NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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NCAA Division I
Baseball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Baseball current event.svg 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Sport Baseball
Founded1947;79 years ago (1947)
First season 1947
Organizing body NCAA
No. of teams64
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion
LSU (8)
Most titles Southern California (12)
Broadcasters ESPN
ESPN2
Level on pyramid1
Official website ncaa.com/baseball

The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year starting in late May through mid June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series (MCWS) at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

Contents

The tournament is unique in that it features four tiers of competition, alternating between double-elimination brackets and best-of-three series. In fact, throughout the entire 64-team tournament, a team can lose a total of four games and still be crowned champions.

Format

During team selection, the top 16 of the 64-team field are given "national seeds". As in other NCAA tournaments, conference champions (usually determined by a tournament) receive automatic bids, and the selection committee fills the remaining spots.

The first round of the tournament, called Regionals, consists of 16 locations that include four teams, seeded 1 through 4, competing in a double-elimination bracket. The 16 national seeds are given the No. 1 seed in their assigned regional. The host sites are determined largely by merit – most national seeds host – but are also contested by bids from schools guaranteeing the NCAA a certain amount of revenue from that regional. Host teams traditionally have a large advantage, although the home team for each game is determined by rule, so the host school sometimes plays as the visiting team.

The regionals are paired together as in a typical 16-team bracket tournament; the regional containing the No. 1 national seed is paired with the regional containing the No. 16 national seed, that containing the No. 2 national seed with that containing the No. 15 national seed, and so forth. This creates the matchups for the second round of competition, the Super Regionals, which are a best-of-three series between the winners of each paired regional.

The Super Regionals are typically hosted by the higher national seed in the regional pairing. If that team does not advance, but the lower national seed advances, the Super Regional will be played at that team's field. If neither of the two advancing teams are national seeds, they will bid for hosting rights. Although one school hosts all three games, the teams split home-team status in the first two games, with the host school batting last in the opening game and first in game 2. If a third game is needed, a coin toss determines home-team status.

The eight Super Regional winners meet in Omaha, Nebraska, in the Men's College World Series. The MCWS mimics the earlier rounds, consisting of two double-elimination brackets of four teams each. Thereafter, the winners of each bracket meet in a best-of-three final. The winner of this final series wins the MCWS and is crowned the national champion. The school with the most national champions is USC with 12, though the Trojans have not won one since 1998, and have not appeared in the World Series at all since 2002. They are followed by LSU, with 8 national champions between 1991 and 2025.

Team titles

The following table shows the total national championships won by school, as well a map of all champions.

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LSU
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Texas
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Arizona State
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Arizona
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Cal State Fullerton
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Miami
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Minnesota
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Oregon State
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California
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Michigan
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Oklahoma
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South Carolina
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Stanford
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Vanderbilt
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Coastal Carolina
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Florida
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Fresno
State
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Georgia
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Holy
Cross
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Mississippi State
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Missouri
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Ohio
State
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Oklahoma State
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Ole
Miss
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Pepperdine
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Rice
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Tennessee
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UCLA
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Virginia
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Wake Forest
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Wichita State
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USC
Schools that have won the NCAA Championship
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Team#Years won
USC 12 1948 1958 1961 1963 1968 1970 1971 1972
1973 1974 1978 1998
LSU 8 1991 1993 1996 1997 2000 2009 2023 2025
Texas 6 1949 1950 1975 1983 2002 2005
Arizona State 5 1965 1967 1969 1977 1981
Arizona 4 1976 1980 1986 2012
Cal State Fullerton 1979 1984 1995 2004
Miami (FL) 1982 1985 1999 2001
Minnesota 3 1956 1960 1964
Oregon State 2006 2007 2018
California 2 1947 1957
Michigan 1953 1962
Oklahoma 1951 1994
South Carolina 2010 2011
Stanford 1987 1988
Vanderbilt 2014 2019
Coastal Carolina 1 2016
Florida 2017
Fresno State 2008
Georgia 1990
Holy Cross 1952
Mississippi State 2021
Missouri 1954
Ohio State 1966
Oklahoma State 1959
Ole Miss 2022
Pepperdine 1992
Rice 2003
Tennessee 2024
UCLA 2013
Virginia 2015
Wake Forest 1955
Wichita State 1989

Appearances

Total Columns

Table Entries

Two additional unusual circumstances are marked in the table:

SchoolConference
(as of 2026)
#16WSCH 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25

