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College World Series odds: Pre-Omaha

by Jeff Sackmann
June 09, 2009

With Texas's win over Texas Christian last night, the field for Omaha is set. First-round times and matchups have been announced, so we can look at every team's chances of making it the rest of the way. For background and methodology, you can read the article I published when the 64-team bracket was announced.

For a variety of reasons, Arizona State has once again taken over as the slight favorite, with a nearly one-in-four chance of going home victorious. Virginia and Fullerton follow close behind, while Southern Mississippi and Arkansas vie for the title of "biggest underdog."

One interesting quirk in the system is that, while I simulate the tournament based on strength ratings (winning percentages based on runs scored, runs allowed, and strength of schedule), those strength ratings change with every game. Virginia looks even better on paper than they did two weeks ago, but now they rate less than a tenth of a percentage point better stronger than Arizona State. Fullerton has also made their case in the first two rounds, now looking much better than they did at the outset of the tournament.

Read more for the complete pre-Omaha odds.

Team                 FinalTwo  Champ  

Texas                   20.1%   8.1%  
Southern Mississippi     7.5%   1.8%  
Arizona State           44.1%  24.7%  
North Carolina          28.3%  12.4% 
 
Cal State Fullerton     33.6%  19.0%  
Arkansas                 6.1%   1.6%  
Virginia                37.8%  22.3%  
Louisiana State         22.4%  10.0% 


Jeff Sackmann is the creator of MinorLeagueSplits.com. With Kent Bonham, he founded CollegeSplits.com. Jeff and Kent blog about college baseball and the draft, and you can follow them on Twitter for bite-sized snacks of minor league and college stats. Jeff also has an email address.

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