South Carolina scored five runs in the ninth to rally past defending national champion Miami in Game 3 of their NCAA super regional and advance to the College World Series for the first time since 1985.

The Gamecocks (53-15) will take on Georgia Tech in the first round after the Yellow Jackets advanced by beating Florida Atlantic on Saturday.

"I'll tell you this, our guys never shut it down," said coach Ray Tanner, his eyes red. "You try and be the last team standing. This is the last tournament and I hope we have the opportunity to be Cinderella. Somebody has to be."

South Carolina had only four hits through eight innings and scored just three runs off the Hurricanes in the previous 23 innings. But South Carolina's offense came alive against closer George Huguet, the first of four Miami pitchers in the ninth.

Pinch-hitter Trey Dyson hit an RBI double, and Brian Buscher scored when the throw got away from second baseman Javy Rodriguez. Garris Gonce doubled off reliever Luke DeBold (1-1) to tie it. Two outs later, Andrew Cohn threw a wild pitch that scored Gonce, and two pitches later, catcher Danny Matienzo had the ball bounce off his glove to allow another runner to score.

Miami (34-29) was trying to make the College World Series for the eighth time in nine years. With runners on first and second with two outs, Jim Burt hit a long foul ball that Tim Seaton ran down to end it.

"We are really disappointed with this," Rodriguez said. "We just needed three outs and we're going back to Omaha. But we couldn't make it happen."

Florida St. 12, Notre Dame 5

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Stephen Drew had a career-high five hits and scored four runs, and Jerrod Brown had three RBIs as Florida State beat Notre Dame to force a Game 3.

The deciding game will be played Monday at noon, with the winner earning a trip to the College World Series.

The Seminoles (60-13), the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament, took advantage of four walks from Notre Dame starter Pete Ogilvie (7-4) and scored eight runs in the first inning.

Notre Dame (48-16), which lost for just the fourth time in 34 games, cut the lead in half with four runs in the first, but the Seminoles added two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to pull away.

Nebraska 11, Richmond 6

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Justin Seely went 4-for-5 with a grand slam as Nebraska clinched its second straight College World Series berth with a victory over Richmond.

Shane Komine (10-0) pitched three innings of relief to earn his second win in the best-of-three super regional. Jeff Leise, Jed Morris and Jeff Blevins each drove in two runs for the Cornhuskers (47-19).

"This team has come a long way. I can tell you two months ago we didn't know which way this team was going to go," coach Dave Van Horn said. "This team has probably developed more in the last two months of any team I've ever coached."

Matt Craig and Bryan Pritz each hit two-run homers for Richmond (53-13), which was one win away from its first College World Series appearance.

Richmond rallied from a 5-2 deficit to tie it on Pritz's homer in the seventh, but gave up five runs in the eighth and never recovered.

"You have to tip your cap to them. They outplayed us and they deserve to be there," Richmond coach Ron Atkins said.

Clemson 7, Arkansas 4

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Khalil Greene hit a home run and had three RBIs to lead Clemson past Arkansas and into the College World Series.

Clemson (51-15) hit three solo homers over the final two innings to eliminate Arkansas (35-28), which hasn't been to Omaha since 1989. The Tigers will play Nebraska, which beat Richmond, in the first round.

"It was a tremendous battle," Clemson coach Jack Leggett said. "None of the games were easy."

B. J. LaMura, who struck out the last two batters to save Clemson's 8-7 victory Saturday allowed one hit in 4 1/3 relief innings.

"I couldn't have planned it out better in any dreams I've ever had," said LaMura (6-2).

Michael Johnson's homer in the eighth broke a 4-all tie, and Zane Green added a solo shot in the ninth that was followed by Greene's school-record 26th homer.

Trailing 3-0, Clemson scored four times in the fifth. Jarrod Schmidt scored when shortstop Scott Hode couldn't handle David Slevin's hard grounder, and Greene's two-run double tied it at 3. The hit extended Greene's hitting streak to 33 games, and gave him a school-record 85 RBIs.

"Clemson maybe had too much firepower for us," Razorbacks coach Norm DeBriyn said.

Texas 5, Houston 2

AUSTIN, Texas -- Alan Bomer allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings to lead Texas to a victory over Houston and the Longhorns' 29th College World Series berth.

Texas (53-15) will play in its second CWS in three years, and take on Rice -- which beat Louisiana State on Saturday to advance -- in the first round. The Longhorns won the last of their four national titles in 1983, when Roger Clemens was their ace.

Texas coach Augie Garrido thinks the Longhorns have more to achieve.

"Too many teams at this time think they've achieved their goal," said Garrido, who won three national titles with Cal-State Fullerton before taking over Texas before the 1997 season. "It's still about the fifth tournament. Everything else sets it up, teaching you how to play, how to win."

Houston (48-17) came up one win short of its first CWS appearance since 1967.

"What we saw this weekend was phenomenal pitching on their behalf," Houston coach Rayner Noble said.

Bomer, who transferred from Iowa State after the school dropped its program last year, struck out five and didn't allow a walk in winning his third start of the postseason. He didn't allow a baserunner past second after giving up a run in the top of the first.