College Baseball Opening Day
With the NCAA baseball season getting started this weekend, we take a peek at all of the games that will be played in the SEC, ACC and Big 12
Baseball fans longing for the “cracking bats and whooping laughter” of spring ball are expected to make their disgust with the continued MLB lockout known by turning en masse toward minor league and college baseball.
Friday, February 18 marks the beginning of the long-awaited NCAA Division I men’s baseball Opening Day. 2022 will see an marked increase in televised coverage of baseball games, with ESPN announcing that over 2000 games will be broadcast on television and digital platforms.
With the SEC having four teams ranked in the Top-5, and eight in the Top-25, the coverage will lean heavily towards the southeast. But there are some great matchups in the ACC and in the Big 12 as well, including the number one ranked Texas Longhorns, who will have all of their home games televised this season. Great news for long-suffering Rangers and Astros fans!
Here is a listing of all of this opening weekend’s action and how you can watch it. (all times are in Eastern Standard Time)
SEC
Friday, February 18
|
TIME | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
|
2:00 PM |
Oklahoma @ Auburn | |
|
2:00 PM |
Albany @ (16) Georgia |
SEC Network + |
| 4:00 PM | Xavier @ Alabama |
SEC Network + |
| 4:00 PM | Illinois State @ (2) Arkansas |
SEC Network + |
| 4:00 PM | Kentucky @ Jacksonville St | ESPN |
| 4:00 PM | (24) Long Beach St @ (4) Mississippi St |
SEC Network + |
| 4:00 PM | UNC Greensboro @ South Carolina |
SEC Network + |
| 4:30 PM | Georgia So @ (19) Tennessee |
SEC Network + |
| 5:00 PM | Charleston So @ (5) Ole Miss |
SEC Network + |
| 5:30 PM | (7) Oklahoma State @ (3) Vanderbilt |
SEC Network + |
| 7:00 PM | Liberty @ (9) Florida | |
| 7:00 PM | Missouri @ Nicholls | |
| 7:30 PM | Maine @ (8) LSU |
SEC Network + |
| 7:30 PM | Fordham @ Texas A&M |
Saturday, February 19
| TIME | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
| 1:00 PM | Illinois State @ (2) Arkansas |
SEC Network + |
| 2:00 PM | UNC Greensboro @ South Carolina |
SEC Network + |
| 2:00 PM | (7) Oklahoma State @ (3) Vanderbilt |
SEC Network + |
| 2:30 PM | Maine @ (8) LSU |
SEC Network + |
| 2:30 PM | Charleston So @ (5) Ole Miss |
SEC Network + |
| 3:00 PM | Xavier @ Alabama |
SEC Network + |
| 3:00 PM | Albany @ (16) Georgia |
SEC Network + |
| 3:00 PM | (24) Long Beach St @ (4) Mississippi St |
SEC Network + |
| 3:00 PM | Georgia So @ (19) Tennessee |
SEC Network + |
| 3:00 PM | Fordham @ Texas A&M | |
| 4:00 PM | (14) Texas Tech @ Auburn | |
| 4:00 PM | Liberty @ (9) Florida | |
| 4:00 PM | Kentucky @ Jacksonville St | ESPN |
| 7:00 PM | Missouri @ Nicholls |
Sunday, February 20
| TIME | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
| 11:30 AM | Kansas State @ Auburn | |
| 12:00 PM | Liberty @ (9) Florida | |
| 1:00 PM | Albany @ (16) Georgia |
SEC Network + |
| 1:00 PM | Georgia So @ (19) Tennessee |
SEC Network + |
| 1:00 PM | Fordham @ Texas A&M | |
| 1:30 PM | UNC Greensboro @ South Carolina |
SEC Network + |
| 2:00 PM | Xavier @ Alabama |
SEC Network + |
| 2:00 PM | Illinois State @ (2) Arkansas |
SEC Network + |
| 2:00 PM | Kentucky @ J'Ville St | ESPN |
| 2:00 PM | Maine @ (8) LSU |
SEC Network + |
| 2:00 PM | (24) Long Beach St @ (4) Mississippi St |
SEC Network + |
| 2:00 PM | (7) Oklahoma State @ (3) Vanderbilt |
SEC Network + |
| 2:00 PM | Missouri @ Nicholls | |