USC    
Big Ten 38312112CHW3W3D3W7CHRUCHCHW4W3CHCHCHCHCHCHR3R2CHR4⁴R2³R•²R2¹R3⁴R2²R2¹RU¹R2²R2¹CH²SR¹W5⁰W5¹SR²SR²R2³R2
LSU    
SEC 3727208R3R•⁰W5⁰W4²W3¹W3¹CH¹R3¹CH¹W7²R3¹CH¹CH¹W3²SRCH¹SR¹SR⁰W7¹W7¹R2⁰W5CH²R3⁰SR⁰W7⁰R2⁰W5⁰SR⁰RU²R2¹SR³SR²R2CH²R2CH
Texas    
SEC 6450386P3CHCHW5RUD2W5D2D3W7W3W3W7W5D2W5W4W3D2W3W3W4CHR2W4R2W3⁰W3CH⁰RURU⁰R3⁰W3¹R2¹RU¹R2¹R3¹W3¹W5³R2³R3³R4³R3²W7³R2CH¹W3⁰RU¹CH⁰R3⁰R2²R2⁰RU⁰SR⁰W7²W3³R4²R2¹W7⁰W3¹W7²SR³R3⁰R2
Big 12 4127215W5CHCHCHRURUW3W3CHRUCH⁰R2W3⁰W4W7¹RU²R3¹R2⁴R•¹W7³W3³R2³RU⁰R2²R3²R2¹SR⁰R3²W3²R3⁰W5⁰SR⁰W3⁰W7¹SR²R2²R4²R3²R2²R3²R3³R3
Miami (FL)    
ACC 5035254D3D2RUR2R3R2W3W7W4W5CHR2W5CH⁰W3R•¹W5¹W5¹R2¹R•¹W3²R•¹W5¹W3¹RU¹W3¹W5CH¹SRCH³SR⁰W5⁰W5¹SR²W5²R3⁰W5²R2¹SR²R2¹R4²R3¹R2⁰W5⁰W7²R2²R3⁰R3¹R2³SR
Arizona    
Big 12 4027194W5W4RUD2W7RUW3D2D2RUW5W7D2R4CHR2W5CHW7CHR•¹R2¹R•³R2³R4²R4³W5²R2²R2¹SR³R3²R2¹CH²RU²R3⁰W7²R2³R4¹R4²W7
Big West 4127184W7R2R3R3CHR3R2W7R3CHR2³W3³W7³RU²R3²W3¹CH²R3²R4²R2⁰W5²R2⁰W3⁴R3⁰W3²CH⁰SR⁰W3²W7⁰SR⁰W7¹SR¹R3²R3⁰SR³R2¹W7²R3²W7³SR³R3
Oregon State    
Independent241383W7D2D2R4R4R3⁰W7¹CH³CH³R2³R3¹SR²R2⁰W3⁰R2²R3⁰W3CH¹R4²R2⁰SR²R2¹SR⁰W5
Minnesota    
Big Ten 32853CHD4D3CHCHD3D3D4W3D2R2W5R•R3R4R•⁶R•⁵R4⁵R3⁴R•⁴R3⁵R•²R2²R3⁴R4²R3³R4³R3²R2⁴R2²R2¹SR
Stanford    
ACC 3828192W5D2W3R2W5⁰W5R2⁰W5R2CH²CH¹W3²R3¹R3⁴R•³W5²R3¹W3¹R4⁰W3⁰RU⁰RU⁰W3⁰RU⁰R2³R2³SR¹W3²R4²SR¹SR³SR⁰R2⁰R2¹SR¹W5⁰W7⁰W7
SEC 3522112D2RUR3RUR2W4W7R•R3W7R4³R2³R3²R•²R3⁰SR²SR⁰RU²W5⁰W3²R2²SR¹SR²R2²R2¹CHCH⁰RU¹SR¹R2¹SR²SR²R3¹SR²R3
Oklahoma    
SEC 4116112P5CHD2D3W5W5W5W4W7R3R3R3R4R3R4R•²R•²R4³R•³W5¹CH²W7³R•⁴R3²R2²R4²R3³R2¹SR³R2⁰R2¹W5²R4²SR²SR²R3³R2²RU³R3¹R2²R2
Michigan    
Big Ten 261582CHD2CHR2R2R2W5W5W7⁰W3W7R2R4R4⁴R3³R2⁴R2³R3³R3²SR²R3³R2³R4³RU³R4³R2
California    
ACC 14762CHCHW3R4²W7⁴R2⁴W7³R4³R3³R4²R4³W5³R2²R4
Vanderbilt    
SEC 231052D3D4R4²SR²R2⁰R2²R3³R2²SR⁰W3²R2⁰SR¹CH¹RU¹R4²SR²SRCH⁰RU²R2⁰R3²R4⁰R3
Big 12 5032201P5P5W4W3CHW3RURUW7W5D2R3RU⁰W5W5⁰W3⁰W5W4⁰RU¹R2²R3²RU²R2²R2²W3¹R2²R2³W7³R2⁵R3²W7³R2²R3¹R2³SR¹R2³R2²R4³R2¹SR¹R3²W3³R4³R2¹SR²R3⁰R2¹R4¹R2³R2
Florida    
SEC 4022141D2D2D3R2R3R2R4R•R2¹W5²R•¹W3¹R•²R2¹W3²R3¹W7²R2²R3¹R2³R2¹SR⁰RU²R4⁰SR⁰W7⁰RU⁰W7³R4⁰R4⁰W3⁰W7CH⁰W3³R3¹R4¹R2⁰RU³W3²R3
SEC 3922121D3D3D2W7R2W5W5R2R2⁰W3R4²R3¹R2²W5²R3²R3³R•³R4²W5⁴W5³R2¹SR¹SR¹R2³R3²R2³R2²W7³SR²R3¹RU²R2⁰SR²SR²W3⁰W5CH²R2³R2
Rice    
American 231371³R2³R2²W7¹R•⁰W5²R2¹SR⁰W7CH⁰R2²SR⁰W3⁰W3⁰W7¹SR²R2⁰R3¹R3²SR¹R3²R2²R2³R2
Tennessee    
SEC 151171RU¹R•¹R2¹W3²R2²R4²W3²R3¹W7²R2⁰W7⁰SR²W5CH¹SR
American 281071R•R3⁰RUR3R2R4²W3¹CH²R4¹RU¹W7³RU³R•²R4¹W7⁴R•¹R•¹R2³R2¹R3³R2²R2³R2³R2¹SR²SR⁴R4⁴R4
Virginia    
ACC 211071D3R3²R2¹R2²R4¹R3¹R2³R3²W5⁰SR⁰W3¹R3⁰SR⁰RU³CH¹R3²R3³W5²R3⁰W7¹W7
Ole Miss    
SEC 261361W3W7W5W7R3²R2³R3²R3²R3¹R4⁰SR¹SR¹SR³R2¹SR²R3³R2²R3¹W3²R4¹R4⁰R2¹SR¹SR³CH¹R2
UCLA    
Big Ten 261361W7R2⁰R4R2⁴R3⁴R2³R3⁴R2¹W7³R3¹SR³R2²R3²SR²R2⁰RU¹R2⁰W5¹CH⁰R2³R4²R2⁰SR²R2²R2¹W5
Missouri    
SEC 22861RUCHRUW7W3RUD2R3R4R3R•⁴R3⁴R3⁴R•³R3³R3³R3⁴SR¹R2²R3²R3⁴R3
Georgia    
SEC 15761W7²CH³R•⁰W7²R2¹W3⁰W7⁰RU²R3³R2⁰R2⁰R2²R3⁰SR⁰R3
Fresno State    
Mountain West 361141D2D2W3D3D3D3D2R3R3R4R3⁰R3R2R3R2¹W7²R3⁵R4⁴W5⁴R•⁴R2⁴R•³R•⁵R4⁴R2⁴R4³R2²R2⁴R2CH⁴R4²R4⁴R3³R2⁴R4⁴R4
Ohio State    
Big Ten 22941W7D2RUCHW7R•²R3⁴R2⁴R2¹R•⁴R•⁵R•¹SR²R4³R2³SR⁴R3³R3³R2²R3³R4⁴R3
Patriot 12641CHD3D3W3D2W5W7D2D3R4⁴R3⁴R4
Wake Forest    
ACC 17831RUCHD2D2R2²R3¹SR²R2¹R2⁰R2³R3³R3¹SR²R3⁰W3²R4²R2
Pepperdine    
West Coast 281021D4D2D3D2R2R3W3R2R2R2⁰R3⁵R2⁴R•³R•³CH³R4⁴R3¹R2²R3⁴R4⁴R2³R2¹R2³R4²R2²R2³SR⁴R2
Sun Belt 21421⁶R•³R2⁴R3²R4³R4¹R2¹R2¹SR²R3⁰SR³R3³R3³R4²R3²CH¹R3³R3³R2¹R2³R2¹RU
ACC 614024D3W7D3D2D3W4W5W5D2D3D2RUD4W7R3R4R•W7R3R4⁰R3R•R3⁰RU⁰W5²R3¹W3¹R2¹W7²W5²R3²W5¹W5¹W5¹R2¹W7⁰RU⁰W3¹SR⁰SR⁰SR¹SR¹SR²R2⁰R2⁰W7¹SR¹W5⁰SR⁰W3⁰SR⁰R4¹SR¹SR¹W5⁰R4³W5³R3³R3⁰W3¹SR
Clemson    
ACC 472312P5D3W5W5D2R4W5W5R3R2W7R4R2¹R3²R2²R4¹W7¹R•²R3¹R3¹W7¹W3³R•²R•²SR⁰W5²SR⁰W3²R3²R2¹SR⁰W5²SR¹SR²W3¹R2²R2²R3³R4³R4⁰R2¹R2¹R2³R3⁰R3⁰SR¹R3
ACC 372112P5W7D2W7D2W3R•R4⁰R•³W7¹R3²R2³R3³R2³R3²R2²R2²SR²R2²R3¹RU⁰RU⁰W3⁰W5³R2⁰W5⁰R2⁰W3³R3⁰R2⁰W5¹SR³R3¹SR³R3⁰W5⁰SR
Arkansas    
SEC 361512D4RUR4R4⁰W3R4⁰W5⁴R•¹W5¹R•⁴R•⁴R•⁴R4¹R3³SR²R3⁰W7²R2²R3⁰R2³R4²W3¹SR²R2²W3²R2²R2²W7¹R2⁰RU⁰W7⁰SR²W3⁰R2⁰R3⁰W3
Summit 211610P7P5W7W7D2W5D2W7W5W7W7W7W7D2D3D2D4D4W5R4R4
Texas A&M    
SEC 38238W5D2D2W7R3R2R4R2R3R3R2¹R2¹R2²R3³R2¹W5²R2³R•²R2⁰W7¹R2²SR¹SR¹SR²R3²R2¹W7¹R3²R2³R2¹SR⁰SR³W7³R3²R2⁰W3²R2⁰RU
