2024 College World Series
Tar Heels, Wolfpack Join Loaded Eight-Team Field;
Updated Scores, Schedules, TV/Streaming Options
By David Glenn
North Carolina Sports Network
(Last updated June 19, 2024)
For the second time in history, North Carolina and NC State are headed to the College World Series in the same year, and this time the Tar Heels and Wolfpack are joining one of the most loaded fields in the history of the 77-year-old event.
Seven of the eight teams in Omaha were ranked as national (top-16) seeds heading into this year’s NCAA Baseball Championship. Five were ranked in the top eight: #1 Tennessee (now 55-12), #2 Kentucky (45-14), #3 Texas A&M (49-13), #4 North Carolina (47-14) and #8 Florida State (47-15).
#10 NC State (38-21), #12 Virginia (46-15) and unseeded Florida (34-28) also won their way into the Elite Eight.
The Wolfpack (Super Regional at #7 Georgia) and the Gators (Regional at #11 Oklahoma State, Super Regional at #6 Clemson) are the only two teams still standing that had to win NCAA Tournament games while away from home to reach this stage of the postseason.
Since the NCAA Baseball Championship adopted its current format (national seeds, 64-team field, best-of-three Super Regionals) in 1999, this is just the fourth time that each of the event’s top four seeds have advanced to the CWS. It also happened in 2001, 2009 and 2011.
The only other time both UNC and NC State made the College World Series in the same year was 2013. The Tar Heels and Wolfpack were on the same side of the bracket that year and split their two head-to-head matchups in Omaha, effectively contributing to each other’s exits in the setting’s double-elimination format. Neither made the two-team championship round.
Because they are on opposite sides of the bracket this time (see below), the only way the Tar Heels and Wolfpack could face each other in Omaha is if both teams advance out of their respective four-team groupings.
The 2024 College World Series schedule/scoreboard, with matchups, updated scores and television/streaming options, is below.
For the results from the earlier rounds of this year’s NCAA Baseball Championship, please click HERE. For more background and details on why this is considered the “Golden Era” of college baseball in North Carolina, please click HERE. For an explanation of how only one of the two leagues present in Omaha is fighting history, please click HERE.
2024 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES^
Friday, June 14
Game 1: #4 North Carolina 3, #12 Virginia 2
Game 2: #1 Tennessee 12, #8 Florida State 11
Saturday, June 15
Game 3: #2 Kentucky 5, #10 NC State 4 (10 innings)
Game 4: #3 Texas A&M 3, Florida 2
Sunday, June 16
Game 5: #8 Florida State 7, #12 Virginia 3 (Virginia eliminated)
Game 6: #1 Tennessee 6, #4 North Carolina 1
Monday, June 17
Game 7: Florida 5, #10 NC State 4 (NC State eliminated)
Game 8: #3 Texas A&M 5, #2 Kentucky 1
Tuesday, June 18
Game 9: #8 Florida State 9, #4 North Carolina 5 (UNC eliminated)
Wednesday, June 19
Game 10: Florida 15, #2 Kentucky 4 (Kentucky eliminated)
Game 11: #1 Tennessee 7, #8 Florida State 2 (FSU eliminated)
Game 12: #3 Texas A&M 6, Florida 0 (Florida eliminated)
Saturday, June 22
MCWS Final Game 1: #3 Texas A&M vs. #1 Tennessee, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Sunday, June 23
MCWS Final Game 2: #1 Tennessee vs. #3 Texas A&M, 2 p.m. | ABC
Monday, June 24
MCWS Final Game 3 (if necessary): #3 Texas A&M vs. #1 Tennessee, 7 p.m. | ESPN
^—all games also streamed on ESPN+
