The 2023 Men’s College World Series is underway. The eight-team tournament to determine the NCAA Division-I champion kicked off Friday and the first elimination game of the CWS is set for Sunday. 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).
Sunday, June 18
- TCU vs. Virginia, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN (elimination game)
- Oral Roberts vs. Florida, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Monday, June 19
- Stanford vs. Tennessee, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN (elimination game)
- Wake Forest vs. LSU, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Saturday, June 17
- Wake Forest 3, Stanford, 2
- LSU 6, Tennessee 3
Friday, June 16
- Oral Roberts 6, TCU 5
- Florida 6, Virginia 5
Super Regionals scores
Friday, June 9
- Duke 5, Virginia 4
- TCU 4, Indiana State 1
- Florida 5, South Carolina 4
- Oregon 9, Oral Roberts 8
Saturday, June 10
- Wake Forest 5, Alabama 4
- Virginia 14, Duke 4
- Florida 4, South Carolina 0 (Florida advances to CWS)
- Texas 7, Stanford 5
- LSU 14, Kentucky 0
- TCU 6, Indiana State 4 (TCU advances to CWS)
- Oral Roberts 8, Oregon 7
Sunday, June 11
- Southern Miss 5, Tennessee 3
- Wake Forest 22, Alabama 5 (Wake Forest advances to CWS)
- Virginia 12, Duke 2 (Virginia advances to CWS)
- Tennessee 8, Southern Miss 4
- LSU 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 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.
- June 2: Wake Forest 12, George Mason 0
- June 2: Maryland 7, Northeastern 2
- June 3: George Mason 11, Northeastern 3
- June 3: Wake Forest 21, Maryland 6
- June 4: George Mason 11, Maryland 10
- June 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 0
- June 2: Texas Tech 3, UConn 2
- June 3: UConn 9, Florida A&M 6
- June 3: Texas Tech 5, Florida 4
- June 4: Florida 8, UConn 2
- June 4: Florida 7, Texas Tech 1
- June 5: Florida 6, Texas Tech 0 (Florida advances)
Fayetteville Regional
Hosted by No. 3 national seed Arkansas.
- June 2: Arkansas 13, Santa Clara 6
- June 2: TCU 12, Arizona 4
- June 3: Santa Clara 9, Arizona 3
- June 4: TCU 20, Arkansas 5
- June 4: Arkansas 6, Santa Clara 4
- June 5: TCU 12, Arkansas 4 (TCU advances)
Clemson Regional
Hosted by No. 4 national seed Clemson.
- June 2: Clemson 12, Lipscomb 5
- June 2: Tennessee 8, Charlotte 1
- June 3: Charlotte 9, Lipscomb 2
- June 3: Tennessee 6, Clemson 5 (F/14)
- June 4: Charlotte 3, Clemson 2
- June 4; Tennessee 9, Charlotte 2 (Tennessee advances)
Baton Rouge Regional
Hosted by No. 5 national seed LSU.
- June 2: LSU 7, Tulane 2
- June 2: Oregon State 18, Sam Houston State 2
- June 4: Sam Houston State 10, Tulane 2
- June 4: LSU 6, Oregon State 5
- June 4: Oregon State 3, Sam Houston State 1
- June 5: LSU 13, Oregon State 7 (LSU advances)
Nashville Regional
Hosted by No. 6 national seed Vanderbilt.
- June 2: Vanderbilt 12, Eastern Illinois 2
- June 2: Oregon 5, Xavier 4
- June 3: Xavier 7, Eastern Illinois 0
- June 3: Oregon 8, Vanderbilt 7
- June 4: Xavier 2, Vanderbilt 1
- June 4: Oregon 11, Xavier 2 (Oregon advances)
Charlottesville Regional
Hosted by No. 7 national seed Virginia.
- June 2: Virginia 15, Army West Point 1
- June 2: East Carolina 14, Oklahoma 5
- June 3: Oklahoma 10, Army West Point 1
- June 3: Virginia 2, East Carolina 1
- June 4: East Carolina 8, Oklahoma 5
- June 4: Virginia 8, East Carolina 3 (Virginia advances)
Stanford Regional
Hosted by No. 8 national seed Stanford.
- June 2: Stanford 13, San Jose State 2
- June 2: Texas A&M 12, Cal State Fullerton 7
- June 3: Cal State Fullerton 9, San Jose State 5
- June 3: Texas A&M 8, Stanford 5
- June 4: Stanford 6, Cal State Fullerton 5
- June 4: Stanford 13, Texas A&M 5
- June 5: Stanford 7, Texas A&M 1 (Stanford advances)
Coral Gables Regional
Hosted by No. 9 national seed Miami.
- June 2: Miami 9, Maine 1
- June 2: Texas 4, Louisiana 2
- June 3: Louisiana 19, Maine 10
- June 3: Texas 4, Miami 1
- June 4: Miami 8, Louisiana 5
- June 4: Texas 10, Miami 6 (Texas advances)
Conway Regional
Hosted by No. 10 national seed Coastal Carolina.
- June 2: Rider 11, Coastal Carolina 10
- June 2: Duke 12, UNC Wilmington 3
- June 3: Coastal Carolina 12, UNC Wilmington 2
- June 3: Duke 2, Rider 1
- June 4: Coastal Carolina 13, Rider 5
- June 4: Coastal Carolina 8, Duke 6
- June 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 4
- June 2: Washington 9, Dallas Baptist 5
- June 3: Dallas Baptist 18, Oklahoma State 4
- June 3: Oral Roberts 15, Washington 12
- June 4: Dallas Baptist 9, Washington 1
- June 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 0
- June 2: Indiana 12, West Virginia 6
- June 3: West Virginia 13, Ball State 5
- June 3: Indiana 5, Kentucky 3
- June 4: Kentucky 10, West Virginia 0
- June 4: Kentucky 16, Indiana 6
- June 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 2
- June 3: Penn 5, Samford 4
- June 4: Southern Miss 9, Samford 4
- June 4: Southern Miss 11, Penn 2
- June 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 5
- June 2: Iowa 5, North Carolina 4
- June 3: North Carolina 5, Wright State 0
- June 3: Indiana State 7, Iowa 4
- June 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 1
- June 2: NC State 5, Campbell 1
- June 3: Campbell 10, Central Connecticut State 5
- June 3: South Carolina 6, NC State 3
- June 4: Campbell 11, NC State 1
- June 4: South Carolina 16, Campbell 7 (South Carolina advances)
Tuscaloosa Regional
Hosted by No. 16 national seed Alabama.
- June 2: Alabama 4, Nicholls 3
- June 2: Troy 11, Boston College 10
- June 3: Boston College 14, Nicholls 6
- June 3: Alabama 11, Troy 8
- June 4: Boston College 4, Troy 1
- June 4: Alabama 8, Boston College 0 (Alabama advances)
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.