The CWS opens Friday with the Sun Belt Conference's Coastal Carolina (53-11) playing the Big 12's Arizona (44-19) in a rematch of the 2016 finals won by the Chanticleers. No. 8 national seed Oregon State (47-14-1), an independent until the Pac-12 ramps up again in 2026-27, meets the ACC's Louisville (40-22) in the second game.

Scouting reports have largely been written ahead of the upcoming 2025 MLB draft. They just haven't penned in permanent marker just yet. A fortunate group of draft prospects still have a chance to make one final push up the board during the College Baseball World Series, which gets rolling this weekend.

LSU has the second-best odds after hammering West Virginia to reach Omaha. The Tigers have a great pedigree in the College World Series with seven national championships. Oregon State, Arizona, Coastal Carolina and UCLA have all reached college baseball's pinnacle since 2012.

Men's College World Series marks a new milestone for the NCAA baseball tournament, with its 75th edition being played at Charles Schwab Stadium. Here are seven storylines to follow at the MCWS.

A 13 th -round Red Sox draftee out of high school, Kilen leveled up at Louisville and then with the Vols, with whom he slugged 15 homers with a 1.112 OPS this season. Struck out just 27 times in 245 plate appearances, a solid K rate given the elite level of pitching in the SEC.

One of the eight teams in the 2025 College World Series is just days away from rising to the top as this year's national champion. Will Arkansas deliver as the highest-seeded squad left in the field,

The Women’s College World Series has set viewership and attendance records. ESPN says in a news release that the average of 1.3 million viewers across 15 games on ESPN platforms was the most-watched World Series ever.