The Omaha Eight
2024
- Tennessee * (55-12) * #1 Overall Seed – SEC Regular Season & Tourney Champs – Seeking 1st Title
- Kentucky * (45-14) * #2 Seed – Shared SEC East crown with Tennessee – Lone Omaha First-Timer
- Texas A&M * (49-13) * #3 Seed – SEC Western Division Champions – Seeking first National Title
- North Carolina * (47-14) * #4 Seed – ACC Regular Season Champions – Seeking first CWS Title
- FSU * (47-15) * #8 Seed – Turnaround Season – Pursuing 1st title – 24th trip, 1st under Link Jarrett
- NC State * (38-21) * #10 Seed – Reached CWS Semi-Finals in ‘21 – Pack chasing first CWS Title
- Virginia * (46-15) * #12 Seed – 4th ACC club – Third trip in past four seasons – 2015 CWS Champions
- Florida * (34-28) * Unseeded – National Runner-Up last season – Pre-Season Top 5 – ‘17 Champs
Eight Quick Hit Observations for ‘24
- This season marks the 77th edition of the College World Series, collegiate baseball’s crown jewel
- There will be a new champion in college baseball, each of the last 5 winners are absent from field
- 7 National seeds advanced to Omaha (#1 TN/#2 KY/#3 TX A&M/#4 UNC /#8 FSU/#10 NC St/#12 UVA)
- This edition boasts 4 teams unbeaten in the NCAA Tournament (Virginia/Kentucky/FSU/TX A&M)
- 2 conference make up the field for 1st time under the current format. All 8 Schools from ACC & SEC
- 7 of the 8 programs have appeared in CWS, Kentucky is the only team making its first trip to Omaha
- Just 2 Returning Champions are in the field, only Virginia (2015) and Florida (2017) own CWS Titles
- The 2024 College World Series runs Friday June 14th – Monday June 24th