The 2025 College World Series Finals featuring LSU and Coastal Carolina was the most-watched two-game CWS Finals on record, ESPN announced Tuesday.
LSU topped the Chanticleers 1-0 in Game 1 Saturday night and 5-3 in Game 2 Sunday afternoon on ABC.
The 2025 #MCWS Finals were the most-watched two-game series on ESPN platforms EVER!
⚾️ 2.5M avg. viewers
⚾️ Game 2 | 2.8M viewers, 6th most-watched MCWS game on record pic.twitter.com/ceFMakh7Im— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) June 24, 2025
The two games averaged 2.5 million viewers, with Game 2 averaging 2.8 million, the sixth-most watched CWS game ever. Sunday’s game peaked at 3.0 million viewers.
It was the fourth-most watched finals ever.
LSU’s 2023 CWS win over Florida remains the most-watched finals, averaging 2.86 million viewers. Game 3 of that series set an individual game viewership mark with 3.59 million people tuning in to watch the Tigers top the Gators, 18-4.
It was the eighth CWS title for LSU in their 20 appearances in Omaha. Coastal Carolina was making their second finals appearance after winning their only title in 2016.
Check out more of our LSU coverage here
