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

The College World Series officially gets underway today when the Arizona Wildcats face the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in Game 1 of the double-elimination round.

When Chip Hale looked at the team he and his staff assembled last fall he felt it was one that could get Arizona back to the College World Series. The belief was so strong that T-shirts were made and a banner hung in the clubhouse about the Wildcats’ ‘Chasing Five,

Miami (25), Florida State (24),  Arizona State (22), USC (21), LSU (20) and Oklahoma State (20). But while Arizona may still trail Arizona State in total College World Series appearances,

Arizona will take on Coastal Carolina in the first game of the 2025 College World Series. OMAHA, Neb. (KYMA, KECY) - The Arizona Wildcats are back in Omaha. Arizona will open its 19th College World Series appearance on Saturday against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers — a familiar foe.

Arizona Baseball's opens up the College World Series with a highly-anticipated matchup against Coastal Carolina.

Who is in the 2025 College World Series bracket? Look at the teams that have qualified for CWS, with a field that includes some unseeded surprises.

In baseball, that flashback-inducing opponent is Coastal Carolina. The Wildcats met the Chanticleers in the 2016 College World Series championship series and, after taking the opening game, dropped the next two to painfully fall short of the fifth national title in school history.

Six conferences and an independent will be represented at the College World Series. None were among the final eight in Omaha a year ago.