No. 1 Oregon’s unexpected, early exit on day two of the 2025 NCAA baseball tournament regionals was a wake-up call to the field of 64 and college baseball fans watching.
The Big Ten regular season champions and No. 12 national seed, the Ducks’ crash and burn cemented them as the first national seed to see their season end.
And surprisingly, it foreshadowed the gloomy reality awaiting other top seeds less than 24 hours later. Four other regional hosts were eliminated on Sunday, specifically the No. 1 and 2 national seeds.
Here’s a look at the national seeds’ rough day three.
No. 1 Vanderbilt falls, experiences historic tournament loss
Music City will sing a more melancholy song for the time being.
No. 1 Vanderbilt was eliminated by No. 4 Wright State on Sunday, losing 5-4 to miss the regional final after its comeback fell short in the final inning.
It became the first No. 1 national seed not to reach the regional final and the fourth top-seed to miss the Super Regional round. It was the Commodores’ second time being awarded the No. 1 national seed, the first in 2007, where they also lost in the regional round.
THE FINAL OUT. 👀@WSURaidergang eliminates (1) Vanderbilt to advance to the Regional Final!#RoadToOmaha x 🎥 ESPN+ / @WSURaidergang pic.twitter.com/TC5iTCFD0T
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 1, 2025
The Raiders jumped on Vandy early, scoring four runs in the first inning and tacking on another in the third. Yet, the star of the show was starting left-hander Griffen Paige.
The sophomore picked up where his teammate, right-hander Cam Allen, left off on Friday, who no-hit Vanderbilt through six innings before being taken out. He was nearly untouchable, giving up just one hit and two runs across eight innings.
Trailing 5-1 entering the final frame, the Commodores focused their attention towards a two-out rally, plating three while down to their final out. The revival ended on center fielder RJ Austin’s flyout to right field.
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No. 1 Texas loses on back-to-back days to No. 2 UTSA
Five hours after Vanderbilt saw its season come to an end, the No. 2 national seed, Texas, fell victim to a similar fate.
The Longhorns lost 7-4 to UTSA in an elimination game, falling short to the Roadrunners on both Saturday and Sunday.
For the second time ever, the No. 1 and 2 national seeds both failed to make the Super Regionals.
Texas had no answer for UTSA’s pitching staff in the first seven innings. Besides back-to-back doubles in the fourth to score a run, the Longhorns had more strikeouts (9) than hits across the seven frames, five in the sixth and seventh combined. UTSA right-hander Gunnar Brown gave up just one run on six hits and four strikeouts over five innings.
The Longhorns made it interesting in the last two innings, homering twice to cut the Roadrunners’ lead down to three, but it wasn’t enough to mount the comeback.
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No. 3 Oklahoma State ends No. 1 Georgia’s season on walk-off homer
The term ‘home run’ has been No. 1 Georgia’s middle name all season. Nine players with 10-plus homers, the NCAA DI leader in big flies (144), coupled with a home run-friendly ballpark, there’s a lot of truth to the ‘Bashin Bulldogs’ nickname.
Unfortunately for them, that trump card ended their historic season.
No. 3 Oklahoma State third baseman Brock Thompson hammered off a walk-off home run to beat the No. 7 national seed Georgia, 11-9, and complete its improbable ninth inning comeback.
THE COWBOYS HAVE ELIMINATED (7) GEORGIA IN WALK-OFF FASHION #RoadToOmaha x 🎥 ESPN2 / @OSUBaseball pic.twitter.com/A2dsqn3LCh
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 1, 2025
The Bulldogs led 9-7 entering the final frame, but saw their lead fade away two batters in when Cowboys center fielder Kollin Ritchie hit his fourth home run of the regionals to tie it at 9-9.
UGA turned to right-hander Zach Harris to send the meeting to extras, but Thompson intervened beforehand. He hammered the opposite field homer into the left field trees.
Five of OSU’s six batters reached base that inning.
No. 3 Kentucky blows out No. 1 Clemson
No. 1 Clemson didn’t have an answer for No. 3 Kentucky, losing 16-4 in the day three elimination game.
The Tigers’ win probability declined rapidly in the third and fourth innings, allowing a combined 11 runs — five in the third and six in the fourth. Each Wildcat batted twice across the two frames.
Clemson’s bats weren’t nearly as hot as Kentucky’s, collecting just three hits in the first four innings to the Wildcats’ 11.
Hosting a regional each of the last three seasons, one of two programs in the country to accomplish that, the Tigers have now missed the Super Regionals twice out of three times.
SHOCKING DAY ONE: FOUR No. 1 seeds fall in opening day of NCAA baseball tournament regionals
SIX No. 1 seeds set to play win-or-go-home games on Monday
National seeds Arkansas, Auburn, Florida State, Coastal Carolina and UCLA went undefeated in regionals and are headed to the Super Regionals next weekend.
Six other No. 1 seeds’ fates will be decided on Monday, where they will play Game 7 of their respective regionals and fight to keep their seasons alive. A loss will eliminate them from the tournament.
Below is a schedule of each game and how many national seeds have advanced to supers since the DI college baseball committee started seeding teams 1-16 in 2018.
| Year | National seeds that reached supers |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 |
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