Maine    
America East 1797W3R2W4R3W7W3W7W7W7⁴R4³R2⁵R•³R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4
St. John's    
Big East 38196W4D2D2D2W5D2D3D2D3W4D2W3D4D2R3R4R2W7R2W5R2R•R2⁵R•⁴R4⁵R2⁵R•³R3³R2³R3³R3³R2³R3³SR⁴R2³R4³R3³R3
Auburn    
SEC 25116D4W4W7R3R3⁴R3⁴R•²W7¹R2²W5²R2²SR²R3²R2²R4⁰R2²R2¹R2³R3³R2²SR²W7¹W5¹R4⁰SR
Louisville    
ACC 15106³R4³W5³R4¹SR⁰R2³R2¹W7¹W7⁰SR⁰SR⁰W5²R2⁰W3¹SR²W3
TCU    
Big 12 2096D2³R•³R3²R3⁴R3²R2³R3¹SR¹W3¹R3²SR⁰W5⁰W3¹W3⁰W3³R2⁰R3²R2²W3²R4
Mid-American 1396W3RUD3W3W5W5D2W7D2D2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
UConn    
Big East 25125W5D2W7D3D2D3W5D2D2W5R•W7⁵R•⁵R•⁶R•²R3²SR⁴R3³R3²R2²R2²R3³SR²R3³SR
Alabama    
SEC 25115W5D4RUR3²R2²R2¹W5¹RU²R2⁰W3²R2⁰R2²R3²R2⁰SR³R3²R4²SR³R2²R3²R2³R3¹SR²R4²R4
Missouri Valley 1485D4D3RUW7D2RUD2W3R4W3R2R3R•²R3
Penn State    
Big Ten 1775W3D3D3RUD3W4D3W5D3D3D3D2W7D4R3R•³SR
NC State    
ACC 3594W3D•D•R2R4R•³R4²R3²R2²R•¹R3²R3³R•³R3⁴R3³R4¹SR²R3²R3²R2²R3¹SR³R4³R3¹SR¹W5²R2¹R2³R2¹R2²R4²W3³R3¹W7²R2
Mountain West 1694RUW7D2D2W3D2R2W5R2R4R4R3²R3⁴R3³R3²R2
Big West 2184D3³W7³W5²R3¹W3²R3²R2²R•⁴R3³W3²R2²R4²R2¹SR²SR¹R3¹R2¹R3²R2³R2¹SR
Seton Hall    
Big East 1674W5D3D2W7D4W7W5R2R•R•R4R2R4³R4⁴R2³R3
Harvard    
Ivy League 1574W7W5D2W7W7R•R2R2R3⁶R3⁵R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
ACC 1274P5W4D3W5W3D4D3D2W5³R3³SR²R2
Texas Tech    
Big 12 1764¹R2²R3¹R•⁴R•²R2³R3³R2²R3²R2²W7⁰W5⁰R2¹W5⁰W3⁰SR³R2³R2
Lafayette    
Patriot 1064P3W3W7D3D3W7W7D2⁶R•⁴R4
Georgia Tech    
ACC 36113D3D2R2R2⁰R•²R3³R4⁴R•³R3²R3¹R3¹RU⁴R•²R2¹R3²R2⁰SR²R4¹W5⁰R4⁰SR⁰SR⁰W7²R2¹R2⁰R2¹R2²R2²R2³R3²R2⁰R2²R2²R2³R2²R3
Notre Dame    
ACC 24103P5D3W3D2D2D4D3D3⁵R4⁴R2⁴R2⁴R2⁵R4²R3³R2¹R2²W5³R2¹R2³R2³R4²R3¹SR²W5
Duke    
ACC 1293W5W5D2D2W5³R4²SR³SR²R3²SR²R3²SR
Baylor    
Big 12 2173P3W7W7³R•⁴R•³R4⁰SR¹R4²R2²R2¹SR⁰W3³R2³R3³R3²R2²R2⁰SR²R4²R3²R3
Nebraska    
Big Ten 1953R3R2R3²R3¹SR⁰W7¹W7¹R2⁰W5⁰R4³R2¹R3²R3³R4²R4³R3²R2²R3³R3
Houston    
Big 12 2192W7D3D2D2RUR3R4R2³R3⁵R•¹R2⁰SR³R4¹SR³SR²R4³R2²SR¹R3¹R2³R2
Tulsa    
defunct772RUD2W3D2D2D2R2
Oral Roberts    
Summit 3162D3W5R•R2R4R2R3R3R2⁶R4⁴R4³R3⁴R4⁴R2⁴R4²R2³R2³SR³R4³R2²R2⁴R3⁴R2⁴R3³R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴W5⁴R4
UMass    
Mid-American 1162W5D2D3D3D2W5D2D4R•⁶R•⁵R2
Bradley    
Missouri Valley 762W7W3D2D2D2D2²R3
BYU    
Big 12 1652D1D4W7W5R2R3R4⁰R4R3³R•⁴R•⁵R4⁶R2³R4⁴R2³R3
NYU    
D3552P3W7D2D2W3
Tulane    
American 2342R4R3R4R2R•⁴R•⁵R•³R4⁴R4³R4¹R2²R3⁰W5³R3²R3³SR⁰W5²R2³R2³R3²R2⁴R4⁴R3
Temple    
defunct1342D3D3D3W3D2R3R3W7R2R4R3R4⁴R4
UC Irvine    
Big West 1142²R4³R4²W3²SR⁰R2³R2³SR³W5²R2²R2²R2
Mid-American 742W5RUR3R2R2⁴R3⁴R4
Springfield    
D3532W5D3W7D2D3
Iowa State    
defunct332W3W5D2
Sun Belt 1522D3W5D3R3R4R3⁵W7³R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R3²R4⁴R4⁴R3¹R3
Yale    
Ivy League 622RURUR4⁶R4⁶R•³R2
Southland 1361D2D2W4D2D2D3R2R4R3R4R4R3R4
Louisiana    
Sun Belt 1951⁵R•⁶R•⁵R2⁵R•³R•⁴R•²SR²W3²R2³R3²R2³R3²R2⁰SR³SR¹R2³R3³R3²R2
Delaware    
CUSA 1651D3D2D3W7R3R2R2R3R2⁵R4⁵R•³R•⁴R4⁴R4³R3⁴R4
Hawaii    
Big West 1351R4R2RUR4R3R2R4⁴R•²R2²R2⁵R4³R2³R2
Oregon    
Big Ten 1251W7D2³R2⁰SR⁰R2²R2³R3¹R2²R3²SR³SR¹R4
Ohio    
Mid-American 1241D2D2D3D3D2D4W4D3⁵R•⁵R•⁴R4⁴R4
Washington    
Big Ten 1241D2⁶R3⁵R2⁴R2³R3³R2³R2²R2²R2³R3³W7³R3
Santa Clara    
West Coast 1241D3RUD3D2D2D2D3R4⁵R4⁴R4⁵R3⁴R3
CUSA 1241R•⁵R•⁵R3⁵R2³R2²R2³W7³R3⁰SR²SR³R3⁴R3
Kentucky    
SEC 1041³R2³R•¹R2³R2²R2²R2¹SR¹SR⁰W5³R2
Saint Louis    
Atlantic 10 841D2D2W3D2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Ithaca    
D3541D2D2W5D2D4
Sun Belt 2131⁵R4⁴R•³R2²R2²R3²R4³R3²R3²R2³W7³R3²R4²R3¹R2²R3³R2²R2¹SR²SR²R2¹R2
Big West 1431D2R2R3R•⁵R•⁴R•²R3³R3¹R4²W5²R4³R2³R3¹R2
New Orleans    
Southland 1431R3R3R3R3R2W5R3R3³R•⁶R2⁵R3²R3⁴R3³R3
Utah    
Big 12 531W4D2D2⁴R2⁴R3
Wyoming    
defunct531D3D2W5D2D3
D2431D2D2D3W4
Rutgers   
Big Ten 1521W3D3D4D4R4⁴R3⁶R2⁵R•⁵R4⁵R4³R4¹R3²R2³R3²R3
Rider    
MAAC 1521D3D3W5R4R3R3R2⁶R•⁵R•⁶R•⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3
Kent State    
Mid-American 1421D2⁴R4³R3³R•⁴R2⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4³R2³W5⁴R4³R3
Missouri Valley 1321R4R4R3W7R4⁵R3⁵R4³R4²R4²R2³R3¹SR²R2
Princeton    
Ivy League 1221W7D2R4⁶R•⁶R•⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Northeastern    
