While not as popular as the College Football Playoff or March Madness, the NCAA Baseball tournament garners some of sports’ most dedicated fans and explosive fan environments. College baseball returns to your television this weekend! This page will provide a comprehensive rundown on the College World Series odds for 2025, including odds, teams to watch, tournament format, and FAQs.
2025 College World Series Odds
2025 College World Series Field
The Omaha Eight will be revealed Monday, May 26 at 12 p.m. ET following conference tournaments. Check back for the brackets then!
NCAA Tournament & College World Series Schedule
The College World Series final begins June 21 and is a best-of-three series. All games will be broadcast on ABC and ESPN.
- Regional tournaments begin: Friday, May 30
- Super Regionals begin: Friday, June 6
- College World Series begins: Friday, June 13
- Championship Series: Saturday–Monday, June 21–23
Basics Of College World Series Futures
Like many other tournaments, the most common future bets surround outright winners. Each matchup and series will have their own price, commonly bet on the moneyline. Moneyline betting refers to prices set by oddsmakers on each team to determine an outright winner.
For example, Tennessee had a price of -180 to win Game 1 of the 2024 College World Series over Texas A&M (+150). A successful $100 bet on Tennessee would yield $55.56 in earnings plus the initial bet amount back.
Another common futures bet example would be Arkansas to win the College World Series (+1400). If the Razorbacks wins the series at +1400, a $100 bet would have paid out $1400 in winnings plus the initial $100 bet back. Other team futures may include odds to reach the Super Regionals or the College World Series.
College World Series Format
The College World Series refers to an eight-team tournament played at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb., each year to crown a champion in college baseball. The tournament is double-elimination until the final, which is a best-of-three series.
Prior to the College World Series is the NCAA Division-I Baseball Tournament. The first round of the tournament is the Regionals, a group stage made up of 16 four-team pods. They play a double-elimination tournament where the top team from each group advances to the next round. The second round, the Super Regionals, is a best-of-three series where the winner advances to the final eight in Omaha.
The top 16 teams in the Division-I Baseball Tournament receive seeds. The rest of the field is unranked officially, and teams carry that ranking throughout the remainder of the postseason. While the seeding is ordered based on the best teams to least, the top 16 seeds aren’t always those who make the final eight. For example in 2024, unranked Florida upset (11) Oklahoma State in the Regionals and (6) Clemson in the Super Regionals to advance to the CWS.
Of the 64 total teams in the NCAA Tournament, 29 are auto-bids from conference champions while 35 other teams are at-large. The Regional hosts are the top 16 ranked teams and the remaining teams are placed by geography and matchup.
History And Favorites
Historically, college baseball lacked parity. Between 1958 and 1974, Southern California captured nine titles–including five straight from 1970-74–and was a runner-up once. Between 1975 and 1988; Arizona, Arizona State, Miami, Texas, and Stanford won 11 of 13 championships. However, since 2000, there have been 16 different schools that have won championships and only two schools (South Carolina and Oregon State) won back-to-back championships.
Southern California leads college baseball with 12 CWS championships, LSU places second with seven, and Texas owns six titles. Florida State leads the nation in NCAA Tournament appearances without a championship (a whopping 60!), followed by Clemson (47). East Carolina leads in NCAA Tournament appearances without a CWS berth (34), followed by South Alabama (28).
With the longest collegiate schedule (56 regular season games), the league has opened up in terms of contenders and favorites. There are a handful of regular residents in the CWS like Florida, LSU, and Vanderbilt. The sport is potentially the most regionally-skewed in terms of success, with the SEC standing as far and away the dominant conference. The ACC and Big 12 place multiple contenders each season, as well.
Here is a list of CWS Finals results since 2000.
| Year | Winner | Series Result | Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tennessee | 2-1 | Texas A&M |
| 2023 | LSU | 2-1 | Florida |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | 2-0 | Oklahoma |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 2-1 | Vanderbilt |
| 2020 | No CWS — COVID-19 | ||
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 2-1 | Michigan |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 2-1 | Arkansas |
| 2017 | Florida | 2-0 | LSU |
| 2016 | Coastal Carolina | 2-1 | Arizona |
| 2015 | Virginia | 2-1 | Vanderbilt |
| 2014 | Vanderbilt | 2-1 | Virginia |
| 2013 | UCLA | 2-0 | Mississippi State |
| 2012 | Arizona | 2-0 | South Carolina |
| 2011 | South Carolina | 2-0 | Florida |
| 2010 | South Carolina | 2-0 | UCLA |
| 2009 | LSU | 2-1 | Texas |
| 2008 | Fresno State | 2-1 | Georgia |
| 2007 | Oregon State | 2-0 | North Carolina |
| 2006 | Oregon State | 2-1 | North Carolina |
| 2005 | Texas | 2-0 | Florida |
| 2004 | Cal State Fullerton | 2-0 | Texas |
| 2003 | Rice | 2-1 | Stanford |
| 2002 | Texas | 1-0 | South Carolina |
| 2001 | Miami | 1-0 | Stanford |
| 2000 | LSU | 1-0 | Stanford |
| 1999 | Miami | 1-0 | Florida State |
Note: The CWS moved to a best-of-three series for the 2003 tournament.
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