Georgia baseball punched its ticket to the 2026 NCAA Men’s College World Series, taking down Mississippi State in a pair of thrillers on Saturday and Sunday.

The 2-0 series victory kept Georgia’s perfect postseason alive, surviving Regionals and now Super Regionals at Foley Field. The World Series appearance in Omaha, Nebraska, will mark Georgia’s first appearance since 2008.

A rocky start from Joey Volchko in Game 1 put Georgia in trouble early on Saturday. A six-run second inning gave Mississippi State a commanding lead, and a solo home run two frames later pushed its advantage to 7.

Despite the large deficit, Georgia rallied. Daniel Jackson and Rylan Lujo got the hosts on the board with a pair of homers, and more offense in the fourth inning cut the lead to 7-5.

Georgia completed its large comeback by the fifth frame, as Michael O’Shaughnessy’s two-run shot tied it and a two-run double from Kolby Branch put Georgia ahead by two.

After trading solo homers, a blast in the eighth inning followed by a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch issued by Georgia’s Grant Edwards put Mississippi State back in the driver seat. Trailing by two with six outs to work with, Michael O’Shaughnessy served as Georgia’s hero, launching his second homer of the day to right field — this time a three-run shot — for a 13-12 lead. Justin Byrd closed the chaotic series opener, earning a save and clinching the series lead.

More fireworks came in another intense battle Sunday, as this time Georgia took control early, scoring in all of the first five innings. Georgia took an 8-4 lead into the seventh-inning stretch, but Mississippi State had the bats to match, launching three consecutive homers to pull within one.

In the eighth inning, Jacob Parker hit a two-run blast for Mississippi State’s first lead of the day. Looking to avoid a Game 3, Brennan Hudson snuck a single through for Georgia in the ninth, forcing extra innings tied 9-9.

With momentum back on Georgia’s side, Jackson proved once again why he is one of the most feared hitters in all of college baseball. The junior launched his SEC-leading 31st homer of the year and his fourth of the postseason to put Georgia ahead 11-9. Byrd closed out the game again, this time earning a win by blanking Mississippi State in the bottom of the tenth and sending Georgia to the coveted final stage in Omaha.

While Georgia has already reached new heights for the program, its quest for a national championship will feature some of the toughest tests yet. Georgia will join West Virginia, Troy, Ole Miss, North Carolina, Texas and two more opponents in Omaha, as the eight will compete through mid-June until a champion is crowned.

However, Georgia’s path to a title did receive some good fortune in Regionals, as No. 1-ranked UCLA and in-state rival Georgia Tech were both knocked out, leaving it as the highest-ranked remaining seed. Georgia will look to have a similar run to the 2008 team that reached the final series but fell to Fresno State, only this time finishing the job and grabbing its first national title since 1990.