The College World Series starts June 14, but baseball’s Super Regionals lead fans into the most exciting matchups June 7-10. The Super Regionals feature 16 teams reduced from the field of 64 teams competing for the 2024 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
The recently concluded Regional Round was the most watched college baseball regional round ever, and up 16% from last year and 59% from 2022.
Betting on the college baseball regionals has also increased, and there are a variety of storylines to follow as you watch and wager on college baseball on the road to the College World Series in Omaha.
Seven of the top eight national seeds advanced to the Super Regionals, and 10 of the 16 national seeds won their own regionals.
The SEC tops the Super Regional field with five teams, but not Arkansas, who was 34-3 at home and the highest-ranked team ahead of the regionals to not make the Super Regionals.
Three of the four most recent national champions were all eliminated last round as well - LSU, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. Other recent national champions over the past decade are still alive - Oregon State (2018), Florida (2017) and Virginia (2015).
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Super Regional Baseball Matchups - Game 1 and Series Odds
College Super Regional games are a best-of-3 series, and hosted by eight top seeds. Game 1 moneyline odds with starting dates and times (Eastern). Television broadcasts on ESPN and ESPN2, and streamed on ESPN+.
Friday, June 7
- Connecticut (+235) at Florida State (-320) - 12 p.m.
- Evansville (+480) at Tennessee (-800) - 3 p.m.
- West Virginia (+200) at North Carolina (-265) - 6 p.m.
- Kansas State (+220) at Virginia (-295) - 7 p.m.
Sat., June 8
- NC State (+116) at Georgia (-148) - 12 p.m.
- Florida (+158) at Clemson (-205) - 2 p.m.
- Oregon (+250) at Texas A&M (-340) - 2 p.m.
- Oregon State (+102) at Kentucky (-130) - 6 p.m.
Series Odds
- Tallahassee Super Regional: Florida State (-320), UCONN (+235)
- Knoxville Super Regional: Tennessee (-800), Evansville (+480)
- Chapel Hill Super Regional - North Carolina (-280), West Virginia (+210)
- Charlottesville Super Regional: Virginia (-280), Kansas State (+210)
- Athens Super Regional: Georgia (-154), NC State (+118)
- Clemson Super Regional: Clemson (-210), Florida (+162)
- College Station Super Regional: Texas A&M (-390), Oregon (+265)
- Lexington Super Regional: Kentucky (-136), Oregon State (+104)
College World Series Odds
College baseball World Series odds from FanDuel Sportsbook refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.
- +270: Tennessee
- +340: Texas A&M
- +900: Kentucky, North Carolina
- +1000: Clemson
- +1300: Oregon State, Florida State
- +1400: Virginia, Georgia
- +2300: NC State
- +3000: Florida
- +3500: West Virginia
- +5000: Oregon, Kansas State
- +10000: Connecticut
- +12000: Evansville
Rick Neuheisel, a former college football coach and host of college sports radio on SiriusXM (channel 84) talked with college baseball journalist Patrick Ebert Wednesday and asked him “what team will benefit the most with home field?”
Ebert noted Tennessee’s strength, power, attitude and swagger, and Texas A&M’s strong home crowd and offensive versatility. He added that Kentucky’s ability to steal bases and manufactur runs allows the “home team to feed off the crowd better with manufactured offense.”
College Baseball Team Notes
Added team notes from 24/7 sports and top MLB prospects on each team.
Tennessee is the No. 1 overall seed and won all three regional round games by at least six runs. The Volunteers went 38-3 at home in Knoxville this season, and Tennessee is making its fourth-consecutive super regional but shooting for its first College World Series appearance during that stretch. Tennessee’s 159 home runs leads the nation, and the Vols big bats will try to help them reach the CWS. A No. 1 overall seed hasn’t won the College World Series since 1999 and only two others even made the finals.
- Billy Amick - 3B
- Christian Moore - 2B
- Drew Beam - RHP
- Blake Burke - 1B
- Kavares Tears - OF
- Dylan Dreiling - OF
Texas A&M is in the Super Regionals for the second time in three years, and the Aggies set the program record for most home runs in a season with 129. Top-10 Major League Baseball prospect Braden Montgomery hit 27 HR’s this season including one in the College Station Regional, where he was named MVP. Hot temperatures in Texas near 95 degrees for the A&M - Oregon series.
