The College World Series or CWS is a 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 in to 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.

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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; it is presently an MLB trademark licensed to the NCAA. ^[1]

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. ^[2] A memorandum of understanding had been reached by all parties on April 30. ^[3]

The new contract will begin in 2011, the same year the tournament is scheduled to move from Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium to the TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, a new ballpark across from Qwest Center Omaha.

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). 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.

With some 293 Division I teams playing, the NCAA switched to a 64 team Regional field in 1999, with 8 National (super) Seed teams, divied up into 16 four-team regionals. Each team seeded 1 thru 4 -- with the winners of each of the 16 "Regionals" advancing on to eight two-team, best of three format "Super Regionals". (NCAA women's softball has 16 National (super) Seeds.) Those eight Super Regional winners advancing to the CWS in Omaha, NE. A 4 seeded Regional team, the lowest possible, (akin to a #13-16 seed in college basketball's March Madness) the Fresno State Bulldogs, won the CWS national championship in 2008, against the Bulldogs of Georgia in the championship series, winning two of three.

Division I

Year	Champion	Coach	Score	Runner-Up	Most Outstanding Player
1947	California	Clint Evans	8-7	Yale
1948	USC	Sam Barry	9-2	Yale
1949	Texas	Bibb Falk	10-3	Wake Forest	Tom Hamilton, Texas
1950	Texas	Bibb Falk	3-0	Washington State	Ray VanCleef, Rutgers
1951	Oklahoma	Jack Baer	3-2	Tennessee	Sidney Hatfield, Tennessee
1952	Holy Cross	Jack Barry	8-4	Missouri	James O'Neill, Holy Cross
1953	Michigan	Ray Fisher	7-5	Texas	J.L. Smith, Texas
1954	Missouri	Hi Simmons	4-1	Rollins	Tom Yewcic, Michigan State
1955	Wake Forest	Taylor Sanford	7-6	Western Michigan	Tom Borland, Oklahoma A&M
1956	Minnesota	Dick Siebert	12-1	Arizona	Jerry Thomas, Minnesota
1957	California	George Wolfman	1-0	Penn State	Cal Emery, Penn State
1958	USC	Rod Dedeaux	8-7	Missouri	Bill Thom, USC
1959	Oklahoma State	Toby Greene	5-3	Arizona	Jim Dobson, Oklahoma State
1960	Minnesota	Dick Siebert	2-1	USC	John Erickson, Minnesota
1961	USC	Rod Dedeaux	1-0	Oklahoma State	Littleton Fowler, Oklahoma State
1962	Michigan	Don Lund	5-4	Santa Clara	Bob Garibaldi, Santa Clara
1963	USC	Rod Dedeaux	5-2	Arizona	Bud Hollowell, USC
1964	Minnesota	Dick Siebert	5-1	Missouri	Joe Ferris, Maine
1965	Arizona State	Bobby Winkles	2-1	Ohio State	Sal Bando, Arizona State
1966	Ohio State	Marty Karow	8-2	Oklahoma State	Steve Arlin, Ohio State
1967	Arizona State	Bobby Winkles	11-2	Houston	Ron Davini, Arizona State
1968	USC	Rod Dedeaux	4-3	Southern Illinois	Bill Seinsoth, USC
1969	Arizona State	Bobby Winkles	10-1	Tulsa	John Dolinsek, Arizona State
1970	USC	Rod Dedeaux	2-1	Florida State	Gene Ammann, Florida State
1971	USC	Rod Dedeaux	7-2	Southern Illinois	Jerry Tabb, Tulsa
1972	USC	Rod Dedeaux	1-0	Arizona State	Russ McQueen, USC
1973	USC	Rod Dedeaux	4-3	Arizona State	Dave Winfield, Minnesota
1974	USC	Rod Dedeaux	7-3	Miami (FL)	George Milke, USC
1975	Texas	Cliff Gustafson	5-1	South Carolina	Mickey Reichenbach, Texas
1976	Arizona	Jerry Kindall	7-1	Eastern Michigan	Steve Powers, Arizona
1977	Arizona State	Jim Brock	2-1	South Carolina	Bob Horner, Arizona State
1978	USC	Rod Dedeaux	10-3	Arizona State	Rod Boxberger, USC
1979	Cal State Fullerton	Augie Garrido	2-1	Arkansas	Tony Hudson, Cal State Fullerton
1980	Arizona	Jerry Kindall	5-3	Hawaii	Terry Francona, Arizona
1981	Arizona State	Jim Brock	7-4	Oklahoma State	Stan Holmes, Arizona State
