College World Series Predictions, Picks & Best Bets (June 14th)

• Day two of the College World Series focuses on Bracket 2
• UCLA takes on Murray State, while Arkansas battles LSU
• See below for my College World Series best bets and picks for Saturday, June 14

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There are a couple of dandy matchups in store for Saturday’s action at the College World Series from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.

Saturday’s early game features the UCLA Bruins taking on the Murray State Racers, while the Arkansas Razorbacks battle the LSU Tigers in the late game, which is also a matchup of the two highest remaining seeds and the last two teams from the powerhouse SEC.

All CWS games will be broadcast live on ESPN/ESPN+. Read below for my College World Series picks and best bets for Saturday, June 14.

College World Series Picks for Saturday, June 14

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College World Series Pick #1: Murray State vs UCLA

The Murray State Racers are just the fourth No. 4 seed to make it to the final eight in the CWS since the current format was set up in 1999.

They will try to keep an interesting mid-major streak going: a World Series title every eight years. That would follow in the foot steps of Fresno State in 2008 and Coastal Carolina in 2016 (yes, it’s 2025, but COVID wiped out the 2020 tourney, so it’s eight years after the Chanticleers’ historic run).

The Racers mashed their way to Omaha, piling up 53 runs across four games in the Oxford Regional, before taking out the Duke Blue Devils in three games the Durham Super Regional.

While they were held to five or fewer runs in two of the games, Murray State still managed to explode for 19 runs scored in Game 2.

They’ll try to do something no team has done yet since the NCAA Tournament began: hang a loss of the 15th-ranked UCLA Bruins.

UCLA dismantled the opposition in the LA Regional, scoring 38 runs across three wins, then crushed UTSA in two games in the LA Super Regional.

The Bruins have averaged 10 runs a game so far, and they’ve yet to have a game settled by less than three runs.

Both the Racers and Bruins line up eerily offensively, with both squads hitting around the .300 mark, both pouring in over 500 runs on the year, Murray State totalling eight more hits, and the teams banging out an identical 78 home runs.

The team ERA’s aren’t much to write home about either, with Murray State at 4.94 and UCLA at 4.47.

Expect a lot of offense in the opener for both teams — it’s all they’ve done since stepping foot in the dance.

CWS Pick #2: Arkansas vs LSU

This could be the best game of the College World Series, and it’s just the opener between titan progams Arkansas and LSU.

The Razorbacks and Tigers are the last of 13 SEC teams that originally punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament, but they’ve both been impressive in arriving in Omaha.

Arkansas swept through the Fayatteville Regional with ease, then took two in a row of Tennessee in the Super Regional. Their undefeated path included just one game decided by a single run, with the Razorbacks outscoring the opposition 41-13.

Their pitching, which ranked fourth in the SEC with a 3.91 ERA, has been lights out in the postseason, as they allowed three runs or less in four of their five games, giving up four in their Super Regional finale, an 11-4 win over Tennessee.

The 6th-ranked Tigers needed a winner-take-all finale over Little Rock to get out of the Baton Rouge Regional, but other than a 10-4 loss to Little Rock, LSU has rolled the opposition.

They opened the NCAA Tournament with shutout wins over Little Rock (again) and DBU before that 2-game playoff to get out of the regional, then they thrashed West Virginia in the Super Regional, outscoring them 28-14 across two wins.

If you’re scoring at home, LSU has touched double digits in four of five postseason games, scoring 61 runs total.

As stellar as Arkansas’ pitching has been, their 3-game set with LSU in mid-May offers plenty of insight into how these teams battle. The Razorbacks took two of three, but the two teams topped their 9.5 scoring line in two of the three games, missing the third Over by a single run.

Offense and the Over should reign supreme again in this matchup.