The 2016 College World Series is set. The regionals and super regionals are freshly behind us, and eight teams are left standing. And here they are ...
| BRACKET 1 | Conference | Record | CWS appearance | Nat'l titles (last) |
| No. 1 Florida | SEC | 52-14 | 10th | 0 |
| Coastal Carolina | Big South | 49-16 | 1st | 0 |
| No. 5 Texas Tech | Big 12 | 46-18 | 2nd | 0 |
| TCU | Big 12 | 47-16 | 4th | 0 |
| BRACKET 2 | Conference | Record | CWS appearance | Nat'l titles (last) |
| No. 3 Miami (Fla.) | ACC | 50-12 | 25th | 4 (2001) |
| Arizona | Pac-12 | 44-21 | 17th | 4 (2012) |
| Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 41-20 | 20th | 1 (1959) |
| UC-Santa Barbara | Big West | 42-18 | 1st | 0 |
The 70th MCWS will take place at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha from June 18-28/29. The CWS is a double-elimination format until two teams are left, at which point those two teams play a best-of-3 series for the national championship.
Florida, which punched its ticket with a Game 3 victory against Florida State this past Monday, enters play in Omaha as the No. 1 overall seed. The final push to succeed Virginia as national champs gets underway this Saturday.
Now for the opening-round matchups ...
(All times eastern)
Saturday, June 18
GAME 1: Oklahoma State 1, UC-Santa Barbara 0 (box score)
GAME 2: Arizona 5, Miami (Fla.) 1 (box score)
Sunday, June 19
GAME 3: TCU 5, Texas Tech 3 (box score)
GAME 4: Coastal Carolina 2, Florida 1 (box score)
And here's the rest of broadcast schedule for the remainder of the CWS (via NCAA.org) ...
Monday, June 20
GAME 5: UC-Santa Barbara 5, Miami (Fla.) 3 (box score)
GAME 6: Oklahoma State 1, Arizona 0 (box score)
No. 3 seed Miami (Fla.) is eliminated from the College World Series.
Tuesday, June 21
GAME 7: Texas Tech 3, Florida 2 (box score)
GAME 8: TCU 6, Coastal Carolina 1 (box score)
No. 1 seed Florida is eliminated from the College World Series.
Wednesday, June 22
GAME 9: Arizona 3, UC-Santa Barbara 0 (box score)
UC-Santa Barbara is eliminated from the College World Series.
Thursday, June 23
GAME 10: Coastal Carolina 7, Texas Tech 5 (box score)
No. 5 seed Texas Tech is eliminated from the College World Series.
Friday, June 24
GAME 11: Arizona 9, Oklahoma State 3 (box score)
GAME 12: Coastal Carolina 4, TCU 1 (box score)
Both Arizona and Coastal Carolina had one loss while Oklahoma State and TCU were from the winner's bracket in this double-elimination portion. Thus, Arizona and Coastal Carolina could have been eliminated Friday while Oklahoma State and TCU couldn't have been. Saturday's games will determine the finalists.
Saturday, June 25
GAME 13: Arizona 5, Oklahoma 1 (box score)
GAME 14: Coastal Carolina 7, TCU 5 (box score)
Arizona and Coastal Carolina advance to the finals.
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FINALS (BEST 2 OF 3)
Monday, June 27
Game 1: Arizona 3, Coastal Carolina 0 (box score)
Tuesday, June 28
Game 2: Coastal Carolina 5, Arizona 4 (box score)
Wednesday, June 29
Game 3: Arizona vs. Coastal Carolina, 8 p.m. (ESPN, WatchESPN)
