The Beavers and Cardinals meet in the opening round of the College World Series Friday night at 4 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska.

Here's our scouring report and prediction for LSU baseball's opening matchup against Arkansas at the College World Series Saturday night.

The College World Series is officially underway. The first games in Omaha kicked off Friday as the four teams in Bracket One faced off to compete for a spot in the winner's bracket. This round takes on a double-elimination format where the winner of each bracket advances to a best-of-three series to determine the NCAA Champion.

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.

The scramble to build a competitive schedule, grueling road trips and a team bus snafu highlighted Oregon State's road back to national title contention

The CWS opens Friday with the Sun Belt Conference's Coastal Carolina (53-11) playing the Big 12's Arizona (44-19) in a rematch of the 2016 finals won by the Chanticleers. No. 8 national seed Oregon State (47-14-1), an independent until the Pac-12 ramps up again in 2026-27, meets the ACC's Louisville (40-22) in the second game.

To get to the College World Series, teams had to win at least five games over two weekends without losing more than once each round. Three of the eight qualifiers swept their way to Omaha, while one (Oregon State) had to play eight times to secure a spot.