College World Series

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College World Series
College World Series logo
First played1947
Most recently played2021
Current ChampionMississippi State

The College World Series (CWS) is an annual baseball tournament held in June in Omaha, Nebraska. The CWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Baseball Championship tournament—featuring 64 teams in the first round—which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight participating teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets, with the winners of each bracket playing in a best-of-three championship series.

History[]

The first edition of the College World Series was held in 1947 at Hyames Field in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The tournament would be held there again in 1948, but was moved to Lawrence Stadium in Wichita, Kansas for the 1949 tournament. Since 1950, the College World Series (CWS) has been held in Omaha, Nebraska.[1][2] It was held at Rosenblatt Stadium from 1950 through 2010; starting in 2011, it has been held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. The name "College World Series" is derived from that of the Major League Baseball World Series championship; it is currently an MLB trademark licensed to the NCAA.[3]

On March 13, 2020, it was announced that the 2020 College World Series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time in the event's history it had been cancelled.[4]

Contract extension[]

On June 10, 2009, the NCAA and College World Series of Omaha, Inc., which is the non-profit group that organizes the event, announced a new 25-year contract extension, keeping the CWS in Omaha through 2035.[5] A memorandum of understanding had been reached by all parties on April 30.[6]

The currently binding contract began in 2011, the same year the tournament moved from Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium to TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, a new ballpark across from CHI Health Center Omaha.

Format history and changes[]

See also: NCAA Division I Baseball Championship § Past formats
2006 College World Series Championship game (University of North Carolina versus Oregon State University) at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
  • 1947 – Eight teams were divided into two, four-team, single-elimination playoffs. The two winners then met in a best-of-three final in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  • 1948 – Similar to 1947, but the two, four-team playoffs were changed to double-elimination tournaments. Again in the finals, the two winners met in a best-of-three format in Kalamazoo.
  • 1949 – The final was expanded to a four-team, double-elimination format and the site changed to Wichita, Kansas. Eight teams began the playoffs with the four finalists decided by a best-of-three district format.
  • 1950–1987 – An eight-team, double-elimination format for the College World Series coincided with the move to Omaha, Nebraska in 1950. From 1950 to 1953, a baseball committee chose one team from each of the eight NCAA districts to compete at the CWS, which constituted the entire Division I tournament, as there were no preliminary rounds. (In 1948 and 1949, a selection committee in each of the eight districts chose its district representative based on the committee's own criteria, which might or might not include committee selections, conference champions, and district playoffs.) Through 1987 the College World Series was a pure double-elimination event. That ended with the 1987 College World Series. In 1954, the Division I tournament began having preliminary rounds to determine the eight CWS teams. From 1954 to 1975, the number of teams in the first round of the overall tournament ranged from 21 to 32. The number of first-round teams was increased to 34 in 1976, 36 in 1982, 38 in 1985, 40 in 1986, and 48 in 1987.
  • 1988–1998 – The format was changed beginning with the 1988 College World Series, when the tournament was divided into 2 four-team double-elimination brackets, with the survivors of each bracket playing in a single championship game. The single-game championship was designed for network television, with the final game on CBS on a Saturday afternoon.
Before expanding to 64 teams in 1999, the 1998 Division I tournament began with 48 teams, split into 8 six-team regionals. The 8 regional winners advanced to the College World Series. The regionals were a test of endurance, as teams had to win at least four games over four days, sometimes five if a team dropped into the loser's bracket, placing a premium on pitching. In the last two years of the six-team regional format, the eventual CWS champion – LSU in 1997 and Southern California in 1998 – had to battle back from the loser's bracket in the regional to advance to Omaha.
  • 1999–2002 – With some 293 Division I teams playing, the NCAA expanded the overall tournament to a 64-team Regional field in 1999—with 8 National Seed teams (the top 8 seeds)—divided into 16 four-team regionals (each region seeded 1 to 4). The winners of the 16 "Regionals" advance to a second round, consisting of 8 two-team, best-of-three-format "Super Regionals". (The National Seed teams that win their regional bracket are placed in different Super Regionals, so that no National Seed teams meet each other in a Super Regional.) The 8 Super Regional winners advance to the CWS in Omaha. While the CWS format remained the same, the expanded field meant that the eight CWS teams now are determined by the second-round Super Regionals. The 64-team bracket is set at the beginning of the championship and teams are not reseeded for the CWS. Since the 1999 College World Series, the four-team brackets in the CWS have been determined by the results of super-regional play, much like the NCAA basketball tournament. Before 1999, the four-team brackets were determined by the regional tournaments.
  • 2003–present – The championship final became a best-of-three series between the two four-team bracket winners, with games scheduled for three consecutive evenings. In the results shown below, Score indicates the score of the championship game(s) only. In 2008, the start of the CWS was moved back one day, and an extra day of rest was added in between bracket play and the championship series.

