College World Series 2022: Game times, TV info, announced for opening games

The NCAA finalized the schedule for the Men’s College World Series that begins Friday, June 17, in Omaha, Nebraska at Charles Schwab Field.

Game 1 will be between future SEC foes. Texas A&M (42-18) will face off against Oklahoma (42-22) on Friday beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern time. It will be broadcast on ESPN and also streamed on the Watch ESPN app.

Game 2 will have Notre Dame (40-15) and college baseball giant Texas (47-20) on Friday as well, with first pitch at 7 p.m. ET. ESPN will also broadcast the matchup between the Longhorns and Irish.

Game 3 is set between Arkansas (43-19) and Stanford (46-16) and will take place on Saturday, June 18, beginning at 2 p.m. ET.

Game 4 will see Ole Miss (37-22), who barely made the NCAA Tournament field and either Oregon State or Auburn, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

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For the third consecutive season, the overall No. 1 seed will miss the big show in college baseball’s Emerald City. Top-seeded Tennessee was upended in Game 3 of the Knoxville Super Regional on Sunday by the Fighting Irish. In 2019, UCLA also missed the CWS when it lost to Michigan.

Jacob Davis

Jacob Davis covers college football and the Arkansas Razorbacks for Saturday Down South. He also hosts a weekly podcast called The Hawg Talk.