NCAA baseball super regional predictions: Expert College World Series picks

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We'll have an entirely new field at the 2026 College World Series. None of the 16 teams left in the NCAA baseball tournament's super regionals were in Omaha last season.

That's a complete reshuffle for the second year in a row.

The USA TODAY Network will provide comprehensive super regionals coverage this weekend with reporters at seven of the eight sites.

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We asked beat writers with teams remaining in the super regionals for their CWS picks. Here's who they think will be headed to Charles Schwab Field next week.


Sam Hutchens, The Clarion Ledger

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Little Rock over Troy
• North Carolina over USC
• Auburn over Ole Miss
• Mississippi State over Georgia
• Texas over Oregon
• Alabama over St. John's
• Kansas over Oklahoma

Sam Sklar, The Clarion Ledger

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• North Carolina over USC
• Auburn over Ole Miss
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Texas over Oregon
• St. John’s over Alabama
• Oklahoma over Kansas

Maxwell Donaldson, The Gadsden Times

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• North Carolina over USC
• Auburn over Ole Miss
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Oregon over Texas
• Alabama over St. John's
• Kansas over Oklahoma

Craig Meyer, USA TODAY

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• North Carolina over USC
• Ole Miss over Auburn
• Mississippi State over Georgia
• Texas over Oregon
• Alabama over St. John's
• Kansas over Oklahoma

Rodd Baxley, Fayetteville Observer

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• North Carolina over USC
• Auburn over Ole Miss
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Texas over Oregon
• Alabama over St. John's
• Oklahoma over Kansas

Adam Cole, Montgomery Advertiser

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• USC over North Carolina
• Auburn over Ole Miss
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Texas over Oregon
• Alabama over St. John's
• Kansas over Oklahoma

Colton Sulley, The Oklahoman

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• USC over North Carolina
• Auburn over Ole Miss
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Oregon over Texas
• Alabama over St. John's
• Oklahoma over Kansas

Jordan Guskey, Topeka Capital Journal

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• USC over North Carolina
• Ole Miss over Auburn
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Texas over Oregon
• Alabama over St. John's
• Kansas over Oklahoma

Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• USC over North Carolina
• Auburn over Ole Miss
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Texas over Oregon
• Alabama over St. John's
• Kansas over Oklahoma

Alec Dietz, Eugene Register Guard

• Cal Poly over West Virginia
• Troy over Little Rock
• North Carolina over USC
• Auburn over Ole Miss
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Oregon over Texas
• Alabama over St. John's
• Kansas over Oklahoma

Emilee Smarr, Tuscaloosa News

• West Virginia over Cal Poly
• Troy over Little Rock
• USC over North Carolina
• Ole Miss over Auburn
• Georgia over Mississippi State
• Oregon over Texas
• Alabama over St. John's
• Oklahoma over Kansas

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College World Series predictions: Who will win baseball super regionals?

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