1982	Miami (FL)	Ron Fraser	9-3	Wichita State	Dan Smith, Miami (FL)
1983	Texas	Cliff Gustafson	4-3	Alabama	Calvin Schiraldi, Texas
1984	Cal State Fullerton	Augie Garrido	3-1	Texas	John Fishel, Cal State Fullerton
1985	Miami (FL)	Ron Fraser	10-6	Texas	Greg Ellena, Miami (FL)
1986	Arizona	Jerry Kindall	10-2	Florida State	Mike Senne, Arizona
1987	Stanford	Mark Marquess	9-5	Oklahoma State	Paul Carey, Stanford
1988	Stanford	Mark Marquess	9-4	Arizona State	Lee Plemel, Stanford
1989	Wichita State	Gene Stephenson	5-3	Texas	Greg Brummett, Wichita State
1990	Georgia	Steve Webber	2-1	Oklahoma State	Mike Rebhan, Georgia
1991	LSU	Skip Bertman	6-3	Wichita State	Gary Hymel, LSU
1992	Pepperdine	Andy Lopez	3-2	Cal State Fullerton	Phil Nevin, Cal State Fullerton
1993	LSU	Skip Bertman	8-0	Wichita State	Todd Walker, LSU
1994	Oklahoma	Larry Cochell	13-5	Georgia Tech	Chip Glass, Oklahoma
1995	Cal State Fullerton	Augie Garrido	11-5	USC	Mark Kotsay, Cal State Fullerton
1996	LSU	Skip Bertman	9-8	Miami (FL)	Pat Burrell, Miami (FL)
1997	LSU	Skip Bertman	13-6	Alabama	Brandon Larson, LSU
1998	USC	Mike Gillespie	21-14	Arizona State	Wes Rachels, USC
1999	Miami (FL)	Jim Morris	6-5	Florida State	Marshall McDougall, Florida State
2000	LSU	Skip Bertman	6-5	Stanford	Trey Hodges, LSU
2001	Miami (FL)	Jim Morris	12-1	Stanford	Charlton Jimerson, Miami (FL)
2002	Texas	Augie Garrido	12-6	South Carolina	Huston Street, Texas
2003	Rice	Wayne Graham	4-3 (10 inn.) 3-8 14-2	Stanford	John Hudgins, Stanford
2004	Cal State Fullerton	George Horton	6-4 3-2	Texas	Jason Windsor, Cal State Fullerton
2005	Texas	Augie Garrido	4-2 6-2	Florida	David Maroul, Texas
2006	Oregon State	Pat Casey	3-4 11-7 3-2	North Carolina	Jonah Nickerson, Oregon State
2007	Oregon State	Pat Casey	11-4 9-3	North Carolina	Jorge Luis Reyes, Oregon State
2008	Fresno State	Mike Batesole	6-7 19-10 6-1	Georgia	Tommy Mendonca, Fresno State
2009	LSU	Paul Mainieri	7-6 1-5 11-4	Texas	Jared Mitchell, LSU

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	21	5	1964, 1965 , 1967 , 1969 , 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 , 1978, 1981 , 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2009
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	5	2	1947 , 1957 , 1980, 1988, 1992
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	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	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	8		1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
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
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	33	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
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
Virginia	1		2009
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 (games)

Rank	School	Number
1	Texas	82
2	Southern California	74
3	Arizona State	61
4	Miami (FL)	47
5	Stanford	40
6	Oklahoma State	38
7	LSU	35
8	Cal State Fullerton	34
9	Arizona	33
10	Florida State	25



(All records are current through the 2009 College World Series).



Other championships

Division II

The Division II 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.



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

• 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
• 2009 Lynn 2-1 Emporia State

Division III Champions

• 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
• 2009 St. Thomas (Minn.) 3-2 Wooster

See also

• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• College baseball records

References

1. 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."
2. http://www.cwsomaha.com/press-releases/ncaa-signs-25-year-agreement-with-college-world-series-of-oma
3. http://www.cwsomaha.com/press-releases/ncaa-memorandum-of-understanding-paves-the-way-for-extending-