College World Series

The Road to Omaha culminates in the College World Series. This tournament determines the winner of the NCAA Division I Baseball championship. Played in Omaha, NE's TD Ameritrade Park Omaha since 2011 (previously calling Rosenblatt Stadium home), the College World Series involves eight teams separated into two pools of four with a winner determined by a double-elimination format. The two surviving teams then go on to play in a best two-of-three series. The 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Previously the series format was an 8-team double-elimination tournament, with just one championship game.

Warren Morris, of Louisiana State University hit the most famous home run in CWS history.

See also Division-II World Series, Division-III World Series, and NAIA College World Series

Division-I College World Series Champions[edit]

College World Series Logo 2009-2015

Most championships[edit]

Rank	School	Championships	Years
1	USC	12	1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1998
2	LSU	7	1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2023
3	Texas	6	1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005
4	Arizona State	5	1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981
T-5	Cal St. Fullerton	4	1979, 1984, 1995, 2004
T-5	Miami	4	1982, 1985, 1999, 2001
T-5	Arizona	4	1976, 1980, 1986, 2012
T-8	Minnesota	3	1956, 1960, 1964
T-8	Oregon State	3	2006, 2007, 2018
T-10	California	2	1947, 1957
T-10	Michigan	2	1953, 1962
T-10	Oklahoma	2	1951, 1994
T-10	Stanford	2	1987, 1988
T-10	South Carolina	2	2010, 2011
T-10	Vanderbilt	2	2014, 2019
T-16	Holy Cross	1	1952
T-16	Missouri	1	1954
T-16	Wake Forest	1	1955
T-16	Oklahoma St.	1	1959
T-16	Ohio St.	1	1966
T-16	Wichita St.	1	1989
T-16	Georgia	1	1990
T-16	Pepperdine	1	1992
T-16	Rice	1	2003
T-16	Fresno St.	1	2008
T-16	UCLA	1	2013
T-16	Virginia	1	2015
T-16	Coastal Carolina	1	2016
T-16	Florida	1	2017
T-16	Mississippi State	1	2021
T-16	Mississippi	1	2022
T-16	Tennessee	1	2024

Most CWS Appearances[edit]

Rank	School	Number
1	Texas	36
2	Miami	25
T3	Arizona State	22
T3	Florida State	22
5	Southern California	21
6	Oklahoma State	20
T7	Cal State-Fullerton	18
T7	LSU	18
9	Arizona	17
10	Stanford	16
T11	Clemson	12
T11	Florida	12
13	South Carolina	11
T14	Mississippi State	10
T14	North Carolina	10
T14	Northern Colorado	10
T14	Oklahoma	10

Further Reading[edit]

Thomas Boswell: "Grand Illusion", in Why Time Begins on Opening Day, Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1984, pp. 207-214.
W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart: The College World Series: A Baseball History, 1947-2003, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2004.

College World Series

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1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
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2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019
~~2020~~ | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
College World Series Most Outstanding Player