NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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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.

Founded1947; 79 years ago (1947)
First season1947
Organizing bodyNCAA
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NCAA Division I
Baseball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
SportBaseball
Founded1947; 79 years ago (1947)
First season1947
Organizing bodyNCAA
No. of teams64
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion
LSU (8)
Most titlesSouthern California (12)
BroadcastersESPN
ESPN2
Level on pyramid1
Official websitencaa.com/baseball
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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.

NCAA Division I baseball tournament is located in the United States
LSU
LSU
Texas
Texas
Arizona State
Arizona State
Arizona
Arizona
Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Fullerton
Miami
Miami
Minnesota
Minnesota
Oregon State
Oregon State
California
California
Michigan
Michigan
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Carolina
Stanford
Stanford
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina
Florida
Florida
FresnoState
Fresno
State
Georgia
Georgia
HolyCross
Holy
Cross
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
Missouri
Missouri
OhioState
Ohio
State
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
OleMiss
Ole
Miss
Pepperdine
Pepperdine
Rice
Rice
Tennessee
Tennessee
UCLA
UCLA
Virginia
Virginia
Wake Forest
Wake Forest
Wichita State
Wichita State
USC
USC
Schools that have won the NCAA Championship
12 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Appearances

Total Columns

  • School refers to the current name and branding of the baseball team.
  • Conference shows the conference as of the 2026 season.
  •  #  Total appearances in the NCAA Tournament, not counting vacated appearances.
  •  16  Finished in the top 16 of the tournament: top 2 in a District or Regional (1950 through 1998) or won a Regional (1999 to present). Prior to 1966, some Districts would just select a representative straight into the College World Series, so some years may not have 16 teams with this designation.
  •  WS  Total appearances in the College World Series
  •  CH  National championships

Table Entries

  •  CH  National champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  W3   W4   W5   W7  Played in the College World Series with the given placement. All World Series since 1950 have had 2 teams finish in 5th and two teams finish in 7th. Since 1988, all have had 2 teams finish in 3rd, but before then, some years would have separate 3rd and 4th place teams, depending on how the bracket played out.

Two additional unusual circumstances are marked in the table:

