LSU Vs. Arkansas CWS Betting Odds, Best Bets: Hogs Favored In Must-Win Game
Aiden Jimenez and Arkansas get a College World Series rematch with SEC rival LSU on Wednesday night, with the Hogs slight favorites in a game they have to win to stay alive.
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SEC powers LSU and Arkansas entered the 2025 NCAA Men's College World Series in Omaha as the co-favorites to win this year's title, but the Tigers quickly put the Razorbacks on the verge of elimination.
LSU -- which beat Arkansas 4-1 last Saturday and took down UCLA 9-5 in a game that started on Monday and was completed on Tuesday due to a weather delay -- is the odds-on favorite to win the College World Series for the second time in three years.
Arkansas bounced back from the loss to LSU in its CWS opener with a 3-0 win over Murray State on Monday, as starter Gage Wood made history with a 19-strikeout, complete game no-hitter.
The Razorbacks then notched a 7-3 win over UCLA on Tuesday to set up Wednesday's clash with the Tigers.
Including a 2-1 regular-season series win at home and their CWS matchup in Omaha last Saturday, the Tigers have won three of the four games this season between these teams.
Arkansas would be eliminated from the CWS with a loss tonight. LSU, on the other hand, would face Arkanas again on Thursday if it loses tonight's game, as it is 2-0 so far in the double-elimination opening stage of the College World Series.
LSU vs. Arkansas CWS Betting Odds
The odds below include the money line and the run line. The run line works like a spread bet, but the standard run line is typically set at -1.5/+1.5, with the prices weighted to reflect who's favored.
DK FD bet365 LSU ML -110 -106 -105 ARK ML -120 -120 -125 LSU run line +1.5 (-175) +1.5 (-166) +1.5 (-155) ARK run line -1.5 (+135) -1.5 (+130) -1.5 (+125) Total 10.5 (o-130; u+100) 10.5 (o-128; u+100) 11 (o-110; u-120)
How to Watch LSU vs. Arkansas
First pitch: 7 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN/ESPN+
NCAA College World Series Title Winner Odds (as of June 18)
DraftKings: LSU +100; Coastal Carolina +215; ARK +280; Louisville +2000
FanDuel: LSU +100; CCU +200; ARK +300; LOU +1600
LSU vs. Arkansas Betting Analysis, Preview
Typically, when a team starts the College World Series 2-0, it would have a day off and its No. 3 pitcher fresh for the first game of the semifinal matchup.
LSU, however, had to use its third starter -- freshman righty Casan Evans -- in its game against UCLA due to the delay that ended No. 2 starter Anthony Eyanson's night after three innings pitched. Evans was solid (2 earned runs in 4.1 innings pitched) when play resumed to get the Tigers the win over UCLA.
Instead of having Tuesday off, coach Jay Johnson's team played five innings vs. a Bruins squad that was fighting to keep its season alive.
So, the question tonight is who LSU will have on the mound. Eyanson only threw 44 pitches in his three-inning appearance on Monday night. That means he could come on in relief in this game, but we probably won't know who LSU is counting on as its starters and setup men until tonight's game is underway.
Arkansas has played three games -- including two of the win-or-go-home variety -- and used eight pitchers, which means it is also going to be testing the depth of its pitching staff tonight.
Top reliever Aiden Jimenez and starters Wood and Zach Root are most likely unavailable, so Arkansas will likely be starting either Landon Beidelschies (4.92 ERA) or Ben Bybee (4.38 ERA), according to Jackson Fuller of the Fort Smith Southwest Times Record.
Beidelschies faced LSU on May 11 and was shelled, giving up four hits -- including two homers -- and three earned runs in just two innings in his second-worst appearance of the season by ERA (13.5).
Bybee did not fare well vs. the Tigers during the regular season, either. He allowed two hits, two runs (one earned) and a homer in 1.1 innings (ERA: 6.75).
LSU vs. Arkansas Best Bets:
I think we'll see plenty of runs in this game, making a half-unit on the over a solid play, even at high total like 11 runs.
I also think there's value in taking LSU at even money on the moneyline, especially if Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn needs lengthy outings from Beidelschies and/or Bybee.
While betting against the more desperate team (Arkansas) is risky, I'm comfortable backing an LSU squad that is 3-1 vs. the Hogs this year.
LSU moneyline (-105 at bet365) -- 1 unit
Over 11.0 runs (-110 at bet365) -- 1 unit
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