College World Series: Taming of Tennessee was no fluke as Notre Dame handles Texas 7-3

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Don’t call Notre Dame Cinderella.

The Fighting Irish knocked off No. 9 overall seed Texas, 7-3, Friday night at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, after eliminating No. 1 overall seed Tennessee last week in the Super Regional in Knoxville.

Notre Dame' Carter Putz (4) scores against Texas during the ninth inning of an NCAA College World Series baseball game Friday, June 17, 2022, in Omaha, Neb.  (AP Photo/John Peterson)

Maybe Notre Dame (41-15) should be called Favorite.

The Irish will play Oklahoma (43-22) at 7 p.m. eastern on Sunday on ESPN2. Future SEC member Oklahoma defeated No. 5 seed and SEC West champion Texas A&M, 13-8, in the CWS opener on Friday afternoon. Texas A&M (42-19) will meet its future SEC opponent Texas (47-21) at 2 p.m. Sunday on ESPN. Texas and Oklahoma are expected to leave the Big 12 for the SEC in 2025.

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The double-elimination opening rounds of the CWS continue Saturday with three more SEC West teams in action. Arkansas (43-19) plays No. 2 overall seed Stanford (47-16) at 2 p.m. on ESPN. Auburn (42-20) and Ole Miss (37-22) play at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.

Ole Miss should be considered more of a Cinderella than Notre Dame after receiving the last at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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"I think a lot of the underdog story is we don’t really feel that internally on the team," said Notre Dame second baseman Jared Miller, who went 2-for-3 and put his team up 1-0 in the top of the first with a home run as his team outhit Texas, 11-6, and led 6-1 in