heart[48] | Dominic Niman, SP, Central Connecticut | Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut | Central Connecticut | |||||
| Ryley Preece, OF, Morehead State[49] | Jackson Wells, SP, Little Rock | Mik Aoki, Morehead State | Eastern Illinois | |||||
| Alberto Rios, OF, Stanford[50] | Quinn Matthews, SP, Stanford | David Esquer, Stanford | Oregon | |||||
| Kevin Dubrule, SS, Army[51] | Tanner Gresham, SP, Army | Chris Tracz, Army | Campus Sites | Army | ||||
| Dylan Crews, OF, LSU[52] | Paul Skenes, SP, LSU | Dave Van Horn, Arkansas | Vanderbilt | |||||
| Ryan Galanie, 1B, Wofford[53] | Jacob Cravey, SP, Samford | Tony David, Samford | Samford | |||||
| Ryan Snell, C, Lamar[54] | Mike Silva, Nicholls | Nicholls | ||||||
| Daalen Adderley, SS, Texas Southern[55] | Omar Melendez, SP, Alabama State | José Vázquez, Alabama State | Florida A&M | |||||
| Jonah Cox, OF, Oral Roberts[56] | Cade Denton, RP, Oral Roberts | Ryan Folmar, Oral Roberts | Oral Roberts | |||||
| Shane Lewis, OF, Troy[57] | Tanner Hall, SP, Southern Miss | Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina | Southern Miss | |||||
| Christian Almanza, 1B, Saint Mary's &<br>Austin Deering, IF, BYU[58] | Diego Barrera, SP, Loyola Marymount | Nathan Choate, Loyola Marymount | Santa Clara | |||||
| Grayson Tatrow, OF, Abilene Christian[59] | Liam Rocha, SP, California Baptist | Gregg Wallis, Grand Canyon | Sam Houston | |||||
This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2023 season until the day before the first day of the 2024 season.