All eight teams that made it to Omaha have a reasonable shot at celebrating under the lights at TD Ameritrade Park in two weeks’ time, but some of them seem more built for the journey to that dog pile than others. Below, we rank the likelihood that each remaining team wins the national championship, counting down from the leading two-and-‘cue candidates to the squads that should accept nothing less than a championship series appearance.
8. Washington
The only No. 3 seed to make it to Omaha had to knock off the 2016 national champions (Coastal Carolina) during regionals and survive a nail-biter against a perennial postseason factor (Cal State–Fullerton) in a road Super Regional to get there.