| 2:30 PM | Charleston So @ (5) Ole Miss |
SEC Network + |
ACC
Friday, February 18
| TIME | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
| 12:00 PM | Pitt @ Canisius | Flobaseball |
| 2:00 PM | UNC Asheville @ Virginia Tech | ACC Network Extra |
| 2:00 PM | Louisville @ Charlotte | ESPN + |
| 3:00 PM | Boston College @ Austin Peay | |
| 3:00 PM | Evansville @ NC State | ACC Network Extra |
| 4:00 PM | VMI @ Duke | |
| 4:00 PM | Indiana @ Clemson | |
| 4:00 PM | Wright State @ Georgia Tech | |
| 4:00 PM | Seton Hall @ North Carolina | ACC Network Extra |
| 6:00 PM | Lafayette @ Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra |
| 7:00 PM | Towson @ Miami |
Saturday, February 19
| TIME | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
| 12:00 PM | Pitt @ Canisius | Flobaseball |
| 2:00 PM | Evansville @ NC State | ACC Network Extra |
| 2:00 PM | UNC Asheville @ Virginia Tech | |
| 2:00 PM | James Madison @ Florida State | |
| 2:00 PM | Boston College @ Austin Peay | |
| 2:00 PM | Seton Hall @ North Carolina | ACC Network Extra |
| 2:00 PM | Wright State @ Georgia Tech | |
| 3:00 PM | VMI @ Duke | |
| 3:00 PM | Indiana @ Clemson | |
| 3:30 PM | Pitt @ Canisius | Flobaseball |
| 4:00 PM | Louisville @ South Florida | ESPN + |
| 6:00 PM | Georgetown @ Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra |
| 7:00 PM | Towson @ Miami |
Sunday, February 20
| TIME | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
| 9:00 AM | Louisville @ Connecticut | ESPN + |
| 12:00 PM | Pitt @ Canisius | Flobaseball |
| 1:00 PM | VMI @ Duke | |
| 1:00 PM | Indiana @ Clemson | |
| 1:00 PM | Evansville @ NC State | ACC Network Extra |
| 1:00 PM | Wright State @ Georgia Tech | |
| 1:00 PM | Seton Hall @ North Carolina | ACC Network Extra |
| 1:00 PM | UNC Asheville @ Virginia Tech | ACC Network Extra |
| 2:00 PM | Boston College @ Austin Peay | |
| 4:00 PM | VCU @ Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra |
Big 12
Friday, February 18
| TIME | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
| 11:00 AM | West Virginia @ Central Michigan | |
| 12:00 PM | Oklahoma @ Auburn | Flobaseball |
| 4:00 PM | Kansas State @ Arizona | Flobaseball |
| 5:30 PM | Oklahoma State @ Vanderbilt | SEC Network + |
| 7:00 PM | TCU @ San Diego State | MLB Network |
| 7:30 PM | Rice @ (1) Texas | Longhorn Network |
| 7:30 PM | Maryland @ Baylor | ESPN + |
| 8:00 PM | Texas Tech @ Michigan | Flobaseball |
| 8:00 PM | Kansas @ Illinois |
Big Ten + |
Saturday, February 19
| TEAM | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
| 11:00 AM | West Virginia @ Kent State | |
| 12:00 PM | Kansas State @ Michigan | Flobaseball |
| 2:00 PM | Oklahoma State @ Vanderbilt | SEC Network + |
| 3:00 PM | Kansas @ Illinois |
Big Ten + |
| 3:00 PM | TCU @ California | |
| 3:30 PM | Rice @ (1) Texas | Longhorn Network |
| 4:00 PM | Maryland @ Baylor | ESPN + |
| 4:00 PM | Texas Tech @ Auburn | Flobaseball |
| 7:00 PM | Oklahoma @ Arizona | Flobaseball |
Sunday, February 20
| TIME | MATCHUP | BROADCAST |
| 11:00 AM | West Virginia @ Kent State | |
| 11:30 AM | Kansas State @ Auburn | Flobaseball |
| 12:00 PM | Kansas @ Illinois |
Big Ten + |
| 12:00 PM | TCU @ Houston | |
| 12:00 PM | Rice @ (1) Texas | Longhorn Network |
| 2:00 PM | Maryland @ Baylor | ESPN + |
| 2:00 PM | Oklahoma State @ Vanderbilt | SEC Network + |
| 3:30 PM | Texas Tech @ Arizona | Flobaseball |
| 7:30 PM | Oklahoma @ Michigan | Flobaseball |
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