College World Series: Plucky underdogs, national powers collide in America's heartland for national title
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The field is set and eight teams will go at it for college baseball's ultimate prize beginning June 16 at the Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
With No. 8 Stanford's dramatic walk-off victory over Texas and Tennessee's triumph over Southern Miss on Monday night, there are five national seeds remaining and three others primed to make a Cinderella run to the championship.
Top-seeded Wake Forest and No. 2 Florida have played like the best teams in the country so far, but No. 5 Louisiana State, No. 7 Virginia and the No. 8 Cardinal also have aspirations of dogpiling in the middle of Charles Schwab Field Omaha.
Oral Roberts, the last No. 4 seed from a regional to make the MCWS since Fresno State in 2008, is riding high after taking out Pac-12 tournament champion Oregon on their home turf — and perhaps there's still some magic left in the Golden Eagles. When Fresno State advanced as a regional No. 4 seed, they won it all. TCU swept No. 14 Indiana State in Fort Worth after the Sycamores declined to host the supers due to prior campus commitments.
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Opening-round games are June 16-17 with the championship series scheduled for June 24-26. Two games will be played per day until the championship series, and all games will be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.
2023 Men's College World Series schedule
- Game 1: TCU (42-22) vs. Oral Roberts (51-12), 1 p.m., June 16
- Game 2: No. 2 Florida (50-15) vs. No. 7 Virginia, 6 p.m., June 16
- Game 3: No. 1 Wake Forest (52-10) vs. No. 8 Stanford (44-18), 1 p.m., June 17
- Game 4: No. 5 LSU (48-15) vs. Tennessee (43-20), 6 p.m., June 17
- Game 5: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 1 p.m., June 18 (elimination game)
- Game 6: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m., June 18 on ESPN2
- Game 7: Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 1 p.m., June 19 (elimination game)
- Game 8: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 6 p.m., June 19
- Game 9: Winner of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 6, 1 p.m., June 20 (elimination game)
- Game 10: Winner of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8, 6 p.m., June 20 (elimination game)
- Game 11: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 9, 1 p.m., June 21
- If Game 6 winner wins, they advance to MCWS championship series. If Game 9 winner wins, a second game will decide bracket champ June 22 (Time TBD)
- Game 12: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10
- If Game 8 winner wins, they advance to MCWS championship series. If Game 10 winners win, a second game will decide bracket champ June 22 on ESPN2 (Time TBD)
- Best-of-three championship series, June 24-26. Game 1 at 6 p.m., June 24, Game 2 at 2 p.m., June 25, if necessary Game 3 at 6 p.m., June 26
Super Regional results, box scores, highlights
Baton Rouge Super Regional - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Game 1: No. 5 LSU 14, No. 12 Kentucky 0
- Game 2: No. 5 LSU 8, No. 12 Kentucky 3
- No. 5 LSU advances to the MCWS
Charlottesville Super Regional - Charlottesville, Virginia
- Game 1: Duke 5, No. 7 Virginia 4
- Game 2: No. 7 Virginia 14, Duke 4
- Game 3: No. 7 Virginia 12, Duke 2
- No. 7 Virginia advances to the MCWS
Eugene Super Regional - Eugene, Oregon
- Game 1: Oregon 9, Oral Roberts 8
- Game 2: Oral Roberts 8, Oregon 7
- Game 3: Oral Roberts 11, Oregon 6
- Oral Roberts advances to the MCWS
Fort Worth Super Regional - Fort Worth, Texas
- Game 1: TCU 4, No. 14 Indiana State 1
- Game 2: TCU 6, No. 14 Indiana State 4
- TCU advances to the MCWS
Gainesville Super Regional - Gainesville, Florida
- Game 1: No. 2 Florida 5, No. 15 South Carolina 4
- Game 2: No. 2 Florida 4, No. 15 South Carolina 0
- No. 2 Florida advances to the MCWS
Hattiesburg Super Regional - Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Game 1: Southern Miss 5, Tennessee 3
- Game 2: Tennessee 8, Southern Miss 4
- Game 3: Tennessee 5, Southern Miss 0
- Tennessee advances to the MCWS
Stanford Super Regional - Stanford, California
- Game 1: Texas 7, No. 8 Stanford 5
- Game 2: No. 8 Stanford 8, Texas 3
- Game 3: No. 8 Stanford 7, Texas 6
- No. 8 Stanford advances to the MCWS
Winston-Salem Super Regional - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Game 1: No. 1 Wake Forest 5, No. 16 Alabama 4
- Game 2: No. 1 Wake Forest 22, No. 16 Alabama 5
- No. 1 Wake Forest advances to the MCWS