The Omaha Eight

  • Wake Forest * (52-10) * #1 Overall Seed in NCAA Tournament & ACC Regular Season Champions
  • Stanford * (44-18) * #8 Seed – Pac 12 Regular Season Champions – Third straight trip to Omaha
  • LSU * (48-15) * #5 Seed – Tigers unbeaten in NCAA Tourney – 6 Titles – First trip under Jay Johnson
  • Tennessee * (43-20) * Unseeded – Volunteers were #1 seed a year ago. Hot down the stretch in SEC
  • Florida * (50-15) * #2 Seed – SEC Regular Season Champions – 2017 Champs – First trip since 2018
  • Virginia * (50-13) * #7 Seed – ACC Coastal Division Champs – 50 win club – 2015 CWS Champions
  • Oral Roberts * (51-12) * Unseeded – Third Regional #4 Seed all-time to reach College World Series   
  • TCU * (42-22) * Unseeded – Big 12 Tournament Champions – Unbeaten in ‘23 NCAA Tournament

Eight Quick Hit Observations for ‘23

  • This season marks the 76th edition of the College World Series, collegiate baseball’s crown jewel
  • There will be a new champion in college baseball, each of the last 4 winners are absent from field
  • 5 National seeds advanced to Omaha (#1 Wake Forest / #2 Florida / #5 LSU / #7 UVA / #8 Stanford)
  • This edition of the tournament boasts 4 50-win clubs & 3 teams unbeaten in the ‘23 NCAA Tourney
  • The conference breakdown: SEC -3 / ACC -2 / Pac 12 (Stanford) / Big 12 (TCU) / Summit (ORU)
  • All 8 programs have appeared in CWS, the longest drought belonging to ‘55 champion Wake Forest
  • 5 Returning Champions in the field, alongside 3 schools seeking a first title (ORU, TCU, Tennessee) 
  • The 2023 College World Series runs Friday June 16th – Monday June 26th