The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and Arizona Wildcasts hope to start off their runs in Omaha on the right foot, as they both open their NCAA Men’s College World Series schedules on Friday afternoon.

Just eight teams remain as the 2025 College World Series enters a full sprint to end the NCAA baseball season. See how to tune in to the CWS for free.

Arizona made it to Omaha all but one year from 1954-60 and won its three titles in the 1970s and 1980s across five CWS appearances. After missing it 17 consecutive times between 1987 and 2003, the Wildcats returned to the CWS in 2004, marking their first of five appearances this century. Four of those trips have come since 2012.

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.

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