It's Arkansas baseball vs. LSU in the College World Series. Here is our expert prediction and pick for the opening game of the double elimination bracket.

Only the SEC has multiple teams in Omaha (Arkansas and LSU). Five other conferences — the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Sun Belt and Missouri Valley — have representation in the field, and the last spot belongs to a perennial powerhouse in Oregon State, which competed as an independent this season following the disbandment of the Pac-12.

One of the eight teams in the 2025 College World Series is just days away from rising to the top as this year's national champion. Will Arkansas deliver as the highest-seeded squad left in the field,