The 2025 Clemson Tigers baseball team was the varsity intercollegiate baseball team that represented Clemson University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and were led by third-year head coach Erik Bakich. Clemson played its home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.
The Tigers began the season ranked fifteenth overall and traveled to the Shriners Children's College Showdown in Texas. They finished the tournament 2âÂÂ1 with defeats of seventeenth-ranked Oklahoma State and twenty-first ranked Arizona and a loss to unranked Ole Miss. They finished the month without losing another game as they went 4âÂÂ0 in the Clemson Baseball Invitational and defeated . They swept rivals South Carolina in a home-neutral-away three game series. They extended their unbeaten run to fifteen games and moved up to tenth in the rankings before opening ACC play against . They won that series two games to one. Their winning streak ended at seventeen games when they lost to Notre Dame 7âÂÂ3 on March 16. They won two mid-week games over The Citadel before facing eleventh-ranked while the Tigers were ranked seventh. They won the series 2âÂÂ1 before losing a mid-week game against Coastal Carolina. They moved up to sixth in the rankings to face number twenty-five Georgia Tech. The Tigers won the series 2âÂÂ1 in Atlanta. The Tigers finished March with an 18âÂÂ4 record. Clemson went on an eight-game winning streak including a neutral site victory over , a sweep of ACC newcomers California, and a defeat of . Stanford ended their winning streak, but the Tigers took the series against the Cardinal. The team rose to third in the rankings and won a series against seventeenth-ranked Louisville, two games to one. They defeated tenth-ranked Georgia before closing April against twenty-fifth ranked NC State. NC State swept Clemson, who was ranked second at the time, three games to zero. The Tigers finished April with a 10âÂÂ5 record. May was a difficult month for the Tigers, as they fell from third in the rankings to fifteenth. They lost a series at fifth-ranked Florida State, lost a mid-week game at fourteenth-ranked Coastal Carolina, and lost a series against Duke. The Tigers finished the regular season with a sweep at . They finished May 5âÂÂ5.
The Tigers finished the ACC regular season 41âÂÂ15 and 18âÂÂ12 in ACC play to finish in fifth place, just one game back of first. They were the fifth seed in the ACC tournament and earned a bye into the Second Round in the new tournament format. There they defeated twelfth-seed 6âÂÂ1. In the Quarterfinals, they faced fourth-seed NC State who had swept the Tigers during the regular season. Clemson executed its revenge, winning 7âÂÂ6. They defeated first-seed Georgia Tech in the Semifinals, and prevailed 9âÂÂ4. They qualified for their second ACC final in three years, but fell to third-seed North Carolina 14âÂÂ4. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were selected as the eleventh-overall seed. They hosted a regional and were placed in the Baton Rouge Super Regional. The Tigers won their opening game against 7âÂÂ3. They lost their next game against West Virginia 9âÂÂ6. They faced Kentucky in an elimination game and lost 16âÂÂ4 to end their season. The Tigers finished with a final record of 45âÂÂ18. Their 45 total wins were the most since 2018.
The Tigers finished the ACC regular season 40âÂÂ13 and 20âÂÂ10 in ACC play to finish as Atlantic Division champions. They were the second overall seed in the ACC tournament and were placed in pool B with Louisville and . They lost to Miami 7âÂÂ8 and defeated Louisville 8âÂÂ7, but that was not enough to advance from the pool. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the sixth overall seed. They were selected as hosts of a Super Regional for the first time since 2010. They defeated and Coastal Carolina twice to advance to the Super Regional. They lost twice to Florida and were unable to advance to the College World Series.
The Tigers had five players drafted in the 2024 MLB draft.
Two Tigers signed free agent contracts after the MLB draft.
<small>Note: All rankings shown are from D1Baseball Poll.</small>