2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#College World Series

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Short description|American college sports championship}}

{{Infobox NCAA Baseball Tournament

| Year=2012

| Division=Division I

| Image=

| ImageSize=150px

| Caption=

| Teams=64

| CollegeWorldSeriesBallpark=TD Ameritrade Park

| City=Omaha, Nebraska

| Champions=Arizona

| TitleCount=4th

| Runner-Up=South Carolina

| CWSCount=11th

| Coach=Andy Lopez

| CoachCount=2nd

| MOP=Rob Refsnyder

| MOPTeam=Arizona

| Attendance=

| Television=

| tournament_link=NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

}}

The 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, June 1, 2012, as part of the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2012 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 15 and ending on June 25.

The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 297 teams.{{Cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec/sponsorship |title=Team Directory |access-date=2012-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230214415/http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec/sponsorship |archive-date=2010-12-30 |url-status=dead }} Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Bids

=Automatic bids=

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Kendall|title=Tracking Automatic Bids|url=http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=7035|publisher=Perfect Game USA|access-date=29 May 2012}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! School

! Conference

! Record (Conf)

! Berth

! Last NCAA appearance

Stony BrookAmerica East46–11 (21–3)Won Tournament2010
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|title=Georgia Tech}}ACC36–24 (12–18)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Belmont Bruins|title=Belmont}}Atlantic Sun39–22 (17–10)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Dayton Flyers|title=Dayton}}Atlantic 1031–28 (17–7)Won TournamentFirst appearance
MissouriBig 1232–26 (10–14)Won Tournament2009
St. John'sBig East37–21 (18–9)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|title=Coastal Carolina}}Big South41–17 (18–5)Won Tournament2011
PurdueBig Ten44–12 (17–7)Won Tournament1987
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans|title=Cal State Fullerton}}Big West35–19 (17–7)Won Regular season2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=UNC Wilmington Seahawks|title=UNC Wilmington}}Colonial38–21 (24–6)Won Tournament2008
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=UAB Blazers|title=UAB}}Conference USA32–28 (9–15)Won Tournament1991
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Valparaiso Crusaders|title=Valparaiso}}Horizon35–23 (22–8)Won Tournament1968
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Cornell Big Red|title=Cornell}}Ivy League31–15 (14–6)Won Tournament1977
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Manhattan Jaspers|title=Manhattan}}Metro Atlantic33–25 (18–6)Won Tournament2011
Kent StateMid-American41–17 (24–3)Won Tournament2011
Bethune-CookmanMid-Eastern34–25 (18–5)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Creighton Bluejays|title=Creighton}}Missouri Valley26–28 (6–14)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=New Mexico Lobos|title=New Mexico}}Mountain West36–22 (18–6)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Sacred Heart Pioneers|title=Sacred Heart}}Northeast25–30 (19–13)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Austin Peay State Governors|title=Austin Peay State}}Ohio Valley38–22 (19–7)Won Tournament2011
UCLAPac-1242–14 (20–10)Won Regular season2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Army Black Knights|title=Army}}Patriot41–13 (18–2)Won Tournament2009
Mississippi StateSoutheastern39–22 (16–14)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Samford Bulldogs|title=Samford}}Southern39–21 (19–11)Won TournamentFirst appearance
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Texas–Arlington Mavericks|title=Texas–Arlington}}Southland36–23 (19–14)Won Tournament2006
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Prairie View A&M Panthers|title=Prairie View A&M}}Southwestern Athletic33–16 (15–8)Won Tournament2007
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|title=Oral Roberts}}Summit37–23 (17–6)Won Tournament2011
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks|title=Louisiana–Monroe}}Sun Belt31–28 (15–15)Won Tournament2000
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Pepperdine Waves|title=Pepperdine}}West Coast34–21 (16–8)Won Regular season2008
{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Fresno State Bulldogs|title=Fresno State}}Western Athletic30–26 (8–10)Won Tournament2011

=By conference=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Conference

! Total

! Schools

SEC

| align=center|8

| Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

ACC

| align=center|7

| Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia

Pac-12

| align=center|5

| Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA

Big 12

| align=center|4

| Baylor, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas A&M

Conference USA

| align=center|4

| UAB, East Carolina, Rice, UCF

Missouri Valley

| align=center|3

| Creighton, Indiana State, Missouri State

Southern

| align=center|3

| Appalachian State, College of Charleston, Samford

Big East

| align=center|2

| Louisville, St. John's

Big Ten

| align=center|2

| Michigan State, Purdue

Mountain West

| align=center|2

| New Mexico, TCU

Southland

| align=center|2

| Sam Houston State, Texas-Arlington

West Coast

| align=center|2

| Pepperdine, San Diego

WAC

| align=center|2

| Fresno State, New Mexico State

America East

| align=center|1

| Stony Brook

Atlantic Sun

| align=center|1

| Belmont

Atlantic 10

| align=center|1

| Dayton

Big South

| align=center|1

| Coastal Carolina

Big West

| align=center|1

| Cal St. Fullerton

Colonial

| align=center|1

| UNC Wilmington

Horizon

| align=center|1

| Valparaiso

Independent

| align=center|1

| Dallas Baptist

Ivy

| align=center|1

| Cornell

MAAC

| align=center|1

| Manhattan

Mid-American

| align=center|1

| Kent State

MEAC

| align=center|1

| Bethune-Cookman

NEC

| align=center|1

| Sacred Heart

Ohio Valley

| align=center|1

| Austin Peay State

Patriot

| align=center|1

| Army

SWAC

| align=center|1

| Prairie View

Summit

| align=center|1

| Oral Roberts

Sun Belt

| align=center|1

| Louisiana-Monroe

National seeds

These eight teams would automatically host a Super Regional had they advanced to that round. Only North Carolina failed to advance out of its regional.

Bold indicates CWS participant.

