The 2024 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 16, 2024. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2024 Men's College World Series (MCWS). The MCWS, consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska at Charles Schwab Field Omaha, will ended on June 24, 2024, with Tennessee winning the title.
See main article: 2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment.
Fifteen D-I baseball schools joined new conferences for the 2024 season, and one baseball-sponsoring school started a transition from NCAA Division II for the 2024 season.
In addition to the above, Hartford, which had played the 2023 season as a Division I independent, joined the Commonwealth Coast Conference as part of the school's transition to NCAA Division III.[8]
The 2024 season is the last for 18 baseball schools in their current conferences.
In addition to the above:
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 2024 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 | |
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Gavin Noriega, Bryant[27] | Luke Johnson, UMBC | Ryan Klosterman, Bryant | Bryant | |||||
Carter Cunningham, [28] | Trey Yesavage, | Cliff Godwin, | Tulane | |||||
Brandon Eike, VCU[29] | Nick Wissman, Dayton | Darin Hendrickson, Saint Louis | VCU | |||||
James Tibbs III, Florida State[30] | Chase Burns, Wake Forest | Scott Forbes, North Carolina | Duke | |||||
Lyle Miller-Green, Austin Peay[31] | Jesse Barker, Central Arkansas | Roland Fanning, Austin Peay | Stetson | |||||
Max Belyeu, Texas[32] | Payton Tolle, TCU | Skip Johnson, Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | |||||
Christian Ficca, Georgetown[33] | Ian Cooke, UConn | St. John's (Mike Hampton, head coach | St. John's | |||||
Joel Dragoo, Presbyterian[34] | Daniel Eagen, Presbyterian | Elton Pollock, Presbyterian | High Point | |||||
Josh Kuroda-Grauer, Rutgers[35] | Brett Sears, Nebraska | Dan Hartleb, Illinois | Nebraska | |||||
Myles Smith, UC Irvine[36] | Ryan Gallagher, UC Santa Barbara | Andrew Checketts, UC Santa Barbara | No tournament; regular-season champion earns auto bid | |||||
Tyler MacGregor, Northeastern & Tanner Thach, UNCW[37] | Nate Knowles, William & Mary | Chad Holbrook, Charleston | UNC Wilmington | |||||
Ethan Bates, Louisiana Tech[38] | Ryan Johnson, Dallas Baptist | Dan Heefner, Dallas Baptist & Lane Burroughs, Louisiana Tech | Dallas Baptist | |||||
Liam McFadden-Ackman, Northern Kentucky[39] | Dizzy Peyton, Northern Kentucky & Alex Sogard, Wright State | Hosted by regular-season champion | Northern Kentucky | |||||
Wyatt Henseler, [40] | Callan Fang, | Brett Boretti, | ||||||
Eric Rataczak, Niagara[41] | Colin McVeigh, Fairfield | Rob McCoy, Niagara | Niagara | |||||
Nathan Archer, Bowling Green[42] | Merritt Beeker, Ball State | Kyle Hallock, Bowling Green | Western Michigan | |||||
Kendal Ewell, UIC[43] | Brennyn Cutts, Indiana State | Mitch Hannahs, Indiana State | Evansville | |||||
Jay Thomason, Air Force & Jake Holland, New Mexico[44] | Seungmin Shim, Air Force | Mike Kazlausky, Air Force | Fresno State | |||||
Evan Bouldin, Delaware State[45] | Kieran Etwaru, Delaware State | Pat Egan, Sacred Heart | LIU | |||||
Roman Kuntz, Morehead State[46] | Jacob Weatherley, Little Rock | Chris Curry, Little Rock | Southeast Missouri State | |||||
Travis Bazzana, Oregon State[47] | Chip Hale, Arizona | Arizona | ||||||
Sean Keys, Bucknell[48] | Justin Lehman, | Campus sites | Army | |||||
Charlie Condon, Georgia[49] | Hagen Smith, Arkansas | Nick Mingione, Kentucky | Tennessee | |||||
UNC Greensboro | Caleb Cozart, UNC Greensboro[50] | Michael Ross, Samford | Cody Ellis, UNC Greensboro | Wofford | ||||
Edgar Alvarez Nicholls[51] | Nicholls | |||||||
East - West - | Ali LaPread, Alabama State[52] | Caleb Granger, Florida A&M<ref name=":19" /> | Jamey Shouppe, Florida A&M & Michael Robertson, Texas Southern | Grambling State | ||||
Oral Roberts | ||||||||
Kyle DeBarge, Louisiana[54] | LP Langevin, Louisiana | Matt Deggs, Louisiana | Southern Miss | |||||
Jakob Christian, San Diego[55] | Carter Gaston, Portland | Brock Ungricht, San Diego | San Diego | |||||
Tyler Wilson, Grand Canyon[56] | Brett Lanman, Abilene Christian | Gregg Wallis, Grand Canyon | Tarleton |
See main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2024 Men's College World Series.
This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2024 season until the day before the first day of the 2025 season.