College World Series
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College World Series logo.
The College World Series, or CWS, is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that takes place in June of each year. The CWS is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship series which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight participating teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets with the winners of each bracket playing in a best-of-three championship series.
History
Since 1950, the College World Series (CWS) 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 (1947–48) and Wichita, Kansas (1949). The name "College World Series" (CWS) is derived from that of the Major League Baseball World Series championship; it is currently an MLB trademark licensed to the NCAA.[1]
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.[2] A memorandum of understanding had been reached by all parties on April 30.[3]
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 CenturyLink Center Omaha.
Format history and changes
2006 College World Series Championship game at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 1947 – Eight teams were divided into two, four-team, single-elimination playoffs. The two winners then met in a best-of-three final in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- 1948 – Similar to 1947, but the two, four-team playoffs were changed to double-elimination tournaments. Again in the finals, the two winners met in a best-of-three format in Kalamazoo.
- 1949 – The final was expanded to a four-team, double-elimination format and the site changed to Wichita, Kansas. Eight teams began the playoffs with the four finalists decided by a best-of-three district format.
- 1950–1987 – An eight-team, double-elimination format for the College World Series coincided with the move to Omaha in 1950. 1950–1953, a baseball committee chose one team from each of the eight NCAA districts to compete at the CWS. Through 1987 the College World Series was a pure double-elimination event. That ended with the 1987 College World Series.
- 1988–1998 – The format was changed beginning with the 1988 College World Series, 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 designed for network television, with the final game on CBS on a Saturday afternoon.
- Before expanding to 64 teams in 1999, the Division I tournament began with 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. In the last two years of the six-team regional format, the eventual CWS champion – LSU in 1997 and Southern California in 1998 – had to battle back from the loser's bracket in the regional to advance to Omaha.
- 1999–2002 – With some 293 Division I teams playing, the NCAA switched to a 64-team, Regional field in 1999, with 8 National (super) Seed teams, divided into 16 four-team regionals (each region seeded 1 to 4). The winners of each of the 16 "Regionals" advanced to eight two-team, best-of-three-format "Super Regionals". The eight Super Regional winners advanced to the CWS in Omaha. While the CWS format remained the same, the expanded field meant that eight Super Regional champions would advance. 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 regional and super-regional play, much like the NCAA basketball tournament. Prior to 1999, the pairings for the CWS were not determined until after the completion of the regional tournaments.
- 2003–present – The eight Super Regional champions advance into two, four-team brackets. The eight super regional winners are not reseeded for the CWS. Those two brackets play double-elimination with the bracket winners then meeting in a best-of-three championship series. Also, in 2003, the tournament returned entirely to cable television on ESPN, which had been covering all of the other games of the CWS since 1982 (and a partial schedule since 1980).[4] 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. 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.
- In 2008, a number-4-seeded Regional team, the lowest seeding possible (akin to a #13-16 seed in college basketball's March Madness) – the Fresno State Bulldogs – won the CWS championship, against the Bulldogs of the University of Georgia, winning two of three in the championship series.
Division I champions by year
Team appearances
- Table is sortable
- Bold indicates team won the CWS that year
| School | Appearances | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5 | 1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999 | |
| Arizona | 16 | 4 | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 2004, 2012 |
| 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 | 8 | 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015 | |
| 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 | 6 | 2 | 1947, 1957, 1980, 1988, 1992, 2011 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 17 | 4 | 1975, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015 |
| Cal State Los Angeles | 1 | 1977 | |
| The Citadel | 1 | 1990 | |
| Clemson | 12 | 1958, 1959, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010 | |
| Colgate | 1 | 1955 | |
| Colorado State[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | 9 | 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 | |
| Florida State | 21 | 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012 | |
| Fresno State | 4 | 1 | 1959, 1988, 1991, 2008 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1 | 1987, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
| 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 | 1 | 2013 | |
| Indiana State | 1 | 1986 | |
| Iowa | 1 | 1972 | |
| Iowa State | 2 | 1957, 1970 | |
| Ithaca | 1 | 1962 | |
| James Madison | 1 | 1983 | |
| Kansas | 1 | 1993 | |
| Kent State | 1 | 2012 | |
| Lafayette | 4 | 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965 | |
| Long Beach State | 4 | 1989, 1991, 1993, 1998 | |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 2000 | |
| Louisville | 3 | 2007, 2013, 2014 | |
| Loyola Marymount | 1 | 1986 | |
| LSU | 17 | 6 | 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015 |
| Maine | 7 | 1964, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 | |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 1954, 1969 | |
| Miami (FL) | 24 | 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 |
| Michigan | 7 | 2 | 1953, 1962, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 |
| Michigan State | 1 | 1954 | |
| Minnesota | 5 | 3 | 1956, 1960, 1964, 1973, 1977 |
| Mississippi State | 9 | 1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2013 | |
| 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 | 10 | 1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 | |
| NC State | 2 | 1968, 2013 | |
| Northeastern | 1 | 1966 | |
| Northern Colorado[lower-alpha 2] | 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 | 10 | 2 | 1951, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2010 |
