College World Series: Plucky underdogs, national powers collide in America's heartland for national title

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The field is set and eight teams will go at it for college baseball's ultimate prize beginning June 16 at the Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

With No. 8 Stanford's dramatic walk-off victory over Texas and Tennessee's triumph over Southern Miss on Monday night, there are five national seeds remaining and three others primed to make a Cinderella run to the championship.

Top-seeded Wake Forest and No. 2 Florida have played like the best teams in the country so far, but No. 5 Louisiana State, No. 7 Virginia and the No. 8 Cardinal also have aspirations of dogpiling in the middle of Charles Schwab Field Omaha.

Oral Roberts, the last No. 4 seed from a regional to make the MCWS since Fresno State in 2008, is riding high after taking out Pac-12 tournament champion Oregon on their home turf — and perhaps there's still some magic left in the Golden Eagles. When Fresno State advanced as a regional No. 4 seed, they won it all. TCU swept No. 14 Indiana State in Fort Worth after the Sycamores declined to host the supers due to prior campus commitments.

Opening-round games are June 16-17 with the championship series scheduled for June 24-26. Two games will be played per day until the championship series, and all games will be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.

2023 Men's College World Series schedule

• Game 1: TCU (42-22) vs. Oral Roberts (51-12), 1 p.m., June 16
• Game 2: No. 2 Florida (50-15) vs. No. 7 Virginia, 6 p.m., June 16
• Game 3: No. 1 Wake Forest (52-10) vs. No. 8 Stanford (44-18), 1 p.m., June 17
• Game 4: No. 5 LSU (48-15) vs. Tennessee (43-20), 6 p.m., June 17
• Game 5: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 1 p.m., June 18 (elimination game)
• Game 6: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m., June 18 on ESPN2
• Game 7: Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 1 p.m., June 19 (elimination game)
• Game 8: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 6 p.m., June 19
• Game 9: Winner of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 6, 1 p.m., June 20 (elimination game)
• Game 10: Winner of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8, 6 p.m., June 20 (elimination game)
• Game 11: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 9, 1 p.m., June 21
  • If Game 6 winner wins, they advance to MCWS championship series. If Game 9 winner wins, a second game will decide bracket champ June 22 (Time TBD)
• Game 12: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10
  • If Game 8 winner wins, they advance to MCWS championship series. If Game 10 winners win, a second game will decide bracket champ June 22 on ESPN2 (Time TBD)
• Best-of-three championship series, June 24-26. Game 1 at 6 p.m., June 24, Game 2 at 2 p.m., June 25, if necessary Game 3 at 6 p.m., June 26

Super Regional results, box scores, highlights

Baton Rouge Super Regional - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Game 1: No. 5 LSU 14, No. 12 Kentucky 0
• Game 2: No. 5 LSU 8, No. 12 Kentucky 3
• No. 5 LSU advances to the MCWS

Charlottesville Super Regional - Charlottesville, Virginia

• Game 1: Duke 5, No. 7 Virginia 4 
• Game 2: No. 7 Virginia 14, Duke 4
• Game 3: No. 7 Virginia 12, Duke 2 
• No. 7 Virginia advances to the MCWS

Eugene Super Regional - Eugene, Oregon

• Game 1: Oregon 9, Oral Roberts 8 
• Game 2: Oral Roberts 8, Oregon 7 
• Game 3: Oral Roberts 11, Oregon 6
• Oral Roberts advances to the MCWS

Fort Worth Super Regional - Fort Worth, Texas

• Game 1: TCU 4, No. 14 Indiana State 1
• Game 2: TCU 6, No. 14 Indiana State 4
• TCU advances to the MCWS

Gainesville Super Regional - Gainesville, Florida

• Game 1: No. 2 Florida 5, No. 15 South Carolina 4
• Game 2: No. 2 Florida 4, No. 15 South Carolina 0
• No. 2 Florida advances to the MCWS

Hattiesburg Super Regional - Hattiesburg, Mississippi

• Game 1: Southern Miss 5, Tennessee 3 
• Game 2: Tennessee 8, Southern Miss 4
• Game 3: Tennessee 5, Southern Miss 0
• Tennessee advances to the MCWS

Stanford Super Regional - Stanford, California

• Game 1: Texas 7, No. 8 Stanford 5 
• Game 2: No. 8 Stanford 8, Texas 3
• Game 3: No. 8 Stanford 7, Texas 6
• No. 8 Stanford advances to the MCWS

Winston-Salem Super Regional - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

• Game 1: No. 1 Wake Forest 5, No. 16 Alabama 4
• Game 2: No. 1 Wake Forest 22, No. 16 Alabama 5
• No. 1 Wake Forest advances to the MCWS