Auburn baseball to host NCAA Regional at Plainsman Park: Schedule, tickets

AUBURN — After a one-year hiatus, the road to Omaha and the Men’s College World Series will again run through Plainsman Park.

Auburn baseball was officially announced as a host site for the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Sunday. It marks the third time in the past four seasons the Tigers have hosted, getting back-to-back bids for the first time ever in 2022 and 2023. In total, it’s the seventh time the program has earned a regional bid, with its first coming in 1978.

While Auburn knows it’ll host, it won’t find out its regional field until Monday, when the entire bracket and seeding is announced (11 a.m. CT, ESPN2). The Tigers are widely projected to land a top-eight national seed, which they have earned just once before.

Tickets for this year’s Auburn regional will go on sale at 12:30 p.m. CT Monday. Student tickets are currently available for purchase.

PRICES, HOW TO BUY: Auburn baseball tickets for 2025 regional

This year’s group of host sites includes eight SEC squads. Auburn played seven of them this spring, as well as regional host Oregon State. It went a combined 8-10 against those programs.

• 2025 NCAA baseball tournament: Regional host sites
  • Athens (Georgia)
  • Auburn (Auburn)
  • Austin (Texas)
  • Baton Rouge (LSU)
  • Chapel Hill (North Carolina)
  • Clemson (Clemson)
  • Conway (Coastal Carolina)
  • Corvallis (Oregon State)
  • Eugene (Oregon)
  • Fayetteville (Arkansas)
  • Hattiesburg (Southern Miss)
  • Knoxville (Tennessee)
  • Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • Nashville (Vanderbilt)
  • Oxford (Ole Miss)
  • Tallahassee (Florida State)

Auburn’s latest hosting bid comes after its best regular season in the Butch Thompson era. With a record of 38-18, the Tigers secured more regular season victories than they ever had in Thompson’s 10-season tenure. That includes a résumé that bodes well for its postseason circumstance, with a top-three RPI and the nation’s strongest schedule.

How has Auburn baseball fared as an NCAA Tournament regional host?

• Auburn baseball’s regional host history
  • 2023
    • Record: 0-2
    • Result: Fourth
  • 2022
    • Record: 3-0
    • Result: First
  • 2010
    • Record: 3-2
    • Result: Second
  • 2003
    • Record: 2-2
    • Result: Second
  • 1999
    • Record: 3-1
    • Result: First
  • 1978
    • Record: 1-2
    • Result: Third
  • Total record: 10-9

Dates to know: NCAA baseball tournament

• Selection show
  • Date: Monday, May 26
  • Time: 11 a.m. CT
• Regionals
  • Dates: May 30 – June 2
  • Times: TBA
• Super Regionals
  • Dates: June 6-9
• College World Series
  • Dates: June 13-23

Where to watch 2025 NCAA baseball tournament, selection show

Adam Cole is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at acole@gannett.com or on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @colereporter.