While the focus will shift from the NHL and NBA playoffs to the MLB betting season over the next week, there is still one game that will take some attention off of baseball at the professional level, although it will remain on the sport. The college baseball World Series of Baseball will open this Saturday in Omaha, with the championship series set for later this month. There are eight teams left on the slate that will determine the best team in college ball, and while the Virginia Cavaliers are once again the favorite the field is wide open for an exciting finish.

Virginia won’t have much of an online sports betting test this weekend when they open against the California Golden Bears, and should be a lock to move through at least the opening round. They’ll likely be joined by the defending champion South Carolina Gamecocks on the arm of top prospect Matt Roth, as well as their rivals to the north in UNC, but the most interesting matchup will be the battle between a couple of the top athletic programs in the country with the Texas Longhorns set to meet the Florida Gators. That showdown will feature two of the best arms in the tournament as the Gators send Hudson Randall to the mound to face Taylor Jungmann to determine which team joins the three other favorites in the second round. The Cavaliers appear to have the most depth, but it will come down to how the bracket unfolds after they clinch their first win this weekend.