  • In 1958, BYU won its district tournament, but withdrew from the College World Series due to an unwillingness to play on Sundays. They are marked with a  D1  and not credited with a College World Series appearance.
  • Arizona State's participation in the 2007 tournament was later vacated by the NCAA. It is shown in the table with strikethrough, and not included in the school's total columns.
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School Conference
(as of 2026)
# 16 WS CH 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    
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LSU    
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Texas    
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Miami (FL)    
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Arizona    
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Minnesota    
Big Ten32853CHD4D3CHCHD3D3D4W3D2R2W5R•R3R4R•⁶R•⁵R4⁵R3⁴R•⁴R3⁵R•²R2²R3⁴R4²R3³R4³R3²R2⁴R2²R2¹SR
Stanford    
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SEC3522112D2RUR3RUR2W4W7R•R3W7R4³R2³R3²R•²R3⁰SR²SR⁰RU²W5⁰W3²R2²SR¹SR²R2²R2¹CHCH⁰RU¹SR¹R2¹SR²SR²R3¹SR²R3
Oklahoma    
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Michigan    
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California    
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Vanderbilt    
SEC231052D3D4R4²SR²R2⁰R2²R3³R2²SR⁰W3²R2⁰SR¹CH¹RU¹R4²SR²SRCH⁰RU²R2⁰R3²R4⁰R3
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Florida    
SEC4022141D2D2D3R2R3R2R4R•R2¹W5²R•¹W3¹R•²R2¹W3²R3¹W7²R2²R3¹R2³R2¹SR⁰RU²R4⁰SR⁰W7⁰RU⁰W7³R4⁰R4⁰W3⁰W7CH⁰W3³R3¹R4¹R2⁰RU³W3²R3
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Rice    
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Tennessee    
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American281071R•R3⁰RUR3R2R4²W3¹CH²R4¹RU¹W7³RU³R•²R4¹W7⁴R•¹R•¹R2³R2¹R3³R2²R2³R2³R2¹SR²SR⁴R4⁴R4
Virginia    
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Ole Miss    
SEC261361W3W7W5W7R3²R2³R3²R3²R3¹R4⁰SR¹SR¹SR³R2¹SR²R3³R2²R3¹W3²R4¹R4⁰R2¹SR¹SR³CH¹R2
UCLA    
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Missouri    
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Georgia    
SEC15761W7²CH³R•⁰W7²R2¹W3⁰W7⁰RU²R3³R2⁰R2⁰R2²R3⁰SR⁰R3
Mountain West361141D2D2W3D3D3D3D2R3R3R4R3⁰R3R2R3R2¹W7²R3⁵R4⁴W5⁴R•⁴R2⁴R•³R•⁵R4⁴R2⁴R4³R2²R2⁴R2CH⁴R4²R4⁴R3³R2⁴R4⁴R4
Ohio State    
Big Ten22941W7D2RUCHW7R•²R3⁴R2⁴R2¹R•⁴R•⁵R•¹SR²R4³R2³SR⁴R3³R3³R2²R3³R4⁴R3
Patriot12641CHD3D3W3D2W5W7D2D3R4⁴R3⁴R4
ACC17831RUCHD2D2R2²R3¹SR²R2¹R2⁰R2³R3³R3¹SR²R3⁰W3²R4²R2
Pepperdine    
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Sun Belt21421⁶R•³R2⁴R3²R4³R4¹R2¹R2¹SR²R3⁰SR³R3³R3³R4²R3²CH¹R3³R3³R2¹R2³R2¹RU
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Clemson    
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Arkansas    
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Texas A&M    
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Maine    
America East1797W3R2W4R3W7W3W7W7W7⁴R4³R2⁵R•³R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4
St. John's    
Big East38196W4D2D2D2W5D2D3D2D3W4D2W3D4D2R3R4R2W7R2W5R2R•R2⁵R•⁴R4⁵R2⁵R•³R3³R2³R3³R3³R2³R3³SR⁴R2³R4³R3³R3
Auburn    
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Louisville    
ACC15106³R4³W5³R4¹SR⁰R2³R2¹W7¹W7⁰SR⁰SR⁰W5²R2⁰W3¹SR²W3
TCU    
Big 122096D2³R•³R3²R3⁴R3²R2³R3¹SR¹W3¹R3²SR⁰W5⁰W3¹W3⁰W3³R2⁰R3²R2²W3²R4
Mid-American1396W3RUD3W3W5W5D2W7D2D2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
UConn    
Big East25125W5D2W7D3D2D3W5D2D2W5R•W7⁵R•⁵R•⁶R•²R3²SR⁴R3³R3²R2²R2²R3³SR²R3³SR