  1. Florida
  2. UCLA
  3. Florida State
  4. Baylor
  5. Oregon
  6. North Carolina
  7. LSU
  8. South Carolina

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

=Gainesville Super Regional=

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=Regional

| RD2=Regional

| RD3=Regional Final

| RD4=Super Regional

| RD2-group1=Gainesville Regional – McKethan Stadium

| RD2-group2=Raleigh Regional – Doak Field

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=Florida

| RD1-score01=4

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-team02=Bethune-Cookman

| RD1-score02=0

| RD1-seed03=3

| RD1-team03={{nowrap|{{cbsb link|year=2012|team=College of Charleston Cougars|title=College of Charleston}}}}

| RD1-score03=4

| RD1-seed04=2

| RD1-team04={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|title=Georgia Tech}}

| RD1-score04=8

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05=Bethune-Cookman

| RD1-score05=2

| RD1-seed06=3

| RD1-team06={{nowrap|College of Charleston}}

| RD1-score06=8

| RD1-seed07=1

| RD1-team07={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=NC State Wolfpack|title=NC State}}

| RD1-score07=16

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Sacred Heart Pioneers|title=Sacred Heart}}

| RD1-score08=5

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=UNC Wilmington Seahawks|title=UNC Wilmington}}

| RD1-score09=2

| RD1-seed10=2

| RD1-team10={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Vanderbilt Commodores|title=Vanderbilt}}

| RD1-score10=8

| RD1-seed11=4

| RD1-team11=Sacred Heart

| RD1-score11=4

| RD1-seed12=3

| RD1-team12=UNC Wilmington

| RD1-score12=13

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Florida

| RD2-score01=6

| RD2-seed02=2

| RD2-team02=Georgia Tech

| RD2-score02=2

| RD2-seed03=3

| RD2-team03={{nowrap|College of Charleston}}

| RD2-score03=0

| RD2-seed04=2

| RD2-team04=Georgia Tech

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=NC State

| RD2-score05=8

| RD2-seed06=2

| RD2-team06=Vanderbilt

| RD2-score06=9

| RD2-seed07=3

| RD2-team07=UNC Wilmington

| RD2-score07=5

| RD2-seed08=1

| RD2-team08=NC State

| RD2-score08=17

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Florida

| RD3-score01-1=15

| RD3-score01-2=-

| RD3-seed02=2

| RD3-team02=Georgia Tech

| RD3-score02-1=3

| RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=Vanderbilt

| RD3-score03-1=5

| RD3-score03-2=7

| RD3-seed04=1

| RD3-team04=NC State

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score04-2=9

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=Florida

| RD4-score01-1=7

| RD4-score01-2=910

| RD4-score01-3=-

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=NC State

| RD4-score02-1=1

| RD4-score02-2=8

| RD4-score02-3=-

}}

=Columbia Super Regional=

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=Regional

| RD2=Regional

| RD3=Regional Final

| RD4=Super Regional

| RD2-group1=Columbia Regional – Carolina Stadium

| RD2-group2=Charlottesville Regional – Davenport Field

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=South Carolina

| RD1-score01=7

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-team02={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Manhattan Jaspers|title=Manhattan}}

| RD1-score02=0

| RD1-seed03=3

| RD1-team03={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|title=Coastal Carolina}}

| RD1-score03=3

| RD1-seed04=2

| RD1-team04=Clemson

| RD1-score04=11

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05=Manhattan

| RD1-score05=1

| RD1-seed06=3

| RD1-team06=Coastal Carolina

| RD1-score06=11

| RD1-seed07=1

| RD1-team07=Virginia

| RD1-score07=9

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Army Black Knights|title=Army}}

| RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Appalachian State Mountaineers|title=Appalachian State}}

| RD1-score09=5

| RD1-seed10=2

| RD1-team10={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}}

| RD1-score10=4

| RD1-seed11=4

| RD1-team11=Army

| RD1-score11=1

| RD1-seed12=2

| RD1-team12=Oklahoma

| RD1-score12=210

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01= South Carolina

| RD2-score01=512

| RD2-seed02=2

| RD2-team02=Clemson

| RD2-score02=4

| RD2-seed03=3

| RD2-team03=Coastal Carolina

| RD2-score03=3

| RD2-seed04=2

| RD2-team04=Clemson

| RD2-score04=5

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=Virginia

| RD2-score05=5

| RD2-seed06=3

| RD2-team06=Appalachian State

| RD2-score06=6

| RD2-seed07=2

| RD2-team07=Oklahoma

| RD2-score07=5

| RD2-seed08=1

| RD2-team08=Virginia

| RD2-score08=4

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=South Carolina

| RD3-score01-1=4

| RD3-score01-2=-

| RD3-seed02=2

| RD3-team02=Clemson

| RD3-score02-1=3

| RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03=Appalachian State

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=2

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=Oklahoma

| RD3-score04-1=14

| RD3-score04-2=5

| RD4-seed01=8

| RD4-team01=South Carolina

| RD4-score01-1=5

| RD4-score01-2=5

| RD4-score01-3=-

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=Oklahoma

| RD4-score02-1=0

| RD4-score02-2=1

| RD4-score02-3=-

}}

=Los Angeles Super Regional=

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=Regional

| RD2=Regional

| RD3=Regional Final

| RD4=Super Regional

| RD2-group1=Los Angeles Regional – Jackie Robinson Stadium

| RD2-group2=College Station Regional – Olsen Field

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=UCLA

| RD1-score01=3

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-team02={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Creighton Bluejays|title=Creighton}}

| RD1-score02=0

| RD1-seed03=3

| RD1-team03={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=New Mexico Lobos|title=New Mexico}}

| RD1-score03=4

| RD1-seed04=2

| RD1-team04={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=San Diego Toreros|title=San Diego}}

| RD1-score04=0

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05=Creighton

| RD1-score05=8

| RD1-seed06=2

| RD1-team06=San Diego

| RD1-score06=2

| RD1-seed07=1

| RD1-team07={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Texas A&M Aggies|title=Texas A&M}}

| RD1-score07=4

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Dayton Flyers|title=Dayton}}

| RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Ole Miss Rebels|title=Ole Miss}}

| RD1-score09=6

| RD1-seed10=2

| RD1-team10={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=TCU Horned Frogs|title=TCU}}

| RD1-score10=2

| RD1-seed11=4

| RD1-team11=Dayton

| RD1-score11=12

| RD1-seed12=2

| RD1-team12=TCU

| RD1-score12=28

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=UCLA

| RD2-score01=7

| RD2-seed02=3

| RD2-team02=New Mexico

| RD2-score02=1

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03=Creighton

| RD2-score03=7

| RD2-seed04=3

| RD2-team04=New Mexico

| RD2-score04=2

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=Texas A&M

| RD2-score05=3

| RD2-seed06=3

| RD2-team06=Ole Miss

| RD2-score06=6

| RD2-seed07=2

| RD2-team07=TCU

| RD2-score07=10

| RD2-seed08=1

| RD2-team08=Texas A&M

| RD2-score08=2

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=UCLA

| RD3-score01-1=13

| RD3-score01-2=-

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Creighton

| RD3-score02-1=5

| RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03=Ole Miss

| RD3-score03-1=2

| RD3-score03-2=4

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=TCU

| RD3-score04-1=5

| RD3-score04-2=7

| RD4-seed01=2

| RD4-team01=UCLA

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=4

| RD4-score01-3=-

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=TCU

| RD4-score02-1=2

| RD4-score02-2=1

| RD4-score02-3=-

}}

=Baton Rouge Super Regional=

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=Regional

| RD2=Regional

| RD3=Regional Final

| RD4=Super Regional

| RD2-group1=Baton Rouge Regional - Alex Box Stadium

| RD2-group2=Coral Gables Regional – Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=LSU

| RD1-score01=4

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-team02={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks|title=Louisiana–Monroe}}

| RD1-score02=1

| RD1-seed03=3

| RD1-team03={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Belmont Bruins|title=Belmont}}

| RD1-score03=1

| RD1-seed04=2

| RD1-team04=Oregon State

| RD1-score04=2

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05=Louisiana–Monroe

| RD1-score05=6

| RD1-seed06=3

| RD1-team06=Belmont

| RD1-score06=3

| RD1-seed07=1

| RD1-team07={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Miami Hurricanes|title=Miami (FL)}}

| RD1-score07=2

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08=Stony Brook

| RD1-score08=10

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Missouri State Bears|title=Missouri State}}

| RD1-score09=1

| RD1-seed10=2

| RD1-team10=UCF

| RD1-score10=2

| RD1-seed11=1

| RD1-team11=Miami (FL)

| RD1-score11=2

| RD1-seed12=3

| RD1-team12=Missouri State

| RD1-score12=12

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=LSU

| RD2-score01=7

| RD2-seed02=2

| RD2-team02=Oregon State

| RD2-score02=1

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03=Louisiana–Monroe

| RD2-score03=2

| RD2-seed04=2

| RD2-team04=Oregon State

| RD2-score04=11

| RD2-seed05=4

| RD2-team05=Stony Brook

| RD2-score05=8

| RD2-seed06=2

| RD2-team06=UCF

| RD2-score06=9

| RD2-seed07=3

| RD2-team07=Missouri State

| RD2-score07=7

| RD2-seed08=4

| RD2-team08=Stony Brook

| RD2-score08=10

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=LSU

| RD3-score01-1=610

| RD3-score01-2=-

| RD3-seed02=2

| RD3-team02=Oregon State

| RD3-score02-1=5

| RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=UCF

| RD3-score03-1=5

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-seed04=4

| RD3-team04=Stony Brook

| RD3-score04-1=12

| RD3-score04-2=10

| RD4-seed01=7

| RD4-team01=LSU

| RD4-score01-1=512

| RD4-score01-2=1

| RD4-score01-3=2

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=Stony Brook

| RD4-score02-1=4

| RD4-score02-2=3

| RD4-score02-3=7

}}

=Tucson Super Regional=

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=Regional

| RD2=Regional

| RD3=Regional Final

| RD4=Super Regional

| RD2-group1=Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium

| RD2-group2=Tucson Regional – Hi Corbett Field

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=North Carolina Tar Heels|title=North Carolina}}

| RD1-score01=7

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-team02={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Cornell Big Red|title=Cornell}}

| RD1-score02=4

| RD1-seed03=3

| RD1-team03=St. John's

| RD1-score03=11

| RD1-seed04=2

| RD1-team04={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=East Carolina Pirates|title=East Carolina}}

| RD1-score04=3

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05=Cornell

| RD1-score05=6

| RD1-seed06=2

| RD1-team06=East Carolina

| RD1-score06=10

| RD1-seed07=1

| RD1-team07=Arizona

| RD1-score07=15

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08=Missouri

| RD1-score08=3

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=Louisville}}

| RD1-score09=3

| RD1-seed10=2

| RD1-team10={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=New Mexico State Aggies|title=New Mexico State}}

| RD1-score10=2

| RD1-seed11=4

| RD1-team11=Missouri

| RD1-score11=6

| RD1-seed12=2

| RD1-team12=New Mexico State

| RD1-score12=2

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=North Carolina

| RD2-score01=4

| RD2-seed02=3

| RD2-team02=St. John's

| RD2-score02=5

| RD2-seed03=2

| RD2-team03=East Carolina

| RD2-score03=3

| RD2-seed04=1

| RD2-team04=North Carolina

| RD2-score04=5

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=Arizona

| RD2-score05=16

| RD2-seed06=3

| RD2-team06=Louisville

| RD2-score06=4

| RD2-seed07=4

| RD2-team07=Missouri

| RD2-score07=3

| RD2-seed08=3

| RD2-team08=Louisville

| RD2-score08=11

| RD3-seed01=3

| RD3-team01=St. John's

| RD3-score01-1=9

| RD3-score01-2=-

| RD3-seed02=1

| RD3-team02=North Carolina

| RD3-score02-1=5

| RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=1

| RD3-team03=Arizona

| RD3-score03-1=16

| RD3-score03-2=-

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-team04=Louisville

| RD3-score04-1=3

| RD3-score04-2=-

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01=St. John's

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=4

| RD4-score01-3=-

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=Arizona

| RD4-score02-1=710

| RD4-score02-2=7

| RD4-score02-3=-

}}

=Tallahassee Super Regional=

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=Regional

| RD2=Regional

| RD3=Regional Final

| RD4=Super Regional

| RD2-group1=Tallahassee Regional - Dick Howser Stadium

| RD2-group2=Palo Alto Regional - Sunken Diamond

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=Florida State

| RD1-score01=2

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-team02={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=UAB Blazers|title=UAB}}

| RD1-score02=1

| RD1-seed03=3

| RD1-team03={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Samford Bulldogs|title=Samford}}

| RD1-score03=5

| RD1-seed04=2

| RD1-team04=Mississippi State

| RD1-score04=0

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05=UAB

| RD1-score05=1

| RD1-seed06=2

| RD1-team06=Mississippi State

| RD1-score06=8

| RD1-seed07=1

| RD1-team07={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Stanford Cardinal|title=Stanford}}

| RD1-score07=9

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Fresno State Bulldogs|title=Fresno State}}

| RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Michigan State Spartans|title=Michigan State}}

| RD1-score09=2

| RD1-seed10=2

| RD1-team10={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Pepperdine Waves|title=Pepperdine}}

| RD1-score10=6

| RD1-seed11=4

| RD1-team11=Fresno State

| RD1-score11=8

| RD1-seed12=3

| RD1-team12=Michigan State

| RD1-score12=2

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Florida State

| RD2-score01=8

| RD2-seed02=3

| RD2-team02=Samford

| RD2-score02=1

| RD2-seed03=2

| RD2-team03=Mississippi State

| RD2-score03=2

| RD2-seed04=3

| RD2-team04=Samford

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=Stanford

| RD2-score05=5

| RD2-seed06=2

| RD2-team06=Pepperdine

| RD2-score06=4

| RD2-seed07=4

| RD2-team07=Fresno State

| RD2-score07=5

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08=Pepperdine

| RD2-score08=8

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Florida State

| RD3-score01-1=5

| RD3-score01-2=-

| RD3-seed02=3

| RD3-team02=Samford

| RD3-score02-1=2

| RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=1

| RD3-team03=Stanford

| RD3-score03-1=8

| RD3-score03-2=-

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=Pepperdine

| RD3-score04-1=7

| RD3-score04-2=-

| RD4-seed01=3

| RD4-team01=Florida State

| RD4-score01-1=17

| RD4-score01-2=18

| RD4-score01-3=-

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=Stanford

| RD4-score02-1=1

| RD4-score02-2=7

| RD4-score02-3=-

}}

=Eugene Super Regional=

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=Regional

| RD2=Regional

| RD3=Regional Final

| RD4=Super Regional

| RD2-group1=Eugene Regional – PK Park

| RD2-group2=†Gary Regional - U.S. Steel Yard

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Oregon Ducks|title=Oregon}}

| RD1-score01=6

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-team02={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Austin Peay Governors|title=Austin Peay State}}

| RD1-score02=5

| RD1-seed03=3

| RD1-team03={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Indiana State Sycamores|title=Indiana State}}

| RD1-score03=5

| RD1-seed04=2

| RD1-team04={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans|title=Cal State Fullerton}}

| RD1-score04=9

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05=Austin Peay State

| RD1-score05=1

| RD1-seed06=3

| RD1-team06=Indiana State

| RD1-score06=0

| RD1-seed07=1

| RD1-team07=Purdue

| RD1-score07=7

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Valparaiso Crusaders|title=Valparaiso}}

| RD1-score08=2

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09=Kent State

| RD1-score09=721

| RD1-seed10=2

| RD1-team10=Kentucky

| RD1-score10=6

| RD1-seed11=4

| RD1-team11=Valparaiso

| RD1-score11=1

| RD1-seed12=2

| RD1-team12=Kentucky

| RD1-score12=8

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Oregon

| RD2-score01=7

| RD2-seed02=2

| RD2-team02=Cal State Fullerton

| RD2-score02=5

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03=Austin Peay State

| RD2-score03=3

| RD2-seed04=2

| RD2-team04=Cal State Fullerton

| RD2-score04=0

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=Purdue

| RD2-score05=3

| RD2-seed06=3

| RD2-team06=Kent State

| RD2-score06=7

| RD2-seed07=2

| RD2-team07=Kentucky

| RD2-score07=6

| RD2-seed08=1

| RD2-team08=Purdue

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Oregon

| RD3-score01-1=8

| RD3-score01-2=-

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Austin Peay State

| RD3-score02-1=1

| RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03=Kent State

| RD3-score03-1=3

| RD3-score03-2=-

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=Kentucky

| RD3-score04-1=2

| RD3-score04-2=-

| RD4-seed01=5

| RD4-team01=Oregon

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=3

| RD4-score01-3=2

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=Kent State

| RD4-score02-1=7

| RD4-score02-2=2

| RD4-score02-3=3

}}†Purdue hosted at the U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana, due to the construction delays of the Boilermaker's new stadium, Alexander Field.{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Travis|date=2012-05-29|title=2012 NCAA Baseball Tournament: Gary Regional Preview|url=https://www.hammerandrails.com/2012/5/29/3050745/2012-ncaa-baseball-tournament-gary-regional-preview-purdue-kentucky-kent-state-valparaiso|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Hammer and Rails|language=en}}

=Waco Super Regional=

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=Regional

| RD2=Regional

| RD3=Regional Final

| RD4=Super Regional

| RD2-group1=Waco Regional – Baylor Ballpark

| RD2-group2=Houston Regional – Reckling Park

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Baylor Bears|title=Baylor}}

| RD1-score01=2

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-team02={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|title=Oral Roberts}}

| RD1-score02=4

| RD1-seed03=3

| RD1-team03={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Texas–Arlington Mavericks|title=Texas–Arlington}}

| RD1-score03=0

| RD1-seed04=2

| RD1-team04={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Dallas Baptist Patriots|title=Dallas Baptist}}

| RD1-score04=10

| RD1-seed05=1

| RD1-team05=Baylor

| RD1-score05=11

| RD1-seed06=3

| RD1-team06=Texas–Arlington

| RD1-score06=6

| RD1-seed07=1

| RD1-team07={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Rice Owls|title=Rice}}

| RD1-score07=3

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Prairie View A&M Panthers|title=Prairie View A&M}}

| RD1-score08=2

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Sam Houston State Bearkats|title=Sam Houston State}}

| RD1-score09=4

| RD1-seed10=2

| RD1-team10=Arkansas

| RD1-score10=5

| RD1-seed11=4

| RD1-team11=Prairie View A&M

| RD1-score11=2

| RD1-seed12=3

| RD1-team12=Sam Houston State

| RD1-score12=4

| RD2-seed01=4

| RD2-team01=Oral Roberts

| RD2-score01=8

| RD2-seed02=2

| RD2-team02=Dallas Baptist

| RD2-score02=11

| RD2-seed03=1

| RD2-team03=Baylor

| RD2-score03=5

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04=Oral Roberts

| RD2-score04=2

| RD2-seed05=1

| RD2-team05=Rice

| RD2-score05=0

| RD2-seed06=2

| RD2-team06=Arkansas

| RD2-score06=1

| RD2-seed07=3

| RD2-team07=Sam Houston State

| RD2-score07=4

| RD2-seed08=1

| RD2-team08=Rice

| RD2-score08=1

| RD3-seed01=2

| RD3-team01=Dallas Baptist

| RD3-score01-1=2

| RD3-score01-2=2

| RD3-seed02=1

| RD3-team02=Baylor

| RD3-score02-1=9

| RD3-score02-2=8

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=Arkansas

| RD3-score03-1=5

| RD3-score03-2=-

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-team04=Sam Houston State

| RD3-score04-1=1

| RD3-score04-2=-

| RD4-seed01=4

| RD4-team01=Baylor

| RD4-score01-1=8

| RD4-score01-2=4

| RD4-score01-3=0

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=Arkansas

| RD4-score02-1=1

| RD4-score02-2=5

| RD4-score02-3=1

}}

College World Series

=Participants=

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachPrevious CWS AppearancesBest CWS FinishCWS record
Not including this year
align=center

| Arizona

Pac-1243–17 (20–10)Andy Lopez15
(last: 2004)
1st
(1976, 1980, 1986)
33–27
ArkansasSEC44–20 (16–14)Dave Van Horn6
(last: 2009)
2nd
(1979)
9–12
FloridaSEC47−18 (18−12)Kevin O'Sullivan7
(last: 2011)
2nd
(2005, 2011)
11–15
align=center

| Florida State

ACC48–15 (24–6)Mike Martin20
(last: 2010)
2nd
(1970, 1986, 1999)
26–40
align=center

| Kent State

MAC46–18 (24–3)Scott Stricklin0
(last: none)
none0–0
align=center

| South Carolina

SEC45–17 (18–11)Ray Tanner10
(last: 2011)
1st
(2010, 2011)
28–17
align=center

| Stony Brook

America East52–13 (21–3)Matt Senk0
(last: none)
none0–0
UCLAPac-1247–14 (20–10)John Savage3
(last: 2010)
2nd
(2010)
3–7

=Bracket=

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D

| sets=1/1/2/3| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Finals

| RD1-seed01=2

| RD1-team01=UCLA

| RD1-score01=9

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02=Stony Brook

| RD1-score02=1

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03=Arizona

| RD1-score03=4

| RD1-seed04=3

| RD1-team04=Florida State

| RD1-score04=3

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05=Stony Brook

| RD1-score05= 2

| RD1-seed06=3

| RD1-team06=Florida State

| RD1-score06= 12

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07=Kent State

| RD1-score07=1

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08=Arkansas

| RD1-score08=8

| RD1-seed09=1

| RD1-team09=Florida

| RD1-score09=3

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-team10=South Carolina

| RD1-score10=7

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11=Kent State

| RD1-score11=5

| RD1-seed12=1

| RD1-team12=Florida

| RD1-score12=4

| RD2-seed01=2

| RD2-team01=UCLA

| RD2-score01=0

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02=Arizona

| RD2-score02=4

| RD2-seed03=3

| RD2-team03=Florida State

| RD2-score03=4

| RD2-seed04=2

| RD2-team04=UCLA

| RD2-score04=1

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05=Arkansas

| RD2-score05=2

| RD2-seed06=8

| RD2-team06=South Carolina

| RD2-score06=1

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07=Kent State

| RD2-score07=1

| RD2-seed08=8

| RD2-team08=South Carolina

| RD2-score08=4

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01=Arizona

| RD3-score01-1=10

| RD3-score01-2=-

| RD3-seed02=3

| RD3-team02=Florida State

| RD3-score02-1=3

| RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03=Arkansas

| RD3-score03-1=0

| RD3-score03-2=2

| RD3-seed04=8

| RD3-team04=South Carolina

| RD3-score04-1=2

| RD3-score04-2=3

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01=Arizona

| RD4-score01-1=5

| RD4-score01-2=4

| RD4-score01-3=-

| RD4-seed02=8

| RD4-team02=South Carolina

| RD4-score02-1=1

| RD4-score02-2=1

| RD4-score02-3=-

}}

=Championship Series=

==Game 1==

{{linescore|Compact=no

| Date = Sunday, June 24

| Time = 7:00 pm

| Location = Omaha, Nebraska

| Other = ESPN

| Road = South Carolina| RoadAbr = USC

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 1 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 1 | RH = 6 | RE = 2

| Home = Arizona| HomeAbr = UA

| H1 = 2 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 1 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 1 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 1 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 5 | HH = 12 | HE = 1

| RSP= Forrest Koumas | HSP= Konner Wade

| WP = Konner Wade | LP = Forrest Koumas |

| HomeHR= Rob Refsnyder | RoadHR= None

| Attendance =

| BoxURL = https://www.ncaa.com/game/baseball/d1/2012/06/24/south-carolina-arizona#boxscore}}

==Game 2==

{{linescore|Compact=no

| Date = Monday, June 25

| Time = 7:00 pm

| Location = Omaha, Nebraska

| Other = ESPN

| Road = Arizona| RoadAbr = UA

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 1 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 3 | RR = 4 | RH = 7 | RE = 1

| Home = South Carolina| HomeAbr = USC

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 1 | H8 = 0 | H9 = 0 | HR = 1 | HH = 3 | HE = 1

| RSP= James Farris|HSP= Michael Roth

| WP = Matthew Troupe | LP = Matthew Price |

| HomeHR = None | RoadHR = None

| Attendance =

| BoxURL = https://www.ncaa.com/game/baseball/d1/2012/06/25/arizona-south-carolina#boxscore

}}

=All-Tournament Team=

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
PositionPlayerSchool
rowspan=2| PMichael Rothstyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Carolina Gamecocks|border=0}}|{{color|white|South Carolina}}
Konner Wadestyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=0}}|Arizona
CRiley Moorestyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=0}}|Arizona
1BChristian Walkerstyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Carolina Gamecocks|border=0}}|{{color|white|South Carolina}}
2BDevon Travisstyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida State Seminoles|border=0}}|Florida State
3BSherman Johnsonstyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida State Seminoles|border=0}}|Florida State
SSAlex Mejiastyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=0}}|Arizona
rowspan=3| OFEvan Marzillistyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Carolina Gamecocks|border=0}}|{{color|white|South Carolina}}
Joey Rickardstyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=0}}|Arizona
Rob Refsnyder (MOP)style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=0}}|Arizona
DHBobby Brownstyle={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|border=0}}|Arizona

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

class="wikitable"

! Place

! School

! Record

1st

| Arizona

| 10–0

2nd

| #8 South Carolina

| 9–3

rowspan="2"| 3rd

| Arkansas

| 7–3

#3 Florida State

| 7–2

rowspan="2"| 5th

| Kent State

| 6–3

#2 UCLA

| 6–2

rowspan="2"| 7th

| #1 Florida

| 5–2

Stony Brook

| 6–4

rowspan="8"| 9th

| #4 Baylor

| 5–3

#7 LSU

| 4–2

NC State

| 4–3

Oklahoma

| 4–3

#5 Oregon

| 4–2

Stanford

| 3–2

St. John's

| 3–2

Texas Christian

| 4–3

rowspan="16"| 17th

| Appalachian State

| 2–2

Austin Peay

| 2–2

Central Florida

| 2–2

Clemson

| 2–2

Creighton

| 2–2

Dallas Baptist

| 2–2

Georgia Tech

| 2–2

Kentucky

| 2–2

Louisville

| 2–2

Mississippi

| 2–2

#6 North Carolina

| 2–2

Oregon State

| 2–2

Pepperdine

| 2–2

Samford

| 2–2

Sam Houston State

| 2–2

Vanderbilt

| 2–2

rowspan="16"| 33rd

| Cal State Fullerton

| 1–2

Coastal Carolina

| 1–2

College of Charleston

| 1–2

East Carolina

| 1–2

Fresno State

| 1–2

Louisiana Monroe

| 1–2

Mississippi State

| 1–2

Missouri

| 1–2

Missouri State

| 1–2

New Mexico

| 1–2

Oral Roberts

| 1–2

Purdue

| 1–2

Rice

| 1–2

Texas A&M

| 1–2

UNC Wilmington

| 1–2

Virginia

| 1–2

rowspan="16"| 49th

| Army

| 0–2

Belmont

| 0–2

Bethune-Cookman

| 0–2

Cornell

| 0–2

Dayton

| 0–2

Indiana State

| 0–2

Manhattan

| 0–2

Miami

| 0–2

Michigan State

| 0–2

New Mexico State

| 0–2

Prairie View

| 0–2

Sacred Heart

| 0–2

San Diego

| 0–2

UAB

| 0–2

UT-Arlington

| 0–2

Valparaiso

| 0–2

  • # denotes national seed

Record by conference

class="wikitable sortable"

!Conference

!# of Bids

!Record

!Win %

!RF

!SR

!WS

!NS

!CS

!NC

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|Pac-12

| 5

| 25–8

| {{winpct|25|8}}

| 5

| 4

| 2

| 1

| 1

| 1

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Southeastern

| 8

| 32–18

| {{winpct|32|18}}

| 7

| 4

| 3

| 2

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Atlantic Coast

| 7

| 18–15

| {{winpct|18|15}}

| 5

| 2

| 1

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| MAC

| 1

| 6–3

| {{winpct|6|3}}

| 1

| 1

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| America East

| 1

| 6–4

| {{winpct|6|4}}

| 1

| 1

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Big 12

| 4

| 11–10

| {{winpct|11|10}}

| 2

| 2

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Big East

| 2

| 5–4

| {{winpct|5|4}}

| 2

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Mountain West

| 2

| 5–5

| {{winpct|5|5}}

| 1

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Southern

| 3

| 5–6

| {{winpct|5|6}}

| 2

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Conference USA

| 4

| 4–8

| {{winpct|4|8}}

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Missouri Valley

| 3

| 3–6

| {{winpct|3|6}}

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Southland

| 2

| 2–4

| {{winpct|2|4}}

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| West Coast

| 2

| 2–4

| {{winpct|2|4}}

| 1

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Big Ten

| 2

| 1–4

| {{winpct|1|4}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"| Western Athletic

| 2

| 1–4

| {{winpct|1|4}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

| {{sort|0|–}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{sort|zz|Other}}

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The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Tournament notes

=Round 1=

  • Florida's Jonathon Crawford threw a no-hitter against Bethune-Cookman, the seventh no-hitter in NCAA tournament history and the first since 1991.{{cite web|last=DiRocco|first=Michael|title=Jonathon Crawford throws no-hitter|url=https://www.espn.com/colleges/florida/story/_/id/7999147/jonathon-crawford-throws-no-hitter-florida-gators-regional-opener|publisher=GatorNation|access-date=2 June 2012}}
  • Kent State defeated Kentucky in 21 innings, the second longest game in NCAA tournament history.{{cite news|last=AP|title=NCAA baseball tournament: Kent State outlasts Kentucky in 21 innings|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120601/SPORTS08/120602001/kent-state-kentucky-baseball-tournament|access-date=2 June 2012|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=2 June 2012}}
  • Baylor lost to Oral Roberts, the first national seed to lose their round one game since Florida State and Georgia both did so in 2008. Both Georgia and Florida State went on to make the College World Series, with Georgia losing in the championship series.{{cite web|title=All-Time Championship Tournament Records and Results|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_champs_records/2011/d1/champs.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=4 June 2012}}

=Round 2=

  • Miami (FL) became the first #1 seed to go 0–2 in Regional play since San Diego in 2007.{{cite web|last=King|first=Jason|title=Surprises stir up NCAA tournament|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8002990/recapping-highlights-saturday-ncaa-baseball-tournament-action|access-date=4 June 2012}}

=Regional Finals=

  • Arizona became the first team ever to score at least 15 runs in every Regional game. They were the first team since Arkansas in 2009 to score 10 or more runs in every Regional game.
  • Stony Brook became the third #4 seed ever to win a Regional, joining Missouri in 2006 and Fresno State in 2008.

=Super Regionals=

  • Kent State, Oregon, St. John's, and Stony Brook all appeared in the Super Regionals for the first time.{{cite news|last=Fentress|first=Aaron|title=Eugene Super Regional: Oregon Ducks prepare for unfamiliar Kent State Golden Flashes|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2012/06/eugene_super_regional_oregon_d.html|access-date=5 June 2012|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=4 June 2012}}{{cite news|title=Ducks Win Regional, Advance To First Ever Super Regional|url=http://kezi.com/news/local/248025|access-date=5 June 2012|newspaper=KEZI}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|last=AP|title=St. John's Advance to Baseball Super Regional|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/sports/baseball/st-johns-advance-to-college-baseball-super-regional.html|access-date=5 June 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=4 June 2012}}{{cite news|last=AP|title=Stony Brook Advances to its First N.C.A.A. Super Regional|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/sports/baseball/stony-brook-advances-to-ncaa-baseball-super-regional.html|access-date=5 June 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=5 June 2012}}
  • LSU lost a Super Regional in Baton Rouge for the first time (had won previous five).
  • Florida State scored 35 runs in two games against Stanford, tied with LSU (2008) for the most runs in a Super Regional and the most in a 2-game Super Regional (previous record was 26).

=College World Series=

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  • Stony Brook was the first College World Series participant from the America East Conference and is the first from New York since St. John's in 1980.{{cite web|title=College World Series field is set|url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/8040069/south-carolina-gamecocks-stony-brook-seawolves-headline-college-world-series-field|publisher=ESPN.com|access-date=13 June 2012|date=12 June 2012}}
  • Kent State was the first MAC team to make the world series since 1976.
  • No school from Texas made the College World Series for the first time since 2001.
  • This is the 20th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the College World Series.{{cite web|url=http://midwaymadness.com/2012/06/2012-college-world-series-preview/|publisher=MidwayMadness.com|access-date=2012-06-13|date=June 13, 2012|title=2012 College World Series Facts}}
  • This is the 5th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the Championship Series.
  • South Carolina becomes the first team since the '96, '97, '98 LSU Tigers to return to Omaha with a chance to defend their back-to-back Championships. Southern California is the only program in CWS history to win three consecutive CWS titles, or more, (1970–1974),(5).
  • South Carolina entered the World Series riding two significant postseason winning streaks.
  • Longest College World Series winning streak (10 CWS games) in NCAA history.{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2012/06/monday-roundup-gamecocks-flashes-hogs-win-super-regionals/|publisher=Baseball America|access-date=2012-06-12|date=June 12, 2012|title=Monday Roundup: Gamecocks, Flashes, Hogs Win Super Regionals}}
  • Longest post-season winning streak (20 games) in NCAA history. (This streak includes, Regional, Super Regional and College World Series games, and also consists of six one run wins and four games that required extra innings.){{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8040069/south-carolina-gamecocks-stony-brook-seawolves-headline-college-world-series-field|publisher=ESPN.com|access-date=2012-06-12|date=June 12, 2012|title=College World Series field is set}}
  • Florida is making a third consecutive appearance in the College World Series for the first time in team history. Fellow 2012 CWS participants Florida State ('94,'95,'96 & '98,99,'00), Arizona ('58,'59,'60), Oregon State (05,06,07) and South Carolina ('02,'03,'04 & '10,'11,'12) have all made three consecutive appearances.
  • The Game 4 match-up between No. 1 seed Florida and No. 8 seed South Carolina marks the first opening-round rematch of the previous season's Championship Game since the 1960 series when Arizona faced, and defeated, the 1959 Champions from Oklahoma State.
  • This is the first appearance by Kent State or Stony Brook in the College World Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/sports/stony-brook-defeats-lsu-to-advance-to-college-world-series.html?_r=1|title=Stony Brook Defeats L.S.U. to Advance to College World Series|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=2012-06-12|date=June 11, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-06-12/college-baseball-kent-state-beats-oregon-to-reach-first-college-world-series|title=College baseball: Kent State beats Oregon to reach first College World Series|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=2012-06-12|date=June 12, 2012}}
  • Stony Brook is the second team since 1999 to be seeded fourth in a regional and advance to the College World Series (Fresno State won 2008 CWS).
  • Arizona pitcher Konner Wade became the first pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout without a walk in a College World Series game since 1972.
  • For the first time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1999, neither team that started 2–0 in the CWS was a national seed. (Arizona and Arkansas){{cite web|url=http://www.collegebaseballinsider.com/12Postseason/CBILiveCWS08Notes.html|title=Arkansas joins Arizona at 2–0 in CWS|publisher=College Baseball Insider|access-date=2012-06-18|date=June 18, 2012}}
  • As a result of the 20 June 2012 Game 10 rain delay, South Carolina will become the first team, since Georgia did so in 1987, to play all or part of two games on the same calendar day at the CWS when they face Arkansas in the night game (Game 12) on the 21st. The last team to play two full games, in the College World Series, on the same day was Michigan on 2 June 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2012/06/21/3669540/gamecocks-oust-kent-st-4-1-on.html|title=Gamecocks oust Kent St 4–1 on Roth's CWS 2-hitter|publisher=The Kansas City Star|access-date=2012-06-21|date=June 21, 2012}}
  • With the 2–0 win over Arkansas in game 12, South Carolina becomes the first team since 1952 (Holy Cross)(60 years) to win two games in the College World Series on the same day.

=CWS records tied or broken=

  • With the Game Four win over No. 1 seed Florida, the No. 8 seed South Carolina Gamecocks extend their NCAA record-setting postseason win streak to 21 consecutive games and their College World Series record-setting consecutive win streak to 11.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/more/06/17/cws.roundup.ap/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619084440/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/more/06/17/cws.roundup.ap/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|publisher=Sports Illustrated|access-date=2012-06-17|date=June 17, 2012|title=CWS: South Carolina dumps Florida to extend record win streak to 22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.omaha.com/article/20120616/CWS/706169850/1001|publisher=Omaha.com|access-date=2012-06-16|date=June 16, 2012|title=CWS: Payne, Roth help South Carolina extend winning streak}} (Both streaks came to an end in game Eight.)
  • With the 4–1 win over Kent State in game 10, South Carolina's Michael Roth becomes the College World Series' all-time leader in Most Innings Pitched, with 53 2/3rd over three years. Roth also tied the record for Most CWS Starts with his 7th, and he tied the record for most CWS Wins all-time with a 4–0 CWS record. Additionally, Roth ties the record with Most Years With Wins (3).{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20120621/south-carolina-kent-state/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625022916/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20120621/south-carolina-kent-state/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2012|publisher=Sports Illustrated|access-date=2012-06-21|date=June 21, 2012|title=CWS: Michael Roth, South Carolina sends Kent State packing at CWS}}{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/4-CWSCareer.pdf|publisher=NCAA|access-date=2012-06-21|date=June 14, 2012|title=CWS Individual Pitching Records}}
  • Arizona becomes the first CWS team to hit two home runs in an inning at TD Ameritrade Park after Rob Refsnyder and Bobby Brown hit home runs in the fourth inning of Game 11 against Florida State. In the same game, Florida State uses eight different pitchers, tying a CWS record.{{cite web|url=http://azstarnet.com/sports/baseball/college/seen-and-heard-at-the-college-world-series/article_ad49105e-5b4c-5ef5-a73d-e33af08fd80a.html|publisher=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=2012-06-22|date=June 22, 2012|title=Seen and heard at the College World Series}}
  • With the 3–2 win over Arkansas in game 13, South Carolina's Matt Price sets a new College World Series Most Wins record with 5.{{cite web|url=http://www.ktul.com/story/18861480/gamecocks-eliminate-arkansas-from-college-world-series|publisher=Tulsa KTUL.com Star|access-date=2012-06-23|date=June 23, 2012|title=Gamecocks Eliminate Arkansas From College World Series}}{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/4-CWSCareer.pdf|publisher=ncaa.org|access-date=2012-06-23|date=June 14, 2012|title=2012 NCAA College World Series Record Book}}
  • Arizona becomes only the second team after South Carolina the previous year to go a perfect 10–0 in the postseason.

Media coverage

=Radio=

NRG Media, in conjunction with the Dial Global Sports/NCAA Radio Network provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series. It would be the first time John Bishop would call College World Series games for Dial Global Sports. The championship series would be called by Kugler and Scott Graham.{{cite web|url=http://eyeonskyandairsports.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html|title=Dial Global announces College World Series announce team|publisher=Eye on Sky and Air Sports |access-date=2012-05-30}}

=Selection shows=

The NCAA Division I Road to Omaha Selection Show aired on ESPN on May 28, 2012.

=Competition=

  • Regionals:

:The Columbia and Tucson Regionals were broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN3.

:The College Station, Gainesville, Palo Alto and Tallahassee Regionals were broadcast on ESPN3.

:The Baton Rouge Regional was broadcast on Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Cox Sports Television, CSS.

:Purdue's games at the Gary Regional were broadcast on Big Ten Network. Games in that regional not involving Purdue were not televised at all.

:All games during the Super Regionals and the College World Series aired on the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3).

==Broadcast assignments==

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College World Series{{cite web|url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/06/espns-33rd-college-world-series-every-game-live/|title=ESPN’s 33rd College World Series: Every Game Live|publisher=ESPN Media Zone |access-date=2012-06-12}}

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Super Regionals

College World Series Championship

  • Mike Patrick, Orel Hershiser, Kyle Peterson, Jenn Brown, & Jessica Mendoza

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See also

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