The 2023 Men's College World Series is here. The eight-team tournament to determine the NCAA Division-I champion kicks off Friday with a pair of games. The original field of 64 NCAA Tournament teams has been whittled down to eight with Wake Forest, Florida, LSU, Virginia, TCU, Stanford, Tennessee and Oral Roberts battling for the college baseball crown. The 2023 College World Series finals will be held from June 24-26.
Wake Forest (the tournament's top seed), Florida, LSU and Virginia were all top seven national seeds in the tournament, so it's not a surprise to see them in the CWS. But the tournament has one big cinderella team in Oral Roberts. Out of the Summit League, the Golden Eagles won the Stillwater regional earlier this month before dispatching Oregon in the Super Regionals. There were also some surprising eliminations during the regional round as high seeds like Vanderbilt, Clemson and Miami were sent home from the original field of 64.
Below we have everything fans need to know about college baseball's annual tournament, from the format and dates to the bracket and scores. Let's dive in.
College World Series bracket, schedule, scores
The College World Series is a double-elimination format until the final two teams are left standing. At that point, the slates are wiped clean and it's a best-of-three series to determine the national champion.
Here's a look at the bracket:
And now for the schedule. All games on ESPN and ESPN2 can be live streamed on fubo (try for free).
Friday, June 16
Oral Roberts 6, TCU 5Florida vs. Virginia, 7 p.m. ET, ESPNSaturday, June 17
Wake Forest vs. Stanford, 2 p.m. ET, ESPNLSU vs. Tennessee, 7 p.m., ESPNSuper Regionals scores
Friday, June 9
Duke 5, Virginia 4TCU 4, Indiana State 1Florida 5, South Carolina 4Oregon 9, Oral Roberts 8Saturday, June 10
Wake Forest 5, Alabama 4Virginia 14, Duke 4Florida 4, South Carolina 0 (Florida advances to CWS)Texas 7, Stanford 5LSU 14, Kentucky 0TCU 6, Indiana State 4 (TCU advances to CWS)Oral Roberts 8, Oregon 7Sunday, June 11
Southern Miss 5, Tennessee 3Wake Forest 22, Alabama 5 (Wake Forest advances to CWS)Virginia 12, Duke 2 (Virginia advances to CWS)Tennessee 8, Southern Miss 4LSU 8, Kentucky 3 (LSU advances to CWS)Oral Roberts 11, Oregon 6 (Oral Roberts advances to CWS)Stanford 8, Texas 3Monday, June 12
Tennessee 5, Southern Miss 0 (Tennessee advances to CWS)Stanford 7, Texas 6 (Stanford advances to CWS)Regionals scores
Winston-Salem Regional
Hosted by No. 1 national seed Wake Forest.
Gainesville Regional
Hosted by No. 2 national seed Florida.
Fayetteville Regional
Hosted by No. 3 national seed Arkansas.
Clemson Regional
Hosted by No. 4 national seed Clemson.
Baton Rouge Regional
Hosted by No. 5 national seed LSU.
Nashville Regional
Hosted by No. 6 national seed Vanderbilt.
Charlottesville Regional
Hosted by No. 7 national seed Virginia.
Stanford Regional
Hosted by No. 8 national seed Stanford.
Coral Gables Regional
Hosted by No. 9 national seed Miami.
Conway Regional
Hosted by No. 10 national seed Coastal Carolina.
Stillwater Regional
Hosted by No. 11 national seed Oklahoma State.
Lexington Regional
Hosted by No. 12 national seed Kentucky.
Auburn Regional
Hosted by No. 13 national seed Auburn.
Terre Haute Regional
Hosted by No. 14 national seed Indiana State.
Columbia Regional
Hosted by No. 15 national seed South Carolina.
Tuscaloosa Regional
Hosted by No. 16 national seed Alabama.
College baseball notes
Here's a link to NCAA.com's full bracket, which includes region vs. region pairings for the super regionals. Now for some quick hit takeaways on the 64-team field:
There will be no repeat this year, as reigning national champion Ole Miss (25-29) did not receive a bid. No team has repeated as national champions at the Division I level since South Carolina in 2010 and 2011.Florida State (23-31) finished with a losing record for the first time ever and missed the postseason for the first time since 1977. Their 44 straight tournament appearances are a record.
Listed alphabetically, the last four teams in were Arizona, Louisiana, Oklahoma State, and Troy. The first four teams out were Arizona State, Kansas State, Kent State, and UC Irvine.The SEC hosted a record eight regionals. The state of South Carolina hosted three regionals while, for the first time since 2013, the state of Texas did not host a regional.