Alabama    
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Missouri Valley1485D4D3RUW7D2RUD2W3R4W3R2R3R•²R3
Penn State    
Big Ten1775W3D3D3RUD3W4D3W5D3D3D3D2W7D4R3R•³SR
NC State    
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Seton Hall    
Big East1674W5D3D2W7D4W7W5R2R•R•R4R2R4³R4⁴R2³R3
Harvard    
Ivy League1574W7W5D2W7W7R•R2R2R3⁶R3⁵R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
ACC1274P5W4D3W5W3D4D3D2W5³R3³SR²R2
Texas Tech    
Big 121764¹R2²R3¹R•⁴R•²R2³R3³R2²R3²R2²W7⁰W5⁰R2¹W5⁰W3⁰SR³R2³R2
Lafayette    
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ACC36113D3D2R2R2⁰R•²R3³R4⁴R•³R3²R3¹R3¹RU⁴R•²R2¹R3²R2⁰SR²R4¹W5⁰R4⁰SR⁰SR⁰W7²R2¹R2⁰R2¹R2²R2²R2³R3²R2⁰R2²R2²R2³R2²R3
Notre Dame    
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Duke    
ACC1293W5W5D2D2W5³R4²SR³SR²R3²SR²R3²SR
Baylor    
Big 122173P3W7W7³R•⁴R•³R4⁰SR¹R4²R2²R2¹SR⁰W3³R2³R3³R3²R2²R2⁰SR²R4²R3²R3
Nebraska    
Big Ten1953R3R2R3²R3¹SR⁰W7¹W7¹R2⁰W5⁰R4³R2¹R3²R3³R4²R4³R3²R2²R3³R3
Houston    
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Tulsa    
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UMass    
Mid-American1162W5D2D3D3D2W5D2D4R•⁶R•⁵R2
Bradley    
Missouri Valley762W7W3D2D2D2D2²R3
BYU    
Big 121652D1D4W7W5R2R3R4⁰R4R3³R•⁴R•⁵R4⁶R2³R4⁴R2³R3
NYU    
D3552P3W7D2D2W3
Tulane    
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Temple    
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UC Irvine    
Big West1142²R4³R4²W3²SR⁰R2³R2³SR³W5²R2²R2²R2
Mid-American742W5RUR3R2R2⁴R3⁴R4
D3532W5D3W7D2D3
Iowa State    
defunct332W3W5D2
Sun Belt1522D3W5D3R3R4R3⁵W7³R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R3²R4⁴R4⁴R3¹R3
Yale    
Ivy League622RURUR4⁶R4⁶R•³R2
Southland1361D2D2W4D2D2D3R2R4R3R4R4R3R4
Louisiana    
Sun Belt1951⁵R•⁶R•⁵R2⁵R•³R•⁴R•²SR²W3²R2³R3²R2³R3²R2⁰SR³SR¹R2³R3³R3²R2
Delaware    
CUSA1651D3D2D3W7R3R2R2R3R2⁵R4⁵R•³R•⁴R4⁴R4³R3⁴R4
Hawaii    
Big West1351R4R2RUR4R3R2R4⁴R•²R2²R2⁵R4³R2³R2
Oregon    
Big Ten1251W7D2³R2⁰SR⁰R2²R2³R3¹R2²R3²SR³SR¹R4
Ohio    
Mid-American1241D2D2D3D3D2D4W4D3⁵R•⁵R•⁴R4⁴R4
Washington    
Big Ten1241D2⁶R3⁵R2⁴R2³R3³R2³R2²R2²R2³R3³W7³R3
West Coast1241D3RUD3D2D2D2D3R4⁵R4⁴R4⁵R3⁴R3
CUSA1241R•⁵R•⁵R3⁵R2³R2²R2³W7³R3⁰SR²SR³R3⁴R3
Kentucky    
SEC1041³R2³R•¹R2³R2²R2²R2¹SR¹SR⁰W5³R2
Atlantic 10841D2D2W3D2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Ithaca    
D3541D2D2W5D2D4
Sun Belt2131⁵R4⁴R•³R2²R2²R3²R4³R3²R3²R2³W7³R3²R4²R3¹R2²R3³R2²R2¹SR²SR²R2¹R2
Big West1431D2R2R3R•⁵R•⁴R•²R3³R3¹R4²W5²R4³R2³R3¹R2
Southland1431R3R3R3R3R2W5R3R3³R•⁶R2⁵R3²R3⁴R3³R3
Utah    
Big 12531W4D2D2⁴R2⁴R3
Wyoming    
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D2431D2D2D3W4
Rutgers    
Big Ten1521W3D3D4D4R4⁴R3⁶R2⁵R•⁵R4⁵R4³R4¹R3²R2³R3²R3
Rider    
MAAC1521D3D3W5R4R3R3R2⁶R•⁵R•⁶R•⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3
Kent State    
Mid-American1421D2⁴R4³R3³R•⁴R2⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4³R2³W5⁴R4³R3
Missouri Valley1321R4R4R3W7R4⁵R3⁵R4³R4²R4²R2³R3¹SR²R2
Princeton    
Ivy League1221W7D2R4⁶R•⁶R•⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
CAA1121D2W7D3D3⁶R•⁶R•⁴R4³R4³R4³R4²R3
Colgate    
defunct421W5D3D4D2
Missouri Valley421R4R2⁴R4⁴W7
defunct221W5D2
Southern1311D3R4R4R3R3⁵W5⁶R3⁶R•⁵R4⁴R4³R4⁴R3³R3
Creighton    
Big East1211D4⁵R3⁴W3³R4³R4³R4³R2²R3²R3⁴R2²R2³R2
Indiana    
Big Ten1011⁶R4⁴R4¹W5⁰R2³R3²R3²R2²R3³R2³R3
West Coast911D3W5³R3⁵R3³R•⁶R•⁴R4³R3³R2
Sun Belt911R3R3W7⁴R•⁴R•³R3⁴R3³R2³R2
Dartmouth    
Ivy League711D3D3D3W5R•⁴R4⁴R3
Iowa    
Big Ten611W7R4³R•²R2⁴R3²R2
Kansas    
Big 12611³W7³R3²R3³R2³R3²R4
