The LSU baseball team is headed back to Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series, and oddsmakers see the Tigers sticking around for a while.
Odds released in the market Tuesday morning after the final field of eight was set Monday night show LSU as the second favorite to win the national title, behind only No. 1 seed Wake Forest.
The Demon Deacons, who took over for LSU as the national favorite in early May, are +260 to win the championship, with the No. 5-seeded Tigers at +360.
Those teams are in the same half of the bracket, so No. 2 seed Florida seems the clear favorite on the other half. But the Gators are behind LSU on the overall odds board, listed at +380 to win the title.
After those three, there's a gap to the next team listed, No. 7 Virginia at +700. Unseeded TCU and Tennessee — LSU's first-round opponent — are +800, followed by No. 8 Stanford at +1200. The long shot of the bunch is Oral Roberts at +2600.
The Golden Eagles are just the third regional No. 4 seed to reach Omaha, though it's worth noting that one of the previous two — Fresno State in 2008 — won the championship.
As for LSU's opener with Tennessee, scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday at Charles Schwab Field, the Tigers are solid -175 favorites in the market to get off on the right foot in the double-elimination tournament, presumably with ace Paul Skenes as their starting pitcher. Tennessee is listed at +140. No run line or over/under is available yet.
The other opening-game odds see smaller favorites in the Friday games; TCU is -165 against Oral Roberts, and Florida is -120 against Virginia. The biggest opening-game favorite is Wake Forest, which is -195 for its Saturday game against Stanford.