The 2023 Men’s College World Series is field set.
Eight teams have survived the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament and have advanced to Omaha, where they will play a double-elimination style tournament until two teams are left. The final two squads will face each other in a best-of-three series for the national championship.
TCU is the only team from the state of Texas still standing after knocking out Indiana State in Fort Worth.
Here are the matchups for the 2023 Men’s College World Series.
TCU (42-22) vs. Oral Roberts (51-14)
1 p.m. CT, Friday, June 16
TCU makes its sixth College World Series appearance after back-to-back wins to eliminate Indiana State. A five-run fourth inning helped the Horned Frogs come from behind on Saturday and defeat the Sycamores 6-4 for their 11th consecutive win.
Oral Roberts reaches the College World Series for the first time since 1978 after winning the Stillwater Regional and upsetting Oregon in the Super Regional. The Golden Eagles scored six runs in the final three innings against the Ducks on Sunday to become the third No.4 seed to make it to Omaha and the first since 2012.
Florida (50-15) vs. Virginia (50-13)
6 p.m. CT, Friday, June 16
Florida has won six in a row since losing a one-run game to Texas Tech in the Regional round. The Gators swept South Carolina in a best-of-three series over the weekend as Hurston Waldrep pitched eight shutout innings with 13 strikeouts to clinch a trip to Omaha on Saturday.
Virginia lost the first game of its Super Regional to Duke and had to bounce back with two consecutive wins to advance to Omaha. The Cavaliers exploded for 26 runs over the next two days to clinch a berth in the College World Series.
Wake Forest (52-10) vs. Stanford (44-18)
1 p.m. CT, Saturday, June 17
Wake Forest earned the No.1 overall seed in the country and has made easy work of its tournament path. The Demon Deacons have scored 12 runs or more in four of their five NCAA Tournament games, including a 22-5 outburst against Alabama to win the Super Regional and advance to Omaha for the third time.
Stanford won a thrilling winner-take-all battle with Texas in the bottom of the ninth on Monday. The Cardinal thought it had won on a line drive from (name) that some thought went over the fence. Instead, the play resulted in a double, and Stanford scored as a seemingly harmless fly ball that would have been the inning’s final out dropped to the ground between four Longhorn defenders.
LSU (48-15) vs. Tennessee (43-20)
6 p.m. CT, Saturday, June 17
LSU makes its 19th trip to Omaha after eliminating Kentucky in two games. Paul Skenes held the Wildcats to four hits in a 14-0 series-opening win, while a three-run ninth inning helped the Tigers pull away and complete the sweep on Sunday.
Tennessee was the other team that clinched a College World Series berth on Monday. The Volunteers won Game 3 against Southern Mississippi to advance to Omaha for the second time in the last three seasons, winning back-to-back games and pitching a shutout in the series finale.
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