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Friday’s Regional Results - It Wasn't Just the Frogs with a Surprising Loss

Day One was a day of upsets - four No. 1 seeds and eight No. 2 seeds all lost their opening games. Here's a look at what happened across the country.

Barry Lewis

TCU's Tommy LaPour gave up six hits and three runs in only three innings pitched in the Horned Frogs' loss in the Corvallis Regional opener.
TCU's Tommy LaPour gave up six hits and three runs in only three innings pitched in the Horned Frogs' loss in the Corvallis Regional opener. / TCU Athletics

The Road to Omaha has begun. You have Bowl Season in December-January, March Madness, and then postseason baseball – the trifecta of ultimate college sporting events.

Sixty-four teams began their journey on Friday. In 16 Regionals across the country, the round-robin double-elimination tournament is underway, with lots of excitement for the next three to four days. Of these teams, 16 will win their Regional and advance to next weekend’s Super Regionals.

The TCU Horned Frogs (39-19) dropped their opening game to USC 13-1. But they were not the only No. 2 seed to lose the opening game. Two seeds losing to three seeds seemed to be one of the themes throughout the day —Alabama, Florida, Kansas, NC State, Northeastern, UC-Irvine, and Wake Forest are other No. 2 seeds in a Regional who lost their opening games.

The evening games were full of even more upsets with four of the top seeds all moving into the loser brackets in their regionals.

Oregon State, the No. 1 seed in the Corvallis Regional lost Friday evening, setting up a No. 1 Oregon State versus No. 2 TCU Saturday at 2pm CT in an elimination game.

The Beavers were just the first top-seed to drop a game. Southern Miss lost to Columbia in the Hattiesburg Regional. Ole Miss lost to Murray State in the Oxford Regional. Then, in the craziest of them all, Oregon lost to Utah Valley in the Eugene Regional.

The Big 12 went 4-4 on Friday. Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, and West Virginia all won, while Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and TCU lost.

Here are the results of Friday’s first-round games:

(Teams in bold won their game)

2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament – Regionals Results – Friday’s Games

Nashville Regional

(1) #1 Vanderbilt (1-0) 4 - (4) Wright State (0-1) 3
(2) Louisville (1-0) 8 - (3) East Tennessee State (0-1) 3

Austin Regional

(1) #2 Texas (1-0) 7 - (4) Houston Christian (0-1) 1
(2) UTSA (1-0) 10 - (3) Kansas State (0-1) 2

Fayetteville Regional

(1) #3 Arkansas (1-0) 6 - (4) North Dakota State (0-1) 2
(2) Kansas (0-1) 4 - (3) Creighton (1-0) 11

Auburn Regional

(1) #4 Auburn (1-0) 9 - (4) Central Connecticut (0-1) 5
(2) NC State (0-1) 2 - (3) Stetson (1-0) 11

Chapel Hill Regional

(1) #5 North Carolina (1-0) 4 - (4) Holy Cross (0-1) 0
(2) Oklahoma (1-0) 7 - (3) Nebraska (0-1) 4

Baton Rouge Regional

(1) #6 LSU (1-0) 7- (4) Little Rock (0-1) 0
(2) Dallas Baptist (1-0) 6 - (3) Rhode Island (0-1) 2

Athens Regional

(1) #7 Georgia (1-0) 20 - (4) Binghamton (0-1) 4
(2) Duke (1-0) 12 - (3) Oklahoma State (0-1) 5

Corvallis Regional

(1) #8 Oregon State (0-1) 4 - (4) Saint Mary's (1-0) 6
(2) TCU (0-1) 1 - (3) USC (1-0) 13

Tallahassee Regional

(1) #9 Florida State (1-0) 6- (4) Bethune-Cookman (0-1) 2
(2) Northeastern (0-1) 2 - (3) Mississippi State (1-0) 11

2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament – Regionals Results – Friday’s Games

Oxford Regional

(1) #10 Ole Miss (0-1) 6 - (4) Murray State (1-0) 9
(2) Georgia Tech (1-0) 9 - (3) Western Kentucky (0-1) 2

Clemson Regional

(1) #11 Clemson (1-0) 7- (4) USC-Upstate (0-1) 3
(2) West Virginia (1-0) 4 - (3) Kentucky (0-1) 3

Eugene Regional

(1) #12 Oregon (0-1) 5- (4) Utah Valley (1-0) 6
(2) Arizona (1-0) 3 - (3) Cal Poly (0-1) 2

Conway Regional

(1) #13 Coastal Carolina (1-0) 10 - (4) Fairfield (0-1) 2
(2) Florida (0-1) 6 - (3) East Carolina (1-0) 11

Knoxville Regional

(1) #14 Tennessee (1-0) 9 - (4) Miami (OH) (0-1) 2
(2) Wake Forest (0-1) 6 - (3) Cincinnati (1-0) 11

Los Angeles Regional

(1) #15 UCLA (1-0) 19 - (4) Fresno State (0-1) 4
(2) UC-Irvine (0-1) 2 - (3) Arizona State (1-0) 4

Hattiesburg Regional

(1) #16 Southern Miss (0-1) 4 - (4) Columbia (1-0) 11
(2) Alabama (0-1) 3 - (3) Miami (FL) (1-0) 5

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Barry is the managing editor/publisher of TCU Horned Frogs On SI and oversees a team of 15+ writers, photographers, and podcasters covering all 22 of TCU’s sports. He writes on football, basketball (men’s and women’s), baseball, men’s tennis, and other sports as needed. His weekly articles include Big 12 Power Rankings and Poll Watching during the football, basketball, and baseball seasons. He is a frequent guest on one of the many podcasts that TCU Horned Frogs On SI writers host covering football, baseball, basketball, and other sports. Barry is a member of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He has represented TCU Horned Frogs On SI at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, the 2023 College Football National Championship, the 2023 College World Series, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis National Championship, Big 12 Football Media Days, and Big 12 Basketball Media Days. Barry has followed TCU sports since the Jim Wacker days. He is an avid sports fan and traveler, and he loves any opportunity to see a sporting event in person. He has been to 18 of the 30 MLB ballparks, experienced game day at 25 college football stadiums, seen 21 NFL stadiums, and been to 16 bowl games.

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