Whether LSU or Arkansas advances, it will make 16 times in the last 17 seasons that the SEC has had a team in the national championship series, with the 2016 matchup between Coastal Carolina and ...

But those two teams − Arkansas and LSU − are two of the last four teams remaining in the 2025 Men's College World Series after the Razorbacks' win over UCLA to advance to the semifinals.

LSU earned its second win over the Razorbacks at the 2025 College World Series (the Tigers also beat Arkansas in the opening round of the tournament).