College World Series
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The College World Series or CWS is a baseball tournament that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. It takes place in June of each year.
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[edit] History
Since 1950, the CWS has been held at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska; 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.
[edit] Contract extension
On June 10, 2008, 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.[1] A memorandum of understanding had been reached by all parties on April 30.[2]
The new contract will begin in 2011, the same year the tournament is scheduled to move from Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium to a new downtown stadium across from Qwest Center Omaha.
[edit] 2007
The 2007 CWS was held from June 15-24, with 2006 champion Oregon State defending its title over 2006 runner-up North Carolina, winning 11-4 and 9-3 in the best-of-three series. The last team to repeat as national champions was LSU in 1997. The last repeat of the previous year's finals was in 1973, when USC defeated Arizona State for the second straight year. (USC won five consecutive national titles from 1970-74).
In 2007, the eight teams that advanced to Omaha started from an initial field of 64 teams, first from the 16 four-team double-elimination 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.
The regional portion of the 2007 NCAA baseball tournament took place on June 1-4 at 16 sites. The eight site super-regional round took place June 8-11 at Rice, Louisville, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Oregon State, Cal State Fullerton, Arizona State, and Wichita State. Wichita State was the only host not to advance, falling to UC Irvine in two games.
[edit] 2008
The 2008 CWS is scheduled to begin on June 14. For the first time in many years, the opening-round games will be played on Saturday and Sunday instead of Friday and Saturday. Also, the day off has been shifted to a Sunday (June 22) and the best-of-three championship will take place on Monday, Tuesday and possibly Wednesday.
One of eight teams will succeed two-time defending champion Oregon State, which did not qualify for the 2008 NCAA tournament.
[edit] Format changes
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). [1] 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.
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. Ironically, in the last two years of the six-team regional format, the eventual CWS champion (LSU in 1997, USC in 1998) had to battle back from the loser's bracket in the regional to advance to Omaha.
[edit] Other championships
[edit] 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.
[edit] Division II
The Division II tournament was held at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois outside of (St Louis, Missouri) in 2008. From 1985 to 2007, it was held at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama (and previously Paterson Field) from 1985 through 2007. This division uses a single-game championship rather than the best-of-three series; in 2008, the title game was shown on CBS College Sports Network.
[edit] Division I
[edit] 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 | 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 | 19 | 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008 | |
| Fresno State | 4 | 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 | 14 | 5 | 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008 |
| 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 | 7 | 1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2006, 2007, 2008 | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
[edit] Most CWS wins (games)
| Rank | School | Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 78 |
| 2 | Southern California | 74 |
| 3 | Arizona State | 59 |
| 4 | Miami (FL) | 46 |
| T-5 | Oklahoma State | 38 |
| T-5 | Stanford | 38 |
| 7 | Cal State Fullerton | 34 |
| 8 | Arizona | 33 |
| 9 | LSU | 29 |
| 10 | Florida State | 25 |
(All records are through 2007 College World Series).
[edit] Division II
- 1968 Chapman 11-0 Delta State
- 1969 Illinois State 12-0 Southwest Missouri State
- 1970 Cal State Northridge 2-1 Nicholls State
- 1971 Florida Southern 4-0 Central Michigan
- 1972 Florida Southern 5-1 Cal State Northridge
- 1973 UC Irvine 9-6 Ithaca
- 1974 UC Irvine 14-1 LSU-New Orleans
- 1975 Florida Southern 10-7 Marietta
- 1976 Cal Poly Pomona 17-3 SIU-Edwardsville
- 1977 UC Riverside 4-1 Eckerd
- 1978 Florida Southern 7-2 Delta State
- 1979 Valdosta State 3-2 Florida Southern
- 1980 Cal Poly Pomona 13-6 New Haven
- 1981 Florida Southern 9-0 Eastern Illinois
- 1982 UC Riverside 10-1 Florida Southern
- 1983 Cal Poly Pomona 9-7 Jacksonville State
- 1984 Cal State Northridge 10-5 Florida Southern
- 1985 Florida Southern 15-5 Cal Poly Pomona
- 1986 Troy State 5-0 Columbus State
- 1987 Troy State 7-5 Tampa
- 1988 Florida Southern 5-4 Sacramento State
- 1989 Cal Poly 9-5 New Haven
- 1990 Jacksonville State 12-8 Cal State Northridge
- 1991 Jacksonville State 20-4 Missouri Southern
- 1992 Tampa 11-8 Mansfield
- 1993 Tampa 7-5 Cal Poly
- 1994 Central Missouri State 14-9 Florida Southern
- 1995 Florida Southern 15-0 GC&SU
- 1996 Kennesaw State 4-0 St. Joseph's (Ind.)
