Men’s College World Series is set to begin this weekend in Omaha, Nebraska. Before the eight teams remaining in the NCAA baseball tournament begin vying for the championship trophy, here are 25 things to know about the ’25 MCWS.

OMAHA, Neb. (WAVE) - The Louisville baseball team is back in Omaha for the sixth time in program history and the first time since 2019 and are set for match-up against national No. 8 seed Oregon State.

Twenty-one months ago, Oregon State athletics was dealt what many saw as a death blow when the Pac-12 imploded, leaving them without a conference. The baseball team, unlike any other sport at OSU, opted to play a completely independent schedule this season.

Caraway led off the bottom of the first inning with a line drive single to left, jumpstarting a game-changing first inning that featured seven runs and five hits, including back-to-back home runs. And the second of those homers came from McEntire, in his first-career postseason at-bat, when he belted a towering shot to left field.

A legitimate Cinderella story, a conference-less powerhouse and the nation's hottest team threaten to end the SEC's reign atop the sport

I love this College World Series field, writes . We’ve got eight teams of all shapes and sizes, dreamers and big boys, small ball and big budgets. And, mostly,

Oregon State is headed to the College World Series after beating Florida State 14-10 Sunday night to win the Corvallis Super Regional. OSU makes its eighth trip to the CWS in Omaha, a place where the Beavers have feasted. Oregon State won national titles in 2006, 2007 and 2018, and threatened a couple other times.