The College World Series field is nearly set in the 2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament. Six teams -- TCU, LSU, Oral Roberts, Wake Forest, Florida and Virginia -- have already punched their tickets to Omaha. The final two spots will be decided on Monday night with Tennessee-Southern Miss and Stanford-Texas playing decisive Game 3s in their Super Regional matchups. The College World Series starts Thursday at Charles Schwab Field.
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.
NCAA Tournament, College World Series dates
Regionals: June 2-5
Super Regionals: June 9-12
College World Seres start: June 15
College World Series finals: June 24-26
Super Regionals scores, schedule, TV channel
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Friday, June 9
Duke 5, Virginia 4TCU 4, Indiana State 1Florida 5, South Carolina 4Oregon 9, Oral Roberts 8
Saturday, 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 7
Sunday, 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 3
Monday, June 12
Tennessee vs. Southern Miss, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN2Stanford vs. Texas, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Regionals scores
Winston-Salem Regional
Hosted by No. 1 national seed Wake Forest.
June 2: Wake Forest 12, George Mason 0June 2: Maryland 7, Northeastern 2June 3: George Mason 11, Northeastern 3June 3: Wake Forest 21, Maryland 6June 4: George Mason 11, Maryland 10June 4: Wake Forest 15, George Mason 1 (Wake Forest advances)
Gainesville Regional
Hosted by No. 2 national seed Florida.
June 2: Florida 3, Florida A&M 0June 2: Texas Tech 3, UConn 2June 3: UConn 9, Florida A&M 6June 3: Texas Tech 5, Florida 4June 4: Florida 8, UConn 2June 4: Florida 7, Texas Tech 1June 5: Florida 6, Texas Tech 0 (Florida advances)
Fayetteville Regional
Hosted by No. 3 national seed Arkansas.
June 2: Arkansas 13, Santa Clara 6June 2: TCU 12, Arizona 4June 3: Santa Clara 9, Arizona 3June 4: TCU 20, Arkansas 5June 4: Arkansas 6, Santa Clara 4June 5: TCU 12, Arkansas 4 (TCU advances)
Clemson Regional
Hosted by No. 4 national seed Clemson.
June 2: Clemson 12, Lipscomb 5June 2: Tennessee 8, Charlotte 1June 3: Charlotte 9, Lipscomb 2June 3: Tennessee 6, Clemson 5 (F/14)June 4: Charlotte 3, Clemson 2June 4; Tennessee 9, Charlotte 2 (Tennessee advances)
Baton Rouge Regional
Hosted by No. 5 national seed LSU.
June 2: LSU 7, Tulane 2June 2: Oregon State 18, Sam Houston State 2June 4: Sam Houston State 10, Tulane 2June 4: LSU 6, Oregon State 5June 4: Oregon State 3, Sam Houston State 1June 5: LSU 13, Oregon State 7 (LSU advances)
Nashville Regional
Hosted by No. 6 national seed Vanderbilt.
June 2: Vanderbilt 12, Eastern Illinois 2June 2: Oregon 5, Xavier 4June 3: Xavier 7, Eastern Illinois 0June 3: Oregon 8, Vanderbilt 7June 4: Xavier 2, Vanderbilt 1June 4: Oregon 11, Xavier 2 (Oregon advances)
Charlottesville Regional
Hosted by No. 7 national seed Virginia.
June 2: Virginia 15, Army West Point 1June 2: East Carolina 14, Oklahoma 5June 3: Oklahoma 10, Army West Point 1June 3: Virginia 2, East Carolina 1June 4: East Carolina 8, Oklahoma 5June 4: Virginia 8, East Carolina 3 (Virginia advances)
Stanford Regional
Hosted by No. 8 national seed Stanford.
