The Arizona baseball team is headed to a new conference in 2025, and a strong start to the new campaign would’ve been a nice warning to the members of the Big 12 that the Wildcats are on the way.
Unfortunately, Arizona’s season opener didn’t go as hoped, and the No. 21 Wildcats were upset by Ole Miss on the first day of the 2025 Shriners Children’s College Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
There’s no doubt that the rest of the weekend in the Lone Star State will be about urgency and redemption, though a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference teams will be standing in the way.
After a brunch battle with No. 15 Clemson Saturday morning, the Wildcats will end their trip against Louisville on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern.
The Shriners Children’s College Showdown again is being held at Globe Life Field, home of the world champion Texas Rangers, as part of three exciting weekends of college baseball in Texas.
The schedule includes the Shriners Children’s College Showdown (Feb. 14-16), Amegy Bank College Baseball Series presented by Kubota Weekend 2 (Feb. 21-23) and Amegy Bank College Baseball Series presented by Kubota Weekend 3 (Feb. 28-March 2).
There also will be midweek games on Feb. 18, Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and March 5.
Sunday Baseball? Yes, Please!
Here’s the Louisville lineup for today’s Arizona game:
Sunday’s lineup.#GoCards pic.twitter.com/ebSVZ2LKBi
— Louisville Baseball (@LouisvilleBSB) February 16, 2025
How To Watch Louisville Vs. Arizona At The 2025 Shriners Children’s College Showdown
The replay of the game, highlights and more news will be available on both platforms.
Arizona Baseball Up With The Sun
After losses to Ole Miss and No. 15 Clemson to start the 2025 season, the Arizona Wildcats are up before the sun and headed to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, looking to finish strong against Louisville.
Back to work 💼 pic.twitter.com/DfoYsdxQTF
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 16, 2025
Where Is The 2025 College Baseball Showdown?
The Shriners Children’s College Showdown and two-weekend Amegy Bank College Baseball Series presented by Kubota will take place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and feature some of the top teams in the nation.
The 2025 season will mark the fifth consecutive year of college baseball at Globe Life Field – home of the world champion Texas Rangers – and the second straight year the action will span three weekends.
When Is The College Baseball Showdown?
The first weekend of the festivities, the Shriners Children’s College Showdown, will begin on Friday, Feb. 14 and will run through Feb. 16.
The following two weeks of action, the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series, will take place Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 28-March 2.
To keep the momentum going between the weekends, the series also will include four midweek games at Globe Life Field. Those contests will take place Feb. 18, Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and March 5.
All three weekends of games will be streamed live on FloCollege and FloBaseball. View the teams and schedule below.
About Louisville Baseball
The Southeastern Conference has turned into a dominant force in college baseball, but the ACC is close behind with standouts Virginia, North Carolina and Florida State all ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation.
Louisville may be overshadowed by those powerful teams, but playing against top-tier talent should only help make the Cardinals better.
Last year, they finished fourth among the seven teams in the ACC’s Atlantic Division. They were picked to finish ninth this year in the new-look 16-team conference.
Louisville’s overall record in 2024 was 32-24, which included a 16-14 mark in conference action. The Cardinals were eliminated from the ACC Baseball Championship with consecutive losses to Miami and Clemson.
About Arizona Baseball
With the Pac-12 imploding, Arizona made sure to make one final statement before departing for the Big 12.
The Wildcats finished the 2024 campaign with a 36-23 overall record and 20-10 mark in their final year of Pac-12 competition.
They won the Pac-12 regular-season title and went on to win the Pac-12 Tournament. The latter earned them the conference’s automatic bid to the Division I Baseball Championship.
Despite the run of success, Arizona saw its fourth consecutive appearance in the 64-team national tournament end with consecutive losses to Grand Canyon and Dallas Baptist in the Tucson NCAA Regional.
Perhaps 2025 is meant to be greener pastures, new challenges and a new domain to conquer.
Obviously, a season-opening loss is a knock at the team’s confidence, but losing to an SEC team is nothing to be ashamed about. After all, all of the SEC teams made the D1Baseball Preseason Top 25 Rankings or received votes. That’s impressive.
Louisville Schedule At Shriners Children’s College Showdown
All Times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 14
8 p.m. – Louisville vs. Texas
Saturday, Feb. 15
4 p.m. – Louisville vs. Oklahoma State
Sunday, Feb. 16
11:30 a.m. – Louisville vs. Arizona
Arizona Schedule At Shriners Children’s College Showdown
All Times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 14
4 p.m. – Arizona vs. Ole Miss
Saturday, Feb. 15
Noon – Arizona vs. Clemson
Sunday, Feb. 16
11:30 a.m. – Arizona vs. Louisville
What Teams Are Playing In the 2025 College Baseball Showdown?
Here’s a list of every team headed to Globe Life Field:
Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown
- Arizona
- Clemson
- Louisville
- Oklahoma State
- Ole Miss
- Texas
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2
- Arkansas
- Kanas State
- TCU
- Michigan
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3
- Auburn University
- Baylor University
- Ohio State University
- Oregon State University
Midweek Games
- *Texas State vs. Oklahoma State (Feb. 18)
- *Oklahoma vs. UT Arlington (Feb. 19)
- LSU vs. Dallas Baptist (Feb. 26)
- *Wichita State vs. Abilene Christian (March 5)
*Will not be broadcast live by FloSports.
Complete 2025 College Baseball Showdown Schedule
All Times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 14
Saturday, Feb. 15
Sunday, Feb. 16
Friday, Feb. 21
Saturday, Feb. 22
Sunday, Feb. 23
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Friday, Feb. 28
Saturday, March 1
Sunday, March 2
How To Stream The 2025 Shriners Children’s College Showdown
The Shriners Children’s College Showdown is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 14-16. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
How To Watch The 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2
The 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2 is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 21-23. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
How To Watch The 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3
The 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3 is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 28-March 2. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
D1Baseball Top 25
- Texas A&M – 53-15 – Previous: 2
- Virginia – 46-17 – Previous: 7
- LSU – 43-23 – Previous: NR
- Tennessee – 60-13 – Previous: 1
- Arkansas – 44-16 – Previous: 17
- North Carolina – 48-16 – Previous: 5
- Oregon State – 45-16 – Previous: 10
- Georgia – 43-17 – Previous: 11
- Florida State – 49-17 – Previous: 4
- Florida – 36-30 – Previous: 8
- Duke – 40-20 – Previous: 24
- Oregon – 40-20 – Previous: 12
- NC State – 38-23 – Previous: 6
- Wake Forest – 38-22 – Previous: NR
- Clemson – 44-16 – Previous: 9
- Vanderbilt – 38-23 – Previous: NR
- Oklahoma State – 42-19 – Previous: 21
- Mississippi State – 40-23 – Previous: 22
- Texas – 36-24 – Previous: NR
- Dallas Baptist – 45-15 – Previous: NR
- Arizona – 36-23 – Previous: 25
- UC Santa Barbara – 44-14 – Previous: 19
- TCU – 33-21 – Previous: NR
- Nebraska – 40-22 – Previous: NR
- Troy – 37-22 – Previous: NR
See all the collegiate baseball polls here.
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