CAA 1121D2W7D3D3⁶R•⁶R•⁴R4³R4³R4³R4²R3
Colgate    
defunct421W5D3D4D2
Murray State    
Missouri Valley 421R4R2⁴R4⁴W7
defunct221W5D2
The Citadel    
Southern 1311D3R4R4R3R3⁵W5⁶R3⁶R•⁵R4⁴R4³R4⁴R3³R3
Creighton    
Big East 1211D4⁵R3⁴W3³R4³R4³R4³R2²R3²R3⁴R2²R2³R2
Indiana    
Big Ten 1011⁶R4⁴R4¹W5⁰R2³R3²R3²R2²R3³R2³R3
West Coast 911D3W5³R3⁵R3³R•⁶R•⁴R4³R3³R2
Sun Belt 911R3R3W7⁴R•⁴R•³R3⁴R3³R2³R2
Dartmouth    
Ivy League 711D3D3D3W5R•⁴R4⁴R3
Iowa    
Big Ten 611W7R4³R•²R2⁴R3²R2
Kansas    
Big 12 611³W7³R3²R3³R2³R3²R4
Stony Brook    
CAA 611⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴W7³R3⁴R4
Big Ten 511W3D4R4R3³R4
Mountain West 511D3D3³W7³R4⁴R4
Rollins    
D2211RUD3
Wisconsin    
defunct111W4
Tufts    
D3111W5
defunct111W7
Syracuse   
defunct111W3
American 357D3D4D3D4D•R4R4R3R3R•⁵R•³R4⁶R4⁵R3¹R2¹R2⁰SR²R2³R3¹SR³R4²R3²R2¹SR²R2²R3²R4³SR¹R3¹SR¹SR⁰SR²R2¹R2³R2
Sun Belt 287D2D•R3R3R4R4R2R2³R3³R2⁴R4²R•⁵R2³R•³R•²R2⁴R2²R3⁴R4¹R3¹R3²R2³R4³R3²R3³R2³R3³R2
Big 12 165D2D2D4D3D4D4R2R4R•⁵R4⁵R3²R2¹R3²R3³SR²SR
Illinois    
Big Ten 135P5P7D3D2³R4³R3⁵R2³R3⁴R2³R3⁰SR²R4³R3
Denver    
defunct64P5D2D3D3D2D2
Stetson    
ASUN 203R2R4⁵R2⁵R4⁶R•⁶R•⁴R3⁴R•³R2³R2⁴R4⁴R2⁴R4⁴R4³R3²R2⁴R4¹SR⁴R3³R3
Mountain West 143R2R4R4R3R2R•³R2⁵R•³R3⁴R4³R4⁴R3⁴R3³R4
Gonzaga    
West Coast 123D2D3D3R4R2R2R4³R3³R3³R3²R3²R3
Idaho    
defunct33D2D2D2
Mid-American 152D3R3R4R3R2R•R2R4³R3⁴R•⁵R•⁵R4³R3⁴R2⁴R3
American 142R3R2³R•⁴R•⁵R•⁴R•⁴R3⁴R3³R3³R2³R3²R3²R3⁴SR
VCU    
Atlantic 10 142⁵R•⁶R2³R3³R3²R2⁴R4²R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴SR²R3³R2³R3
CUSA 142²R4³SR²R2²R4¹R2²R2³R2³R2²R2³SR³R4²R2²R3²R3
Lamar    
Southland 132R4R4R3R3R2R2R•⁴R•⁵R3³R3³R2³R4⁴R4
ACC 112D2D3R4R4⁵R•⁵R4³R3⁴R4²R2¹R2⁰SR
Providence    
defunct92D2D4D3D4D2D3⁶R3⁶R•²R2
Maryland    
Big Ten 92D4D3D4²SR³SR³R3³R2¹R2²R3
Cincinnati    
Big 12 72D3D3D2D2D4⁴R3³R3
Air Force    
Mountain West 72D3D2D2D3D3D3⁴R2
Charleston    
CAA 72³R2²R3²SR²R2³R3⁴SR²R2
Big West 62D3³R2³R4²R3⁵R2²R3
Kansas State    
Big 12 62²R2³R3³R4¹SR³SR³R3
defunct52D4D2D4D4D2
Furman    
defunct52D2D4R2⁶R4⁴R4
Memphis    
American 52R3R2R2⁴R3³R4
defunct42D2D3D3D2
defunct32D2D2⁴R3
Weber State    
defunct32D2D3D2
Vermont    
defunct22D2D2
Jacksonville    
ASUN 151D•R2²R4³R•⁴R3³R•³R3³R3⁴R4³R3⁴R4³R3³R3²R3⁴R4
CUSA 131R4R4R2R•⁶R•⁴R•⁶R•⁶R4⁴R2³R4⁴R4⁴R4²R3
Southern 121R3R•R3⁵R•⁶R•⁵R2⁶R4⁴R•⁵R4³R2³R2⁴R3
Sam Houston    
CUSA 121R3⁵R•⁶R•⁴R2⁴R4⁴R4³R2³R3³R2³R3³SR³R3
American 121²R2²R3³SR²R3³R2³R3²R2²R2²R2²R3³R2²R3
UNLV    
Mountain West 111R3R2R4R3⁴R3⁵R4³R•²R2⁴R4⁴R3²R3
FIU    
CUSA 111⁵R•⁵R4⁴R•⁵R4³R3³R2³SR²R4³R4²R4⁴R3
CUSA 101D2R4R4R3R3R3³R2¹R2²R3²R4
Navy    
Patriot 91D3R4R2R•⁶R•⁴R4³R3⁴R4⁴R3
Richmond    
Atlantic 10 81D•R•⁴R4⁶R4⁴R•²R2²SR²R2
Miami (OH)    
Mid-American 81D3D3R2R4R3⁴R3³R3⁴R4
Villanova    
Big East 61D3D3D3D3⁶R2⁴R•
Ohio Valley 61D3⁶R4⁴R3⁴R3⁴R3²SR
Portland    
West Coast 51D3D2R4⁶R•⁶R3
Southern 51R4R3R2⁴R4³R4
CUSA 51R2⁴R3⁴R4³R2³R4
Summit 41D2⁴R4⁴R3⁴R3
Ball State    
Mid-American 41D4D2⁴R3⁴R4
Mid-American 41D2⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4
Ohio Valley 41R4R2⁴R4⁴R4
Evansville    
Missouri Valley 41⁶R•³R3³R2⁴SR
Le Moyne    
Northeast 41⁶R2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
UTSA    
American 41⁵R•⁴R4⁴R4²SR
Trinity (TX)    
D331D2D3D3
La Salle    
Atlantic 10 21D3R2
Atlantic 10 21D2D3
Marshall    
Sun Belt 21D4R2
CUSA 21³SR³R3
Northwestern    
Big Ten 11D2
Gettysburg    
D311D2
NAIA11R2
Davidson    
Atlantic 10 11⁴SR
SWAC 17⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4³R2⁴R4
UCF    
Big 12 13⁴R3⁶R4⁴R4²R4³R•²R2¹R2²R3³R2²R3²R2²R4³R2
Army    
Patriot 12⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
CAA 12³R2³R2³R3²R2³R3²R3²R2²R2⁴R2⁴R4³R4²R3
Wright State    
Horizon 11⁵R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4³R2³R2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R2
Southern    
SWAC 10R•⁶R•⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4³R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
San Diego    
West Coast 10³R3⁴R3³R3⁰R4²R2²R3²R4³R2³R3²R3
Old Dominion    
Sun Belt 9R•R•⁴R•³R•⁵R3⁴R•²R4³R4¹R2
Northeast 9⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Columbia    