Champions by year[]

Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Most Outstanding Player
1947 California Clint Evans 17–8, 8–7 Yale
1948 Southern California Sam Barry 3–1, 3–8, 9–2 Yale
1949 Texas Bibb Falk 10–3 Wake Forest Tom Hamilton, Texas
1950 Texas Bibb Falk 3–0 Washington State Ray VanCleef, Rutgers
1951 Oklahoma Jack Baer 3–2 Tennessee Sidney Hatfield, Tennessee
1952 Holy Cross Jack Barry 8–4 Missouri James O'Neill, Holy Cross
1953 Michigan Ray Fisher 7–5 Texas J.L. Smith, Texas
1954 Missouri Hi Simmons 4–1 Rollins Tom Yewcic, Michigan State
1955 Wake Forest Taylor Sanford 7–6 Western Michigan Tom Borland, Oklahoma A&M
1956 Minnesota Dick Siebert 12–1 Arizona Jerry Thomas, Minnesota
1957 California George Wolfman 1–0 Penn State Cal Emery, Penn State
1958 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 8–7 Missouri Bill Thom, Southern California
1959 Oklahoma State Toby Greene 5–3 Arizona Jim Dobson, Oklahoma State
1960 Minnesota Dick Siebert 2–1 Southern California John Erickson, Minnesota
1961 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 1–0 Oklahoma State Littleton Fowler, Oklahoma State
1962 Michigan Don Lund 5–4 Santa Clara Bob Garibaldi, Santa Clara
1963 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 5–2 Arizona Bud Hollowell, Southern California
1964 Minnesota Dick Siebert 5–1 Missouri Joe Ferris, Maine
1965 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 2–1 Ohio State Sal Bando, Arizona State
1966 Ohio State Marty Karow 8–2 Oklahoma State Steve Arlin, Ohio State
1967 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 11–2 Houston Ron Davini, Arizona State
1968 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 4–3 Southern Illinois Bill Seinsoth, Southern California
1969 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 10–1 Tulsa John Dolinsek, Arizona State
1970 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 2–1 Florida State Gene Ammann, Florida State
1971 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 7–2 Southern Illinois Jerry Tabb, Tulsa
1972 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 1–0 Arizona State Russ McQueen, Southern California
1973 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 4–3 Arizona State Dave Winfield, Minnesota
1974 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 7–3 Miami (FL) George Milke, Southern California
1975 Texas Cliff Gustafson 5–1 South Carolina Mickey Reichenbach, Texas
1976 Arizona Jerry Kindall 7–1 Eastern Michigan Steve Powers, Arizona
1977 Arizona State Jim Brock 2–1 South Carolina Bob Horner, Arizona State
1978 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 10–3 Arizona State Rod Boxberger, Southern California
1979 Cal State Fullerton Augie Garrido 2–1 Arkansas Tony Hudson, Cal State Fullerton
1980 Arizona Jerry Kindall 5–3 Hawaii Terry Francona, Arizona
1981 Arizona State Jim Brock 7–4 Oklahoma State Stan Holmes, Arizona State
