By the end of June 8, we will know which eight schools are headed to Omaha for the 2026 College World Series. But before then, the Super Regionals await. With that Supers set to start on June 5, we take a look at the eight matchups for this upcoming weekend.
Athens
We’ll start with Mississippi State versus Georgia, one of two all-SEC matchups.
The Georgia Bulldogs are coming off a perfect 3-0 run in the Regionals, as is MSU. Mississippi State received a complete effort from their group, highlighted by a 10-strikeout effort from Duke Stone, and 39 total runs across the three wins.
Georgia, meanwhile, received all-class pitching from Joey Volchko and Caden Aoki last weekend, and on paper, is the favorite to win it all now that UCLA and Georgia Tech are out. However, the school will have to play in the aftermath of Tre Phelps‘ ejection (which comes with an automatic one-game suspension) after the umpire crew believed he taunted the Liberty dugout last weekend.
Mississippi State and Georgia met in April, a road matchup for MSU that went awry. Hail State was swept in a three-game series.
Prediction: Georgia
Auburn
The SEC is guaranteed at least two berths in the College World Series, thanks to the Athens and Auburn Super Regionals. The latter will feature Ole Miss & Auburn. Unlike the MSU-Georgia matchup, these two teams did not meet in the regular season.
Ole Miss is coming off a great run in Nebraska, as the Rebels’ pitching staff, led by Hunter Elliott and Cade Townsend, held off their adversaries enough to win that Regional. With that said, those two arms, coupled with a power offense, can help lead the Rebels to victory.
But can Ole Miss beat Auburn, a team that came in with arguably the best pitching staff in Division I?
Prediction: Auburn
Austin
Oregon and Texas will meet up for a spot in Omaha.
Aiden Robbins and Anthony Pack helped lead a dominant Texas offense to victory in the Austin Regional. But now, a major test awaits.
Oregon’s pitching staff was both very good and mercurial at the same time. Cal Scolari walked five against Yale and didn’t make it out of the fifth. Will Sanford struck out 14 in one game, which put the Ducks in a premier position to advance out of the Eugene Regional.
This matchup is more even than it may look on paper.
Prediction: Texas
Chapel Hill
Last year, the Tar Heels fell in the Super Regionals to Arizona. Now, UNC is in a somewhat familiar position, as North Carolina enters as a heavy favorite against USC.
For the Tar Heels, it’ll be the last dance for this group in Chapel Hill. Jason DeCaro has been the main man for the school over the last three years — but it was Caden Glauber who stole the show against East Carolina after he struck out eight in relief of DeCaro.
It goes to show just how deep this Tar Heels’ pitching staff runs.
USC can hit, even though much of the attention this season has been on the arms. And in particular, left-hander Mason Edwards. Augie Lopez had a great Regionals, leading the Trojans to an impressive run in College Station.
Prediction: UNC
Lawrence
Big 12 champion Kansas will face Oklahoma, once a power Big 12 school that is now in the SEC.
If there’s one thing that Kansas proved it can do last weekend, it was that the Jayhawks can hit. Kansas scored 24 runs over the three wins it picked up in the Regionals, and none of those games were handouts. Particularly, Kansas’ two wins against Arkansas.
However, this series will be challenging, to say the least. LJ Mercurius was a star for the Sooners, as he worked three innings in Game #1, and then notched a four-inning save one day later against Georgia Tech. Cameron Johnson‘s stuff is good when right — except that wasn’t the case in Oklahoma’s penultimate Regionals game.
Kansas will also need to quiet the hot bat of Dayton Tockey. Tockey hit a home run in the first Regional game for OU, and the last one, a homer that walked it off in Atlanta.
Prediction: Kansas
Morgantown
Morgantown was abuzz last weekend, as the West Virginia Mountaineers came back to beat Kentucky in an elimination contest on May 31, and then finished the job on a walk-off one day later.
West Virginia’s pitching staff has been fine without Chase Meyer. And WVU’s trio of Maxx Yehl, Chansen Cole, and Dawson Montesa has been among Division I’s best.
Cal Poly avoided UCLA in the Los Angeles Regional but that shouldn’t change any opinions on this group. Ryan Tayman had six hits and two home runs in Los Angeles, while Griffin Naess pitched very well for the Mustangs.
Prediction: West Virginia
Troy
This may be the most unpredictable and also the most unlikely Super Regionals matchup of the eight.
Troy was the only school in the Sun Belt to make it out of the Regionals, after the Trojans dispatched of Florida twice. Little Rock, meanwhile, finished up the job from 2025 and made it out of the Regionals after just barely missing out on doing so last year in Baton Rouge.
Little Rock didn’t have it easy, either. The other Trojans beat Sun Belt power Southern Miss in their own yard and then defeated Jacksonville State twice.
Prediction: Little Rock
Tuscaloosa
The last of the eight Super Regionals that will kick off is St. John’s and Alabama.
While this has not been Justin Lebron‘s best season, he came to play in the Regionals. Six hits and two home runs in three games for the standout infielder, who is one of the best in the NCAA when right. And LSU transfer Brady Neal had his signature moment after he hit an extra-innings shot off OK State & former Red Storm pitcher Mario Pesca.
Speaking of the Red Storm, the highlight of this group is the offense. Adam Agresti hit two home runs against FSU, and he’s just one of many hitters who can do damage. But the Johnnies have received the pitching as well, highlighted by Liam O’Leary and former Crimson Tide arm Evan Chaffee.
Prediction: Alabama
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