Ivy League 8R•⁴R4⁴R3³R4³R2⁴R4³R2⁴R3
George Mason    
Atlantic 10 8R•⁶R•⁵R4⁶R•³R4³R4⁴R4⁴R2
Liberty    
CUSA 8⁶R•⁶R•⁴R3³R2³R4³R3³R2³R4
Troy    
Sun Belt 8⁶R•⁶R•²R2³R4³R3³R2³R3³R3
Atlantic 10 7D4D4D4R4⁵R•⁶R•⁴R4
Valparaiso    
Missouri Valley 7D3D4D3D4D4⁴R4⁴R3
Penn    
Ivy League 7R4⁵R4⁴R•⁶R4⁶R•⁴R2⁴R4
Campbell    
CAA 7⁶R•⁴R3⁴R4³R2³R2³R3²R2
Charlotte    
American 7⁶R•⁵R•³R2³R4³R3²R3³R2
Marist    
MAAC 7⁶R•⁴R3⁴R3³R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
New Mexico    
Mountain West 6D3³R3⁴R4³R3³R4³R3
SWAC 6R4R•⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3
Fordham    
Atlantic 10 6R3⁶R•⁶R•⁶R3⁶R•⁴R4
McNeese    
Southland 6⁶R4⁶R4³R4⁴R4³R4⁴R4
Southland 6⁵R4⁶R•⁴R3³R3²R3⁴R4
Austin Peay    
ASUN 6⁶R•⁴R4⁴R3⁴R3⁴R2²R2
Bucknell    
Patriot 6⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3
Texas State    
Sun Belt 6⁶R3⁴R4⁴R3²R4²R3²R2
Ohio Valley 6⁶R•⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R2
Elon    
CAA 6³R4²R3³R3²R3³R4³R2
UIC    
Missouri Valley 6⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4
Binghamton    
America East 6⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
SWAC 5R•R4R•⁴R4⁴R4
Sun Belt 5R•⁶R•³R4³R2⁴R3
Nicholls    
Southland 5⁴R•⁵R•⁶R•⁴R4³R4
UT Arlington    
WAC 5⁶R•⁴R•⁴R3⁴R4³R4
Nevada    
Mountain West 5²R4⁴R3²R2³R3³R4
Winthrop    
Big South 5⁵R3⁴R3²R2²R3²R2
CUSA 5⁴R4³R3²R4⁴R4⁴R4
SWAC 5⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
CUSA 5⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R2
Xavier    
Big East 5³R3⁴R3⁴R2³R2³R2
Manhattan    
MAAC 4D3⁴R2⁴R4⁴R4
LIU    
Northeast 4D3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Sun Belt 4D4R•R•³R2
Missouri Valley 4R3⁶R•³R3³R2
CAA 4R•³R4³R2⁴R2
ASUN 4R4R4R•⁶R•
Southland 4⁶R•⁵R4³R3⁴R3
Southern 4⁵R3⁶R4⁴R3⁴R4
Monmouth    
CAA 4⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Milwaukee    
Horizon 4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Sacred Heart    
Northeast 4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Cal Poly    
Big West 4³R4²R3¹R2³R2
Mercer    
Southern 4⁴R3³R4⁴R4⁴R4
Samford    
Southern 4³R2⁴R3⁴R4³R3
Bryant    
America East 4³R3³R4²R4⁴R4
Canisius    
MAAC 4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Colby    
D23D3D4D3
Pittsburgh    
ACC 3D3D3⁵R3
Purdue    
Big Ten 3R•¹R3²R3
Towson    
CAA 3⁶R4⁵R4³R3
UMBC    
America East 3⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4
Ohio Valley 3⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4
Rhode Island    
Atlantic 10 3⁴R4⁴R3³R4
West Coast 3³R3⁴R3³R3
SWAC 3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Lipscomb    
ASUN 3⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4
WAC 3⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3
Florida A&M    
SWAC 3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Fairfield   
MAAC 3⁴R4³R2⁴R4
Grand Canyon    
Mountain West 3⁴R4³R4⁴R2
Alma    
D32D3D4
D22D3D4
Sun Belt 2D3⁶R3
Buffalo    
defunct2D4D3
Cornell    
Ivy League 2R3⁴R4
UAB    
American 2⁶R4⁴R4
Siena    
MAAC 2⁴R4⁴R3
UC Riverside    
Big West 2³R3²R3
Horizon 2⁴R4⁴R3
CAA 2⁴R4⁴R4
Quinnipiac    
MAAC 2⁴R4⁴R3
Lehigh    
Patriot 2⁴R4⁴R4
Wofford    
Southern 2⁴R4³R3
Belmont    
Missouri Valley 2⁴R2³R4
Little Rock    
Ohio Valley 2⁴R4⁴R2
Radford    
Big South 2²R2⁴R4
Southland 2⁴R4⁴R4
Saint Mary's    
West Coast 2³R4⁴R3
Utah Valley    
WAC 2⁴R4⁴R3
SWAC 2⁴R4⁴R4
Ashland    
D21D3
Seattle    
West Coast 1D4
Willamette    
defunct1D•
Occidental    
D31D3
D21D3
D21D4
Bridgeport    
D31D3
Mid-American 1D4
Puget Sound    
D21R3
Catholic    
D31R4
defunct1R4
D31R•
NYIT    
D21R4
Akron    
Mid-American 1⁶R•
Big South 1⁶R•
defunct1⁶R•
Butler    
Big East 1⁴R4
Wagner    
Northeast 1⁴R4
School closed1³R3
Atlantic 10 1⁴R4
Big South 1⁴R4
Brown    
Ivy League 1⁴R4
Albany    
America East 1⁴R4
UC Davis    
Big West 1⁴R3
Northeast 1⁴R4
Sun Belt 1⁴R4
Alcorn State    
SWAC 1⁴R4
Dayton    
Atlantic 10 1⁴R4
ASUN 1⁴R2
D21⁴R4
Summit 1⁴R4
Big West 1⁴R3
ASUN 1²R3
Hartford    
D31⁴R4
Omaha    
Summit 1⁴R4
NJIT    
America East 1⁴R3
Northeast 1⁴R4
Presbyterian    
Big South 1⁴R4
Coppin State    
Northeast 1⁴R4
Hofstra    
CAA 1⁴R4
High Point    
Big South 1⁴R3
Niagara    
MAAC 1⁴R4
Horizon 1⁴R4