| Oklahoma State | 19 | 1 | 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999 |
| Ole Miss | 5 | 1956, 1964, 1969, 1972, 2014 | |
| Oral Roberts | 1 | 1978 | |
| Oregon | 1 | 1954 | |
| Oregon State | 5 | 2 | 1952, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013 |
| Penn State | 5 | 1952, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1973 | |
| Pepperdine | 2 | 1 | 1979, 1992 |
| Princeton | 1 | 1951 | |
| Rice | 7 | 1 | 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| 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 | 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 | 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977 | |
| Southern Mississippi | 1 | 2009 | |
| Springfield | 2 | 1951, 1955 | |
| Stanford | 16 | 2 | 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008 |
| Stony Brook | 1 | 2012 | |
| Syracuse | 1 | 1961 | |
| TCU | 3 | 2010, 2014, 2015 | |
| Temple | 2 | 1972, 1977 | |
| Tennessee | 4 | 1951, 1995, 2001, 2005 | |
| Texas | 35 | 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 |
| Texas A&M | 5 | 1951, 1964, 1993, 1999, 2011 | |
| Texas Tech | 1 | 2014 | |
| Tufts | 1 | 1950 | |
| Tulane | 2 | 2001, 2005 | |
| Tulsa | 2 | 1969, 1971 | |
| UC Irvine | 2 | 2007, 2014 | |
| UCLA | 5 | 1 | 1969, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Utah | 1 | 1951 | |
| UTRGV[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 1971 | |
| Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 2011, 2014, 2015 |
| Virginia | 4 | 1 | 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 |
| 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 |
Most CWS wins
| Rank | School | Number | CWS Winning % | Appearances | Wins Per Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 85 | .590 | 35 | 2.43 |
| 2 | Southern California | 74 | .740 | 21 | 3.52 |
| 3 | Arizona State | 61 | .616 | 22 | 2.77 |
| 4 | Miami (FL) | 48 | .552 | 24 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Stanford | 40 | .579 | 16 | 2.50 |
| 6 | Arizona | 38 | .584 | 16 | 2.38 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 38 | .514 | 19 | 2.00 |
| 8 | LSU | 36 | .600 | 17 | 2.12 |
| 9 | Cal State Fullerton | 34 | .540 | 17 | 2.00 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 32 | .615 | 11 | 2.91 |
Most CWS Finals appearances
- Table is sortable
- 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 | 3 | 7 | 1956, 1959, 1963, 1976, 1980, 1986, 2012 |
| 5 | LSU | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009 |
| 5 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1974, 1982, 1985, 1996, 1999, 2001 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1975, 1977, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| 5 | 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
| Rank | School | Appearances | CWS Winning % | Runner-up | Wins Per Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 21 | .400 | 3 | 1.33 |
| 2 | Clemson | 12 | .333 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 10 | .459 | 2 | 1.70 |
| 3 | Northern Colorado | 10 | .130 | 0 | 0.30 |
| 5 | Florida | 9 | .424 | 2 | 1.55 |
| 5 | Mississippi State | 9 | .357 | 1 | 1.11 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 8 | .407 | 1 | 1.37 |
| 8 | Maine | 7 | .333 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 9 | St John's (NY) | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Western Michigan | 6 | .428 | 1 | 1.50 |
Most CWS participants by one conference in a year
| Number | Year | Conference | Programs | (CWS Winner) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1997 | SEC | Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State | (LSU) |
| 4 | 2004 | SEC | Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina | (Cal State Fullerton) |
| 4 | 2006 | ACC | Clemson, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina | (Oregon State) |
| 4 | 2015 | SEC | Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Vanderbilt | (Virginia) |
| 3 | 1988 | Pac-10 | 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) |
Championships by conference
| Rank | Conference | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pac-12 | 17 |
| 2 | Southeastern (SEC) | 10 |
| 3 | Big Ten | 6 |
| 3 | PCC-CIBA | 6 |
| 5 | Independents | 5 |
| 5 | Western Athletic (WAC*) | 5 |
| 7 | Big Eight | 4 |
| 7 | Big West (BWC) | 4 |
| 7 | Southwest | 4 |
| 10 | Atlantic Coast (ACC) | 2 |
| 10 | Big 12 | 2 |
| 10 | SCBA | 2 |
| 10 | Western Athletic (WAC**) | 2 |
| 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.[6] (Citation pg 14 of NCAA CWS Record Book – 2012 CWS Media Guide)
- Independents = Miami Hurricanes (4) and Holy Cross Crusaders (1)
- (WAC*) Original Western Athletic Conference 1962-1978 (Arizona State & Arizona titles pre 1979)[6][7]
- SCBA was Southern California Baseball Association (1977–84).
- (WAC**) Reorganized Western Athletic Conference 1992–Present (Rice & Fresno State titles - both programs have since joined other conferences)[6][7]
See also
- NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
- NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
- NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
- National Club Baseball Association
- List of college baseball awards
- U.S. College Baseball Awards
- Pre-NCAA Baseball Champion
Notes
- ↑ Known in 1950 as Colorado A&M. At the same time, "Colorado State" referred to Colorado State College, now known as the University of Northern Colorado.
- ↑ Prior to 1970, Northern Colorado was known as Colorado State College. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, known in 1950 as Colorado A&M.
- ↑ UTRGV, in full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, entered into full operation in 2015 following the merger of the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) and the University of Texas at Brownsville. UTRGV is credited with UTPA's College World Series appearance because the UTPA athletic program was directly transferred to the new institution.
References
- ↑ NCAA Trademarks – NCAA.org, 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."
- ↑ http://www.cwsomaha.com/press-releases/ncaa-signs-25-year-agreement-with-college-world-series-of-omaha-2.html NCAA Signs 25-Year Agreement with College World Series of Omaha, Inc.
- ↑ http://www.cwsomaha.com/press-releases/ncaa-memorandum-of-understanding-paves-the-way-for-extending-the-road-to-omaha-through-2.html NCAA Memorandum of Understanding...
- ↑ http://www.cwsomaha.com/about/decades-of-success.html
- ↑ "2015 CWS General Records" (pdf). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2015. p. 11. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "General CWS Records, All-Time Won-Lost by Conference, Pg 14" (PDF). NCAA.org. June 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- 1 2 Western Athletic Conference#Membership timeline
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