CAA611⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴W7³R3⁴R4
Big Ten511W3D4R4R3³R4
Mountain West511D3D3³W7³R4⁴R4
Rollins    
D2211RUD3
Wisconsin    
defunct111W4
Tufts    
D3111W5
defunct111W7
Syracuse    
defunct111W3
American357D3D4D3D4D•R4R4R3R3R•⁵R•³R4⁶R4⁵R3¹R2¹R2⁰SR²R2³R3¹SR³R4²R3²R2¹SR²R2²R3²R4³SR¹R3¹SR¹SR⁰SR²R2¹R2³R2
Sun Belt287D2D•R3R3R4R4R2R2³R3³R2⁴R4²R•⁵R2³R•³R•²R2⁴R2²R3⁴R4¹R3¹R3²R2³R4³R3²R3³R2³R3³R2
Big 12165D2D2D4D3D4D4R2R4R•⁵R4⁵R3²R2¹R3²R3³SR²SR
Illinois    
Big Ten135P5P7D3D2³R4³R3⁵R2³R3⁴R2³R3⁰SR²R4³R3
Denver    
defunct64P5D2D3D3D2D2
Stetson    
ASUN203R2R4⁵R2⁵R4⁶R•⁶R•⁴R3⁴R•³R2³R2⁴R4⁴R2⁴R4⁴R4³R3²R2⁴R4¹SR⁴R3³R3
Mountain West143R2R4R4R3R2R•³R2⁵R•³R3⁴R4³R4⁴R3⁴R3³R4
Gonzaga    
West Coast123D2D3D3R4R2R2R4³R3³R3³R3²R3²R3
Idaho    
defunct33D2D2D2
Mid-American152D3R3R4R3R2R•R2R4³R3⁴R•⁵R•⁵R4³R3⁴R2⁴R3
American142R3R2³R•⁴R•⁵R•⁴R•⁴R3⁴R3³R3³R2³R3²R3²R3⁴SR
VCU    
Atlantic 10142⁵R•⁶R2³R3³R3²R2⁴R4²R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴SR²R3³R2³R3
CUSA142²R4³SR²R2²R4¹R2²R2³R2³R2²R2³SR³R4²R2²R3²R3
Lamar    
Southland132R4R4R3R3R2R2R•⁴R•⁵R3³R3³R2³R4⁴R4
ACC112D2D3R4R4⁵R•⁵R4³R3⁴R4²R2¹R2⁰SR
Providence    
defunct92D2D4D3D4D2D3⁶R3⁶R•²R2
Maryland    
Big Ten92D4D3D4²SR³SR³R3³R2¹R2²R3
Cincinnati    
Big 1272D3D3D2D2D4⁴R3³R3
Air Force    
Mountain West72D3D2D2D3D3D3⁴R2
Charleston    
CAA72³R2²R3²SR²R2³R3⁴SR²R2
Big West62D3³R2³R4²R3⁵R2²R3
Big 1262²R2³R3³R4¹SR³SR³R3
defunct52D4D2D4D4D2
Furman    
defunct52D2D4R2⁶R4⁴R4
Memphis    
American52R3R2R2⁴R3³R4
defunct42D2D3D3D2
defunct32D2D2⁴R3
defunct32D2D3D2
Vermont    
defunct22D2D2
ASUN151D•R2²R4³R•⁴R3³R•³R3³R3⁴R4³R3⁴R4³R3³R3²R3⁴R4
CUSA131R4R4R2R•⁶R•⁴R•⁶R•⁶R4⁴R2³R4⁴R4⁴R4²R3
Southern121R3R•R3⁵R•⁶R•⁵R2⁶R4⁴R•⁵R4³R2³R2⁴R3
CUSA121R3⁵R•⁶R•⁴R2⁴R4⁴R4³R2³R3³R2³R3³SR³R3
American121²R2²R3³SR²R3³R2³R3²R2²R2²R2²R3³R2²R3
UNLV    
Mountain West111R3R2R4R3⁴R3⁵R4³R•²R2⁴R4⁴R3²R3
FIU    
CUSA111⁵R•⁵R4⁴R•⁵R4³R3³R2³SR²R4³R4²R4⁴R3
CUSA101D2R4R4R3R3R3³R2¹R2²R3²R4
Navy    
Patriot91D3R4R2R•⁶R•⁴R4³R3⁴R4⁴R3
Richmond    
Atlantic 1081D•R•⁴R4⁶R4⁴R•²R2²SR²R2
Miami (OH)    
Mid-American81D3D3R2R4R3⁴R3³R3⁴R4
Villanova    
Big East61D3D3D3D3⁶R2⁴R•
Ohio Valley61D3⁶R4⁴R3⁴R3⁴R3²SR
Portland    
West Coast51D3D2R4⁶R•⁶R3
Southern51R4R3R2⁴R4³R4
CUSA51R2⁴R3⁴R4³R2³R4
Summit41D2⁴R4⁴R3⁴R3
Ball State    
Mid-American41D4D2⁴R3⁴R4
Mid-American41D2⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4
Ohio Valley41R4R2⁴R4⁴R4
Evansville    
Missouri Valley41⁶R•³R3³R2⁴SR
Le Moyne    
Northeast41⁶R2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
UTSA    
American41⁵R•⁴R4⁴R4²SR
D331D2D3D3
La Salle    
Atlantic 1021D3R2
Atlantic 1021D2D3
Marshall    
Sun Belt21D4R2
CUSA21³SR³R3
Big Ten11D2
Gettysburg    
D311D2
NAIA11R2
Davidson    
Atlantic 1011⁴SR
SWAC17⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4³R2⁴R4
UCF    
Big 1213⁴R3⁶R4⁴R4²R4³R•²R2¹R2²R3³R2²R3²R2²R4³R2
Army    
Patriot12⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
CAA12³R2³R2³R3²R2³R3²R3²R2²R2⁴R2⁴R4³R4²R3
Horizon11⁵R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4³R2³R2⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R2
Southern    
SWAC10R•⁶R•⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4³R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
San Diego    
West Coast10³R3⁴R3³R3⁰R4²R2²R3²R4³R2³R3²R3
Sun Belt9R•R•⁴R•³R•⁵R3⁴R•²R4³R4¹R2
Northeast9⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Columbia    
Ivy League8R•⁴R4⁴R3³R4³R2⁴R4³R2⁴R3
Atlantic 108R•⁶R•⁵R4⁶R•³R4³R4⁴R4⁴R2
Liberty    
CUSA8⁶R•⁶R•⁴R3³R2³R4³R3³R2³R4
Troy    
Sun Belt8⁶R•⁶R•²R2³R4³R3³R2³R3³R3
Atlantic 107D4D4D4R4⁵R•⁶R•⁴R4