1982 Miami (FL) Ron Fraser 9–3 Wichita State Dan Smith, Miami (FL)
1983 Texas Cliff Gustafson 4–3 Alabama Calvin Schiraldi, Texas
1984 Cal State Fullerton Augie Garrido 3–1 Texas John Fishel, Cal State Fullerton
1985 Miami (FL) Ron Fraser 10–6 Texas Greg Ellena, Miami (FL)
1986 Arizona Jerry Kindall 10–2 Florida State Mike Senne, Arizona
1987 Stanford Mark Marquess 9–5 Oklahoma State Paul Carey, Stanford
1988 Stanford Mark Marquess 9–4 Arizona State Lee Plemel, Stanford
1989 Wichita State Gene Stephenson 5–3 Texas Greg Brummett, Wichita State
1990 Georgia Steve Webber 2–1 Oklahoma State Mike Rebhan, Georgia
1991 LSU Skip Bertman 6–3 Wichita State Gary Hymel, LSU
1992 Pepperdine Andy Lopez 3–2 Cal State Fullerton Phil Nevin, Cal State Fullerton
1993 LSU Skip Bertman 8–0 Wichita State Todd Walker, LSU
1994 Oklahoma Larry Cochell 13–5 Georgia Tech Chip Glass, Oklahoma
1995 Cal State Fullerton Augie Garrido 11–5 Southern California Mark Kotsay, Cal State Fullerton
1996 LSU Skip Bertman 9–8 Miami (FL) Pat Burrell, Miami (FL)
1997 LSU Skip Bertman 13–6 Alabama Brandon Larson, LSU
1998 Southern California Mike Gillespie 21–14 Arizona State Wes Rachels, Southern California
1999 Miami (FL) Jim Morris 6–5 Florida State Marshall McDougall, Florida State
2000 LSU Skip Bertman 6–5 Stanford Trey Hodges, LSU
2001 Miami (FL) Jim Morris 12–1 Stanford Charlton Jimerson, Miami (FL)
2002 Texas Augie Garrido 12–6 South Carolina Huston Street, Texas
2003 Rice Wayne Graham 4–310, 3–8, 14–2 Stanford John Hudgins, Stanford
2004 Cal State Fullerton George Horton 6–4, 3–2 Texas Jason Windsor, Cal State Fullerton
2005 Texas Augie Garrido 4–2, 6–2 Florida David Maroul, Texas
2006 Oregon State Pat Casey 3–4, 11–7, 3–2 North Carolina Jonah Nickerson, Oregon State
2007 Oregon State Pat Casey 11–4, 9–3 North Carolina Jorge Luis Reyes, Oregon State
2008 Fresno State Mike Batesole 6–7, 19–10, 6–1 Georgia Tommy Mendonca, Fresno State
2009 LSU Paul Mainieri 7–6, 1–5, 11–4 Texas Jared Mitchell, LSU
2010 South Carolina Ray Tanner 7–1, 2–111 UCLA Jackie Bradley, Jr., South Carolina
2011 South Carolina Ray Tanner 2–111, 5–2 Florida Scott Wingo, South Carolina
2012 Arizona Andy Lopez 5–1, 4–1 South Carolina Rob Refsnyder, Arizona
2013 UCLA John Savage 3–1, 8–0 Mississippi State Adam Plutko, UCLA
2014 Vanderbilt Tim Corbin 9–8, 2–7, 3–2 Virginia Dansby Swanson, Vanderbilt
2015 Virginia Brian O'Connor 1–5, 3–0, 4–2 Vanderbilt Josh Sborz, Virginia
2016 Coastal Carolina Gary Gilmore 0–3, 5–4, 4–3 Arizona Andrew Beckwith, Coastal Carolina
2017 Florida Kevin O'Sullivan 4–3, 6–1 LSU Alex Faedo, Florida
2018 Oregon State Pat Casey 1–4, 5–3, 5–0 Arkansas Adley Rutschman, Oregon State
2019 Vanderbilt Tim Corbin 4–7, 4–1, 8–2 Michigan Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Mississippi State Chris Lemonis 2–8, 13–2, 9–0 Vanderbilt Will Bednar, Mississippi State

