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.
Super regional action continues on June 7 and can carry through June 9 at eight different sites around the country, depending on whether some super regional matchups that started on June 7 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. 13 Coastal Carolina (won Auburn 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 Regional
- Game 1: Louisville 8, Miami 1 (Louisville leads series 1-0)
- Game 2: Miami 9, Louisville 7 (Series tied at 1-1)
- Game 3 (If Necessary): Miami at Louisville | June 8 at noon ET | ESPN (ESPN+)
Corvallis Super Regional
- Game 1: (8) Oregon State 5, (9) Florida State 4 (Oregon State leads series 1-0)
- Game 2: (9) Florida State at (8) Oregon State | June 7 at 9 p.m. ET | ESPN2 (ESPN+)
- Game 3 (If Necessary): TBD on June 8
Chapel Hill Super Regional
- Game 1: (5) North Carolina 18, Arizona 2 (North Carolina leads series 1-0)
- Game 2: Arizona 10, (5) North Carolina 8 (Series tied at 1-1)
- Game 3 (If Necessary): Arizona at (5) North Carolina | June 8 at noon ET | ESPN2 (ESPN+)
Auburn Super Regional
- Game 1: (13) Coastal Carolina 7, (4) Auburn 6 (Final 10 Innings) (Coastal Carolina leads series 1-0)
- Game 2: (13) Coastal Carolina 4, (4) Auburn 1 (Coastal Carolina wins series 2-0)
- Game 3 (If Necessary): TBD on June 8
Los Angeles Super Regional
- Game 1: UTSA at (15) UCLA | June 7 at 7 p.m. ET | ESPNU (ESPN+)
- Game 2: UTSA at (15) UCLA | June 8 at 3 p.m. ET
- Game 3 (If Necessary): TBD on June 9
Durham Super Regional
- Game 1: Duke 7, Murray State 4 (Duke leads series at 1-0)
- Game 2: Murray State at Duke | June 8 at noon ET
- Game 3 (If Necessary): TBD on June 9
Baton Rouge Super Regional
- Game 1: (6) LSU 16, West Virginia 9
- Game 2: West Virginia at (6) LSU | June 8 at 6 p.m. ET | ESPN2 (ESPN+)
- Game 3 (If Necessary): TBD on June 9
Fayetteville Super Regional
- Game 1: (14) Tennessee at (3) Arkansas | June 7 at 5 p.m. ET | ESPN (ESPN+)
- Game 2: (14) Tennessee at (3) Arkansas | June 8 at 3 p.m. ET
- Game 3 (If Necessary): TBD on June 9
When is the CWS?
- CWS start date: June 13
- CWS 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. | ESPN
- Game 2: 7 p.m. | ESPN
Saturday, June 14
- Game 3: 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 4: 7 p.m. | ESPN
How to watch College World Series?
- TV channel: ESPN | ESPN2 | ABC
- Streaming: 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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