What is the College World Series?
The Men’s College World Series (MCWS) is the championship round of the 64-team NCAA Division I (DI) baseball tournament held every June at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.
Like the Men’s NCAA basketball and its March Madness tournament pares down to a final two, the NCAA DI baseball tournament has a similar process although in the hoops tournament, it’s one loss and you’re out while in the hardball May and June Madness, it takes two losses to be eliminated.
The College World Series is made up of two four-team brackets made from the eight schools who advanced from winning their Super Regionals held earlier this month. The winners of the two brackets meet in the championship series (CWS Final) which is also a best-of-3 series.
This 2025 Men’s College World Series is the 78th DI Baseball Championship.
Who is in the 2025 College World Series?
This year the 2025 College World Series is a wonderful mix of DI schools from seven different conferences with a couple of Cinderellas making it all the way to Omaha. This year it’s Arizona, Arkansas, Coastal Carolina, Louisville, LSU, Murray State, Oregon State, and UCLA fighting for the ****championship.
Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt Conference) and Murray State (Missouri Valley Conference) are the two little schools and big underdogs who made it to Omaha for the tourney although the Chanticleers won it all in 2016.
The final eight also features two SEC Conference heavyweights (Arkansas, LSU), three former Pac-12 schools in Arizona (ACC), UCLA (Big Ten), and Oregon State, and one ACC entry (Louisville).
Last year, Tennessee defeated Texas A&M in an all-SEC 2024 CWS that needed three games to decide a champion. Both the Volunteers and Aggies as well as the other six MCWS teams (North Carolina, FSU, Virginia, Kentucky, NC State, Florida) failed to make it to Omaha this spring, so we will be crowing a new champion at The Chuck.
The four teams in Bracket One (“Left Bracket”) are Arizona (44-19), Coastal Carolina (53-11), Louisville (40-22), and Oregon State (47-14-1). The four teams in Bracket Two (“Right Bracket”) are Arkansas (48-13), LSU (48-15), Murray State (43-14), and UCLA (47-16).
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Where and When is the 2025 College World Series?
The 2025 College World Series is being played at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS started on Friday, June 13 and will end either on Sunday, June 22 or Monday, June 23, depending on if the championship series needs to go all three games.
Here is the 2025 College World Series schedule:
- Game 1: Friday, June 13—Arizona vs Coastal Carolina (2 pm ET)
- Game 2: Friday, June 13—Louisville vs #8 Oregon State (7 pm)
- Game 3: Saturday, June 14—Murray State vs #15 UCLA (2 pm)
- Game 4: Saturday, June 14—#6 LSU vs #3 Arkansas (7 pm)
- Game 5: Sunday, June 15—Game 1 Loser vs Game 2 Loser (2 pm)
- Game 6: Sunday, June 15—Game 1 Winner vs Game 2 Winner (7 pm)
- Game 7: Monday, June 16—Game 3 Loser vs Game 4 Loser (2 pm)
- Game 8: Monday, June 16—Game 3 Winner vs Game 4 Winner (2 pm)
- Game 9: Tuesday, June 17—Game 5 Winner vs Game 6 loser (2 pm)
- Game 10: Tuesday, June 17—Game 7 Winner vs Game 8 Loser (7 pm)
- Game 11: Wednesday, June 18—Game 6 Winner vs Game 9 Winner (2 pm)
- Game 12: Wednesday, June 18—Game 8 Winner vs Game 10 Winner (4 pm)
- Game 13: (If necessary) Thursday, June 19 (2 pm)
- Game 14: (If necessary) Thursday, June 19 (7 pm)
- CWS Finals Game 1: Saturday, June 21 (7 pm)
- CWS Finals Game 2: Sunday, June 22 (12:30 pm)
- CWS Finals Game 3 (If Necessary): Monday, June 23 (7:30 pm)
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Where to Get Tickets For the 2025 College World Series?
Dates: Friday, June 13 to Monday, June 23, 2025
Tickets for the 2025 Men’s College World Series can be found from official NCAA ticket vendors or from third-party resale platforms like TicketX. College hardball fans can purchase single-game tickets or all-session passes.
You can also get tickets for The Greatest Show on Dirt ****on game days at the Charles Schwab Field Omaha box office (1200 Mike Fahey Street).
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Who Are the Players to Watch in the 2025 CWS?
Even though these are eight new and somewhat unsuspected teams playing in the 2025 MCWS, there are a number of MLB prospects to watch during this tournament.
In Bracket One, Arizona is led by CF Brendan Summerhill, Coastal Carolina features C Caden Bodine, Louisville has a great P in Patrick Forbes and Oregon State has a couple of studs in SS Aiva Arquetee and P Dan Whitney.
In Bracket Two, Arkansas is loaded with talent in guys like P’s Cole Gibler, Zach Root and Gage Wood, SS Wehiwa Aloy, and LF Charles Davalan, LSU has P’s Kade Anderson, Casan Evans, and Anthony Eyanson, and CF Derek Curiel, while UCLA features SS Roch Cholowsky. Tigers southpaw ace Anderson is projected by some to go No. 1 in the 2025 MLB Draft.
Last 10 NCAA Division I Baseball Champions
The last six NCAA DI Baseball champs have all come from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with a different team winning every year since 2015.
- 2024—Tennessee
- 2023—LSU
- 2022—Ole Miss
- 2021—Mississippi State
- 2020—Not Played (COVID-19)
- 2019—Vanderbilt
- 2018—Oregon State
- 2017—Florida
- 2016—Coastal Carolina
- 2015—Virginia
- 2014—Vanderbilt
Who Are the Oddsmakers’ Favorites to Win the 2025 CWS?
- Arkansas +200
- LSU +220
- Coastal Carolina +650
- Oregon State +650
- UCLA +900
- Arizona +1400
- Louisville +1600
- Murray State +4000
Where Can I Watch the 2025 College World Series?
The 2025 College World Series will be televised and **streamed live** on ESPN with ABC airing the potential final game on Sunday, June 22 (2:30 ET/1:30 CT/11:30 PT).
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