Team appearances[]

  • Bold indicates team won the CWS that year
School Appearances Titles Years
Alabama 5 0 1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999
Arizona 18 4 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2021
Arizona State 22 5 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010
Arkansas 10 0 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019
Auburn 5 0 1967, 1976, 1994, 1997, 2019
Baylor 3 0 1977, 1978, 2005
Boston College 4 0 1953, 1960, 1961, 1967
Bradley 2 0 1950, 1956
BYU 2 0 1968, 1971
California 6 2 1947, 1957, 1980, 1988, 1992, 2011
Cal State Fullerton 18 4 1975, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017
Cal State
Los Angeles 		1 0 1977
The Citadel 1 0 1990
Clemson 12 0 1958, 1959, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010
Coastal Carolina 1 1 2016
Colgate 1 0 1955
Colorado State[a] 1 0 1950
Connecticut 5 0 1957, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1979
Creighton 1 0 1991
Dartmouth 1 0 1970
Delaware 1 0 1970
Duke 3 0 1952, 1953, 1961
Eastern Michigan 2 0 1975, 1976
Florida 12 1 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Florida State 23 0 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019
Fresno State 4 1 1959, 1988, 1991, 2008
Georgia 6 1 1987, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008
Georgia Southern[b] 2 0 1973, 1990
Georgia Tech 3 0 1994, 2002, 2006
Harvard 4 0 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974
Hawaii 1 0 1980
Holy Cross 4 1 1952, 1958, 1962, 1963
Houston 2 0 1953, 1967
Indiana 1 0 2013
Indiana State 1 0 1986
Iowa 1 0 1972
Iowa State 2 0 1957, 1970
Ithaca 1 0 1962
James Madison 1 0 1983
Kansas 1 0 1993
Kent State 1 0 2012
Lafayette 4 0 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965
Long Beach State 4 0 1989, 1991, 1993, 1998
Louisiana-Lafayette 1 0 2000
Louisville 5 0 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019
Loyola Marymount 1 0 1986
LSU 18 6 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017
Maine 7 0 1964, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
Massachusetts 2 0 1954, 1969
Miami (FL) 25 4 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016
Michigan 8 2 1953, 1962, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2019
Michigan State 1 0 1954
Minnesota 5 3 1956, 1960, 1964, 1973, 1977
Mississippi State 12 1 1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021
Missouri 6 1 1952, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964
Missouri State 1 0 2003
Nebraska 3 0 2001, 2002, 2005
New Hampshire 1 0 1956
New Orleans 1 0 1984
NYU 2 0 1956, 1969
North Carolina 11 0 1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018
NC State 3 0 1968, 2013, 2021
Northeastern 1 0 1966
Northern Colorado[c] 10 0 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1974
Notre Dame 2 0 1957, 2002
Ohio 1 0 1970
Ohio State 4 1 1951, 1965, 1966, 1967
Oklahoma 10 2 1951, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2010
Oklahoma State[d] 20 1 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2016
Ole Miss 5 0 1956, 1964, 1969, 1972, 2014
Oral Roberts 1 0 1978
Oregon 1 0 1954
Oregon State 7 3 1952, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2018
Penn State 5 0 1952, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1973
Pepperdine 2 1 1979, 1992
Princeton 1 0 1951
Rice 7 1 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
Rider 1 0 1967
Rollins 1 0 1954
Rutgers 1 0 1950
St. John's (NY) 6 0 1949, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1980
St. Louis 1 0 1965
San Jose State 1 0 2000
Santa Clara 1 0 1962
Seton Hall 4 0 1964, 1971, 1974, 1975
South Carolina 11 2 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012
Southern California 21 12 1948, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001
Southern Illinois 5 0 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977
Southern Miss 1 0 2009
Springfield 2 0 1951, 1955
Stanford 17 2 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2021
Stony Brook 1 0 2012
Syracuse 1 0 1961
TCU 5 0 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Temple 2 0 1972, 1977
Tennessee 5 0 1951, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2021
Texas 37 6 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021
Texas A&M 6 0 1951, 1964, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2017
Texas Tech 4 0 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019
UTRGV[e] 1 0 1971
Tufts 1 0 1950
Tulane 2 0 2001, 2005
Tulsa 2 0 1969, 1971
UC Irvine 2 0 2007, 2014
UCLA 5 1 1969, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013
UC Santa Barbara 1 0 2016
Utah 1 0 1951
Vanderbilt 5 2 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021
Virginia 5 1 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2021
Wake Forest 2 1 1949, 1955
Washington 1 0 2018
Washington State 4 0 1950, 1956, 1965, 1976
Western Michigan 6 0 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963
Wichita State 7 1 1982, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
Wisconsin 1 0 1950
Wyoming 1 0 1956
Yale 2 0 1947, 1948

Most CWS wins[]

Rank School Wins Losses CWS Winning % Appearances Wins per appearance
1 Texas 88 63 .583 37 2.38
2 Southern California 74 26 .740 21 3.52
3 Arizona State 61 38 .616 22 2.77
4 Miami (FL) 48 42 .533 25 1.92
5 Arizona 43 32 .573 18 2.39
6 Stanford 41 31 .569 17 2.41
7 LSU 40 27 .597 18 2.22
7 Oklahoma State 40 38 .513 20 2.00
9 Cal State Fullerton 34 31 .523 18 1.89
10 South Carolina 32 20 .615 11 2.91

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Most CWS Finals appearances[]