Valparaiso    
Missouri Valley7D3D4D3D4D4⁴R4⁴R3
Penn    
Ivy League7R4⁵R4⁴R•⁶R4⁶R•⁴R2⁴R4
Campbell    
CAA7⁶R•⁴R3⁴R4³R2³R2³R3²R2
Charlotte    
American7⁶R•⁵R•³R2³R4³R3²R3³R2
Marist    
MAAC7⁶R•⁴R3⁴R3³R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
New Mexico    
Mountain West6D3³R3⁴R4³R3³R4³R3
SWAC6R4R•⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3
Fordham    
Atlantic 106R3⁶R•⁶R•⁶R3⁶R•⁴R4
McNeese    
Southland6⁶R4⁶R4³R4⁴R4³R4⁴R4
Southland6⁵R4⁶R•⁴R3³R3²R3⁴R4
ASUN6⁶R•⁴R4⁴R3⁴R3⁴R2²R2
Bucknell    
Patriot6⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3
Sun Belt6⁶R3⁴R4⁴R3²R4²R3²R2
Ohio Valley6⁶R•⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R2
Elon    
CAA6³R4²R3³R3²R3³R4³R2
UIC    
Missouri Valley6⁴R4⁴R4⁴R3⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4
Binghamton    
America East6⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
SWAC5R•R4R•⁴R4⁴R4
Sun Belt5R•⁶R•³R4³R2⁴R3
Nicholls    
Southland5⁴R•⁵R•⁶R•⁴R4³R4
WAC5⁶R•⁴R•⁴R3⁴R4³R4
Nevada    
Mountain West5²R4⁴R3²R2³R3³R4
Winthrop    
Big South5⁵R3⁴R3²R2²R3²R2
CUSA5⁴R4³R3²R4⁴R4⁴R4
SWAC5⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
CUSA5⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R2
Xavier    
Big East5³R3⁴R3⁴R2³R2³R2
Manhattan    
MAAC4D3⁴R2⁴R4⁴R4
LIU    
Northeast4D3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Sun Belt4D4R•R•³R2
Missouri Valley4R3⁶R•³R3³R2
CAA4R•³R4³R2⁴R2
ASUN4R4R4R•⁶R•
Southland4⁶R•⁵R4³R3⁴R3
Southern4⁵R3⁶R4⁴R3⁴R4
Monmouth    
CAA4⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Milwaukee    
Horizon4⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Northeast4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Cal Poly    
Big West4³R4²R3¹R2³R2
Mercer    
Southern4⁴R3³R4⁴R4⁴R4
Samford    
Southern4³R2⁴R3⁴R4³R3
Bryant    
America East4³R3³R4²R4⁴R4
Canisius    
MAAC4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Colby    
D23D3D4D3
Pittsburgh    
ACC3D3D3⁵R3
Purdue    
Big Ten3R•¹R3²R3
Towson    
CAA3⁶R4⁵R4³R3
UMBC    
America East3⁶R•⁴R4⁴R4
Ohio Valley3⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4
Atlantic 103⁴R4⁴R3³R4
West Coast3³R3⁴R3³R3
SWAC3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Lipscomb    
ASUN3⁴R3⁴R4⁴R4
WAC3⁴R3⁴R4⁴R3
SWAC3⁴R4⁴R4⁴R4
Fairfield    
MAAC3⁴R4³R2⁴R4
Mountain West3⁴R4³R4⁴R2
Alma    
D32D3D4
D22D3D4
Sun Belt2D3⁶R3
Buffalo    
defunct2D4D3
Cornell    
Ivy League2R3⁴R4
UAB    
American2⁶R4⁴R4
Siena    
MAAC2⁴R4⁴R3
Big West2³R3²R3
Horizon2⁴R4⁴R3
CAA2⁴R4⁴R4
Quinnipiac    
MAAC2⁴R4⁴R3
Lehigh    
Patriot2⁴R4⁴R4
Wofford    
Southern2⁴R4³R3
Belmont    
Missouri Valley2⁴R2³R4
Ohio Valley2⁴R4⁴R2
Radford    
Big South2²R2⁴R4
Southland2⁴R4⁴R4
West Coast2³R4⁴R3
WAC2⁴R4⁴R3
SWAC2⁴R4⁴R4
Ashland    
D21D3
Seattle    
West Coast1D4
Willamette    
defunct1D•
Occidental    
D31D3
D21D3
D21D4
Bridgeport    
D31D3
Mid-American1D4
D21R3
Catholic    
D31R4
defunct1R4
D31R•
NYIT    
D21R4
Akron    
Mid-American1⁶R•
Big South1⁶R•
defunct1⁶R•
Butler    
Big East1⁴R4
Wagner    
Northeast1⁴R4
School closed1³R3
Atlantic 101⁴R4
Big South1⁴R4
Brown    
Ivy League1⁴R4
Albany    
America East1⁴R4
UC Davis    
Big West1⁴R3
Northeast1⁴R4
Sun Belt1⁴R4
SWAC1⁴R4
Dayton    
Atlantic 101⁴R4
ASUN1⁴R2
D21⁴R4
Summit1⁴R4
Big West1⁴R3
ASUN1²R3
Hartford    
D31⁴R4
Omaha    
Summit1⁴R4
NJIT    
America East1⁴R3
Northeast1⁴R4
Big South1⁴R4
Northeast1⁴R4
Hofstra    
CAA1⁴R4
High Point    
Big South1⁴R3
Niagara    
MAAC1⁴R4
Horizon1⁴R4
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List of NCAA Division I teams with no appearances

