One of the eight teams in the 2025 College World Series is just days away from rising to the top as this year's national champion. Will Arkansas deliver as the highest-seeded squad left in the field,

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Jay Johnson and the LSU Tigers will square off against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday night at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha (Neb.) to open College World S

Here are eight facts to know about 2025 College World Series teams fighting for the NCAA baseball title in Omaha, Nebraska.

Peterson and Kozeal were born in Omaha. While Kozeal helped his dad as part of the grounds crew at Charles Schwab Field, the site of the College World Series since 2011, Peterson was in the seats every June that he could remember, even further back to the days of Rosenblatt Stadium, the former CWS site.

Both coaches' wiillingness and ability to utilize the transfer portal.The reliance on the portal is especially pronounced on the Arkansas side of the ledger. Eight of the nine players in the projected starting lineup had previous college experience before playing for the Razorbacks.

A former Gatorade Player of the Year, the Omaha native is back for the College World Series starting a second base for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Left-handers Zach Root of Arkansas and Kade Anderson of LSU will take the mound at Charles Schwab Field for the 6 p.m. game. Both were first-team All-SEC picks by league coaches and both are projected to be high-round MLB Draft picks next month.

No. 15 national seed UCLA, unseeded Murray State, No. 3 seed Arkansas and No. 6 LSU practiced in that order Thursday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field in the second block of teams at the College World Series.

Men’s College World Series gets underway Friday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, ushering in what has the makings of a balanced, wide-open battle for the national title.