Pool Rules

2026 College World Series — How it all works

1. How the Draw Works

16
Players
each receive exactly 4 teams
64
Teams
every team goes to exactly one player

Each player receives one team per seed tier — one #1 seed, one #2 seed, one #3 seed, and one #4 seed — assigned randomly from the 64-team bracket.

To keep the bracket competitive, no two of a player's teams can share a super regional pairing. Since teams within the same super regional half can meet before the CWS, this rule ensures every player's teams are spread across different parts of the bracket.

Because all 64 teams are distributed among 16 players with no overlap, every team in the tournament belongs to exactly one player.

Super Regional Pairings

Teams in the same row could meet in a super regional — no player will hold teams from both sides of a pairing.

1.Los Angeles (UCLA)vsMorgantown (WVU)
2.Atlanta (GT)vsLawrence (Kansas)
3.Athens (UGA)vsStarkville (MSU)
4.AuburnvsLincoln (Nebraska)
5.Chapel Hill (UNC)vsCollege Station (TAMU)
6.Austin (Texas)vsEugene (Oregon)
7.Tuscaloosa (Alabama)vsTallahassee (FSU)
8.Gainesville (Florida)vsHattiesburg (Southern Miss)

2. How Payouts Work

Total pot
$1,600
16 players
× $100 buy-in

Payout Tiers

Same regional as National Champion
Your team played in the same regional as the champion
$50
Reaches the College World Series
Your team is one of the 8 CWS teams in Omaha
$100
Plays in the CWS Championship Series
Your team is one of the final 2 teams
$100
National Champion
Your team wins it all
$400
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Payouts stack

If your team wins the National Championship, you collect every tier it earned along the way.

Same regional as champion$50
Reached CWS$100
CWS Championship Series$100
National Champion$400
Champion payout total$650
ℹMaximum any one player can win: $1,000
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