champion. It takes place in June of each year. Since 1950, the tournament has been held at
(1949). The name is derived from that of the
, winning 11-4 and 9-3 in the best-of-three series. The last team to repeat as national champions was
. The last repeat of the previous year's finals was in
for the second straight year. (USC won five straight titles from 1970-74.)
the eight teams that advanced to the CWS started from an initial field of 64 teams, first from the 16 four-team
''regionals''. Oregon State began the tournament as a #3 seed in the regionals, in the lower half of the 64 teams.
The 16 winners from regionals advanced to the ''super regionals'', 8 head-to-head matchups in a best-of-three format. The winners of these 8 super regionals advanced to the College World Series in Omaha.
took place on June 1-4 at 16 sites. The eight site ''super-regional'' round took place June 8-11 at
. Wichita State was the only host not to advance, falling to
, the College World Series was a pure double-elimination event. The format was changed in
, when the tournament was divided into two four-team double-elimination brackets, with the survivors of each bracket playing in a single championship game. The single-game championship was made for broadcast television, with the final game on
on Saturday afternoon.
).
The championship final became a best-of-three series between the two bracket winners, with games scheduled for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday evenings. In the results shown here, 'Score' indicates the score of the championship game(s) only.
, the four-team brackets in the CWS have been determined by the results of regional and super regional play, much like the
. Prior to 1999, the pairings for the CWS were not determined until after the completion of the regional tournaments.
, the tournament had 48 teams, split into 8 six-team regionals. The winner of each regional 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. Ironically, in the last two years of the six-team regional format, the eventual CWS champion (LSU in 1997, Southern California in 1998) had to battle back from the loser's bracket in the regional to advance to Omaha.
) since 1985. The
since 2000. These divisions use a single-game championship rather than the best-of-three series.
(Ohio) hosted the Division III baseball championship from its first year in 1976 through 1987. The 1988 and 1989 series were played in Bristol, Connecticut. Battle Creek, Michigan took over in 1990 and Salem, Virginia, in 1995.
| School | Appearances | Titles | Years |
|---|
| Alabama | 5 | | 1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999 |
| Arizona | 15 | 3 | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1970, '1976', 1979, '1980', 1985, '1986', 2004 |
| Arizona State | 20 | 5 | 1964, '1965', '1967', '1969', 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, '1977', 1978, '1981', 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007 |
| Arkansas | 5 | | 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2004 |
| Auburn | 4 | | 1967, 1976, 1994, 1997 |
| Baylor | 3 | | 1977, 1978, 2005 |
| Boston College | 4 | | 1953, 1960, 1961, 1967 |
| Bradley | 2 | | 1950, 1956 |
| BYU | 2 | | 1968, 1971 |
| California | 5 | 2 | '1947', '1957', 1980, 1988, 1992 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 15 | 4 | 1975, '1979', 1982, '1984', 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, '1995', 1999, 2001, 2003, '2004', 2006, 2007 |
| Cal State-Los Angeles | 1 | | 1977 |
| Citadel | 1 | | 1990 |
| Clemson | 11 | | 1958, 1959, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006 |
| Colgate | 1 | | 1955 |
| Colorado State | 1 | | 1950 |
| Connecticut | 5 | | 1957, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1979 |
| Creighton | 1 | | 1991 |
| Dartmouth | 1 | | 1970 |
| Delaware | 1 | | 1970 |
| Duke | 3 | | 1952, 1953, 1961 |
| Eastern Michigan | 2 | | 1975, 1976 |
| Florida | 5 | | 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2005 |
| Florida State | 18 | | 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| Fresno State | 3 | | 1959, 1988, 1991 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1 | 1987, '1990', 2001, 2004, 2006 |
