The HBCU “small school” baseball season begins the weekend of January 31 – February 2, 2025 with a number of non-conference matchups. As stated many times before, HBCU baseball is about four seasons – the non-conference schedule, the conference schedule, the postseason conference tournament and the HBCU Black College World Series on May 7-10, 2025, in Jackson, Tennessee.
Opening Weekend Schedule:
(HBCU baseball programs in bold print)
1/24/2025 Huston-Tillotson vs Central Christian (Kan.) 1:00 pm doubleheader Austin, TX (Huston-Tillotson opens HBCU Baseball season)
1/25/2025 Huston-Tillotson vs Central Christian (Kan.) 1:00 pm doubleheader Austin, TX
1/31/2025 Claflin University vs Dillard University 10:00 am CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
1/31/2025 Kentucky State University vs Shorter University 12:00 pm Rome, GA
1/31/2025 Rust College vs Miles College 12:30 pm CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
1/31/2025 Talladega College vs. Campbellsville University 10:00 am doubleheader Talladega, AL. Talladega opens its 2025 baseball campaign at home hosting Campbellsville in a four-game doubleheader tilt Friday and Saturday.
1/31/2025 Paine College vs Trinity Baptist College 1:00 pm Augusta, GA
1/31/2025 Southern University-New Orleans vs Morehouse College 3:00 am CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
1/31/2025 Edward Waters University vs Xavier University of Louisiana 5:30 pm CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/1/2025 Lincoln University (MO) vs Christian Brothers University 11:00 am doubleheader Memphis, TN. Lincoln baseball returns in 2025 after shutting the program down in 2016.
2/1/2024 Morehouse College vs Rust College 11:00 am New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/1/2025 Kentucky State University vs Shorter University 12:00 pm doubleheader Rome, GA
2/1/2025 Virginia State University vs Clark Atlanta University 12:00 pm doubleheader Atlanta, GA
2/1/2025 Paine College vs Trinity Baptist College 12:00 pm doubleheader Augusta, GA
2/1/2025 Bluefield State University vs University of Virginia-Wise 12:00 pm doubleheader Wise, VA
2/1/2025 Miles College vs Southern University-New Orleans12:30 pm CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/1/2025 LeMoyne-Owens College vs Arkansas Baptist College 1:00 pm doubleheader Little Rock, AR
2/1/2025 Talladega College vs. Campbellsville University 1:00 pm doubleheader Talladega, AL.
2/1/2025 Huston-Tillotson vs Bethany College (Kan.) 1:00 pm doubleheader Austin, TX (Downs Field)
2/1/2025 Claflin University vs Xavier University of Louisiana 3:00 pm CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/1/2025 Albany State University vs Eckerd College 5:00 Albany, GA
2/1/2025 Edward Waters University vs Dillard University 6:30 pm CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/1/2025 Claflin University vs Southern University-New Orleans 10:00 am CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/2/2025 Albany State University vs Eckerd College 11:00 am doubleheader Albany, GA
2/2/2025 Virginia State University vs Clark Atlanta University 12:00 pm Atlanta, GA
2/2/2025 Bluefield State University vs University of Virginia-Wise 12:00 pm doubleheader Wise, VA
2/2/2025 Savannah State University vs University of Fort Lauderdale 12:00 pm doubleheader Savannah, GA (Tiger Field)
2/2/2025 Huston-Tillotson vs Bethany College (Kan.) 1:00 pm doubleheader Austin, TX (Downs Field)
2/2/2025 Edward Waters University vs Rust College 1:30 pm CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/2/2025 Lincoln University (MO) vs Christian Brothers University 2:00 pm doubleheader Memphis, TN.
2/2/2025 Morehouse College vs Dillard University 4:00 pm CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/2/2025 Miles vs Xavier University of Louisiana 6:30 pm CT New Orleans, LA (HBCU Battle of Division Baseball Invitational)
2/3/2025 Savannah State University vs University of Fort Lauderdale 12 :00 pm doubleheader Savannah, GA (Tiger Field) (2/3/2025 Game part of Opening Weekend)