Big 12 Baseball Tournament Bracket and Seedings Announced

The seedings for the 2025 Big 12 Baseball Championship in Arlington, Texas were announced on Saturday night.

West Virginia (19-9) is the top-seeded team in the 12-team field after clinching its first outright Big 12 regular season title in program history. Kansas (20-10) earned the second seed, its highest Big 12 seeding in program history, surpassing its previous high of No. 3 in 2014.

The top four seeds have earned a bye. So for the Mountaineers, they will face the winner of No. 8 seed Cincinnati and No. 9 seed Texas Tech on Thursday, May 22 at 1:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. CT. The Jayhawks will open the Conference Championship against the winner of No. 7-seeded Oklahoma State and No. 10-seeded Baylor at 4 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 22.

Moving down the bracket, TCU (19-11) took the No. 3 seed, its highest spot since being ranked No. 1 in 2022. The Horned Frogs will begin the Championship on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. CT against either No. 6 Kansas State or No. 11 Houston.

Arizona (18-12) received the final bye as the No. 4 seed after holding the tiebreaker over Arizona State due to its 2-1 series win in April. The Wildcats will play against the winner of game 1 between No. 12 BYU and No. 5 Arizona State on Thursday at 9 a.m. CT/8 a.m. MDT/7 a.m. MST.

For the first time ever, the Big 12 Baseball Tournament will feature a single-elimination format. All 12 teams participating in the event own a top 90 RPI, with eight in the top 50.

Here’s a look at the full schedule.

2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship Schedule

Wednesday, May 21
Game 1 – No. 5 Arizona State vs. No. 12 BYU – 9 a.m. – ESPN+
Game 2 – No. 8 Cincinnati vs. No. 9 Texas Tech – 12:30 p.m. – ESPNU & ESPN+
Game 3 – No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 Baylor – 4 p.m. – ESPNU & ESPN+
Game 4 – No. 6 Kansas State vs. No. 11 Houston – 8:00 p.m. – ESPN2 & ESPN+

Thursday, May 22
Game 5 – No. 4 Arizona vs. Game 1 Winner – 9 a.m. – ESPN+
Game 6 – No. 1 West Virginia seed vs. Game 2 Winner – 12:30 p.m. – ESPN+
Game 7 – No. 2 Kansas vs. Game 3 Winner – 4 p.m. – ESPNU & ESPN+
Game 8 – No. 3 TCU vs. Game 4 Winner – 7:30 p.m. – ESPNU & ESPN+

Friday, May 23
Game 9 – Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner – 4 p.m. – ESPN+
Game 10 – Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner – 7:30 p.m. – ESPN+

Saturday, May 24
Game 11 – Championship Game – 6 p.m. – ESPNU & ESPN+