ESPN's College Baseball Coverage to Include Over 900 Games

ESPN's industry-leading Division I College Baseball coverage will include more than 900 games throughout the 2016 season across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, ESPN3 and SEC Network +. The regular season will feature all top 10 ranked teams in multiple games, including No. 1 Florida more than 40 times, and 23 of the 25 ranked teams overall.

The record-setting schedule includes the American, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Horizon League, Missouri Valley, SEC, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt and SWAC Championship games and leads into the Division I NCAA Baseball Championship where ESPN will, once again, carry every game of all three rounds - Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series.

ESPNU, combined with ESPN2, will feature a schedule peppered with highly ranked teams, including the top six teams - Florida, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, LSU and Miami - combining for 22 appearances on the networks. The schedule features nine of the top 10 teams and, overall, 20 of the 25 ranked teams in the USA Today poll. Additional ESPNU/ESPN2 Highlights:

First Pitch: ESPNU's schedule begins with a two-game showdown: No. 2 Louisville at No. 6 Miami (March 19-20).

ACC Mondays: ESPNU will feature a battle among ACC schools most Mondays throughout the season, beginning when Virginia Tech travels to No. 2 Louisville (April 4).

SEC Thursdays: The SEC will be featured on Thursdays, beginning when No. 23 South Carolina travels to No. 3 Vanderbilt (March 31)

Ranked vs. Ranked: In total, 15 matchups of ranked teams vs ranked team will be on the networks including:

4 Texas A&M at No. 1 Florida (April 2-3)
3 Vanderbilt at No. 5 LSU (April 8)
3 Vanderbilt at No. 4 Texas A&M (May 5)
9 UCLA at No. 16 Cal State Fullerton (April 26)
15 Oregon at No. 8 Oregon State (May 13-14)

Wildcard: ESPNU and the SEC Network will have designated May 19 as a "wildcard day", where the two networks will select the most compelling SEC game to be aired that night. SEC Network will have additional "wildcard days" on April 29, May 6 and May 13 as well.

Championship Games: American, ACC, Big South, SEC and SWAC Championship games will all air on ESPN, ESPNU or ESPNEWS
Home of the Post Season: ESPN will cover up to 153 postseason games beginning with the Regionals. Complete details will be announced at a later date.

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