UPDATED: 2025 Big Ten Baseball Tournament Tracker: Scores, Schedule, TV, Results

Instead of a double-elimination format – the traditional way college baseball tournaments are conducted and the way the Big Ten Tournament worked through the 2024 tournament – the 2025 Big Ten Tournament will feature pool play and single-elimination semifinals and championship game.

There are four three-team pools. Each team plays the others in their pool starting on Tuesday.

Indiana, for example, will play Rutgers at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday in Pool C. The Hoosiers will then be idle for two days before they play Iowa at 3 p.m. on Friday.

The teams with the best record in each pool advance to the single-elimination semifinals. Since only three teams are in a pool, two wins are enough to advance.

However, unlike a double-elimination format, one loss does not guarantee continued survival. The only way a tiebreaker comes into play is if all three teams in the pool finish 1-1. In that case, the highest-seeded team goes through.

That might create some strange anomalies. For example, Indiana could lose to Rutgers on Tuesday, beat best-seeded Pool C team Iowa on Friday and still be eliminated if Iowa had beaten Rutgers. In this scenario, the Friday game is meaningless.

This format also creates some long waits for teams. Indiana will play Tuesday and Friday. Rutgers does not play a pool game after Wednesday. None of the Pool C teams play on Thursday.

How this will affect pitching choices remains to be seen. It’s likely teams that know they’ve clinched will not use some of their pitchers. It’s possible some teams that know they’re eliminated won’t risk arm injuries for their best hurlers.

Oregon and UCLA are Big Ten co-champions, and the Big Ten’s new West Coast schools finished in four of the top five spots.

Big Ten schools that didn’t make the field were Northwestern, Maryland, Purdue, Minnesota and Ohio State.

Here's the full schedule, all times Eastern. All games in the Big Ten Tournament will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.

Pools

Pool A – No. 1 Oregon (41-13, 22-8), No. 8 Nebraska (28-27, 15-15), No. 12 Michigan State (28-25, 13-17).

Pool B – No. 2 UCLA (39-15, 22-8), No. 7 Michigan (33-21, 16-14), No. 11 Illinois (29-23, 14-16).

Pool C – No. 3 Iowa (32-20-1, 21-9), No. 6 Indiana (31-23, 16-14), No. 10 Rutgers (28-27, 15-15).

Pool D – No. 4 USC (34-20, 18-12), No. 5 Washington (29-26, 17-13), No. 9 Penn State (31-22, 15-15).


Big Ten Tounament (all games broadcast on Big Ten Network)
Charles Schwab Field, Omaha, Neb.

Tuesday, May 20

• Game 1: Illinois 6, Michigan 5, 10 inn.

• Game 2: Rutgers 5, Indiana 2.

• Game 3: Nebraska 5, Michigan State 4, 10 inn.

Wednesday, May 21

• Game 4: UCLA 8, Illinois 6

• Game 5: Penn State 5, Washington 3.

• Game 6: Iowa 4, Rutgers 3.

Thursday, May 22

• Game 7: Michigan vs. UCLA, 10 a.m. (time changed late Wednesday)

• Game 8: USC vs. Penn State, 2 p.m. (time changed late Wednesday)

• Game 9: Oregon vs. Michigan State, 6 p.m. (time changed late Wednesday)

• Game 10: Indiana vs. Iowa, 10 a.m. (game moved from original Friday start time)

Friday, May 23

• Game 10: Washington vs. USC, 11 a.m.

• Game 12: Nebraska vs. Oregon, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 24 (single-elimination semifinals)

• Game 13: Pool A winner vs. Pool D winner, 3 p.m.

• Game 14: Pool B winner vs. Pool C winner, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 25 (championship game)

• Game 15: Championship game, 3 p.m.