Georgia baseball gets night game for CWS matchup with Texas
Georgia knows its start time and opponent for its first game in the College World Series.
The Bulldogs (51-12) are in Bracket 2 and will face Texas (45-13) at 8 p.m. ET Saturday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.
As the No. 3 national seed, the Bulldogs are the highest seed remaining in the tournament as they head to Omaha, Nebraska. Texas was seeded sixth.
The CWS schedule hasn’t been finalized as super regional games wrap up Monday.
Georgia swept its super regional series against Mississippi State, clinching a CWS berth Sunday. In a stark contrast to its upcoming game time, the Battles of the Bulldogs began at 11 a.m. Saturday for Game 1 and noon Sunday for Game 2, with Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks expressing disappointment with early start times.
Regardless, Georgia fans brought the energy at Foley Field and Kudzu Hill, and the Bulldogs came out on top in two thrillers. It might not be a home setting anymore, but now Georgia gets a night game against Texas at Charles Schwab Field.
This is Georgia’s first trip to Omaha since 2008, when it lost in the finals to Fresno State. Georgia won the CWS in 1990. This year’s Bulldogs won the SEC regular-season title for the first time since 2008 and won their first SEC Tournament title in program history.
The Bulldogs have not played the Longhorns yet this season. The teams last faced off in April 2025, when Georgia was swept in Austin. Texas won the SEC regular-season championship in 2025.
If Georgia was to beat Texas, it would face the Alabama-Kansas/Oklahoma winner Monday. If Georgia were to lose, it would play the loser of that game in an elimination game Monday.
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Sarah Spencer, a Georgia native and UGA alum, serves as a general assignment and features writer for sports. She previously covered the Hawks from 2019-22.
