Why are Arkansas and LSU, the top two seeds remaining in NCAA baseball tournament, playing in College World Series? Explaining CWS bracket, format.

The 2025 College World Series starts on June 13, 2025, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Eight teams will compete in a double-elimination format, culminating in a best-of-three championship series.

This portion of the tournament sees the 64 teams split into 16 four-team brackets. Each four-team bracket sees the teams seeded #1 through #4, and they participate in a double-elimination ...

The double-elimination, four-team bracket will open at 1 p.m. Thursday, when fourth-seeded Northwestern State (33-19, 19-11 SLC) takes on No. 5 seed McNeese (31-15, 19-11 SLC).