- Braden Montgomery - OF
- Ryan Prager - LHP
- Chris Cortez - RHP
North Carolina’s loaded lineup and elite bats make them one to watch as a national title hopeful. The Tar Heels went 35-3 at home this season.
- Vance Honeycut - OF
Kentucky makes its second-straight Super Regional appearance, and hosts its first-ever Super Regional. The Wildcats tied for 1st place in the SEC this season.
- Ryan Waldschmidt - OF
Clemson meets Florida in baseball for the first time since 1983. Former Clemson assistant Kevin O'Sullivan is Florida’s head coach. Clemson has hosted the Super Regionals four times (2000-2010), and advanced to the College World Series each time.
- Tristan Smith - LHP
Oregon State was a top-10 team all season long, and the Beavers have an overpowering offense led by all-time program HR leader Travis Bazzana. The All-American 2B smacked two more home runs in the regional sweep and is the No. 1 MLB prospect in college baseball. Bazzana is also one of three finalists for the Golden Spikes Award as the top amateur baseball player in the U.S. Of the remaining teams, Oregon State ranks fourth in both weighted on-base average (wOBA) and wRC+ behind Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
- Travis Bazzana - 2B
- Aiden May - RHP
Florida State’s pitching is a potential downfall with just two pitchers sporting ERA’s under 4.24, but starter Jamie Arnold (2.45 ERA, 146 strikeouts) gives the Seminoles an edge in Game 1. Florida State ranked in the top 15 nationally in batting average, runs scored and home runs.
- Cameron Smith - 3B
- James Tibbs III - OF
Virginia ranks second nationally in batting average and 12th in home runs. They lack a pitching stalwart like their opponent Kansas State, which could produce a high-scoring series.
- Griff O’Ferrall - SS
- Ethan Anderson - C/1B
Georgia is led by Golden Spikes Award finalist Charlie Condon, who batted .445 this season for a Bulldogs team that went 32-5 at home.
- Charlie Condon - OF/3B
NC State makes its second Super Regional appearance in the past four seasons. Graduate transfer Alec Makarewicz was named Most Outstanding Player of the Raleigh Regional, and four Wolfpack teammates made the All-Regional team.
- Jacob Cozart - C
Florida entered the NCAA Tournament with just a 28-27 overall record. Like their opponent Clemson, each lacks top-tier pitching. But the Gators top-3 MLB prospect Jac Caglianone ranks third nationally with 31 home runs.
- Jac Caglianone - 1B/LHP
West Virginia has just two qualified hitters over a .300 batting average and one starting pitcher with a sub-5.00 ERA, but the Mountaineers captured its first regional championship in program history.
- JJ Wetherholt - SS/2B
Oregon went winless in the Pac 12 Tournament, but the Ducks bats came alive to support timely pitching and Oregon advanced to the Super Regionals for the second-straight season.
Kansas State has only two pitchers on the staff with an ERA below 4.00. But the Wildcats pulled off a tremendous regional upset to take down No. 5 national seed Arkansas to reach its second super regional in program history.
- Kaelen Culpepper - SS
- Tyson Neighbors - RHP
Connecticut was six games under .500 at the midway point of the season. Now the Huskies are in the super regionals for the second time in three years, and third time in program history. UCONN traveled more than any team in college baseball this season and didn’t play at home until their 19th game of the season. Jim Penders is in his 21st season as head coach of the UCONN program, and he’s part of the longest-tenured coaching staff in Division I baseball.
Evansville is the Cinderella team and feel good story in this year’s Super Regionals.
One final note, feel-good story and mention on retiring Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball coach John Anderson, who I admire and got to know as a walk-on and after my college years at the University of Minnesota. The winningest baseball coach in Big Ten history and 43 years as head coach at Minnesota, the 8-time Big Ten Coach of the Year led the Gophers to eight NCAA Regional appearances in a 10-year stretch in the 1990’s, and it’s first-ever Super Regional in 2018 before losing to eventual national champion Oregon State.
Anderson built a legacy at the U of M while forming lifelong relationships and touching so many lives in a positive way. For over 40 years, Anderson’s overarching philosophy has been to prepare his players “for the next 50 years of their lives.” Although winning baseball games is a crucial component in his winning formula, the primary objective has always been on improving his players as individuals and setting them up for a lifetime of success regardless of their pursuits after college.
Follow more D1 baseball updates and storylines on X as the road to Omaha and the College World Series continues. The Super Regionals is sure to create more memorable moments and exciting watch and wager action.
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