More information School, Conference ...
List of schools
School Conference
Abilene ChristianWAC[a]
Alabama A&MSWAC
Arkansas–Pine BluffSWAC
BellarmineAtlantic Sun
California BaptistWAC[b]
Delaware StateNEC
Gardner–WebbBig South
GeorgetownBig East
Incarnate WordSouthland
LindenwoodOhio Valley
IonaMAAC
LongwoodBig South
Maryland Eastern ShoreNEC
MercyhurstNEC
MerrimackMAAC
Mississippi Valley StateSWAC
New HavenNEC
North AlabamaAtlantic Sun[c]
North FloridaAtlantic Sun
OaklandHorizon
PacificWest Coast
QueensAtlantic Sun
Saint Peter's[d]MAAC
St. ThomasSummit League
SIU EdwardsvilleOhio Valley
Southern IndianaOhio Valley
Stephen F. AustinSouthland
StonehillNEC
Tarleton StateWAC[a]
UT MartinOhio Valley
Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiSouthland
ToledoMAC
UC San DiegoBig West[e]
UMass LowellAmerica East
Utah TechWAC[f]
VMISouthern
West GeorgiaAtlantic Sun[c]
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  1. 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. 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

More information Year, Total Teams ...
Overview of Tournament Formats
Year Total Teams Region Super Regional College World Series
No. Teams Format Teams Format Championship
1947 8 2 4 Single-elimination 2 Best-of-three
1948 2 4 Double-elimination 2 Best-of-three
1949 4 2 Best-of-three 4 Double-elimination
1950–1953 8 Each district determined its manner for selection, some held unofficial tournaments 8 Double-elimination
1954 24 8 2 to 4 Varied
1955 25
1956 24 1 to 4
1957 23 2 to 4
1958 26
1959 22 1 to 4
1960 25
1961 2 to 4
1962 27
1963 23
1964 21 1 to 4
1965 23 2 to 4
1966 29
1967 25
1968 27 2 to 5
1969 23 2 to 4
1970 26
1971 23
1972 28 2 to 6
1973 32 3 to 6
1974 28 2 to 6
1975 32 4 Double-elimination
1976–1981 34 4 or 6
1982–1987 36
1988–1998 48 6 Double-elimination Single-elimination
1999–2003 64 16 4 Best-of-three
2004–2017 Best-of-three
2018–Pres.
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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.

