The path for UCLA baseball to the College World Series

UCLA has a clear pathway to the College World Series, and here's how they can get there.

The Bruins have already advanced to the Big Ten tournament semifinals after defeating Illinois and Michigan in pool play.

UCLA also won the Big Ten regular season title as well.

Here is where UCLA is projected to be for the 2005 NCAA Tournament.

First, for those unfamiliar with the format of the NCAA Tournament for baseball, here is how it is structured.

2025 NCAA DI baseball tournament schedule

Selection show: Monday, May 26 at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN2

Regionals: They will begin on Friday May 30th and go to Monday, June 2nd

Super Regionals: They start on Friday, June 6th, and conclude on the 9th

First day of the College World Series games: It begins on Friday, June 13th

The College World Series finals will start on Saturday, June 21st, and if the series lasts for three games, it will conclude on Monday, June 23.

Baseball America predicts that they will host a regional, which is structured as follows, with the Bruins designated as the overall No. 13 seed.

1. (13) UCLA (Big Ten)
2. Arizona (Big 12)
3. Mississippi State (SEC)
4. San Diego* (WCC)

D1 Baseball has a similar prediction, with UCLA hosting a regional for the NCAA Tournament.

1 UCLA (13)
2 UC Irvine*
3 Virginia
4 San Diego*

On3 has UCLA as being the lowest-seeded team to host a regional for the NCAA Tournament.

1. UCLA (16)
2. Tennessee
3. Notre Dame
4. Houston Christian*

Just Baseball has UCLA ranked as one of the lowest-seed teams to host a regional, like On3.

1. (15) UCLA
2. UC Irvine
3. Arizona
4. LIU

These regionals are played in a double-elimination format. UCLA must win its assigned regional to advance to the Super Regionals.

The 16 regional winners are then paired into eight super regionals. Each super regional is a best-of-three series between the two advancing teams. UCLA must win this best-of-three series to advance to the College World Series.

The CWS begins with two four-team, double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket face off in a best-of-three Championship Series to determine the NCAA Division I National Champion.

UCLA won the national championship in 2013 and were runners-up in 2010, so it is not far-fetched to see this year's team advancing to the College World Series in 2025.