List of NCAA Division I teams with no appearances

List of schools
SchoolConference
Abilene Christian WAC [a]
Alabama A&M SWAC
Arkansas–Pine Bluff SWAC
Bellarmine Atlantic Sun
California Baptist WAC [b]
Delaware State NEC
Gardner–Webb Big South
Georgetown Big East
Incarnate Word Southland
Lindenwood Ohio Valley
Iona MAAC
Longwood Big South
Maryland Eastern Shore NEC
Mercyhurst NEC
Merrimack MAAC
Mississippi Valley State SWAC
New Haven NEC
North Alabama Atlantic Sun [c]
North Florida Atlantic Sun
Oakland Horizon
Pacific West Coast
Queens Atlantic Sun
Saint Peter's [d] MAAC
St. Thomas Summit League
SIU Edwardsville Ohio Valley
Southern Indiana Ohio Valley
Stephen F. Austin Southland
Stonehill NEC
Tarleton State WAC [a]
UT Martin Ohio Valley
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Southland
Toledo MAC
UC San Diego Big West [e]
UMass Lowell America East
Utah Tech WAC [f]
VMI Southern
West Georgia Atlantic Sun [c]
  1. 1 2 The Western Athletic Conference will rebrand as the United Athletic Conference in July 2026, with Abilene Christian and Tarleton State continuing as members.
  2. Joining the Big West Conference in July 2026.
  3. 1 2 Joining the rebranded United Athletic Conference in July 2026.
  4. The Peacocks had won the 1994 MAAC Tournament but at the time, the NCAA Tournament did not give all tournament winners an auto bid, so Saint Peter's had to play Atlantic 10 champion West Virginia in a best-of-three "NCAA Play-In Series". The Peacocks lost in two games, which meant the Mountaineers went to the NCAA tournament. [1]
  5. Joining the West Coast Conference in July 2027.
  6. Joining the non-baseball Big Sky Conference in July 2026, with baseball joining the Mountain West Conference at that time.

Past formats

Overview of Tournament Formats
YearTotal TeamsRegionSuper RegionalCollege World Series
No.TeamsFormatTeamsFormatChampionship
1947824Single-elimination2Best-of-three
194824Double-elimination2Best-of-three
194942Best-of-three4Double-elimination
1950–19538Each district determined its manner for selection, some held unofficial tournaments8Double-elimination
19542482 to 4Varied
195525
1956241 to 4
1957232 to 4
195826
1959221 to 4
196025
19612 to 4
196227
196323
1964211 to 4
1965232 to 4
196629
196725
1968272 to 5
1969232 to 4
197026
197123
1972282 to 6
1973323 to 6
1974282 to 6
1975324Double-elimination
1976–1981344 or 6
1982–198736
1988–1998486Double-eliminationSingle-elimination
1999–200364164Best-of-three
2004–2017Best-of-three
2018–Pres.

1947

The first tournament was an 8 team single elimination tournament. Four teams each were put into two playoff brackets, named the "Eastern playoff" and the "Western playoff." The winner of each bracket moved on to the College World Series, which was, at that time, a 2 team best-of-three-game series.

1948

The second year of the tournament maintained the "Eastern playoff" and "Western playoff" format, however, they were now double elimination. The winner of each bracket moved on to the College World Series to play a best-of-three-game series.

1949

The third year of the tournament consisted of four regions named Region A, Region B, Region C, and Region D. Each region consisted of two teams playing in a best-of-three-game series. The winner of each region moved on to the College World Series, which was now a four-team double-elimination tournament.

1950–1953

From 1950 through 1953, the preliminary rounds were not managed by the NCAA but rather by the district colleges, and thus these games are not recorded in the official history books of the NCAA. The winner of each district managed playoff (although some districts did not have playoffs and chose to select their teams by committee) were sent to the College World Series, which was an eight-team double-elimination tournament. The 1950 event was the first in Omaha, where it has remained.

1954–1974

From 1954 through 1974 the tournament consisted of eight districts, named by number. Each consisted of between two and five teams playing in differently formatted tournaments. Some years included automatic College World Series qualifiers, and that team played no district games; for an example see 1959. The winner of each district moved on to the College World series, which was double-elimination.

1975

The first year of the regional format was 1975. Eight regionals consisted of four teams in a double-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional moved on to the College World Series, also double-elimination.

1976–1981

The tournament essentially remained unchanged from the 1975 version, however, one regional consisted of six teams in a double-elimination tournament, with four teams in each of the other seven regionals. The winner of each regional moved on to the College World Series, also double-elimination.

1982–1987

The tournament expanded again in 1982—to 36 teams—to include two regionals with six teams while the other six regionals only had four teams. The Regionals remained double-elimination with the winners moving onto the College World Series, also double-elimination.

Subsequently, the tournament field expanded to 38 teams in 1985, 40 teams in 1986, and 48 teams in 1987.

1988–1998

From 1988 through 1998, the NCAA tournament featured 48 teams, which contested in eight regionals of six teams each for the right to go to the College World Series.

1999–2017

The four-team regional format and the best-of-three super regional format debuted in 1999, with the expansion of the tournament to 64 teams.

The best-of-three championship series at the College World Series debuted in 2003 after CBS ceased coverage of the "one-off" College World Series championship game. This allowed the NCAA to institute the best-of-three series for the finals, which better mimics the traditional three-game series played during the regular season and makes a pitching staff's depth a key factor. ESPN and ESPN2 now cover the entire CWS. After 61 years at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, the College World Series moved to the new TD Ameritrade Park in 2011.

2018

For the first time, the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament seeded the top 16 teams, rather than only the top 8 teams as had been the practice since 1999. This ensures that the regional featuring top ranked team will be paired with the regional hosted by the sixteenth seeded team, where the previous Super Regionals qualifiers were paired generally along geographical lines. [2] ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, & ESPN3 covered every regional. Prior to 2025, the Longhorn Network also covered games that Texas hosts for people in Texas for regionals but featured on ESPN3 since Longhorn Network was an ESPN sports network only in Texas. The Longhorn Network shut down on July 1, 2024 when Texas joined the Southeastern Conference.

All Super Regionals are on ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU. However they are mainly on ESPN2 & ESPNU. The CWS is on ESPN & ESPN2.

National seeds

In 1999, the NCAA began awarding eight teams with a national seed. These teams automatically host a super regional if they advance past the regional round, unless their facilities are considered inadequate by the NCAA and thus do not bid to host, or their home stadium is unavailable because of scheduling conflicts; in some cases, a team may share a stadium with a minor league professional baseball team, or if their stadium does not meet NCAA requirements, host the event at the professional team's stadium. The former was the case for Cal State Fullerton in 1999, as its ballpark lacked the required seating capacity and media facilities at the time, forcing the Titans to play their super regional at Ohio State. Also in 1999, Rice hosted a super regional at the Astrodome, which was in its final season as home of the Houston Astros. The Owls' rebuilt facility, Reckling Park, hosted its first regional in 2001 and first super regional in 2002. In 2015, Missouri State was unable to host because of scheduling conflicts with the minor-league team whose off-campus ballpark it used. In 2018, the NCAA expanded the national seeds to 16 teams, guaranteeing the lower seed the ability to host the super regional if the higher seed does not advance.

Gray Shade and Italics indicates team made the Men's College World Series. Bold Italics indicates team won the Men's College World Series.

YearNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6No. 7No. 8
1999 Miami (FL) Florida State Cal State Fullerton Baylor Alabama Stanford Texas A&M Rice
2000 South Carolina LSU Georgia Tech Clemson Houston Florida State Arizona State Stanford
2001 Cal State Fullerton Miami (FL) Southern California Stanford Tulane Georgia East Carolina Nebraska
2002 Florida State Clemson Alabama Rice Texas South Carolina Wake Forest Stanford
2003 Florida State LSU Georgia Tech Auburn Rice Stanford Cal State Fullerton Miami (FL)
2004 Texas South Carolina Miami (FL) Georgia Tech Stanford Rice Arizona State Arkansas
2005 Tulane Georgia Tech Nebraska Baylor Ole Miss Cal State Fullerton Florida Oregon State
2006 Clemson Rice Texas Alabama Cal State Fullerton Nebraska Georgia Georgia Tech
2007 Vanderbilt Rice North Carolina Texas Arizona State Florida State Arkansas San Diego
2008 Miami (FL) North Carolina Arizona State Florida State Cal State Fullerton Rice LSU Georgia
2009 Texas Cal State Fullerton LSU North Carolina Arizona State UC Irvine Oklahoma Florida
2010 Arizona State Texas Florida Coastal Carolina Virginia UCLA Louisville Georgia Tech
2011 Virginia Florida North Carolina South Carolina Florida State Vanderbilt Texas Rice
2012 Florida UCLA Florida State Baylor Oregon North Carolina LSU South Carolina
2013 North Carolina Vanderbilt Oregon State LSU Cal State Fullerton Virginia Florida State Oregon
2014 Oregon State Florida Virginia Indiana Florida State Louisiana–Lafayette TCU LSU
2015 UCLA LSU Louisville Florida Miami (FL) Illinois TCU Missouri State
2016 Florida Louisville Miami (FL) Texas A&M Texas Tech Mississippi State Clemson LSU
2017 Oregon State North Carolina Florida LSU Texas Tech TCU Louisville Stanford
YearNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6No. 7No. 8No. 9No. 10No. 11No. 12No. 13No. 14No. 15No. 16
2018 Florida Stanford Oregon State Ole Miss Arkansas North Carolina Florida State Georgia Texas Tech Clemson Stetson East Carolina Texas Minnesota Coastal Carolina NC State
2019 UCLA Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Georgia Arkansas Mississippi State Louisville Texas Tech Oklahoma State East Carolina Stanford Ole Miss LSU North Carolina West Virginia Oregon State
2020No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Arkansas Texas Tennessee Vanderbilt Arizona TCU Mississippi State Texas Tech Stanford Notre Dame Old Dominion Ole Miss East Carolina Oregon Florida Louisiana Tech
2022 Tennessee Stanford Oregon State Virginia Tech Texas A&M Miami (FL) Oklahoma State East Carolina Texas North Carolina Southern Miss Louisville Florida Auburn Maryland Georgia Southern
2023 Wake Forest Florida Arkansas Clemson LSU Vanderbilt Virginia Stanford Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Oklahoma State Kentucky Auburn Indiana State South Carolina Alabama
2024 Tennessee Kentucky Texas A&M North Carolina Arkansas Clemson Georgia Florida State Oklahoma NC State Oklahoma State Virginia Arizona UC Santa Barbara Oregon State East Carolina
2025 Vanderbilt Texas Arkansas Auburn North Carolina LSU Georgia Oregon State Florida State Ole Miss Clemson Oregon Coastal Carolina Tennessee UCLA Southern Miss

Regional and Super Regional Hosts (1999–present)

Starting in 1999, the NCAA expanded to a 64-team format with a regional and subsequent super regional round, with the winners of the super regionals advancing to the MCWS. The tournament begins with 16 double-elimination regional sites of four teams each; the NCAA seeds the teams 1–4 and announces the host school and venue, which is generally hosted by the highest seeded team in the region at their home stadium. The winners of each regional (16 teams) advance to the super regional round, divided into eight super regional locations, each with two teams facing off in a best-of-three series; once again, the NCAA announces the host site between rounds, and each super regional is generally hosted by the higher-seeded of the two teams.

Teams must submit a bid for hosting rights. At times, the host venue has been hosted at a venue of the highest seed's choosing that is not its home field, or hosted by a team that is not the highest team in the region, due to a number of factors including scheduling conflicts at the highest team's home venue, the host school's home venue being inadequate to host according to NCAA criteria, the host school not submitting a bid, and severe weather.

Host SchoolCityStateVenueReg. HostedHost Reg. WonWin Pct.Years HostedSuper Reg. HostedHost Super Reg. WonWin Pct.Years Hosted
Florida State Tallahassee FL Dick Howser Stadium 2017.8501999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025127.5831999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2024
LSU Baton Rouge LA Alex Box Stadium: 1999–2008

Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field: 2009–present

1816.8891999*, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 20251310.7692000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025
Florida Gainesville FL McKethan Stadium: 2002–2018

Condron Ballpark: 2021–present

1410.7142002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023109.9002005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Miami (FL) Coral Gables FL Mark Light Field 1410.7141999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023771.0001999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2016
North Carolina Chapel Hill NC Boshamer Stadium: 2006–2007, 2009–present

USA Baseball National Training Complex (Cary, NC): 2008

1311.8462006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025107.7002007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025
South Carolina Columbia SC Sarge Frye Field: 2000–2007

Founders Park: 2010–present

1311.8462000, 2001*, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2021*, 202385.6252000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2021 [a]
Texas Austin TX Disch-Falk Field: 2002–2006, 2009–present

Dell Diamond (Round Rock, TX): 2007

1310.7692002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2022, 202598.8892000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021
Stanford Stanford CA Sunken Diamond 1310.7691999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023771.0001999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,2022, 2023
Clemson Clemson SC Doug Kingsmore Stadium 137.5382000, 2001*, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 202554.8002000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2024
Cal State Fullerton Fullerton CA Goodwin Field 1210.8332000*, 2001, 2003, 2004*, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015106.6002001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2018
Arkansas Fayetteville AR Baum-Walker Stadium 126.5001999, 2004, 2006*, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 202565.8332004,2015*, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025
Oregon State Corvallis OR Goss Stadium 119.8182005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 202587.8752005, 2006, 2007*, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2025
Virginia Charlottesville VA Davenport Field 116.5452004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023, 202475.7142010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024
Rice Houston TX The Astrodome (Houston, TX): 1999

Reckling Park: 2001–present

116.5452001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014661.0001999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
Ole Miss Oxford MS Swayze Field 116.5452004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 202530.0002005, 2006, 2009
Texas A&M College Station TX Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park 108.8001999, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2022, 202454.8001999, 2016, 2017,2022, 2024
Vanderbilt Nashville TN Hawkins Field 106.6002007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 202563.5002011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021
Georgia Tech Atlanta GA Russ Chandler Stadium 105.5002000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 201952.4002000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Louisville Louisville KY Jim Patterson Stadium 98.8892009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 202274.5712007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2025
Arizona State Tempe AZ Packard Stadium: 2000–201197.7782000, 2002*, 2003, 2005*, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 201143.7502007, 2008, 2009, 2010
TCU Fort Worth TX Lupton Stadium 86.7502009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021441.0002014, 2015, 2017, 2023*
East Carolina Greenville NC Fleming Stadium (Wilson, NC): 2001 Reg.

