TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State was pushed to the limit before surviving last weekend's regional. And to earn a chance at playing for the program's first NCAA crown, the Seminoles must pass an even tougher challenge -- they must eliminate defending national champion Texas.

The two programs, both among college baseball's most storied, will meet this weekend in the best-of-three Super Regional, with a berth in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., going to the winner.

The series pits the two programs with the best all-time winning percentages in Division I baseball history -- Texas (.757) is atop that list, followed by Florida State (.732), which overtook Grambling for the second spot this season.

"I haven't lined up with them in Tallahassee,'' Florida State coach Mike Martin said. "I know it's a school with tradition. So is ours.''

Texas (46-18) won three of four games in its regional last week, ousting Lamar 6-3 in the championship game. It's the third Super Regional trip since 1999 for the Longhorns.

Florida State (54-11-1) needed to play its way through the losers' bracket in its regional, winning consecutive elimination games from South Alabama in the regional's final day to keep its season alive.

The top-seeded Seminoles have earned 18 trips to Omaha since 1957, but have missed the trip the past two seasons. Despite being the No. 1 national seed a year ago, FSU was upset in the Super Regionals by Notre Dame.

Florida State first baseman Jerrod Brown said the Seminoles learned a lesson about focus last year in the Super Regional.

"We (thought) we were going to roll through it and get straight to the Series,'' Brown said.

Texas has an NCAA-record 29 appearances in the College World Series and is tied for second all-time with five national championships.

The Seminoles are 3-2 all-time against the Longhorns with all five meetings coming in the postseason. FSU won the last meeting in the 2000 College World Series.

"It's the road that we've been given to take and it's our opportunity to play in the College World Series,'' Texas coach Augie Garrido said of traveling to Tallahassee. "We want to get focused on that opportunity, be excited about that opportunity and make the most of it.''

Both teams enter with big bats propelling them through the postseason.

Shortstop Stephen Drew, the younger brother of the St. Louis Cardinals' J.D. Drew, is the igniter for the Seminoles. While his numbers (.326, 11 HRs, 59 RBIs, 33 SB) are down from last season, Drew has two homers and 10 RBIs in four postseason games.

Outfielder Dustin Majewski is the Longhorns' best hitter with a .395 average, 81 RBIs and 12 home runs.

Texas also has extra incentive for a win. Garrido is one win shy of tying former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson as the winningest coaches in college baseball history with 1,427 victories. If Texas makes it to Omaha, Garrido will have the record to himself.

"That's something that's definitely on everybody's minds,'' Majewski said.

The team's two left-handed aces will take the mound for the series' first game on Sunday with Texas' J.P. Howell (8-2) meeting Trent Peterson (10-1). Game 2 is Monday and a deciding Game 3, if necessary, will be played Tuesday.