This marked the 75th edition of the College World Series and 72nd time the event was held in Omaha.
[1] The tournament featured eight teams in two double elimination brackets with the two winners meeting in a best-of-three championship series.
The top national seed, Tennessee, was eliminated in its Super Regional by Notre Dame in a series that went the full three games.
In the MCWS itself, the #2 national seed Stanford and Texas quickly went two-and-out, with the Cardinal first getting destroyed by Arkansas 17–2 then losing handily to Auburn.
The Longhorns lost their opener to Notre Dame, then exited after being hammered by the #5 national seed, archrival Texas A&M.