- 1997 Cal State Chico 13-12 Central Oklahoma
- 1998 Tampa 6-1 Kennesaw State
- 1999 Cal State Chico 11-5 Kennesaw State
- 2000 Southeastern Oklahoma 7-2 Fort Hays State
- 2001 St. Mary's (Tex.) 11-3 Central Missouri State
- 2002 Columbus State 5-3 Cal State Chico
- 2003 Central Missouri State 11-4 Tampa
- 2004 Delta State 12-8 Grand Valley State
- 2005 Florida Southern 12-9 North Florida
- 2006 Tampa 3-2 Cal State Chico
- 2007 Tampa 7-2 Columbus State
- 2008 Mount Olive 6-2 Ouachita Baptist
[edit] Division III
- 1976 Cal State Stanislaus 13-6 Ithaca
- 1977 Cal State Stanislaus 8-5 Brandeis
- 1978 Glassboro State 5-3 Marietta
- 1979 Glassboro State 3-0 Cal State Stanislaus
- 1980 Ithaca 12-5 Marietta
- 1981 Marietta 14-12 (12) Ithaca
- 1982 Eastern Connecticut State 11-6 Cal State Stanislaus
- 1983 Marietta 36-8 Otterbein
- 1984 Ramapo 5-4 Marietta
- 1985 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 11-6 Marietta
- 1986 Marietta 11-6 Ithaca
- 1987 Montclair State 13-12 (10) Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- 1988 Ithaca 7-5 Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- 1989 N.C. Wesleyan 8-7 (13) Cal State Stanislaus
- 1990 Eastern Connecticut State 8-1 Aurora
- 1991 Southern Maine 9-0 Trenton State
- 1992 William Paterson 3-1 Cal Lutheran
- 1993 Montclair State 3-1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- 1994 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 6-2 Wesleyan (Conn.)
- 1995 La Verne 5-3 Methodist
- 1996 William Paterson 6-5 Cal Lutheran
- 1997 Southern Maine 15-1 Wooster
- 1998 Eastern Connecticut State 16-1 Montclair State
- 1999 N.C. Wesleyan 1-0 St. Thomas (Minn.)
- 2000 Montclair State 6-2 St. Thomas (Minn.)
- 2001 St. Thomas (Minn.) 8-4 Marietta
- 2002 Eastern Connecticut State 8-0 Marietta
- 2003 Chapman 15-7 Christopher Newport
- 2004 George Fox 6-3 Eastern Connecticut State
- 2005 Wisconsin-Whitewater 11-4 Cortland State
- 2006 Marietta 7-2 Wheaton (Mass.)
- 2007 Kean 5-4 Emory
- 2008 Trinity (Conn.) 5-4 Johns Hopkins
[edit] See also
- NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
- College baseball records
[edit] External links
- NCAA baseball
- College World Series
- Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush played in the first College World Series
- 2006 NCAA College World Series Records BookPDF (8.90 MiB)
- 2006 NCAA Baseball Records BookPDF (3.07 MiB)
- ESPN: CWS historical results
- Historical results for every CWS
| NCAA Division I Men's College World Series | |
| 1940s | 1947 1948 1949 |
| 1950s | 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
| 1960s | 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 |
| 1970s | 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 |
| 1980s | 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
| 1990s | 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
| 2000s | 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 |
