ESPN will present more than 1,000 NCAA baseball games during the 2020 regular season across ESPN networks, with 17 college conferences highlighted in ESPN’s industry-leading coverage. During the postseason, on top of carrying the entire Southeastern Conference tournament, 153 games will be televised across ESPN Networks, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, with all college baseball action available on the ESPN App.
Two-thirds of the games on ESPN networks include a team in the USA TODAY Coaches Preseason Top 25*, while 82 games feature the preseason top 10 and 48 games highlight at least one top five team. 23 of the preseason Top 25 teams will appear on ESPN networks during the season.
The SEC starts the season with nine teams ranked in the preseason Top 25, the most of any conference. With 75 games on the network throughout the spring, SEC Thursday Night Baseball will be in full swing on ESPNU and SEC Network, featuring a preseason Top 25 team in every week of the regular season. In addition, SEC Network will join forces with ESPNU to televise the final weekend of SEC action, May 14-16.
ESPN is coming off one of the most-watched NCAA Division I Baseball Championships in history, matching 2018’s record-breaking viewership numbers throughout the Road to Omaha. The winner-take-all Game 3 of the 2019 NCAA College World Series saw more than 2 million viewers tune in to watch Vanderbilt defeat Michigan and capture their second NCAA title in six years. The CWS champions are slated for at least a dozen appearances on ESPN networks this spring.
2020 College Baseball Schedule Highlights:
- Top-Ranked Teams Take to the Field: The schedule includes 64 matchups with two ranked teams going head-to-head, headlined by No. 2 Louisville taking on top-ranked Vanderbilt at Hawkins Field on Tuesday, May 5 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2. ESPN’s robust schedule of ranked SEC squads also includes:
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- No. 5 Arkansas at No. 6 Mississippi State
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- Sat, March 14 at 1 p.m. (SEC Network)
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- No. 14 Florida State vs. No. 10 Florida
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- Tue, Mar 24 at 7 p.m. (SEC Network)
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- No. 10 Florida at No. 5 Arkansas
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- Thu, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
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- No. 12 LSU at No. 21 Texas A&M
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- Sun, May 3 at 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
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- No. 1 Vanderbilt at No. 10 Florida
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- Thu, May 7 at 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
- Fri, May 8 at 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
- Sat, May 9 at 1 p.m. (SEC Network)
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- No. 4 Georgia at No. 5 Arkansas
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- Sat, May 9 at 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
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- Conference Championship Central: All games for the SEC Baseball Tournament will air on SEC Network and ESPN2, with additional digital coverage on SECNetwork.com.
- Postseason Plans on Deck: ESPN will cover up to 153 postseason games beginning with NCAA Regionals. ESPNU starts the slate with the NCAA Baseball Selection Show on Monday, May 25 at noon. Complete postseason coverage will be announced at a later date.
*Rankings based on USA Today Coaches Poll as of January 23
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Sun, Mar 8 | Noon | Lipscomb at Alabama | SEC Network |
| Tue, Mar 10 | 7 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Auburn | SEC Network |
| Sat, Mar 14 | 2 p.m. | Arkansas at Mississippi State | SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Georgia at Florida | SEC Network | |
| Sun, Mar 15 | Noon | Georgia at Florida | SEC Network |
| Thu, Mar 19 | 7 p.m. | Ole Miss at Texas A&M | SEC Network |
| Fri, Mar 20 | 8 p.m. | Mississippi State at LSU | SEC Network |
| Sat, Mar 21 | Noon | Vanderbilt at Tennessee | SEC Network |
| Sun, Mar 22 | Noon | Vanderbilt at Tennessee | SEC Network |
| 3 p.m. | Mississippi State at LSU | SEC Network | |
