List of every College World Series winner
By Jack Crosby
This weekend, one of the more enjoyable tournaments in sports will get underway as eight of the best college baseball teams in the nation will take to the field in Omaha for a chance at the College World Series title, recognizing them as the 2014 national champions.
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The tournament started with 64 total teams and has now been worked to the eight that are left, and only one will walk away champions, joining a long list of great teams that achieved the ultimate prize in college baseball previously.
Speaking of previous champions, courtesy of the NCAA’s official website, let’s have a look at every College World Series champion in the tournament’s long, illustrious existence.
| YEAR | CHAMPION (RECORD) | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | *UCLA (49-17) | John Savage | 8-0 | Mississippi State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2012 | *Arizona (48-17) | Andy Lopez | 4-1 | South Carolina | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2011 | *South Carolina (55-14) | Ray Tanner | 5-2 | Florida | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2010 | South Carolina (54-16) | Ray Tanner | 2-1 (11 inn.) | UCLA | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2009 | LSU (56-17) | Paul Mainieri | 11-4 | Texas | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2008 | Fresno State (47-31) | Mike Batesole | 6-1 | Georgia | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2007 | *Oregon State (49-18) | Pat Casey | 9-3 | North Carolina | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2006 | Oregon State (50-16) | Pat Casey | 3-2 | North Carolina | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2005 | *Texas (56-16) | Augie Garrido | 6-2 | Florida | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2004 | Cal St. Fullerton (47-22) | George Horton | 3-2 | Texas | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2003 | Rice (58-12) | Wayne Graham | 14-2 | Stanford | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2002 | *Texas (57-15) | Augie Garrido | 12-6 | South Carolina | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2001 | *Miami (Fla.) (53-12) | Jim Morris | 12-1 | Stanford | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2000 | *LSU (52-17) | Skip Bertman | 6-5 | Stanford | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1999 | *Miami (Fla.) (50-13) | Jim Morris | 6-5 | Florida State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1998 | Southern California (49-17) | Mike Gillespie | 21-14 | Arizona State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1997 | *LSU (57-13) | Skip Bertman | 13-6 | Alabama | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1996 | *LSU (52-15) | Skip Bertman | 9-8 | Miami (Fla.) | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1995 | *Cal St. Fullerton (57-9) | Augie Garrido | 11-5 | Southern California | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1994 | *Oklahoma (50-17) | Larry Cochell | 13-5 | Georgia Tech | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1993 | LSU (53-17-1) | Skip Bertman | 8-0 | Wichita State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1992 | *Pepperdine | Andy Lopez | 3-2 | Cal St. Fullerton | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1991 | *LSU (55-18) | Skip Bertman | 6-3 | Wichita State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1990 | Georgia (52-19) | Steve Webber | 2-1 | Oklahoma State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1989 | Wichita State (68-16) | Gene Stephenson | 5-3 | Texas | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1988 | Stanford (46-23) | Mark Marquess | 9-4 | Arizona State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1987 | Stanford (53-17) | Mark Marquess | 9-5 | Oklahoma State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1986 | Arizona (49-19) | Jerry Kindall | 10-2 | Florida State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1985 | Miami (Fla.) (64-16) | Ron Fraser | 10-6 | Texas | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1984 | Cal St. Fullerton (66-20) | Augie Garrido | 3-1 | Texas | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1983 | *Texas (66-14) | Cliff Gustafson | 4-3 | Alabama | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1982 | *Miami (Fla.) (55-17-1) | Ron Fraser | 9-3 | Wichita State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1981 | Arizona State (55-13) | Jim Brock | 7-4 | Oklahoma State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1980 | Arizona (45-21-1) | Jerry Kindall | 5-3 | Hawaii | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1979 | Cal St. Fullerton (60-14-1) | Augie Garrido | 2-1 | Arkansas | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1978 | *Southern California (54-9) | Rod Dedeaux | 10-3 | Arizona State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1977 | Arizona State (57-12) | Jim Brock | 2-1 | South Carolina | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1976 | Arizona (56-17) | Jerry Kindall | 7-1 | Eastern Michigan | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1975 | Texas (59-6) | Cliff Gustafson | 5-1 | South Carolina | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1974 | Southern California (50-20) | Rod Dedeaux | 7-3 | Miami (Fla.) | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1973 | *Southern California (51-11) | Rod Dedeaux | 4-3 | Arizona State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1972 | Southern California (47-13-1) | Rod Dedeaux | 1-0 | Arizona State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1971 | Southern California (46-11) | Rod Dedeaux | 5-2 | Southern Illinois | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1970 | Southern California (45-13) | Rod Dedeaux | 2-1 (15 inn.) | Florida State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1969 | Arizona State (56-11) | Bobby Winkles | 10-1 | Tulsa | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1968 | *Southern California (43-12-1) | Rod Dedeaux | 4-3 | Southern Illinois | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1967 | Arizona State (53-12) | Bobby Winkles | 11-0 | Houston | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1966 | Ohio State (27-6-1) | Marty Karow | 8-2 | Oklahoma State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1965 | Arizona State (54-8) | Bobby Winkles | 2-0 | Ohio State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1964 | Minnesota (31-12) | Dick Siebert | 5-1 | Missouri | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1963 | Southern California (35-10) | Rod Dedeaux | 5-2 | Arizona | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1962 | Michigan (34-15) | Don Lund | 5-4 (15 inn.) | Santa Clara | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1961 | *Southern California (36-7) | Rod Dedeaux | 1-0 | Oklahoma State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1960 | Minnesota (34-7-1) | Dick Siebert | 2-1 (10 inn.) | Southern California | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1959 | Oklahoma State (27-5) | Toby Greene | 5-0 | Arizona | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1958 | Southern California (29-3) | Rod Dedeaux | 8-7 (12 inn.) | Missouri | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1957 | *California (35-10) | George Wolfman | 1-0 | Penn State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1956 | Minnesota (37-9) | Dick Siebert | 12-1 | Arizona | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1955 | Wake Forest (29-7) | Taylor Sanford | 7-6 | Western Michigan | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1954 | Missouri (22-4) | John “Hi” Simmons | 4-1 | Rollins | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1953 | Michigan (21-9) | Ray Fisher | 7-5 | Texas | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1952 | Holy Cross (21-3) | Jack Barry | 8-4 | Missouri | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1951 | *Oklahoma (19-9) | Jack Baer | 3-2 | Tennessee | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1950 | Texas (27-6) | Bibb Falk | 3-0 | Washington State | Omaha, Neb. |
| 1949 | *Texas (23-7) | Bibb Falk | 10-3 | Wake Forest | Wichita, Kan. |
| 1948 | Southern California (26-4) | Sam Barry | 9-2 | Yale | Kalamazoo, Mich. |
| 1947 | *California (31-10) | Clint Evans | 8-7 | Yale | Kalamazoo, Mich. |
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