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2026 CWS Final: Oklahoma Wins!

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Requisite Dogpile picture. Photo courtesy of NCAA

This past weekend Oklahoma took on UNC in the CWS finals to win.

Here’s a quick game by game recap.

  • Game 1: Oklahoma got to UNC’s starter Jason Nicaro fast, knocking him out in the 4th and building a 7-3 lead they wouldn’t give up. Their own starter Cord Rager settled down after giving up 3 in the first to keep his team in the game, and Oklahoma’s Jaxon Willits (brother of Eli) hit 4th for the sooners and helped drive the offense.
  • Game 2: OK scored early, but UNC hung in and got 5 one-hit shutout innings from its star long reliever Glauber, which gave the offense time to win the game 6-2 and send it to the Monday finale. UNC let their starter Xander Mercurious throw FIFTY (50) pitches in the third inning… and then brought him back out for the 4th! Yeah, that’s not good.
  • Game 3: Oklahama’s offense just would not stop, knocking out UNC arm after arm and eventually winning by the lopsided score of 13-2 to win the national title.

Your 2026 College World Series Champion: Oklahoma Sooners

Final list of all 2026 CWS coverage this year:

Here’s some links to past years of CWS coverage here. I’ve been doing this for almost 15 years now! Each link below is the blog post covering that CWS final.

That’s it for the 2026 CWS tournament. It was a weird tournament, losing the two top seeds early and then the odds-on favorite quickly in Omaha. There was very little star power, unlike the previous few years when the eventual champions were led by 1-1 draft candidates.

Up next: the draft season kicks into gear; we’ll post more mocks and more analysis, do the July 1st recaps of prospects and pitching, and then see who we pick 11th overall in mid July.

Written by Todd Boss

June 23rd, 2026 at 9:39 am

Posted in College/CWS

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  1. thanks for another year of great coverage!

    DeCaro got roughed up by the Sooners but he’s an interesting prospect. still only 20 with 3 years of ACC action under his belt. he might be a reach at 42 and he might be gone at 78 but if they Nats could somehow land him I’d be thrilled

    FredMD

    23 Jun 26 at 10:59 am

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