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5 men’s NCAA baseball tournament players to watch

The Mongomery Advertiser’s Adam Cole and The Tennesseean’s Aria Gerson break down the top players to watch in the men’s NCAA baseball tournament.

The road to Omaha and the College World Series is almost complete.

An NCAA baseball tournament that began with 64 teams with the unveiling of the bracket on Memorial Day will soon be cut down to the final eight, as 14 teams are currently playing for the right to receive their coveted golden ticket to college baseball’s most sacred place of Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.

No. 13 Coastal Carolina became the first team to punch its ticket to the CWS with a super regional sweep against No. 4 Auburn down on The Plains. The Chanticleers have won 23 consecutive games, which is the longest active win streak entering the CWS since 1999.

REQUIRED READING: NCAA baseball tournament bracket: Super regional matchups, schedule, pairings for CWS

Super regional action opened on June 6 and will carry through June 9 at eight different sites around the country, depending on whether some super regional matchups need the “if necessary” Game 3 to be played.

Action gets underway on June 13 in Omaha with the start of bracket play at Charles Schwab Field. Here’s what you need to know about who is advancing to the College World Series, including a first look at the matchups in Omaha and more:

Who’s in College World Series? Updated NCAA baseball, CWS bracket

This section will be updated as teams punch their tickets to the CWS

No. 3 Arkansas (won Fayetteville Super Regional)No. 6 LSU (won Baton Rouge Super Regional)No. 8 Oregon State (won Corvallis Super Regional)No. 13 Coastal Carolina (won Auburn Super Regional)No. 15 UCLA (won Los Angeles Super Regional)Arizona (won Chapel Hill Super Regional)Louisville (won Louisville Super Regional)NCAA baseball super regional scores

Here’s a full look at scores from the eight super regional sites of the NCAA baseball tournament:

Louisville Super RegionalGame 1: Louisville 8, Miami 1Game 2: Miami 9, Louisville 7Game 3: Louisville 3, Miami 2 (Louisville wins series 2-1)Corvallis Super RegionalGame 1: Oregon State 5, Florida State 4Game 2:  Florida State 3, Oregon State 1Game 3: Oregon State 14, Florida State 10 (Oregon State win series 2-1)Chapel Hill Super RegionalGame 1: North Carolina 18, Arizona 2Game 2: Arizona 10, North Carolina 8Game 3: Arizona 4, North Carolina 3 (Arizona wins series 2-1)Auburn Super RegionalGame 1: Coastal Carolina 7, Auburn 6 (10 Innings)Game 2: Coastal Carolina 4, Auburn 1 (Coastal Carolina wins series 2-0)Los Angeles Super RegionalGame 1: UCLA 5, UTSA 2Game 2: UCLA 7, UTSA 0 (UCLA wins series 2-0)Durham Super RegionalGame 1: Duke 7, Murray State 4Game 2: Murray State 19, Duke 9Game 3: 7 p.m. ETBaton Rouge Super RegionalGame 1: LSU 16, West Virginia 9Game 2: LSU 12, West Virginia 5 (LSU wins series 2-0)Fayetteville Super RegionalGame 1: Arkansas 4, Tennessee 3Game 2: Arkansas 11, Tennessee 4 (Arkansas wins series 2-0)When is the CWS?CWS start date: June 13CWS end date: June 22 or June 23

The 2025 College World Series will get underway at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on June 13. The best-of-three CWS championship series will start on June 21 and end on either June 22 or June 23, depending on whether the “if necessary” Game 3 needs to be played or not.

College World Series schedule

Here’s a breakdown of the schedule for the opening days of the 2025 CWS, including available first pitch and TV channel information:

All times Eastern

Friday, June 13

Game 1: 2 p.m. | ESPNGame 2: 7 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, June 14

Game 3: 2 p.m. | ESPNGame 4: 7 p.m. | ESPNHow to watch College World Series?TV channel: ESPN | ESPN2 | ABCStreaming: ESPN app | ESPN+

The College World Series will be broadcast nationally across several channels of the ESPN family of networks. Of the 17 possible games to be played in the CWS, 15 of them will air on ESPN, while one will air each on ESPN2 and ABC.

ESPN will carry two of the three possible CWS finals games, with Game 2 of the championship series on June 22 set to be aired on ABC. ESPN2’s lone CWS will be the 7 p.m. ET game on June 15. Streaming options for the CWS include the ESPN app (with a TV login) and ESPN+, ESPN’s subscription streaming service.

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