College World Series
The College World Series is an annual June baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska. The CWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 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.
The 2020 College World Series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
History
Since 1950, the College World Series has been held in Omaha, Nebraska. It was held at Rosenblatt Stadium from 1950 through 2010; starting in 2011, it has been held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. Earlier tournaments were held at Hyames Field in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Lawrence Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. 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.On March 13, 2020, it was announced that the 2020 College World Series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the first year in college baseball history since the start of the World Series will this event will not happen. The NCAA came out with this statement "The NCAA on March 12 announced the cancellation of the College World Series in an effort to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus." The NCAA will continue the event in the summer of 2021.
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. A memorandum of understanding had been reached by all parties on April 30.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
- 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. 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.
- 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 —divided into 16 four-team regionals. The winners of the 16 "Regionals" advance to a second round, consisting of 8 two-team, best-of-three-format "Super Regionals". 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. Prior to 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 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.
Division I champions by year
Team appearances
- Bold indicates team won the CWS that year
| School | Appearances | Titles | Years |
| Alabama | 5 | 0 | 1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999 |
| Arizona | 17 | 4 | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 2004, 2012, 2016 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1 | 0 | 1955 | |
| Colorado State | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 11 | 0 | 1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2013, 2018, 2019 |
| Missouri | 6 | 1 | 1952, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
| Missouri State | 1 | 0 | 2003 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 2001, 2002, 2005 |
| 1 | 0 | 1956 | |
| New Orleans | 1 | 0 | 1984 |
| 2 | 0 | 1956, 1969 | |
| North Carolina | 11 | 0 | 1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018 |
| NC State | 2 | 0 | 1968, 2013 |
| Northeastern | 1 | 0 | 1966 |
| Northern Colorado | 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 | 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 |
| 1 | 0 | 1954 | |
| Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 1950 |
| St. John's | 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 |
| 2 | 0 | 1951, 1955 | |
| Stanford | 16 | 2 | 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008 |
| Stony Brook | 1 | 0 | 2012 |
| 1 | 0 | 1961 | |
| TCU | 5 | 0 | 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Temple | 2 | 0 | 1972, 1977 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 0 | 1951, 1995, 2001, 2005 |
| Texas | 36 | 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 |
| Texas A&M | 6 | 0 | 1951, 1964, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2017 |
| Texas Tech | 4 | 0 | 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019 |
| Virginia | 4 | 1 | 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 |
| 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 |
| 1 | 0 | 1956 | |
| Yale | 2 | 0 | 1947, 1948 |
Most CWS wins
| Rank | School | Wins | Losses | CWS Winning % | Appearances | Wins per appearance |
| 1 | Texas | 85 | 61 | 36 | ||
| 2 | Southern California | 74 | 26 | 21 | ||
| 3 | Arizona State | 61 | 38 | 22 | ||
| 4 | Miami | 48 | 42 | 25 | ||
| 5 | Arizona | 43 | 30 | 17 | ||
| 6 | LSU | 40 | 27 | 18 | ||
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 40 | 38 | 20 | ||
| 6 | Stanford | 40 | 29 | 16 | ||
| 9 | Cal State Fullerton | 34 | 31 | 18 | ||
| 10 | South Carolina | 32 | 20 | 11 |
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 | 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
Most CWS participants by one conference in a year
Championships by conference
| Rank | Conference | Titles |
| 1 | Pac-12 | 18 |
| 2 | Southeastern | 12 |
| 3 | Western Athletic | 7 |
| 4 | Big Ten | 6 |
| 4 | PCC-CIBA | 6 |
| 6 | Independents | 5 |
| 7 | Big Eight | 4 |
| 7 | Southwest | 4 |
| 9 | Atlantic Coast | 2 |
| 9 | Big 12 | 2 |
| 9 | Big West | 2 |
| 9 | Big West | 2 |
| 13 | Big South | 1 |
| 13 | Missouri Valley | 1 |
| 13 | West Coast | 1 |
- CIBA was California Intercollegiate Baseball Association that competed as a division under the Pacific Coast Conference which operated under its own Charter.
- Independents = Miami Hurricanes and Holy Cross Crusaders
- SCBA was Southern California Baseball Association.
- 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.
- The Western Athletic Conference claims 7 national championships in baseball by former members. There are no gaps in its existence. The Conference has existed continuously since its inception.
- 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.