Men's College World Series: Staff Predictions – The Brackets

The Road to Omaha has reached its destination. The Men's College World Series begins on Friday. By June 26, we will have a new college baseball national championship.
The first phase of the MCWS is a double-elimination, round-robin tournament with two brackets. Each bracket has four teams. By next Thursday, each bracket will have produced a winner. The two bracket winners will then meet in a best two games of three championship.
Our staff has predicted which team will come out of each bracket and advance to the championship round. Do you agree or disagree with our predictions? Let us know!
Participating in these predictions are staff writers:
- Barry Lewis (14)
- Brett Gibbons (16)
- Carson Wersal (16)
- Davis Wilson (16)
- Ian Napetian (15)
- Nathan Cross (13)
- Nicholas Girimonte (13)
- Nolan Ruth (11)
- Ryann Zeller (16)
- Zion Trammell (13)
(The number in parenthesis indicates the number of accurate predictions each staff member made the last two weeks with Regionals and Super Regionals predictions. Between the two rounds, each person has made 24 predictions.
2023 Men's College World Series- Staff Predictions - The Brackets
Bracket One - Florida, Virginia, TCU, and Oral Roberts
Picks
- Barry - TCU
- Brett – Virginia
- Carson – TCU
- Davis – TCU
- Ian – TCU
- Nathan – TCU
- Nicholas – TCU
- Nolan – Florida
- Ryann – TCU
- Zion - Florida
Bracket Two - Wake Forest, LSU, Stanford, and Tennessee
Picks
- Barry - Wake Forest
- Brett – LSU
- Carson – Wake Forest
- Davis – Wake Forest
- Ian – LSU
- Nathan – Tennessee
- Nicholas – Wake Forest
- Nolan – Wake Forest
- Ryann – Wake Forest
- Zion - Wake Forest
Want to join the discussion? Click here to become a member of the Killer Frogs message board community today!
Follow KillerFrogs on Twitter to stay up to date on all the latest TCU news! Follow KillerFrogs on Facebook and Instagram as well. Download the KillerFrogs app on Google Play or in the Apple App Store.

Barry is the managing editor/publisher of TCU Horned Frogs On SI and oversees a team of 15+ writers, photographers, and podcasters covering all 22 of TCU’s sports. He writes on football, basketball (men’s and women’s), baseball, men’s tennis, and other sports as needed. His weekly articles include Big 12 Power Rankings and Poll Watching during the football, basketball, and baseball seasons. He is a frequent guest on one of the many podcasts that TCU Horned Frogs On SI writers host covering football, baseball, basketball, and other sports. Barry is a member of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He has represented TCU Horned Frogs On SI at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, the 2023 College Football National Championship, the 2023 College World Series, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis National Championship, Big 12 Football Media Days, and Big 12 Basketball Media Days. Barry has followed TCU sports since the Jim Wacker days. He is an avid sports fan and traveler, and he loves any opportunity to see a sporting event in person. He has been to 18 of the 30 MLB ballparks, experienced game day at 25 college football stadiums, seen 21 NFL stadiums, and been to 16 bowl games.
Follow barryrlewis