OMAHA, NE (AP) — Whether you’re a Gator or a ‘Nole, you have a team to cheer for this weekend in the College World Series (CWS).
The CWS opens Friday with Florida State (47-15) facing Tennessee (55-12) in Bracket 1.
Florida (34-28) plays Texas A&M (49-13) in Bracket 2 on Saturday.
Both games are at 7 p.m.
Winners in double-elimination bracket play square off in the best-of-three finals beginning June 22.
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Florida is in it for the second straight year and brought back the majority of their lineup.
Florida has seven everyday players, including two-way star Jac Caglianone, back from the 2023 team that was national runner-up.
The Gators’ young pitchers struggled early in the season, and it took until the final regular-season weekend to lock up a winning record, which made them eligible for an NCAA Tournament at-large bid. They’ve won a regional at Stillwater, Oklahoma, and a super regional at Clemson, South Carolina, to return to Omaha, where they were national runners-up to LSU a year ago.
“Beginning of the year, we wanted to get back here,” Caglianone said. “So having guys who have played here and know what the atmosphere is like, I think, is going to play in our favor.”
Florida State is making an appearance at the CWS for the first time since 2019.
This report prepared with contribution from the Associated Press.