| Tue, Mar 24 | 7 p.m. | Florida State vs. Florida | SEC Network |
| Thu, Mar 26 | 7 p.m. | Auburn at Alabama | SEC Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | LSU at Tennessee | ESPNU | |
| Fri, Mar 27 | 8:30 p.m. | Auburn at Alabama | SEC Network |
| 9 p.m. | Arkansas at Ole Miss | ESPNU | |
| Sat, Mar 28 | Noon | Missouri at South Carolina | SEC Network |
| 3 p.m. | Texas A&M at Florida | SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | Arkansas at Ole Miss | SEC Network | |
| Sun, Mar 29 | Noon | Texas A&M at Florida | SEC Network |
| 3 p.m. | Arkansas at Ole Miss | SEC Network | |
| Tue, Mar 31 | 8:30 p.m. | Texas at Texas A&M | SEC Network |
| Thu, Apr 2 | 7 p.m. | Vanderbilt at LSU | SEC Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Florida at Arkansas | ESPNU | |
| Fri, Apr 3 | 8:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at LSU | SEC Network |
| Sat, Apr 4 | Noon | Alabama at Kentucky | SEC Network |
| 4 p.m. | Vanderbilt at LSU | ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Tennessee at Missouri | SEC Network | |
| 7 p.m. | South Carolina at Ole Miss | ESPNU | |
| Sun, Apr 5 | Noon | Mississippi State at Auburn | SEC Network |
| Tue, Apr 7 | 4 p.m. | Auburn at Georgia Tech | ACC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Louisville at Kentucky | SEC Network | |
| Wed, Apr 8 | 7 p.m. | Alabama State at Tennessee | SEC Network |
| Thu, Apr 9 | 8 p.m. | SEC Wildcard | ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | Texas A&M at Arkansas | SEC Network | |
| Fri, Apr 10 | 8 p.m. | Texas A&M at Arkansas | SEC Network |
| Sat, Apr 11 | 4 p.m. | Ole Miss at Mississippi State | SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Tennessee at Alabama | SEC Network | |
| Sun, Apr 12 | Noon | South Carolina at Vanderbilt | SEC Network |
| 3 p.m. | Tennessee at Alabama | ESPNU | |
| Tue, Apr 14 | 7 p.m. | UAB at Alabama | SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Florida at Florida State | ACC Network | |
| Wed, Apr 15 | 7 p.m. | North Alabama at Ole Miss | SEC Network |
| Thu, Apr 16 | 7 p.m. | Mississippi State at South Carolina | ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Kentucky at Auburn | SEC Network | |
| Fri, Apr 17 | 6 p.m. | Georgia at Missouri | SEC Network |
| 9 p.m. | Kentucky at Auburn | SEC Network | |
| Sat, Apr 18 | 8 p.m. | Georgia at Missouri | SEC Network |
| 9 p.m. | Arkansas at LSU | ESPNU | |
| Tue, Apr 21 | 7 p.m. | Kentucky at Louisville | ACC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State | SEC Network | |
| Thu, Apr 23 | 7 p.m. | Tennessee at Georgia | SEC Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Missouri at Kentucky | ESPNU | |
| Fri, Apr 24 | 8 p.m. | Tennessee at Georgia | SEC Network |
| Sat, Apr 25 | Noon | Missouri at Kentucky | SEC Network |
| 3 p.m. | Tennessee at Georgia | SEC Network | |
| 6 p.m. | South Carolina at LSU | ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Alabama at Vanderbilt | SEC Network | |
| Sun, Apr 26 | Noon | Ole Miss at Florida | ESPNU |
| 3 p.m. | Alabama at Vanderbilt | SEC Network | |
| Fri, May 1 | 8:30 p.m. | LSU at Texas A&M | SEC Network |
| Sat, May 2 | 2 p.m. | Arkansas at South Carolina | SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | LSU at Texas A&M | SEC Network | |
| Sun, May 3 | 3:30 p.m. | Arkansas at South Carolina | SEC Network |
| 5 p.m. | LSU at Texas A&M | ESPNU | |
| Tue, May 5 | 7 p.m. | Louisville at Vanderbilt | ESPN2 |
| 7 p.m. | UAB at Auburn | SEC Network | |
| Thu, May 7 | 7 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Florida | ESPNU |
| Fri, May 8 | 6:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Florida | ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | SEC Wildcard | SEC Network | |
| Sat, May 9 | 2 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Florida | SEC Network |
| 5 p.m. | Missouri at Mississippi State | SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | Auburn at Ole Miss | SEC Network | |
| Sun, May 10 | Noon | South Carolina at Kentucky | SEC Network |
| 1 p.m. | Georgia at Arkansas | ESPN2 | |
| 3 p.m. | Missouri at Mississippi State | SEC Network | |
| Thu, May 14 | 7 p.m. | SEC Wildcard | SEC Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | SEC Wildcard | ESPNU | |
| Fri, May 15 | 7 p.m. | SEC Wildcard | SEC Network |
| Sat, May 16 | Noon | Kentucky at Georgia | SEC Network |
| 3 p.m. | SEC Wildcard | SEC Network | |
| 4:30 p.m. | LSU at Auburn | ESPNU |