June 2: Stanford 13, San Jose State 2June 2: Texas A&M 12, Cal State Fullerton 7June 3: Cal State Fullerton 9, San Jose State 5June 3: Texas A&M 8, Stanford 5June 4: Stanford 6, Cal State Fullerton 5June 4: Stanford 13, Texas A&M 5June 5: Stanford 7, Texas A&M 1 (Stanford advances)
Coral Gables Regional
Hosted by No. 9 national seed Miami.
June 2: Miami 9, Maine 1June 2: Texas 4, Louisiana 2June 3: Louisiana 19, Maine 10June 3: Texas 4, Miami 1June 4: Miami 8, Louisiana 5June 4: Texas 10, Miami 6 (Texas advances)
Conway Regional
Hosted by No. 10 national seed Coastal Carolina.
June 2: Rider 11, Coastal Carolina 10June 2: Duke 12, UNC Wilmington 3June 3: Coastal Carolina 12, UNC Wilmington 2June 3: Duke 2, Rider 1June 4: Coastal Carolina 13, Rider 5June 4: Coastal Carolina 8, Duke 6June 5: Duke 12, Coastal Carolina 3 (Duke advances)
Stillwater Regional
Hosted by No. 11 national seed Oklahoma State.
June 2: Oral Roberts 6, Oklahoma State 4June 2: Washington 9, Dallas Baptist 5June 3: Dallas Baptist 18, Oklahoma State 4June 3: Oral Roberts 15, Washington 12June 4: Dallas Baptist 9, Washington 1June 4: Oral Roberts 6, Dallas Baptist 5 (Oral Roberts advances)
Lexington Regional
Hosted by No. 12 national seed Kentucky.
June 2: Kentucky 4, Ball State 0June 2: Indiana 12, West Virginia 6June 3: West Virginia 13, Ball State 5June 3: Indiana 5, Kentucky 3June 4: Kentucky 10, West Virginia 0June 4: Kentucky 16, Indiana 6June 5: Kentucky 4, Indiana 2 (Kentucky advances)
Auburn Regional
Hosted by No. 13 national seed Auburn.
June 2: Penn 6, Auburn 3 (F/11)June 2: Samford 4, Southern Miss 2 (F/10)June 3: Southern Miss 7, Auburn 2June 3: Penn 5, Samford 4June 4: Southern Miss 9, Samford 4June 4: Southern Miss 11, Penn 2June 5: Southern Miss 11, Penn 7 (Southern Miss advances)
Terre Haute Regional
Hosted by No. 14 national seed Indiana State.
June 2: Indiana State 6, Wright State 5June 2: Iowa 5, North Carolina 4June 3: North Carolina 5, Wright State 0June 3: Indiana State 7, Iowa 4June 4: Iowa 6, North Carolina 5 (F/13)June 4: Indiana State 11, Iowa 8 (Indiana State advances)
Columbia Regional
Hosted by No. 15 national seed South Carolina.
June 2: South Carolina 19, Central Connecticut State 1June 2: NC State 5, Campbell 1June 3: Campbell 10, Central Connecticut State 5June 3: South Carolina 6, NC State 3June 4: Campbell 11, NC State 1June 4: South Carolina 16, Campbell 7 (South Carolina advances)
Tuscaloosa Regional
Hosted by No. 16 national seed Alabama.
June 2: Alabama 4, Nicholls 3June 2: Troy 11, Boston College 10June 3: Boston College 14, Nicholls 6June 3: Alabama 11, Troy 8June 4: Boston College 4, Troy 1June 4: Alabama 8, Boston College 0 (Alabama advances)
College baseball bracket, 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.
NCAA Baseball Tournament format
The first round of play is known as the regional and it's a round-robin, double-elimination format. Each of the 16 No. 1 seeds hosts its respective four-team regional, when possible. Each of the 16 regionals is seeded one through four. In each region, No. 1 faces No. 4, and No. 2 faces No. 3 on the first day of action. The winners of those two games then play each other, while the losers play an elimination game.The winner of each regional advances to the super regional. The super regional, which includes a total of 16 teams, is a best-of-three series format.The winners of the super regionals -- eight teams in all -- advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.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.
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