College World Series

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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.

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

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 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

College World Series Most Outstanding Player

College World Series Super Regionals

1999
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College World Series District 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

College World Series Regionals

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1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
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