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For the women's softball championship, see Women's College World Series.
The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets, with the winner of each bracket playing in the best-of-three championship series. The tournament takes place in June of each year.
The NCAA Division II and Division III baseball championships are described below, in the section on #Other championships.
Contents
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 actually 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 new 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 changes
2006 College World Series Championship game at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Through 1987, the College World Series was a pure double-elimination event. The format was changed in 1988, 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 Saturday afternoon.
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.
Since 1999, 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.
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.
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 team seeded 1 to 4), with the winners of each of the 16 "Regionals" advancing to eight two-team, best-of-three-format "Super Regionals". The eight Super Regional winners advanced to the CWS in Omaha, NE. 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
CWS appearances & titles
- Table is sortable
- Bold indicates team won the CWS that year
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 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 6 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2004, 2009 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 16 4 1975, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 Cal State-Los Angeles 1 1977 Citadel 1 1990 Clemson 12 1958, 1959, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010 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 7 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2011 Florida State 20 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010 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 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 15 6 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 Maine 7 1964, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 Massachusetts 2 1954, 1969 Miami (FL) 23 4 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 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 9 1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 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 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 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 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 10 2 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011 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 Syracuse 1 1961 Temple 2 1972, 1977 Tennessee 4 1951, 1995, 2001, 2005 Texas 34 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 Texas A&M 5 1951, 1964, 1993, 1999, 2011 Texas-Pan American 1 1971 Texas Christian (TCU) 1 2010 Tufts 1 1950 Tulane 2 2001, 2005 Tulsa 2 1969, 1971 UC Irvine 1 2007 UCLA 3 1969, 1997, 2010 Utah 1 1951 Vanderbilt 1 2011 Virginia 2 2009, 2011 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 Top Ten most CWS wins (games)
Rank School Number CWS Winning % 1 Texas 82 .589 2 Southern California 74 .740 3 Arizona State 61 .616 4 Miami (FL) 47 .553 5 Stanford 40 .579 6 Oklahoma State 38 .514 7 LSU 35 .636 8 Cal State Fullerton 34 .557 9 Arizona 33 .550 10 South Carolina 28 .636 Top Ten most CWS (appearances) w/o a Title
Rank School Number CWS Winning % 1 Florida State 20 .393 2 Clemson 12 .333 3 Northern Colorado 10 .130 4 North Carolina 9 .441 5 Mississippi State 8 .304 6 Florida 7 .423 6 Maine 7 .333 8 Arkansas 6 .428 8 St Johns (NY) 6 .333 8 Western Michigan 6 .428 Other championships
Division II
The Division II tournament has been held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina since 2009, with the complex earning the bid to host through the 2011 championship. [2] Previously, the tournament was held at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri in 2008. From 1985 to 2007, it was held at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama (and previously Paterson Field). This division uses a single-game championship rather than the best-of-three series. In 2008 and 2009, the title game was shown on CBS College Sports Network.
The 48-team tournament is also marked by a strict and unbalanced regional structure. Teams are chosen from the division's eight geographical regions, with eight teams being selected to the South Regional, four teams selected to the West Regional and all other regional tournaments consisting of six teams. [3]
Division III
Marietta College (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. The Division III tournament has been held at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin since 2000. This division uses a pure "double elimination" format rather than the best-of-three series.
Division II Champions
Division III Champions
See also
- NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
- National Club Baseball Association
- List of college baseball awards
- U.S. College Baseball Awards
- Pre-NCAA Baseball Champion
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...
- ^ [1]
External links
- NCAA baseball
- College World Series
- Boyd's World - SoS's, ISR's, RPI's; history, archives, etc.
- Massey Ratings - College Baseball
- Baseball America - College coverage
- D1Baseball.com : archives, data, scores, standings, history
- College Baseball Daily
- NCAA baseball team & individual stats archives
- Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush played in the first College World Series
- ESPN: CWS historical results
NCAA Division I Men's College World Series Ballparks Hyames Field (1947–1948) • Lawrence–Dumont Stadium (1949) • Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium (1950–2010) • TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (2011–present)Tournaments 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011Broadcasters National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Awards • Hall of Champions • Conferences
Division I sports
and championshipsInstitutions • Athletic Directors • Baseball (Championship, CWS) • Basketball (Men, Women) • Women's Bowling • Boxing • Cross Country (Men, Women) • Fencing (Championship) • Women's Field Hockey • Football (FBS / BCS, FCS) • Golf (Men, Women) • Gymnastics (Men, Women) • Ice Hockey (Men, Women) • Lacrosse (Men, Women) • Rifle • Rowing (Women's Championship) • Skiing • Soccer (Men, Women) • Softball (Championship, CWS) • Swimming & Diving (Men, Women) • Tennis (Men, Women) • Track & Field (Men's Indoor & Outdoor, Women's Indoor & Outdoor) • Volleyball (Men, Women) • Water Polo (Men, Women) • Wrestling (Championship)
Division II Institutions • Baseball (CWS) • Basketball (Men, Women) • Football (Championship) • Soccer (Men) • Softball (CWS)
Division III Institutions • Baseball (CWS) • Basketball (Men, Women) • Football (Championship) • Soccer (Men) • Softball (CWS)
Categories:- College World Series
- NCAA championships
- Sports in Omaha, Nebraska
- Organizations based in Omaha, Nebraska
- Recurring sporting events established in 1947
- Baseball in Nebraska
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