More information Year, No. 1 ...
Year No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 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
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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.

  • Italicized venues indicates a host venue that is not the primary home stadium of the host team.
  • Bold indicates the host team won the series.
  • An asterisk (*) indicates that the host school was not the highest seeded team in that year's regional or super regional.
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Host School City State Venue Reg. Hosted Host Reg. Won Win Pct. Years Hosted Super Reg. Hosted Host Super Reg. Won Win Pct. Years Hosted
Florida State Tallahassee FL Dick Howser Stadium 20 17 .850 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025 12 7 .583 1999, 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

18 16 .889 1999*, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025 13 10 .769 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025
Florida Gainesville FL McKethan Stadium: 2002–2018

Condron Ballpark: 2021–present

14 10 .714 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 10 9 .900 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Miami (FL) Coral Gables FL Mark Light Field 14 10 .714 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023 7 7 1.000 1999, 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

13 11 .846 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025 10 7 .700 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025
South Carolina Columbia SC Sarge Frye Field: 2000–2007

Founders Park: 2010–present

13 11 .846 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2021*, 2023 8 5 .625 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2021[a]
Texas Austin TX Disch-Falk Field: 2002–2006, 2009–present

Dell Diamond (Round Rock, TX): 2007

13 10 .769 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2025 9 8 .889 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021
Stanford Stanford CA Sunken Diamond 13 10 .769 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 7 7 1.000 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2022, 2023
Clemson Clemson SC Doug Kingsmore Stadium 13 7 .538 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025 5 4 .800 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2024
Cal State Fullerton Fullerton CA Goodwin Field 12 10 .833 2000*, 2001, 2003, 2004*, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 10 6 .600 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2018
Arkansas Fayetteville AR Baum-Walker Stadium 12 6 .500 1999, 2004, 2006*, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 6 5 .833 2004, 2015*, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025
Oregon State Corvallis OR Goss Stadium 11 9 .818 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025 8 7 .875 2005, 2006, 2007*, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2025
Virginia Charlottesville VA Davenport Field 11 6 .545 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023, 2024 7 5 .714 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024
Rice Houston TX The Astrodome (Houston, TX): 1999

Reckling Park: 2001–present

11 6 .545 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 6 6 1.000 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
Ole Miss Oxford MS Swayze Field 11 6 .545 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025 3 0 .000 2005, 2006, 2009
Texas A&M College Station TX Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park 10 8 .800 1999, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2024 5 4 .800 1999, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024
Vanderbilt Nashville TN Hawkins Field 10 6 .600 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025 6 3 .500 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021
Georgia Tech Atlanta GA Russ Chandler Stadium 10 5 .500 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019 5 2 .400 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Louisville Louisville KY Jim Patterson Stadium 9 8 .889 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 7 4 .571 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2025
Arizona State Tempe AZ Packard Stadium: 2000–2011 9 7 .778 2000, 2002*, 2003, 2005*, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 4 3 .750 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
TCU Fort Worth TX Lupton Stadium 8 6 .750 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 4 4 1.000 2014, 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

8 6 .750 2001, 2004, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 2 0 .000 2001, 2022
Georgia Athens GA Foley Field 8 5 .625 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025 4 3 .750 2001, 2006, 2008, 2024
UCLA Los Angeles CA Jackie Robinson Stadium 7 5 .714 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2025 4 3 .750 2010, 2012, 2019, 2025
NC State Raleigh NC Fleming Stadium (Wilson, NC): 2003

Doak Field: 2008–present

7 5 .714 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2024 1 1 1.000 2013
Oklahoma State Stillwater OK Allie P. Reynolds Stadium: 2008–2015

Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City, OK): 2019


O'Brate Stadium: 2022–present

7 2 .286 2008, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 1 0 .000 2014
Mississippi State Starkville MS Dudy Noble Field 6 5 .857 2000, 2003, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 4 3 .750 2007, 2016, 2019, 2021
Tennessee Knoxville TN Lindsey Nelson Stadium 6 6 1.000 2001*, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 3 2 .667 2021, 2022, 2024
Texas Tech Lubbock TX Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park 6 4 .667 1999*, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 5 4 .800 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
Nebraska Lincoln NE Buck Beltzer Stadium: 2001

Haymarket Park: 2002–present

6 3 .500 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 3 3 1.000 2001, 2002, 2005
Auburn Auburn AL Plainsman Park 6 3 .500 1999*, 2003, 2010, 2022, 2023, 2025 1 0 .000 2025
Coastal Carolina Conway SC BB&T Coastal Field (Myrtle Beach, SC): 2007, 2010

