The Road To Omaha is officially mapped out for the 64 teams vying for a College World Series berth, as the NCAA revealed the bracket Monday for the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament.
UCLA earned the No. 1 overall seed, and Georgia Tech, Georgia, Auburn, North Carolina, Texas, Alabama and Florida round out the top eight slots. Mississippi State and Texas A&M are also hosting regionals, and Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Arkansas also earned berths to give the SEC 10 teams in the field.
The SEC has won the last six College World Series – with Vanderbilt claiming the 2019 crown, Mississippi State winning it all in 2021, Ole Miss going all the way in 2022, LSU capturing the title in 2023 and 2025 and Tennessee winning the CWS in 2024.
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The tournament begins with regionals on Friday and run through June 1. After regionals, the field will be whittled down from 64 to 16 teams for super regional play. Super regionals are best-of-three series set for June 5-8.
Eight teams earn spots in the College World Serie in Omaha beginning June 12. The best-of-three College World Series Finals are set to begin June 20.
LSU has advanced to nine CWS finals, second only to USC in tournament history. With 17 CWS titles, the SEC trails only the Pac-12’s 18 titles.
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