Each College World Series team’s most important player, from Florida’s Jac Caglianone to UVA’s Griff O’Ferrall

It’s been more than a decade since the NCAA Tournament produced a College World Series group of eight as highly-ranked as the 2024 field, which includes seven top-16 teams: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Kentucky, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 North Carolina, No. 8 Florida State, No. 10 NC State and No. 12 Virginia.

Florida, which was a three-seed in the Stillwater Regional, is the lone unranked team in the final eight, though it’s won six of seven in the tournament, including a Super Regional sweep of No. 6 Clemson.

With so many top teams set to square off in Omaha (the opening round of games start Friday), there is no shortage of exciting individual talents — some of whom are top prospects for the upcoming MLB Draft — and other unexpected postseason heroes who have made a great impact on their team in recent weeks.

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Here is a look at the players 247Sports evaluates to be the most important for each team in this year’s College World Series. Please note that this list might not reflect each team’s top MLB Draft prospect. Players were selected based on their overall contributions to their teams and postseason performance, among other factors. Teams are listed alphabetically.