The Omaha Eight
CWS Field Set
- Vanderbilt * (45-15)* #4 Seed – Vandyboys back to defend their title * 2019 CWS Champions
- Stanford * (38-15) * #9 Seed – Traditional power program Stanford dominates Lubbock Super
- Tennessee * (50-16) * #3 Seed – Vols ride potent attack for 1st trip to Omaha in sixteen years
- NC State * (35-18) * Unseeded – Pack sends top seed packing, land resilient club in Omaha
- Texas * (47-15) * #2 Seed – Longhorns make 37th Omaha appearance, in search of 7th Title
- Arizona * (45-16) * #5 Seed – Four time champs seek first national championship since 2012
- Virginia * (35-25) * Unseeded – UVA remains alive, continuing to find a way in must win contests
- Mississippi State * (45-16) * #7 Seed – Bulldogs are making a third straight trip to the CWS
8 Quick Hit Notes For Omaha
- All 8 teams in this season’s College World Series made their way to Omaha from “Power 5” leagues
- Three of those five power conferences have placed more than one club in Omaha for the 2021 CWS
- The SEC is represented by 3 total schools, the ACC and PAC 12 have each sent a pair of programs
- Just one set of in-state rivals advanced to Omaha, though supers provided a potential for a handful
- Arizona will have a chance to match its state rival, the ASU Sun Devils, with a 5th title all-time
- Texas will attempt to separate itself from LSU with a seventh national title, its first since 2005
- Six of the eight participants in this year’s College World Series possessed national seeding
- Three schools enter hoping to become a first time champs (NC State /Tennessee/Miss State)