The 2026 NCAA college baseball season has officially concluded, as a champion was crowned on June 22 in Omaha. Oklahoma, a team that didn’t have the hottest team entering the tourney, wound up catching fire and ultimately took a national title to Norman.
The final game of the men's College World Series lacked drama, but it still delivered an incredible moment.
Championship teams are usually remembered for their dominance. The 1975 Oklahoma Sooners are remembered for something even more impressive. Their resilience.
OMAHA, NE — There’s a non-zero chance that North Carolina’s Caden Glauber doesn’t pitch against Oklahoma in Game 3 of the CWS Finals on Monday. Glauber, the Tar Heels’ superstar freshman relief pitcher, threw 65 pitchers on Sunday.
OMAHA, NE — One more time. One more game. One more chance. Eternal glory awaits the winner of Monday night’s college baseball showdown between Oklahoma and North Carolina.
Oklahoma’s nine-game winning streak came to an end on Sunday afternoon as they fell in the second game of the National Championship series, meaning they’ll face a do-or-die situation for the first time since the Atlanta Regional.
OMAHA, NE — For the sixth time in six games at the College World Series, a freshman will start on the mound for Oklahoma on Monday. OU coach Skip Johnson confirmed after Sunday’s Game 2 loss to North Carolina in the CWS Finals that first-year arm Nick Wesloski will start in Monday’s winner-takes-all Game 3.
OMAHA, NE — The Sooners were due for a slow day at the plate. Oklahoma hit 28 home runs in its first 11 games at the NCAA Tournament. In Game 1 of the CWS Finals against No.
OMAHA, NE — No Sooner Magic this time. No sensational pitching by the freshman starter, no long ball heroics from the French-Canadian catcher, no defensive miracles.
In 2025, the Oklahoma Sooners went 10-3 while still making the College Football Playoff, losing to Alabama in the first round. Not good enough to feel completely polished as a program, but good enough to feel like progress. For the Sooners to make some real noise in 2026, almost everything boils down to one player: quarterback John Mateer.
OMAHA, NE — Kyle Branch had yet to record a base hit at the College World Series when he entered the batter’s box in the fourth inning of Saturday’s game against North Carolina.
OMAHA, NE — There seems to be some high level disagreement about the best pitcher at this year’s College World Series. On one hand, two opposing coaches say Cord Rager, the Sooners’ stud left hander, isn’t quite as electric when he’s pitching “out of the stretch” — that is, with runners on base — as he is out of the standard windup.
OMAHA, NE — For the first time at the College World Series, Oklahoma had to play from behind the 8-ball. After scoring two runs in the top of the first, the Sooners allowed North Carolina to score three in the bottom of the frame.
OMAHA, NE — Hey, the combination of Cord Rager and Deiten Lachance would be a lot to take on for just about any team. Last Saturday they were too much for Alabama.
The Oklahoma Sooners aren’t going to be upset about missing out on 2027 defensive lineman Josh Christensen The Oklahoma Sooners lost out on 2027 defensive lineman Josh Christensen, who committed to Oregon over OU, Washington, and Cal.
The Oklahoma Sooners take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in Game 1 of the College World Series Final at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 20. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.
OMAHA, NE — The last time Oklahoma won a national championship in baseball, Ryan Gaines was about as far away from eastern Nebraska as he could possibly be.
The Oklahoma Sooners just lost out on another 2027 recruit, but it’s not as big a deal as some would think. The Oklahoma Sooners missed on four-star offensive tackle Brian Swanson, the 6’5 prospect from Dallas, Texas, who committed to the Texas Longhorns.
And then there were two. The North Carolina Tar Heels battle the Oklahoma Sooners in a best-of-three series in the College World Series finals. By Monday, we’ll have a new champion of college baseball.
The Oklahoma Sooners need all of their fans in attendance in Omaha for the National Championship. The Oklahoma Sooners are trying to do what they couldn’t in 2022.
During the Men’s College World Series semifinals, Georgia’s Kolby Branch hit a 401-foot solo home run in his last college at-bat. He created a viral moment by high-fiving his younger brother, Kyle Branch, who was playing second base for the opposing Oklahoma Sooners.
If the College World Series were decided solely by the eye test, Oklahoma might be the favorite to win the national championship. The Sooners have looked every bit like the hottest team in Omaha.
The path is simple for Georgia baseball. Difficult, but simple. Beat Oklahoma on Wednesday. Beat Oklahoma again on Thursday. Do that, and the Bulldogs will pull off one of the most impressive turnarounds of the College World Series and punch their ticket to the national championship series after falling into the loser’s bracket Tuesday night.
The College World Series second day saw the other half of the bracket kick things off. Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster The Sooners scored in the first inning as Trey Gambill doubled home two runs.
Flashback to the opening weekend of the 2026 season. Oklahoma made quite the first impression as it blitzed three Big 12 teams in a flawless weekend at the Shriners Children’s College Showdown in Arlington.
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