Rocco's Jello Shot Challenge leaderboard: Latest updates for CWS tradition

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Rocco's Jello Shot Challenge leaderboard: Latest updates for CWS tradition
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The final push for a national championship is on, as the final eight teams standing in the NCAA baseball tournament have traveled to Omaha to compete in the College World Series.
That means it's also time for one of the College World Series' most popular traditions: the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge.
What began as a "casual" event for fans to partake in has blown up and turned into a must-do College World Series bucket list item for fans who travel to the Mecca of college baseball to experience the feels and emotions of the sport's most sacred grounds up front.
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Located just outside the gates at Charles Schwab Field, fans line up — perhaps for hours — to go into Rocco's Pizza and Cantina on the corner of 13th and Mike Fahey St. to participate in the challenge. And just as the eight teams clash against each other for a national title, the fanbases of each team go head-to-head against each other to see who will be crowned that year's Rocco's Jell-O Shot champion for that year.
Action at the CWS begins on June 13 with double-elimination bracket pool play and is set to run through either June 22 or June 23, depending on how long the CWS finals series goes.
Here are the latest updates on the Rocco's Jello Shot Challenge Leaderboard as the CWS takes place in Omaha:
Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge leaderboard: Which CWS team leads today?
This section will be updated throughout the College World Series
Here's a look at which CWS team leads the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge leaderboard:
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Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge CWS updates
This section will be updated throughout the College World Series
What is the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge at CWS?
Started in 2019 by Rocco's Pizza and Cantina, a local restaurant near Charles Schwab Field, the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge is one of the more popular CWS traditions.
The challenge is just as its name suggests: For every Jell-O Shot purchased by a fan from one of the eight schools at the CWS, it adds a tally mark to the leaderboard.
For every Jello-O Shot bought, $1 of the $5 shot is given back to a local food bank in each of the eight CWS teams' hometowns and several Omaha-based food banks. Last year's Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge raised $145,477 for food bank donations.
What is the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge record?
The current record for the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge at the CWS belongs to LSU at 68,888 Jell-O Shots, which was set at the 2023 CWS. Tennessee won the 2024 Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge with 38,340 shots bought.
Noted by Rocco's official X account (formerly Twitter), the 2024 CWS created some history, as the fanbases of the eight CWS teams bought the most Jell-O Shots in the history of the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge at 96,412 shots.
Here's a look at the top five finishes in the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge at the CWS: