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The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is a baseball tournament held each June in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the culmination of the NCAA Division I baseball tournament—featuring 64 teams in the first round—which determines the champion of NCAA Division I level college baseball. 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 was 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cwsomaha.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58016|title=College World Series of Omaha, Inc. - Creighton University|access-date=28 June 2017}}[http://www.cwsomaha.com/index.php?option=com_contents&task=view&did=58264&Itemid=247 CWS History]{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. CWS Omaha, Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-11. It was held at Rosenblatt Stadium from 1950 through 2010; starting in 2011, it has been held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha (formerly 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.[https://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/NCAA/About%20The%20NCAA/The%20NCAA%20Brand/Trademarks%20and%20Logos/Trademarks.html NCAA Trademarks – NCAA.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505010101/http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=%2Fncaa%2FNCAA%2FAbout+The+NCAA%2FThe+NCAA+Brand%2FTrademarks+and+Logos%2FTrademarks.html |date=2017-05-05 }}, footnote at bottom: "College World Series and Women's College World Series: The NCAA is the exclusive licensee of these marks, registered by Major League Baseball, in connection with the NCAA Division I Men's Baseball Championship and the Division I Women's Softball Championship."

The event's official name was changed to "Men's College World Series" no later than 2008. The most recent hosting agreement between the NCAA and the city of Omaha and related entities, signed in that year, states, "The official name of the [championship] shall be the NCAA Men's College World Series". However, as of October 2021, the CWS logo still appeared on the NCAA's official D-I baseball tournament bracket, and on the front page of the NCAA's official CWS website, without the word "Men's".{{cite web|url=https://kaplanhecker.app.box.com/s/y17pvxpap8lotzqajjan9vyye6zx8tmz |title=NCAA External Gender Equity Review: Phase II | page=70 |publisher=Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP |date=October 25, 2021 |accessdate=November 2, 2021}} The NCAA has since added "Men's" to the event's logo, and both the NCAA and College World Series of Omaha, Inc. (CWS Omaha), the nonprofit group that organizes the event, now consistently use the phrase "Men's College World Series" to describe it.See, e.g., the [https://www.ncaa.com/sports/baseball/d1 NCAA Division I baseball home page], with linked stories consistently using "Men's College World Series"; the [https://www.ncaa.com/championships/baseball/d1 NCAA's official MCWS home page]; and the [https://cwsomaha.com/ CWS Omaha home page].

On March 13, 2020, it was announced that the 2020 College World Series was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time in the event's history it had been canceled.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2020-ncaa-tournament-canceled-due-to-growing-threat-of-coronavirus-pandemic/|title=2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic|date=13 March 2020 }}

=Contract extension=

On June 10, 2008, the NCAA and CWS Omaha announced a new 25-year contract extension, keeping the MCWS in Omaha through 2035.{{cite web|url=http://www.cwsomaha.com/press-releases/ncaa-signs-25-year-agreement-with-college-world-series-of-omaha-2.html |title=NCAA Men's College World Series 2008 - NCAA Signs 25-Year Agreement with College World Series of Omaha Inc |access-date=2008-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612171631/http://www.cwsomaha.com/press-releases/ncaa-signs-25-year-agreement-with-college-world-series-of-omaha-2.html |archive-date=2008-06-12 }} NCAA Signs 25-Year Agreement with College World Series of Omaha, Inc. A memorandum of understanding had been reached by all parties on April 30.{{cite web|url=http://www.cwsomaha.com/press-releases/ncaa-memorandum-of-understanding-paves-the-way-for-extending-the-road-to-omaha-through-2.html |title=NCAA Men's College World Series 2008 - NCAA Memorandum of Understanding Paves the Way for Extending the Road to Omaha through 2035 |access-date=2008-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612194626/http://www.cwsomaha.com/press-releases/ncaa-memorandum-of-understanding-paves-the-way-for-extending-the-road-to-omaha-through-2.html |archive-date=2008-06-12 }} NCAA Memorandum of Understanding...

The currently binding contract began in 2011, the same year the tournament moved from Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium to the venue now known as Charles Schwab Field Omaha, a new ballpark across from CHI Health Center Omaha.

=Format history and changes=

{{see also|NCAA Division I Baseball Championship#Past formats}}

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  • 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. The two winners continued to meet in a best-of-three final in Kalamazoo. The teams were selected from the NCAA's eight districts, with a local committee choosing its representative based on their own criteria, which might or might not include committee selections, conference champions, and district playoffs.
  • 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.
  • 1950–1953 – An eight-team, double-elimination format for the College World Series coincided with the move to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1950. A national baseball committee chose one team from each of the eight NCAA districts.
  • 1954–1975 – Preliminary rounds determined the eight CWS teams, and the total number of teams in the preliminary round ranged from 21 to 32. The format of the CWS remained the same as 1950.
  • 1976–1981 – The number of preliminary-round teams was increased to 34.
  • 1982–1984 – The number of preliminary-round teams was increased to 36.
  • 1985 – The number of preliminary-round teams was increased to 38.
  • 1986 – The number of preliminary-round teams was increased to 40.
  • 1987 – The number of preliminary-round teams was increased to 48, with teams split into eight, six-team regionals. 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. Unlike the current 64 team tournament, the CWS pairings were set after the regional tournaments.
  • 1988–1998 – The format for the CWS was changed for the first time since 1950 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 field in 1999. Teams were divided into 16 four-team double-elimination regionals. The regional winners advanced to the Super Regional round, which had 8 best-of-three series to advance to the CWS. Within each region, teams were seeded 1 to 4. Additionally, the top 8 teams in the tournament were given "national seeds" and placed in different Super Regionals so no national seeds could meet before the CWS. The 64-team bracket was 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.
  • 2003–2017 – 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.
  • 2018–present – The number of national seeds increased from 8 to 16. Each Super Regional featured the winners of regionals in which the numerical sum of those regions' national seeds totaled 17 (1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, etc.). No other format changes were made.

Results

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Champion

! Coach

! Score

! Runner-up

! Most Outstanding Player

! Stadium

! City

1947

| California

| Clint Evans

| 17–8, 8–7

| Yale

|

| rowspan="2" |Hyames Field

| rowspan="2" |Kalamazoo, MI

1948

| USC

| Sam Barry

| 3–1, 3–8, 9–2

| Yale

|

1949

| Texas

| Bibb Falk

| 10–3

| Wake Forest

| Tom Hamilton, Texas

|Lawrence–Dumont Stadium

|Wichita, KS

1950

| Texas (2)

| Bibb Falk

| 3–0

| Washington State

| Ray VanCleef, Rutgers

| rowspan="14" |Omaha Municipal Stadium

| rowspan="70" |Omaha, NE

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, {{cbsb link|year=1955|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys|school=Oklahoma State University|title=Oklahoma A&M}}

1956

| Minnesota

| Dick Siebert

| 12–1

| Arizona

| Jerry Thomas, Minnesota

1957

| California (2)

| George Wolfman

| 1–0

| Penn State

| Cal Emery, Penn State

1958

| USC (2)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 8–7

| Missouri

| Bill Thom, USC

1959

| Oklahoma State

| Toby Greene

| 5–3

| Arizona

| Jim Dobson, Oklahoma State

1960

| Minnesota (2)

| Dick Siebert

| 2–1

| USC

| John Erickson, Minnesota

1961

| USC (3)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 1–0

| Oklahoma State

| Littleton Fowler, Oklahoma State

1962

| Michigan (2)

| Don Lund

| 5–4

| Santa Clara

| Bob Garibaldi, Santa Clara

1963

| USC (4)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 5–2

| Arizona

| Bud Hollowell, USC

1964

| Minnesota (3)

| Dick Siebert

| 5–1

| Missouri

| Joe Ferris, {{cbsb link|year=1964|team=Maine Black Bears|title=Maine}}

| rowspan="47" |Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium

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 (2)

| Bobby Winkles

| 11–2

| Houston

| Ron Davini, Arizona State

1968

| USC (5)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 4–3

| Southern Illinois

| Bill Seinsoth, USC

1969

| Arizona State (3)

| Bobby Winkles

| 10–1

| Tulsa

| John Dolinsek, Arizona State

1970

| USC (6)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 2–1

| Florida State

| Gene Ammann, Florida State

1971

| USC (7)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 7–2

| Southern Illinois

| Jerry Tabb, Tulsa

1972

| USC (8)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 1–0

| Arizona State

| Russ McQueen, USC

1973

| USC (9)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 4–3

| Arizona State

| Dave Winfield, Minnesota

1974

| USC (10)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 7–3

| Miami (FL)

| George Milke, USC

1975

| Texas (3)

| Cliff Gustafson

| 5–1

| South Carolina

| Mickey Reichenbach, Texas

1976

| Arizona

| Jerry Kindall

| 7–1

| Eastern Michigan

| Steve Powers, Arizona

1977

| Arizona State (4)

| Jim Brock

| 2–1

| South Carolina

| Bob Horner, Arizona State

1978

| USC (11)

| Rod Dedeaux

| 10–3

| Arizona State

| Rod Boxberger, USC

1979

| Cal State Fullerton

| Augie Garrido

| 2–1

| Arkansas

| Tony Hudson, Cal State Fullerton

1980

| Arizona (2)

| Jerry Kindall

| 5–3

| Hawaii

| Terry Francona, Arizona

1981

| Arizona State (5)

| 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 (4)

| Cliff Gustafson

| 4–3

| Alabama

| Calvin Schiraldi, Texas

1984

| Cal State Fullerton (2)

| Augie Garrido

| 3–1

| Texas

| John Fishel, Cal State Fullerton

1985

| Miami (FL) (2)

| Ron Fraser

| 10–6

| Texas

| Greg Ellena, Miami (FL)

1986

| Arizona (3)

| Jerry Kindall

| 10–2

| Florida State

| Mike Senne, Arizona

1987

| Stanford

| Mark Marquess

| 9–5

| Oklahoma State

| Paul Carey, Stanford

1988

| Stanford (2)

| 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 (2)

| Andwer Ranger

| 3–2

| Cal State Fullerton (2)

| Phil Nevin, Cal State Fullerton

1993

| LSU (2)

| Skip Bertman

| 8–0

| Wichita State

| Todd Walker, LSU

1994

| Oklahoma (2)

| Larry Cochell

| 13–5

| Georgia Tech

| Chip Glass, Oklahoma

1995

| Cal State Fullerton (3)

| Augie Garrido

| 11–5

| USC

| Mark Kotsay, Cal State Fullerton

1996

| LSU (3)

| Skip Bertman

| 9–8

| Miami (FL)

| Pat Burrell, Miami (FL)

1997

| LSU (4)

| Skip Bertman

| 13–6

| Alabama

| Brandon Larson, LSU

1998

| USC (12)

| Mike Gillespie

| 21–14

| Arizona State

| Wes Rachels, USC

1999

| Miami (FL) (3)

| Jim Morris

| 6–5

| Florida State

| Marshall McDougall, Florida State

2000

| LSU (5)

| Skip Bertman

| 6–5

| Stanford

| Trey Hodges, LSU

2001

| Miami (FL) (4)

| Jim Morris

| 12–1

| Stanford

| Charlton Jimerson, Miami (FL)

2002

| Texas (5)

| 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 (4)

| George Horton

| 6–4, 3–2

| Texas

| Jason Windsor, Cal State Fullerton

2005

| Texas (6)

| 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 (2)

| 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 (6)

| 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 (2)

| Ray Tanner

| 2–111, 5–2

| Florida

| Scott Wingo, South Carolina

| rowspan="9" |TD Ameritrade Park

2012

| Arizona (4)

| 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

| Costal Carolina(3)

| 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 (3)

| Pat Casey

| 1–4, 5–3, 5–0

| Arkansas

| Adley Rutschman, Oregon State

2019

| Vanderbilt (2)

| Tim Corbin

| 4–7, 4–1, 8–2

| Michigan

| Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt

2020

| colspan=7 align=center|Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

| Mississippi State

| Chris Lemonis

| 2–8, 13–2, 9–0

| Vanderbilt

| Will Bednar, Mississippi State

|TD Ameritrade Park

| rowspan="4" |Omaha, NE

2022

| Ole Miss

| Mike Bianco

| 10–3, 4–2

| Oklahoma

| Dylan DeLucia, Ole Miss

| rowspan="3" |Charles Schwab Field

2023

| LSU (7)

| Jay Johnson

| 4–311, 4–24, 18–4

| Florida

| Paul Skenes, LSU

2024

| Tennessee

| Tony Vitello

| 5–9, 4–1, 6–5

| Texas A&M

| Dylan Dreiling, Tennessee

=Teams reaching the finals=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Teams reaching the finals

TeamTitlesRunners-upFinals
Appearances
USC12 (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1998)2 (1960, 1995)14
LSU7 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2023)1 (2017)8
Texas6 (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005)6 (1953, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2009)12
Arizona State5 (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)5 (1972, 1973, 1978, 1988, 1998)10
Arizona4 (1976, 1980, 1986, 2012)4 (1956, 1959, 1963, 2016)8
Miami (FL)4 (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)2 (1974, 1996)6
Cal State Fullerton4 (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)1 (1992)5
Minnesota3 (1956, 1960, 1964)3
Oregon State3 (2006, 2007, 2018)3
South Carolina2 (2010, 2011)4 (1975, 1977, 2002, 2012)6
Stanford2 (1987, 1988)3 (2000, 2001, 2003)5
Vanderbilt2 (2014, 2019)2 (2015, 2021)4
Michigan2 (1953, 1962)1 (2019)3
Oklahoma2 (1951, 1994)1 (2022)3
California2 (1947, 1957)2
Oklahoma State1 (1959)5 (1961, 1966, 1981, 1987, 1990)6
Florida1 (2017)3 (2005, 2011, 2023)4
Missouri1 (1954)3 (1952, 1958, 1964)4
Wichita State1 (1989)3 (1982, 1991, 1993)4
Wake Forest1 (1955)1 (1949)2
Ohio State1 (1966)1 (1965)2
Georgia1 (1990)1 (2008)2
UCLA1 (2013)1 (2010)2
Virginia1 (2015)1 (2014)2
Mississippi State1 (2021)1 (2013)2
Tennessee1 (2024)1 (1951)2
Coastal Carolina1 (2016)1
Fresno State1 (2008)1
Holy Cross1 (1952)1
Ole Miss1 (2022)1
Pepperdine1 (1992)1
Rice1 (2003)1
Florida State3 (1970, 1986, 1999)3
Yale2 (1947, 1948)2
Southern Illinois2 (1968, 1971)2
Alabama2 (1997, 1983)2
North Carolina2 (2006, 2007)2
Arkansas2 (1979, 2018)2
Washington State1 (1950)1
Rollins1 (1954)1
Western Michigan1 (1955)1
Penn State1 (1957)1
Santa Clara1 (1962)1
Houston1 (1967)1
Tulsa1 (1969)1
Eastern Michigan1 (1976)1
Hawaii1 (1980)1
Georgia Tech1 (1994)1
Texas A&M1 (2024)1

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=Best performances by conference=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Rank

!Conference

!Titles

1

|Pac-12

|18

2

|Southeastern (SEC)

|16

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.{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2016/1-CWSGeneral.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=June 12, 2016|title=General CWS Records, All-Time Won-Lost by Conference, Pg 19}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1524174|publisher=NeuLion, Inc.|access-date=1 July 2017|title=Big 12 National Championships}}{{cite web|url=http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/sports/the_college_football_reports_l.php|publisher=The Beachwood Media Company|access-date=1 July 2017|title=The College Football Report's Long (Somewhat) And Illustrious (Kind Of) History Of The Big Six|date=23 September 2011 }}
  • The Western Athletic Conference claims 7 national championships in baseball by former members.{{cite web|url=http://wacsports.com/sports/2016/6/8/NEWS_0608161025.aspx|publisher=Western Athletic Conference|access-date=1 July 2017|title=Western Athletic Conference Official Site - National Champions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014060417/http://wacsports.com/sports/2016/6/8/NEWS_0608161025.aspx|archive-date=14 October 2016|url-status=dead}} There are no gaps in its existence; the WAC has existed continuously since its formation in 1962.{{cite web|url=http://wacsports.com/sports/2015/8/6/NEWS_0806152859.aspx|publisher=Western Athletic Conference|access-date=1 July 2017|title=Western Athletic Conference Official Site - WAC Timeline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626233035/http://wacsports.com/sports/2015/8/6/NEWS_0806152859.aspx|archive-date=26 June 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wacsports.com/documents/2017/2/10//Baseball_Tournament_Records.pdf?id=4390|publisher=Western Athletic Conference|access-date=1 July 2017|title=Baseball_Tournament_Records.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2015-09-01/coastal-carolina-join-sun-belt-conference-july-2016 |title=Coastal Carolina to join Sun Belt Conference in July 2016 |publisher=Ncaa.com }}
  • Missouri won the 1954 CWS as a member of the Big Eight Conference.

Awards

The College World Series Most Outstanding Player award is presented to the best player at each College World Series finals (first awarded in 1949).{{cite web |title=General CWS Records |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf |website=NCAA |access-date=April 17, 2022 |language=en}}

An All-Tournament Team consisting of the best players of the tournament has also been announced for each tournament since 1958.

Records and statistics

=All-time record for champions=

{{Main|List of College World Series appearances by team}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Team

! Appearances

! First

! Last

! Wins

! Losses

! Pct.

! Titles

style="text-align:left;"| Texas

|38

|1949

|2022

|88

|63

|{{winpct|88|63}}

|6

style="text-align:left;"| LSU

|19

|1986

|2023

|46

|29

|{{winpct|46|29}}

|7

style="text-align:left;"| Miami (FL)

|25

|1974

|2016

|48

|42

|{{winpct|48|42}}

|4

style="text-align:left;"| Arizona State

|22

|1964

|2010

|61

|38

|{{winpct|61|38}}

|5

style="text-align:left;"| Southern California

|21

|1948

|2001

|74

|26

|{{winpct|74|26}}

|12

style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma State{{efn|Before 1957, Oklahoma State University was known as Oklahoma A&M.}}

|20

|1954

|2016

|40

|38

|{{winpct|40|38}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Stanford

|19

|1953

|2023

|41

|31

|{{winpct|41|31}}

|2

style="text-align:left;"| Arizona

|18

|1954

|2021

|43

|32

|{{winpct|43|32}}

|4

style="text-align:left;"| Cal State Fullerton

|18

|1975

|2017

|34

|31

|{{winpct|34|31}}

|4

style="text-align:left;"| Florida

|14

|1988

|2024

|27

|27

|{{winpct|27|27}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Mississippi State

|12

|1971

|2021

|18

|24

|{{winpct|18|24}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| South Carolina

|11

|1975

|2012

|32

|20

|{{winpct|32|20}}

|2

style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma

|11

|1951

|2022

|15

|16

|{{winpct|15|16}}

|2

style="text-align:left;"| Michigan

|8

|1953

|2019

|16

|14

|{{winpct|16|14}}

|2

style="text-align:left;" | Tennessee

|7

|1951

|2024

|14

|13

|{{winpct|14|13}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Oregon State

|7

|1952

|2018

|20

|12

|{{winpct|20|12}}

|3

style="text-align:left;"| Wichita State

|7

|1982

|1996

|16

|11

|{{winpct|16|11}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Rice

|7

|1997

|2008

|10

|13

|{{winpct|10|13}}

|1

style="text-align:left;" | Virginia

|7

|2009

|2024

|13

|14

|{{winpct|13|14}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Missouri

|6

|1952

|1964

|18

|11

|{{winpct|18|11}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Ole Miss

|6

|1956

|2022

|10

|11

|{{winpct|10|11}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| California

|6

|1947

|2011

|11

|8

|{{winpct|11|8}}

|2

style="text-align:left;"| Georgia

|6

|1987

|2008

|10

|11

|{{winpct|10|11}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Vanderbilt

|5

|2011

|2021

|20

|10

|{{winpct|20|10}}

|2

style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota

|5

|1956

|1977

|17

|7

|{{winpct|17|7}}

|3

style="text-align:left;"| UCLA

|5

|1969

|2013

|9

|9

|{{winpct|9|9}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Holy Cross

|4

|1952

|1963

|9

|7

|{{winpct|9|7}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Ohio State

|4

|1951

|1967

|9

|7

|{{winpct|9|7}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Fresno State

|4

|1959

|2008

|9

|8

|{{winpct|9|8}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Wake Forest

|3

|1949

|2023

|9

|5

|{{winpct|9|5}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Pepperdine

|2

|1979

|1992

|7

|2

|{{winpct|7|2}}

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Coastal Carolina

|1

|2016

|2016

|6

|2

|{{winpct|6|2}}

|1

Most appearances without an MCWS championship

class="wikitable sortable"
+Top 10

!Rank

!School

!Appearances

!Wins

!MCWS Winning %

!Runner-up

!Wins Per Appearance

1

|Florida State

|24

|32

|{{winpct|32|48}}

|3

|{{Rnd|32/24|2}}

2

|Clemson

|12

|12

|{{winpct|12|24}}

|0

|{{Rnd|12/12|2}}

2

|North Carolina

|12

|19

|{{winpct|19|26}}

|2

|{{Rnd|19/12|2}}

4

|Arkansas

|11

|15

|{{winpct|15|20}}

|2

|{{Rnd|15/10|2}}

5

|Northern Colorado

|10

|3

|{{winpct|3|20}}

|0

|{{Rnd|3/10|2}}

6

|Texas A&M

|8

|8

|{{winpct|8|16}}

|1

|{{Rnd|8/8|2}}

7

|Maine

|7

|7

|{{winpct|4|14}}

|0

|{{Rnd|4/7|2}}

8

|Western Michigan

|6

|9

|{{winpct|9|12}}

|1

|{{Rnd|9/6|2}}

8

|St. John's (NY)

|6

|6

|{{winpct|6|12}}

|0

|{{Rnd|6/6|2}}

8

|Auburn

|6

|3

|{{winpct|3|10}}

|0

|{{Rnd|3/6|2}}

Most MCWS participants by one conference in a year

class="wikitable sortable"
+Minimum three participants

!Number

!Year

!Conference

!Programs

!MCWS 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

4

|2022

|SEC

|Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss, Texas A&M{{efn|group=MostConfPart|In addition to the four then-current SEC members, two other participants in that edition, Oklahoma and Texas, announced in 2021 that they would join the SEC no later than 2025 (2026 season). Both ultimately joined the SEC for the 2025 season.}}

|Ole Miss

4

| 2024

| ACC

| Florida State, NC State, North Carolina, Virginia

| Tennessee

4

| 2024

| SEC

| Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas A&M

| Tennessee

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

3

| 2023

| SEC

| Florida, LSU, Tennessee

| LSU

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See also

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Notes

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References

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