| Georgia Southern | 2 | | 1973, 1990 |
| Georgia Tech | 3 | | 1994, 2002, 2006 |
| Harvard | 4 | | 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974 |
| Hawaii | 1 | | 1980 |
| Holy Cross | 4 | 1 | '1952', 1958, 1962, 1963 |
| Houston | 2 | | 1953, 1967 |
| Indiana State | 1 | | 1986 |
| Iowa | 1 | | 1972 |
| Iowa State | 2 | | 1957, 1970 |
| Ithaca | 1 | | 1962 |
| James Madison | 1 | | 1983 |
| Kansas | 1 | | 1993 |
| Lafayette | 4 | | 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965 |
| Long Beach State | 4 | | 1989, 1991, 1993, 1998 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | | 2000 |
| Louisville | 1 | | 2007 |
| Loyola Marymount | 1 | | 1986 |
| LSU | 13 | 5 | 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, '1991', '1993', 1994, '1996', '1997', 1998, '2000', 2003, 2004 |
| Maine | 7 | | 1964, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | | 1954, 1969 |
| Miami (FL) | 22 | 4 | 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, '1982', 1984, '1985', 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, '1999', '2001', 2003, 2004, 2006 |
| Michigan | 7 | 2 | '1953', '1962', 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 |
| Michigan State | 1 | | 1954 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 3 | '1956', '1960', '1964', 1973, 1977 |
| Mississippi | 4 | | 1956, 1964, 1969, 1972 |
| Mississippi State | 8 | | 1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007 |
| Missouri | 6 | 1 | 1952, '1954', 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
| Missouri State | 1 | | 2003 |
| Nebraska | 3 | | 2001, 2002, 2005 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | | 1956 |
| New Orleans | 1 | | 1984 |
| NYU | 2 | | 1956, 1969 |
| North Carolina | 6 | | 1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2006, 2007 |
| North Carolina State | 1 | | 1968 |
| Northeastern | 1 | | 1966 |
| Northern Colorado | 10 | | 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1974 |
| Notre Dame | 2 | | 1957, 2002 |
| Ohio | 1 | | 1970 |
| Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 1951, 1965, '1966', 1967 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 2 | '1951', 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1992, '1994', 1995 |
| Oklahoma State | 19 | 1 | 1954, 1955, '1959', 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999 |
| Oral Roberts | 1 | | 1978 |
| Oregon | 1 | | 1954 |
| Oregon State | 4 | 2 | 1952, 2005, '2006', '2007' |
| Penn State | 5 | | 1952, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1973 |
| Pepperdine | 2 | 1 | 1979, '1992' |
| Princeton | 1 | | 1951 |
| Rice | 6 | 1 | 1997, 1999, 2002, '2003', 2006, 2007 |
| Rider | 1 | | 1967 |
| Rollins | 1 | | 1954 |
| Rutgers | 1 | | 1950 |
| St. John's (NY) | 6 | | 1949, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1980 |
| St. Louis | 1 | | 1965 |
| San Jose State | 1 | | 2000 |
| Santa Clara | 1 | | 1962 |
| Seton Hall | 4 | | 1964, 1971, 1974, 1975 |
| South Carolina | 8 | | 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
| 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 | | 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977 |
| Springfield | 2 | | 1951, 1955 |
| Stanford | 15 | 2 | 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, '1987', '1988', 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| Syracuse | 1 | | 1961 |
| Temple | 2 | | 1972, 1977 |
| Tennessee | 4 | | 1951, 1995, 2001, 2005 |
| Texas | 32 | 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' |
| Texas A&M | 4 | | 1951, 1964, 1993, 1999 |
| Texas-Pan American | 1 | | 1971 |
| Tufts | 1 | | 1950 |
| Tulane | 2 | | 2001, 2005 |
| Tulsa | 2 | | 1969, 1971 |
| UC Irvine | 1 | | 2007 |
| UCLA | 2 | | 1969, 1997 |
| Utah | 1 | | 1951 |
| Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 1949, '1955' |
| Washington State | 4 | | 1950, 1956, 1965, 1976 |
| Western Michigan | 6 | | 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963 |
| Wichita State | 7 | 1 | 1982, 1988, '1989', 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | | 1950 |
| Wyoming | 1 | | 1956 |
| Yale | 2 | | 1947, 1948 |
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