2022 College World Series preview: SEC, Texas lead the eight-team field

 

The 2022 College World Series gets underway on Friday at Omaha's Charles Schwab Field. Although the CWS is adding in fashionability and drawing further and further attention and eyeballs, it's still a bit strange to some casuals. So in the ongoing interests of being there for those with nowhere left to turn, we've put together a brief manual on this time's CWS. More still, we've done so by means of the dateless FAQ format that's a hallmark of ancient sacred textbooks. The first question 

 

 Shall we begin? 

 Yes. 

 

 Now for the remaining questions. 

 

 How does the College World Series work? 

 The last eight brigades standing in the NCAA Division I Baseball event trip to Omaha each time for the College World Series. The format is simple-- it's double- elimination until the field is down to two brigades. At that point, the slates are wiped clean, and those final two brigades play a best- of- three series for the public crown. 

 

 Who are the eight brigades in it this time? 

 In order to expropriate online rage, we'll list those eight brigades in alphabetical order. This time's CWS actors are Arkansas, Auburn, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Stanford, Texas, and Texas A&M. Completely half of this time's CWS field comes from the SEC, which stands to reason given that the SEC is, by a substantial periphery, the strongest conference in council baseball( and has been for some time). Bear in mind that two other 2022 CWS brigades-- Oklahoma and Texas-- will be joining the SEC, conceivably as beforehand as 2024. 

 

 How did those eight brigades make it to Omaha? 

 First, then is how the first two" rounds" of the 64- platoon NCAA DI Baseball Tournament, known as the regionals and super regionals, work. In the regionals, the 64 brigades – 31 automatic flings via conference crowns and 33 at-large entrants – are broken up into 16 regionals of four brigades each. The regionals are a double- elimination format that continues until only one platoon is left in each of those 16 classes. Those 16 brigades brace over and advance to the super regionals. The super regionals are best- of- three series, and the winner of each advances to the College World Series. 

 

 Now then is how this time's eight CWS brigades made it to Omaha 

 

 Arkansas Advanced out of Stillwater indigenous that also included Oklahoma State, Missouri State, and Grand Canyon. Defeated North Carolina in the super indigenous. 

 Auburn Advanced out of Auburn indigenous that also included Florida State, UCLA, and Southeastern Louisiana. Defeated Oregon State in the super indigenous. 

 Notre Dame Advanced out of Statesboro indigenous that also included Georgia Southern, Texas Tech, and UNC- Greensboro. Defeated Tennessee in the super indigenous. 

 Oklahoma Advanced out of Gainesville indigenous that also included Florida, Central Michigan, and Liberty. Defeated Virginia Tech in the super indigenous. 

 Ole Miss Advanced out of Coral Gables indigenous that also included Miami- FL, Arizona, and Canisius. Defeated Southern Mississippi in the super indigenous. 

 Stanford Advanced out of Stanford indigenous that also included UC- Santa Barbara, Texas State, and Binghamton. Defeated UConn in the super indigenous. 

 Texas Advanced out of Austin indigenous that also included Air Force, Louisiana Tech, and Dallas Baptist. Defeated East Carolina in the super indigenous. 

 Texas A&M Advanced out of College Station indigenous that also included TCU, Oral Roberts, and Louisiana. Defeated Louisville in the super indigenous. 

 Any notable brigades who did not make it? 

 Yep Mississippi State and Tennessee. Mississippi State is the reigning public titlist, but they fell well short of prospects this season and did not indeed make the field of 64. That means we still have not had a reprise public champion since South Carolina won it all in 2010 and 2011. 

 

 Also absent from Omaha this time is Tennessee, who entered the event as theNo. 1 overall seed. Given that they went 57- 9 this season while playing in the SEC, the Levies had they won it all would probably be flashed back as one of the great brigades of all- time. rather, Notre Dame stunned them in three games in the super indigenous. 

 

 What is the schedule? 

 For the opening games, it goes a little commodity like this 

 

 Games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU can be streamed on fuboTV( try for free). 

 

 Friday, June 17 

 

 Oklahomavs. Texas A&M, 2p.m. ET, ESPN 

 Notre Damevs. Texas, 7p.m. ET, ESPN 

 Saturday, June 18 

 

 Arkansasvs. Stanford, 2p.m. ET, ESPN 

 Ole Missvs. Auburn, 7p.m. ET, ESPN2 

 Further sorting out takes from Sunday through Thursday, and also the best- of- three final series begins with Game 1 on Saturday, June 25 at 600p.m. CST. Game 2 will be Sunday, June 26 at 200p.m., and if necessary Game 3 will be Monday, June 27 at 600p.m. CST. All tests games will be broadcast on ESPN. 

 

 Any notable MLB draft prospects at this CWS this time around? 

 Our ownR.J. Anderson has gone in- depth on each CWS platoon's stylish or at least most intriguing draft prospect, so we'll point you in his direction for the full analysis. For a taste, however, then are the names to know and when they might hear their name called when the MLB Draft goes down on July 17. 

 

 Arkansas Cayden Wallace, 3B OF 

 Auburn Sonny DiChiara, 1B 

 Notre Dame Jack Brannigan, 3B/ RHP 

 Oklahoma Peyton Graham, SS 

 Ole Miss Hayden Dunhurst, C 

 Stanford Brock Jones, OF 

 Texas Ivan Melendez, 1B 

 Texas A&M Trevor Werner, 3B 

 For pure entertainment value, we'll go with the power displays of DiChiara and Melendez. 

 

 Who is the favorite to win it all? 

 As a rough companion, then are the CWS odds via Caesars Sportsbook 

 

 Texas 350 

 Stanford 450 

 Notre Dame 500 

 Arkansas 650 

 Auburn 750 

 Oklahoma 800 

 Ole Miss 850 

Texas A&M 900 

 Texas was the agreementNo. 1 platoon coming into the season, so it's not surprising to feel them atop this particular mound. Really, however, this is baseball, and there is so important structural equality that none of these brigades is any kind of a liberty in Omaha. So get set for a compelling week- plus of baseball down in the council ranks.