West Virginia Leads College World Series Jello Shot Fundraiser

Overview

• The unofficial Jello Shot Challenge at Rocco’s Pizza & Cantina in Omaha has a public leaderboard that showed West Virginia with a commanding lead during the middle of the College World Series, with outlets reporting totals in the low 20,000s as fans continued to buy shots.
• Rocco’s sells the themed shots for $5 each and routes about $1.50 per shot to food banks tied to Omaha and the participating schools, turning fan purchases into a tracked fundraising drive.
• Standings change frequently as Rocco’s posts multiple daily updates, with other teams such as Ole Miss, Troy, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama rotating through the chasing positions over the tournament’s first week.
• The contest began in 2019 and has grown into a national social‑media phenomenon that draws promotion from schools and supporters and generates very large donation volumes in peak years.
• Past totals underscore the event’s scale—LSU posted record totals in recent years—and reporting since 2021 has noted a recurring coincidence where leaderboard leaders have often gone on to win the College World Series.