The crack of the bat echoes through Charles Schwab Field as Omaha, Neb., transforms once again into the epicenter of college baseball. The 2025 College World Series opens Friday, bringing together eight elite teams for two weeks of championship baseball that will culminate June 23.

Here's a closer look at LSU baseball's opponents at the College World Series, including Arkansas, UCLA and Murray State. Our LSU baseball coverage is brought to you in part by Our Lady of the Lake Health,

There are 21 former Arizona high school baseball players among the eight teams in the College World Series. Here are five who could stand out.

Coach John Savage – in just his fifth year with the program – ended the Bruins’ 13-year Men’s College World Series drought in 2010 when he led the team to Omaha, Nebraska.

This will be the fourth College World Series for UCLA Coach John Savage, who helped bring the Bruins to Omaha in 2010, 2012, 2013, and now 2025. He said the win was a “team effort.” “I think this team doesn’t feel like this is the end of the journey,

After UCLA baseball defeated UTSA in two games in the Los Angeles Super Regional, advancing to the Omaha College World Series, UCLA became the only school in the nation to have both its baseball and softball programs advance to the College World Series.

The ghosts of the old Pac-12 will be lurking at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, this weekend when the College World Series begins.

LSU is by far the most accomplished baseball program at the College World Series. The opener vs Arkansas looms very large in the 2025 event