  • Bold indicates team won the CWS that year
  • Regular indicates team was Runner-up that year
Rank School Champion Runner-up Total Years
1 Southern California 12 2 14 1948, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1995, 1998
2 Texas 6 6 12 1949, 1950, 1953, 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009
3 Arizona State 5 5 10 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 1998
4 Arizona 4 4 8 1956, 1959, 1963, 1976, 1980, 1986, 2012, 2016
5 LSU 6 1 7 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2017
6 Miami (FL) 4 2 6 1974, 1982, 1985, 1996, 1999, 2001
6 South Carolina 2 4 6 1975, 1977, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012
6 Oklahoma State 1 5 6 1959, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1987, 1990
9 Cal State Fullerton 4 1 5 1979, 1984, 1992, 1995, 2004
9 Stanford 2 3 5 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003

Most appearances without a CWS championship[]

Top 10
Rank School Appearances Wins CWS Winning % Runner-up Wins Per Appearance
1 Florida State 23 30 .387 3 1.30
2 Clemson 12 12 .333 0 1.00
3 North Carolina 11 18 .439 2 1.64
4 Northern Colorado 10 3 .130 0 0.30
4 Arkansas 10 15 .429 2 1.50
5 Maine 7 7 .333 0 1.00
6 Western Michigan 6 9 .429 1 1.50
6 St. John's (NY) 6 6 .333 0 1.00
6 Texas A&M 6 2 .143 0 0.33

Most CWS participants by one conference in a year[]

Minimum three participants
Number Year Conference Programs CWS Winner
4 1997 SEC Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State LSU
4 2004 SEC Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina Cal State Fullerton
4 2006 ACC Clemson, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina Oregon State
4 2015 SEC Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Vanderbilt Virginia
4 2019 SEC Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3 1988 Pac-12 Arizona State, California, Stanford Stanford
3 1990 SEC Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State Georgia
3 1996 SEC Alabama, Florida, LSU LSU
3 1998 SEC Florida, LSU, Mississippi State Southern California
3 2005 Big 12 Baylor, Nebraska, Texas Texas
3 2008 ACC Florida State, Miami (FL), North Carolina Fresno State
3 2011 SEC Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt South Carolina
3 2012 SEC Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina Arizona
3 2014 Big 12 TCU, Texas, Texas Tech Vanderbilt
3 2016 Big 12 Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech Coastal Carolina
3 2017 SEC Florida, LSU, Texas A&M Florida
3 2018 SEC Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State Oregon State
3 2021 SEC Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Tennessee Mississippi State

Championships by conference[]

Rank Conference Titles
1 Pac-12 18
2 Southeastern (SEC) 13
3 Western Athletic (WAC) 7
4 Big Ten 6
4 PCC-CIBA 6
6 Independents 5
7 Big Eight 4
7 Southwest 4
9 Atlantic Coast (ACC) 2
9 Big 12 2
9 Big West (BWC) 2
9 Big West (SCBA) 2
13 Big South (BSC) 1
13 Missouri Valley (MVC) 1
13 West Coast (WCC) 1
  • CIBA was California Intercollegiate Baseball Association that competed as a division under the Pacific Coast Conference which operated under its own Charter.[9]
  • Independents = Miami Hurricanes (4) and Holy Cross Crusaders (1)
  • SCBA was Southern California Baseball Association (1977–84).
  • The Big 12 does not claim any national championships, including baseball, that were won as members of the Big Eight and makes no claim to the history or records of the Big Eight.[10][11]
  • The Western Athletic Conference claims 7 national championships in baseball by former members.[12] There are no gaps in its existence. The Conference has existed continuously since its inception.[13][14]
  • Coastal Carolina won the 2016 CWS as a member of the Big South Conference less than 24 hours before officially joining the Sun Belt Conference.[15]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Known in 1950 as Colorado A&M. At the same time, "Colorado State" referred to Colorado State College, now known as the University of Northern Colorado.
  2. ^ Before July 1, 1990, Georgia Southern University was known as Georgia Southern College.
  3. ^ Before 1970, Northern Colorado was known as Colorado State College. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, known in 1950 as Colorado A&M.
  4. ^ Before 1957, Oklahoma State University was known as Oklahoma A&M.
  5. ^ UTRGV, in full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, entered into full operation in 2015 following the merger of the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) and the University of Texas at Brownsville. UTRGV is credited with UTPA's College World Series appearance because the UTPA athletic program was directly transferred to the new institution.

References[]

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  4. ^ https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2020-ncaa-tournament-canceled-due-to-growing-threat-of-coronavirus-pandemic/
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  8. ^ "COLLEGE WORLD SERIES". NCAA. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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