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

6 3 .500 2007, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2023, 2025 1 0 .000 2010
Oklahoma Norman OK Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City, OK): 2000–2004

L. Dale Mitchell Park: 2006–present

6 2 .333 2000*, 2004*, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2024
Long Beach State Long Beach CA Blair Field 5 2 .400 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017 2 0 .000 2004, 2017
Notre Dame South Bend IN Frank Eck Stadium 5 2 .400 1999*, 2001, 2002*, 2004, 2021
Baylor Waco TX Baylor Ballpark 4 3 .750 1999, 2000, 2005, 2012 3 1 .333 1999, 2005, 2012
Alabama Tuscaloosa AL Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4 3 .750 1999, 2002, 2006, 2023 2 1 .500 1999, 2006
Wake Forest Winston-Salem NC David F. Couch Ballpark 4 3 .750 1999, 2002, 2017, 2023 1 1 1.000 2023
Kentucky Lexington KY Cliff Hagan Stadium: 2006–2017

Kentucky Proud Park: 2023–present

4 2 .500 2006, 2017, 2023, 2024 1 1 1.000 2024
Southern Miss Hattiesburg MS Pete Taylor Park 4 1 .250 2003*, 2017, 2022, 2025 2 0 .000 2022, 2023
Oregon Eugene OR PK Park 4 1 .250 2012, 2013, 2021, 2025 2 0 .000 2012, 2023
Houston Houston TX Schroeder Park 4 1 .250 1999, 2000, 2015, 2017 1 0 .000 2000
USC Los Angeles CA Dedeaux Field 3 3 1.000 1999*, 2001, 2002 1 1 1.000 2001
Arizona Tucson AZ Hi Corbett Field 3 2 .667 2012, 2021, 2024 2 2 1.000 2012, 2021
Louisiana Lafayette LA M.L. Tigue Moore Field 3 2 .667 2000*, 2014, 2016 1 0 .000 2014
Wichita State Wichita KS Eck Stadium 3 1 .333 1999, 2002, 2007 1 0 .000 2007
Tulane New Orleans LA Turchin Stadium: 2001 Regional, 2005–present

Zephyr Field (Metairie, LA): 2001 Super Regional

2 2 1.000 2001, 2005 2 2 1.000 2001, 2005
Ohio State Columbus OH Bill Davis Stadium 2 1 .500 1999, 2001* 2 0 .000 1999*, 2003
Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA English Field 2 1 .500 2013, 2022 1 0 .000 2022
Minnesota Minneapolis MN Siebert Field 2 1 .500 2000*, 2018
Indiana Bloomington IN Bart Kaufman Field 2 1 .500 2013, 2014
UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA Lake Elsinore Diamond (Lake Elsinore, CA): 2015

Caesar Uyesaka Stadium: 2024

2 0 .000 2015, 2024
Illinois Champaign IL Illinois Field 1 1 1.000 2015 1 0 .000 2015
Kansas State Manhattan KS Tointon Family Stadium 1 1 1.000 2013
Missouri State Springfield MO Hammons Field 1 1 1.000 2015
Stetson DeLand FL Melching Field at Conrad Park 1 1 1.000 2018
Indiana State Terre Haute IN Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium 1 1 1.000 2023
Rutgers Piscataway NJ Yogi Berra Stadium (Montclair, NJ): 2000 1 0 .000 2000
Pepperdine Malibu CA Eddy D. Field Stadium 1 0 .000 2006
Missouri Columbia MO Taylor Stadium 1 0 .000 2007
San Diego San Diego CA Tony Gwynn Stadium (San Diego, CA): 2007 1 0 .000 2007
Michigan Ann Arbor MI Ray Fisher Stadium 1 0 .000 2008*
UC Irvine Irvine CA Anteater Ballpark 1 0 .000 2009
UConn Storrs CT Dodd Memorial Stadium (Norwich, CT): 2010 1 0 .000 2010*
Purdue West Lafayette IN U.S. Steel Yard (Gary, IN): 2012 1 0 .000 2012
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CA Robin Baggett Stadium 1 0 .000 2014
Dallas Baptist Dallas TX Horner Ballpark 1 0 .000 2015
West Virginia Morgantown WV Monongalia County Ballpark 1 0 .000 2019
Louisiana Tech Ruston LA J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park 1 0 .000 2021
Georgia Southern Statesboro GA J. I. Clements Stadium 1 0 .000 2022
Maryland College Park MD Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium 1 0 .000 2022
California Berkeley CA Stephen Schott Stadium (Santa Clara, CA): 2011 1 1 1.000 2011
Duke Durham NC Jack Coombs Field 1 0 .000 2025
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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]

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