Grainger Stadium (Kinston, NC): 2001 Super Reg., 2004


Clark-LeClair Stadium: 2009–present

86.7502001, 2004, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 202420.0002001, 2022
Georgia Athens GA Foley Field 85.6252001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2024, 202543.7502001, 2006, 2008, 2024
UCLA Los Angeles CA Jackie Robinson Stadium 75.7142010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 202543.7502010, 2012, 2019, 2025
NC State Raleigh NC Fleming Stadium (Wilson, NC): 2003

Doak Field: 2008–present

75.7142003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2024111.0002013
Oklahoma State Stillwater OK Allie P. Reynolds Stadium: 2008–2015

Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City, OK): 2019


O'Brate Stadium: 2022–present

72.2862008, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 202410.0002014
Mississippi State Starkville MS Dudy Noble Field 65.8572000, 2003, 2013, 2016, 2019, 202143.7502007, 2016, 2019, 2021
Tennessee Knoxville TN Lindsey Nelson Stadium 661.0002001*, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2024, 202532.6672021, 2022, 2024
Texas Tech Lubbock TX Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park 64.6671999*, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 202154.8002014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
Nebraska Lincoln NE Buck Beltzer Stadium: 2001

Haymarket Park: 2002–present

63.5002001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008331.0002001, 2002, 2005
Auburn Auburn AL Plainsman Park 63.5001999*, 2003, 2010, 2022, 2023, 202510.0002025
Coastal Carolina Conway SC BB&T Coastal Field (Myrtle Beach, SC): 2007, 2010

Charles Watson Stadium: 2008
Springs Brooks Stadium: 2018–present

63.5002007, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2023, 202510.0002010
Oklahoma Norman OK Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City, OK ): 2000–2004

L. Dale Mitchell Park: 2006–present

62.3332000*, 2004*, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2024
Long Beach State Long Beach CA Blair Field 52.4002003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 201720.0002004, 2017
Notre Dame South Bend IN Frank Eck Stadium 52.4001999*, 2001, 2002*, 2004, 2021
Baylor Waco TX Baylor Ballpark 43.7501999, 2000, 2005, 201231.3331999, 2005, 2012
Alabama Tuscaloosa AL Sewell-Thomas Stadium 43.7501999, 2002, 2006, 202321.5001999, 2006
Wake Forest Winston-Salem NC David F. Couch Ballpark 43.7501999, 2002, 2017, 2023111.0002023
Kentucky Lexington KY Cliff Hagan Stadium: 2006–2017

Kentucky Proud Park: 2023–present

42.5002006, 2017, 2023, 2024111.0002024
Southern Miss Hattiesburg MS Pete Taylor Park 41.2502003*, 2017, 2022, 202520.0002022, 2023
Oregon Eugene OR PK Park 41.2502012, 2013, 2021, 202520.0002012, 2023
Houston Houston TX Schroeder Park 41.2501999, 2000, 2015, 201710.0002000
USC Los Angeles CA Dedeaux Field 331.0001999*, 2001, 2002111.0002001
Arizona Tucson AZ Hi Corbett Field 32.6672012, 2021, 2024221.0002012, 2021
Louisiana Lafayette LA M.L. Tigue Moore Field 32.6672000*, 2014, 201610.0002014
Wichita State Wichita KS Eck Stadium 31.3331999, 2002, 200710.0002007
Tulane New Orleans LA Turchin Stadium: 2001 Regional, 2005–present

Zephyr Field (Metairie, LA): 2001 Super Regional

221.0002001, 2005221.0002001, 2005
Ohio State Columbus OH Bill Davis Stadium 21.5001999, 2001*20.0001999*, 2003
Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA English Field 21.5002013, 202210.0002022
Minnesota Minneapolis MN Siebert Field 21.5002000*, 2018
Indiana Bloomington IN Bart Kaufman Field 21.5002013, 2014
UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA Lake Elsinore Diamond (Lake Elsinore, CA): 2015

Caesar Uyesaka Stadium: 2024

20.0002015, 2024
Illinois Champaign IL Illinois Field 111.000201510.0002015
Kansas State Manhattan KS Tointon Family Stadium 111.0002013
Missouri State Springfield MO Hammons Field 111.0002015
Stetson DeLand FL Melching Field at Conrad Park 111.0002018
Indiana State Terre Haute IN Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium 111.0002023
Rutgers Piscataway NJ Yogi Berra Stadium (Montclair, NJ): 200010.0002000
Pepperdine Malibu CA Eddy D. Field Stadium 10.0002006
Missouri Columbia MO Taylor Stadium 10.0002007
San Diego San Diego CA Tony Gwynn Stadium (San Diego, CA): 200710.0002007
Michigan Ann Arbor MI Ray Fisher Stadium 10.0002008*
UC Irvine Irvine CA Anteater Ballpark 10.0002009
UConn Storrs CT Dodd Memorial Stadium (Norwich, CT): 201010.0002010*
Purdue West Lafayette IN U.S. Steel Yard (Gary, IN): 201210.0002012
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CA Robin Baggett Stadium 10.0002014
Dallas Baptist Dallas TX Horner Ballpark 10.0002015
West Virginia Morgantown WV Monongalia County Ballpark 10.0002019
Louisiana Tech Ruston LA J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park 10.0002021
Georgia Southern StatesboroGA J. I. Clements Stadium 10.0002022
Maryland College Park MD Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium 10.0002022
California Berkeley CA Stephen Schott Stadium (Santa Clara, CA): 2011111.0002011
Duke Durham NC Jack Coombs Field 10.0002025

Notes

  1. In 2021, due to COVID-19 safety measures, super regional sites were all hosted at sites that also hosted regionals. South Carolina's home stadium, Founders Park, which hosted a regional, remained as host for the Super Regional matchup between Virginia and Dallas Baptist who had both advanced out of regionals they did not host.

Attendance

The highest single-game attendance for an NCAA Super Regional was at Dudy Noble Field, Polk-Dement Stadium at Mississippi State University. On Saturday, June 12, 2021, 14,385 watched Mississippi State beat Notre Dame 9–8 in game 1 of a best of 3. The second highest was set the day after as 13,971 fans saw Notre Dame even the series with a 9–1 victory. For the decisive Monday game, 11,784 fans saw the Bulldogs defeat the Fighting Irish 11–7 to send Mississippi State on to the College World Series. This set the overall Super Regional at 40,140, breaking the former record of 35,730 set when Arkansas hosted Missouri State in a Super Regional in 2015. The highest for an off-campus facility was set at Zephyr Field, a minor-league park in New Orleans. In 2001, Tulane and LSU battled for 3 games in front of 34,341 fans.

The highest single-game attendance for an NCAA Regional game was also set at Mississippi State; 11,511 watched Mississippi State vs Central Michigan on June 1, 2019. For total attendance during a Regional series, LSU holds the top 2 spots at 67,938 in 1998 and 66,561 in 1997. Mississippi State holds the next three to round out the top 5--64,723 in 1997, 63,388 in 1989, and 62,191 in 1990. All of those Top 5 regional attendance records were set under the old six-team Regional format.

Longest game in college baseball history

The longest college baseball game was a 2009 regional game between Boston College and host Texas on May 30 in Austin. Texas won 3–2 in 25 innings, which lasted over seven hours. [3] [4]

The third-longest game in tournament history occurred in a 2012 regional game between Kent State and Kentucky at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana, where Kent State won 7–6 in 21 innings. [5]

See also

Footnotes

  1. "WVU's 1994 NCAA Tournament Team to be Recognized During Baseball Alumni Weekend". April 17, 2024.
  2. "DI Baseball Championship moves to 16 seeds". NCAA. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  3. "2009 NCAA Div. I Baseball College World Series Bracket" (in column 1 (Regionals), click on Austin box; then click on Texas–BC box), NCAA.com (NCAA).
  4. "Kent State tops Kentucky in 21-inning NCAA tournament marathon, 7–6". The Plain Dealer . June 2, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.